javax.ws.rs

Annotation Type FormParam

@Target(value={PARAMETER,METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface FormParam

Binds the value(s) of a form parameter contained within a request entity body to a resource method parameter. Values are URL decoded unless this is disabled using the Encoded annotation. A default value can be specified using the DefaultValue annotation. If the request entity body is absent or is an unsupported media type, the default value is used. The type T of the annotated parameter must either:

1. Be a primitive type
2. Have a constructor that accepts a single String argument
3. Have a static method named valueOf or fromString that accepts a single
4. Have a registered implementation of ParamConverterProvider JAX-RS extension SPI that returns a ParamConverter instance capable of a "from string" conversion for the type.
String argument (see, for example, Integer.valueOf(String))
5. Be List<T>, Set<T> or SortedSet<T>, where T satisfies 2, 3 or 4 above. The resulting collection is read-only.

If the type is not one of the collection types listed in 5 above and the form parameter is represented by multiple values then the first value (lexically) of the parameter is used.

Note that, whilst the annotation target permits use on fields and methods, this annotation is only required to be supported on resource method parameters.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Paul Sandoz, Marc Hadley

See Also:

DefaultValue, Encoded

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	value Defines the name of the form parameter whose value will be used to initialize the value of the annotated method argument.

Element Detail

value

public abstract String value

Defines the name of the form parameter whose value will be used to initialize the value of the annotated method argument. The name is specified in decoded form, any percent encoded literals within the value will not be decoded and will instead be treated as literal text. E.g. if the parameter name is "a b" then the value of the annotation is "a b", not "a+b" or "a%20b".