Please add generic type to javax.ws.rs.core.Response implementation
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                 Key: CXF-4205
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4205
             Project: CXF
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: JAX-RS
    Affects Versions: 2.5.2
            Reporter: Marko Voss


Let's assume, we have the following JAX-RS interface:

@Path("/foo")
public interface Foo {

  @Path("{id})
  JaxbObj retrieve(@PathParam("id");
}

Now, we want to change some headers for the response, so we have to change the 
interface to this:

@Path("/foo")
public interface Foo {

  @Path("{id})
  Response retrieve(@PathParam("id");
}

In our scenario, we want to offer the customers a basic client library, so that 
they do not need to implement mapping and everything again. Therefore we are 
reusing the JAX-RS interfaces on the client-side. Thanks to the maven 
dependency techniques the client library will also inherit the generated JAXB 
classes, CXF setup and everything else, the client requires to communicate with 
the server.

So the client will now have to deal with the Object supplied by the 
Response.getEntity() method and kinda have to guess the type. If the Response 
type would be generic, there would not be such an issue. (example: 
Response<JaxbObj>)

Since you may not be responsible for the Response interface, maybe you could 
add an extended interface or implementation.

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