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JAX-RS - Client Filters

[Last Updated: Aug 1, 2017]

The client side filters are similar to server side filters. They can use @Priority. They cannot use name binding and scanning/discovering related annotations such as @Provider. A client filter can also abort the request processing by using ClientRequestContext#abortWith() method.

Like other providers, we have to register filter manually on the client side.

To write a client side filter, we need to implement ClientRequestFilter and/or ClientResponseFilter, they are individually used for request and response respectively.

Let's see an example how to use filters on the client side.

Example

A JAX-RS resource

@Path("/")
public class MyResource {

  @GET
  @Path("{path:.*}")
  public String getResponse(@PathParam("path") String path) {
      return "dummy-response for " + path;
  }
}

To try examples, run embedded tomcat (configured in pom.xml of example project below):

mvn tomcat7:run-war

Implementing client side Filter

public class LogFilter implements ClientRequestFilter, ClientResponseFilter {

  @Override
  public void filter(ClientRequestContext reqContext) throws IOException {
      System.out.println("-- Client request info --");

      log(reqContext.getUri(), reqContext.getHeaders());

  }

  @Override
  public void filter(ClientRequestContext reqContext,
                     ClientResponseContext resContext) throws IOException {
      System.out.println("-- Client response info --");
      log(reqContext.getUri(), resContext.getHeaders());
  }

  private void log(URI uri, MultivaluedMap<String, ?> headers) {
      System.out.println("Request URI: " + uri.getPath());
      System.out.println("Headers:");
      headers.entrySet().forEach(h -> System.out.println(h.getKey() + ": " + h.getValue()));
  }
}

Registering Filter and making request

public class MyClient {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
      Client client = ClientBuilder.newBuilder()
                                   .register(new LogFilter())
                                   .build();

      WebTarget allOrderTarget =
              client.target("http://localhost:8080/test");
      String s = allOrderTarget.request().get(String.class);
      System.out.println("response: " + s);
  }
}

Output

-- Client request info --
Request URI: /test
Headers:
-- Client response info --
Request URI: /test
Headers:
Server: [Apache-Coyote/1.1]
Content-Length: [23]
Date: [Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:04:18 GMT]
Content-Type: [text/html]
response: dummy-response for test

The above output is on the client side.

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

  • jersey-server 2.25.1: Jersey core server implementation.
  • jersey-container-servlet 2.25.1: Jersey core Servlet 3.x implementation.
  • JDK 1.8
  • Maven 3.3.9

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  • client-side-filter-example
    • src
      • main
        • java
          • com
            • logicbig
              • example
                • LogFilter.java

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