[Resteasy-developers] Custom HTTP verbs in RESTeasy with Spring

[Dave M. <da...@pa...>]

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I'd like to use custom HTTP verbs with resteasy running under Tomcat. Is
this possible? If it is possible is it sensible?

I'm using resteasy 2.3.4.Final with Spring 3.1.2-RELEASE and I've created a
custom HttpMethod annotation for the new verb:

@Target({ ElementType.METHOD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@HttpMethod("RESET")
public @interface RESET {
}

Spring is configured in the servlet application context with the default
resteasy config thus:

<tx:annotation-driven />
<import resource="classpath:springmvc-resteasy.xml" />

The new method in the controller is implemented thus:

@RESET
@Path("/{uuid}")
public void reset(@PathParam("uuid") final String uuid) {
// Reset the model state...
}

My other controller methods work fine for the normal GET,PUT,POST,DELETE
verbs but for the custom verb I get the following error message from Tomcat:

HTTP Status 501 - Method RESET is not defined in RFC 2068 and is not
supported by the Servlet API

That message seems to be the same one that you get with a default servlet
implementation so I presume I need to configure the ResteasyHandlerMapping
somehow...?