Jersey matches regex pattern before the method type - regex

Question

Is it possible to define 2 methods in Jersey with same regex but different type? (GET, PUT ..):
#GET
#Path("{key: .+}")
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public Response root(String key) {
}
#PUT
#Path("{key: .+}")
#Consumes(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA)
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public Response publish(String key, FormDataMultiPart data) {
}
The first method should only reply for the key (with or without slashes)
curl -X GET "http://localhost/key
Jersey respond with 200 OK since it went to the GET method
curl -X GET "http://localhost/key/
Jersey respond with 200 OK since it went to the GET method
curl -X PUT -T file.txt "http://localhost/key
Jersey respond with 200 OK since it went to the PUT method
curl -X PUT -T file.txt "http://localhost/key/
Jersey respond with 200 OK since it went to the PUT method
curl -X PUT -T file.txt "http://localhost/key/folder/folder
Jersey respond with 405 Method Not Found since it went to the GET method
instead of the PUT (the get only respond to 1 folder level which is the 'key'
but i expected that jersey will go directly to the PUT since it suppose to check for the method type before the regex matching
Why the last one doesn't work? it seems Jersey first looks for regex even though it's a PUT request.

Answer 1

You say "Jersey respond with 405 Method Not Found since it went to the GET method instead of the PUT" but a 405 means that it didn't go to any method. Try changing your PUT method to:
#PUT
#Path("{key: .+}")
#Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
public Response publish(String key) {
}
And that should work. You then need to ensure that you provide the correct data as part of your CURL request to ensure that it matches the #Consumes annotation when you put it back in to the request.