Hosting Static Content and JAX-RS Services Under the Same Root Context

Question

We have multiple Java web apps packaged as WARs all packaged in an EAR. Our RESTful services are built using JAX-RS and in version specific WARs.

We\'d like to add

Answer 1

So I found a solution (tested) that works. As stated in the Resteasy Documentation - RESTEasy as a servlet Filter:

The downside of running Resteasy as a Servlet is that you cannot have static resources like .html and .jpeg files in the same path as your JAX-RS services. Resteasy allows you to run as a Filter instead. If a JAX-RS resource is not found under the URL requested, Resteasy will delegate back to the base servlet container to resolve URLs.

web.xml example

    
        Resteasy
        
            org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.FilterDispatcher
        
        
            javax.ws.rs.Application
            com.restfully.shop.services.ShoppingApplication
        
    

    
        Resteasy
        /*