com.sun.jersey.spi.container
Interface ResourceFilterFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResourceDebuggingFilterFactory, RolesAllowedResourceFilterFactory, RolesAllowedResourceFilterFactory

public interface ResourceFilterFactory

A resource filter factory responsible for creating ResourceFilter instances that match methods of the abstract resource model.

Resource filter factories are registered with the ResourceConfig using the property ResourceConfig.PROPERTY_RESOURCE_FILTER_FACTORIES.

Author:

[email protected]

See Also:

com.sun.jersey.api.container.filter

create

java.util.List<ResourceFilter> create(AbstractMethod am)

Create a list of ResourceFilter instance given a method of the abstract resource model.

When applying the list of resource filters to a request each resource filter is applied, in order, from the first to last entry in the list. When applying the list of resource filters to a response each resource filter is applied, in reverse order, from the last to first entry in the list.

Parameters:

am - the abstract method. This may be an instance of the following: AbstractResourceMethod, AbstractSubResourceMethod or AbstractSubResourceLocator.

Returns:

the list of resource filter, otherwise an empty list or null if no resource filters are associated with the method.