How come this JAX-RS 404 response gets an empty body?












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I'm having trouble with a JAX-RS resource. Somehow I'm unable to set text/plain body when returning 404 (Response.Status.NOT_FOUND) to my custom plain text message "File not found". It works for almost every other response code I've tested. Body is empty in Postman/Chrome. Am I missing out on something here? PS. Using JAX-RS through Helidon.io.



@Path("/")
public class FileResource {

@GET
@Path("{path}")
@Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
public Response getFile(@PathParam("path") String path) {
File file = new File(path+"/file.xml");
if (file.exists()) {
return Response.ok((Object) file).build();
}
//Following two returns work (ie. provides correct "File not Found" body):
//return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
//return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("File not found ").type("text/plain").build();

//...but THIS return does not work (results in 404 but with empty body) How come?:
return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
}
}









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    I'm having trouble with a JAX-RS resource. Somehow I'm unable to set text/plain body when returning 404 (Response.Status.NOT_FOUND) to my custom plain text message "File not found". It works for almost every other response code I've tested. Body is empty in Postman/Chrome. Am I missing out on something here? PS. Using JAX-RS through Helidon.io.



    @Path("/")
    public class FileResource {

    @GET
    @Path("{path}")
    @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
    public Response getFile(@PathParam("path") String path) {
    File file = new File(path+"/file.xml");
    if (file.exists()) {
    return Response.ok((Object) file).build();
    }
    //Following two returns work (ie. provides correct "File not Found" body):
    //return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
    //return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("File not found ").type("text/plain").build();

    //...but THIS return does not work (results in 404 but with empty body) How come?:
    return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
    }
    }









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      I'm having trouble with a JAX-RS resource. Somehow I'm unable to set text/plain body when returning 404 (Response.Status.NOT_FOUND) to my custom plain text message "File not found". It works for almost every other response code I've tested. Body is empty in Postman/Chrome. Am I missing out on something here? PS. Using JAX-RS through Helidon.io.



      @Path("/")
      public class FileResource {

      @GET
      @Path("{path}")
      @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
      public Response getFile(@PathParam("path") String path) {
      File file = new File(path+"/file.xml");
      if (file.exists()) {
      return Response.ok((Object) file).build();
      }
      //Following two returns work (ie. provides correct "File not Found" body):
      //return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
      //return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("File not found ").type("text/plain").build();

      //...but THIS return does not work (results in 404 but with empty body) How come?:
      return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
      }
      }









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      I'm having trouble with a JAX-RS resource. Somehow I'm unable to set text/plain body when returning 404 (Response.Status.NOT_FOUND) to my custom plain text message "File not found". It works for almost every other response code I've tested. Body is empty in Postman/Chrome. Am I missing out on something here? PS. Using JAX-RS through Helidon.io.



      @Path("/")
      public class FileResource {

      @GET
      @Path("{path}")
      @Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML})
      public Response getFile(@PathParam("path") String path) {
      File file = new File(path+"/file.xml");
      if (file.exists()) {
      return Response.ok((Object) file).build();
      }
      //Following two returns work (ie. provides correct "File not Found" body):
      //return Response.status(Response.Status.NO_CONTENT).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
      //return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST).entity("File not found ").type("text/plain").build();

      //...but THIS return does not work (results in 404 but with empty body) How come?:
      return Response.status(Response.Status.NOT_FOUND).entity("File not found").type("text/plain").build();
      }
      }






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      edited Nov 27 '18 at 18:52







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