[TOMEE-2994] JAX-RS Provider construction favors constructor with the most args

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 8.0.7, 8.0.8
• Component/s: TomEE Core Server
• Assignee: David Blevins
• Reporter: David Blevins
• Created: 07/Apr/21 04:22
• Updated: 12/May/21 14:36
• Resolved: 03/May/21 08:43

Description

When constructing JAX-RS Providers, we should favor the constructor with the most arguments.  For example, in the following, the 4 arg constructor should be selected.

public StringReader(@Context HttpHeaders headers, @Context UriInfo info,
 @Context Application application, @Context Request request) {
 super();
 this.headers = headers;
 this.info = info;
 this.application = application;
 this.request = request;
}

public StringReader(@Context HttpHeaders headers, @Context UriInfo info,
 @Context Application application) {
 super();
 this.headers = headers;
 this.info = info;
 this.application = application;
}

public StringReader(@Context HttpHeaders headers, @Context UriInfo info) {
 super();
 this.headers = headers;
 this.info = info;
}

public StringReader(@Context HttpHeaders headers) {
 super();
 this.headers = headers;
}

This is tested in the Jakarta EE TCK in test 

com/sun/ts/tests/jaxrs/spec/provider/visibility