SystemPropertiesResource

The SystemProperties class is a resource that shows off a typical REST design pattern of GET/PUT/POST/DELETE commands for modifying the JVM system properties.
It demonstrates several capabilities including:

SystemPropertiesResource.java

@RestResource( path="/systemProperties", // Title and description that show up on HTML rendition page. // Also used in Swagger doc. title="System properties resource", description="REST interface for performing CRUD operations on system properties.", htmldoc=@HtmlDoc( // Widget used for content-type and styles pull-down menus. widgets={ ContentTypeMenuItem.class, StyleMenuItem.class }, // Links on the HTML rendition page. // "request:/..." URIs are relative to the request URI. // "servlet:/..." URIs are relative to the servlet URI. // "$C{...}" variables are pulled from the config file. navlinks={ "up: request:/..", "options: servlet:/?method=OPTIONS", "form: servlet:/formPage", "$W{ContentTypeMenuItem}", "$W{StyleMenuItem}", "source: $C{Source/gitHub}/org/apache/juneau/examples/rest/$R{servletClassSimple}.java" }, // Custom page text in aside section. aside={ "<div style='max-width:800px' class='text'>", " <p>Shows standard GET/PUT/POST/DELETE operations and use of Swagger annotations.</p>", "</div>" }, // Custom CSS styles applied to HTML view. style={ "aside {display:table-caption} ", "aside p {margin: 0px 20px;}" } ), // Properties that get applied to all serializers and parsers. properties={ // Use single quotes. @Property(name=SERIALIZER_quoteChar, value="'") }, // Support GZIP encoding on Accept-Encoding header. encoders=GzipEncoder.class, swagger={ "contact:{name:'John Smith',email:'john@smith.com'},", "license:{name:'Apache 2.0',url:'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html'},", "version:'2.0',", "termsOfService:'You are on your own.',", "tags:[{name:'Java',description:'Java utility'}],", "externalDocs:{description:'Home page',url:'http://juneau.apache.org'}" } ) public class SystemPropertiesResource extends BasicRestServlet { @RestMethod( name=GET, path="/", summary="Show all system properties", description="Returns all system properties defined in the JVM.", swagger={ "parameters:[", "{name:'sort',in:'query',description:'Sort results alphabetically',default:'false'}", "],", "responses:{", "200: {description:'Returns a map of key/value pairs.'}", "}" } ) public Map getSystemProperties(@Query("sort") boolean sort) throws Throwable { if (sort) return new TreeMap(System.getProperties()); return System.getProperties(); } @RestMethod( name=GET, path="/{propertyName}", summary="Get system property", description="Returns the value of the specified system property.", swagger={ "parameters:[", "{name:'propertyName',in:'path',description:'The system property name.'}", "],", "responses:{", "200: {description:'The system property value, or null if not found.'}", "}" } ) public String getSystemProperty(@Path("propertyName") String propertyName) throws Throwable { return System.getProperty(propertyName); } @RestMethod( name=PUT, path="/{propertyName}", summary="Replace system property", description="Sets a new value for the specified system property.", guards=AdminGuard.class, swagger={ "parameters:[", "{name:'propertyName',in:'path',description:'The system property name.'},", "{in:'body',description:'The new system property value.'}", "],", "responses:{", "302: {headers:{Location:{description:'The root URL of this resource.'}}},", "403: {description:'User is not an admin.'}", "}" } ) public Redirect setSystemProperty(@Path("propertyName") String propertyName, @Body String value) { System.setProperty(propertyName, value); return new Redirect("servlet:/"); } @RestMethod( name=POST, path="/", summary="Add an entire set of system properties", description="Takes in a map of key/value pairs and creates a set of new system properties.", guards=AdminGuard.class, swagger={ "parameters:[", "{name:'propertyName',in:'path',description:'The system property name.'},", "{in:'body',description:'The new system property values.',schema:{example:{key1:'val1',key2:123}}}", "],", "responses:{", "302: {headers:{Location:{description:'The root URL of this resource.'}}},", "403: {description:'User is not an admin.'}", "}" } ) public Redirect setSystemProperties(@Body java.util.Properties newProperties) { System.setProperties(newProperties); return new Redirect("servlet:/"); } @RestMethod( name=DELETE, path="/{propertyName}", summary="Delete system property", description="Deletes the specified system property.", guards=AdminGuard.class, swagger={ "parameters:[", "{name:'propertyName',in:'path',description:'The system property name.'}", "],", "responses:{", "302: {headers:{Location:{description:'The root URL of this resource.'}}},", "403: {description:'User is not an admin.'}", "}" } ) public Redirect deleteSystemProperty(@Path("propertyName") String propertyName) { System.clearProperty(propertyName); return new Redirect("servlet:/"); } @RestMethod( name=GET, path="/formPage", summary="Form entry page", description="A form post page for setting a single system property value", guards=AdminGuard.class, htmldoc=@HtmlDoc( aside={ "<div class='text'>", " <p>Shows how HTML5 beans can be used to quickly create arbitrary HTML.</p>", "</div>" } ) ) public Form getFormPage() { return form().method(POST).action("servlet:/formPagePost").children( table( tr( th("Set system property").colspan(2) ), tr( td("Name: "), td(input("text").name("name")) ), tr( td("Value: "), td(input("text").name("value")) ) ), button("submit","Click me!").style("float:right") ); } @RestMethod( name=POST, path="/formPagePost", description="Accepts a simple form post of a system property name/value pair.", guards=AdminGuard.class ) public Redirect formPagePost(@FormData("name") String name, @FormData("value") String value) { System.setProperty(name, value); return new Redirect("servlet:/"); } }

Pointing a browser to the resource shows the following:

http://localhost:10000/systemProperties

Clicking the OPTIONS link shows you the generated Swagger:

http://localhost:10000/systemProperties?method=OPTIONS

Clicking the FORM link shows you the generated form entry page:

http://localhost:10000/systemProperties/formPage