is there any way how to return generic describing entity type with the JAX-RS Response? Something like REST-Easy ClientReponse but JAX-RS standard and not implementation-specific class.

The thing is I want to call my REST service via its shared interface (created by some proxy provider) and returning only object does not allow add information I need. E.g. for creating resource via POST, I would like to return also URL to newly created resource and so on. Returing simple Response does not show what type of entity is stored within such response.

Response<MyObject> getMyObject(@PathParam("id" Integer id)

So far it seems that I will have to return simple Response and then create adapter which will simply call Response.getEntity(.class)

• rest
• jax-rs
• resteasy

There is probably no such option...

GenericEntity allows you to return a generic. The actual type is held at runtime by GenericEntity, allowing the object to be serialized.

Here's a contrived example of how it can be used.

GenericEntity entity = new GenericEntity<Employee>(new Employee());
return Response.ok(entity).build();