JAVA Rest two dates Path param or Query param

Question

I have a rest service which validates date now i need to modify it to take two dates, but i don't know if to use @PathParam or @QueryParam and if i can insert it between two @PathParam
This it the original code :

 @Path("isDateValid/{date}/{itemId}")
    public boolean isDateValid(@PathParam("date") Date date, @PathParam("itemId") Long itemId) {

Should i do like this :

 @Path("isDateValid/{startDate}/{endDate}/{itemId}")
    public boolean isDateValid(@PathParam("startDate") Date startDate, @PathParam("endDate") Date endDate, @PathParam("itemId") Long itemId) {

Answer 1

Date Class is cannot serialize using JAX-RS as it is not a simple type. You need to develop the same using MessageBodyReader/Writer . Click Here for more

Or you can use some third party stuff to configure to get it done.

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Answer 2

If you do not want to use third party stuff, I suggest you define a format for the text-date. You can use the SimpleDateFormat class (avoid the space). The you can use the following code.

@Path("isDateValid/{itemId}")
public boolean isDateValid(@PathParam("itemId") Long itemId) {
    @QueryParam("begin") String sBegin; 
    @QueryParam("end") String sEnd;

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(/* Your patern, for example "yyMMddHHmmssZ"*/);

    Date dBegin = sdf.parse(sBegin);
    Date dEnd = sdf.parse(sEnd);

/*
...
*/
}