io.milton.annotations

Annotation Type Get

@Target(value=METHOD)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Get

Marks a method as one which generates content for the given resource

The method return type can be

• void, in which case you must write content to the outputStream in the method call
• a byte[] which is written to the output
• an InputStream, which will be written to output, then closed (in a try/finally block)
• a String, which is interpreted as a template name. The ViewResolver is used to locate a template with the given name, and it is invoked with a model object with name "resource"
• a ModelAndView which is passed to the ViewResolver to execute the template

Any other return type causes an exception

The input parameters must be:

• first must be the source object
• then any of Request, Response, Range, contentType (String), parameters (Map), OutputStream

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	contentType If specified, will only match on requests with the given content type
long	maxAgeSecs Default is -1 which means use the system default.
String[]	params If present, only requests which contain all of the given parameters will be matched

Element Detail

contentType

public abstract String contentType

If specified, will only match on requests with the given content type

Returns:

Default:

""

params

public abstract String[] params

If present, only requests which contain all of the given parameters will be matched

Returns:

Default:

{}

maxAgeSecs

public abstract long maxAgeSecs

Default is -1 which means use the system default. Returning 0 will explicitly disabled caching. Any other value is the number of seconds that the content may be cached by clients

Returns:

Default:

-1L