@PathParam Annotation

In this example we are going to use @PathParam annotation. For this example we are going to have the following files:

1.                   WEB.xml

2.                   PathParamExample.java 

 

WEB.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">   <display-name>com.tushar.jersey.Project</display-name>   <welcome-file-list>     <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>     <welcome-file>index.htm</welcome-file>     <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>     <welcome-file>default.html</welcome-file>     <welcome-file>default.htm</welcome-file>     <welcome-file>default.jsp</welcome-file>   </welcome-file-list>   <servlet>            <servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>            <servlet-class>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer </servlet-class>            <init-param>                       <param-name>com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages</param-name>                       <param-value>com.tushar.jersey.Project</param-value>            </init-param>            <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>   </servlet>   <servlet-mapping>          <servlet-name>jersey-serlvet</servlet-name>        <url-pattern>/rest/*</url-pattern>   </servlet-mapping> </web-app>

PathParamExample.java

package com.tushar.jersey.Project; import javax.ws.rs.GET; import javax.ws.rs.Path; import javax.ws.rs.PathParam; import javax.ws.rs.core.Response; @Path("/employee") public class PathParamExample {                 @GET                 @Path("{name}")                 public Response getUserByName(@PathParam("name") String name) {                                 return Response.status(200).entity("Employee name is : " + name).build();                 } }

Run the Server: 

Start the server and paste the following URL in the browser:

URI Matching and Parameter

The value within an open brace “{” and close brace “}”, is represents a parameter, and can be access with@PathParam.

URI :  http://localhost:8080/com.tushar.jersey.Project/rest/employee/Tushar

Output: