Intercept JAX-RS Request: Register a ContainerRequestFilter with tomcat

Question

I am trying to intercept a request to my JAX-RS webservice by a ContainerRequestFilter. I want to use it with a custom annotation, so I can decorate certain methods of the w

Answer 1

Just compiling the answer from Michael Gajdos to help someone who do not want open more tabs:

When you are using Jersey-2 you must use the follow configuration to register your filter into the web.xml

jersey.config.server.provider.classnames

instead of

com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilters (jersey-1x)

 <!-- This is the config needed -->
<servlet>    
      //...         
     <init-param>
         <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.classnames</param-name>
         <param-value>com.your_package_path.yourClassFilter</param-value>
     </init-param>
      //...
</servlet>

Answer 2

You're using JAX-RS 2.0 APIs (request filters, name binding, ...) in your classes but Jersey 1 proprietary init params in your web.xml (package starting with com.sun.jersey, Jersey 2 uses org.glassfish.jersey). Take a look at this answer and at these articles:

• Registering Resources and Providers in Jersey 2
• Binding JAX-RS Providers to Resource Methods

Answer 3

Have a look at this blog post for the more 'classical' approaches (without using the annotation)