So this will be mostly code to illustrate the issue, but issue as follows:
pointing my browser to localhost:8080/licsrv/items return 404.
revelant web.xml
<!-- Java Remoting Servlet -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>licenseGenService</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.context.support.HttpRequestHandlerServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>licenseGenService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/remoting/licensing</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- Restful API Servlet-->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>licensingRestService</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
com.sun.jersey.spi.spring.container.servlet.SpringServlet
</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>
com.sun.jersey.config.property.packages
</param-name>
<param-value>
mypackage.rest
</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>licensingRestService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/orders</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>licensingRestService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/items</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>licensingRestService</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/customers</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
ItemsResourceImpl.java
@Path("/items")
public class ItemsResourceImpl implements ItemsResource
{
@GET
@Produces("text/html")
public String testItems()
{
return "<html><body><h1>Items Resource Tester</h1><p>Items Resource is available.</p></body></html>";
}
.....
}
And then I have the bean in my applicationContext.xml
Now ItemsResource (an interface) also has annotations and methods defined, could this be the issue? My impression was that Jax-RS annotations are not inherited. Is it the fact that I have two servlets and am missing something? I have a pure REST service with just one servlet and same configuration doing the same thing. Depending on how I change the configuration I get 405 Method Not Allowed out of it as well. Any ideas?