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Sergey Beryozkin commented on CXF-6796:
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Hi Jim
Please create such a provider but I don't think it should be registered by
default, what value will it give CXF ? I'm not sure there's much value in
having a custom bean's toString() being returned, people want JSON, XML, but
not custom toString() formats, whatever toStriing() of Order/etc bean returns.
It can be more practically useful for passing primitive values (int, etc) or
Enums around as text/plain values, but it is so rare, services very rarely
return "text/plain 2", etc. Sot having such a provider (which can read and
write) shipped with CXF can be useful in those rare cases where it can be
needed, but I'd not prefer having it registered by default as it would only
affect the cost of selecting the right provider in 95% cases.
Thanks
> Improve or extend StringTextProvider to write an Object
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CXF-6796
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-6796
> Project: CXF
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: JAX-RS
> Affects Versions: 3.1.5
> Reporter: Jim Ma
> Assignee: Sergey Beryozkin
> Fix For: 3.1.6
>
>
> CXF reports it can't find the message writer for OrderModel class and
> text/plain content type when the resource class like the following:
> {code}
> @Produces("text/plain")
> @Path("order/{id}")
> public class OrderResource {
> @GET
> public OrderModel get(@PathParam("id") @CustomMax int id) {
> return new OrderModel(id);
> }
> }
> {code}
> It is required to change the return Class to String and explicitly invoke
> toString() return the String value
> {code}.
> @Produces("text/plain")
> @Path("order/{id}")
> public class OrderResource {
> @GET
> public String get(@PathParam("id") @CustomMax int id) {
> return new OrderModel(id).toString();
> }
> }
> {code}
> We can improve StringTextProvider to write the Object with toString value to
> remove the return type must be String class restriction.
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