Good question. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) there is no mechanism in JAX-RS to make any params mandatory. If a parameter is not supplied it’s value will be NULL
and your resource should deal with it accordingly. I would recommend to use WebApplicationException
to inform your users:
@GET
@Path("/some-path")
public String read(@QueryParam("name") String name) {
if (name == null) {
throw new WebApplicationException(
Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST)
.entity("name parameter is mandatory")
.build()
);
}
// continue with a normal flow
}