Jersey ContainerRequestFilter not triggered

jersey, jersey-2.0

Solution

Okay, I didn't get that the `jersey.config.server.provider.packages` init param needs to reference not only service classes (API endpoints) but ALL the classes including filters.

Now it works :

<init-param>  
  <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>  
  <param-value>com.hck.debate.rest.controller;com.hck.debate.rest.security</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
    <param-name>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilters</param-name>
    <param-value>com.hck.debate.rest.security.AuthFilter</param-value>
</init-param>

Problem

I'm trying to use a `ContainerRequestFilter` to enforce some authentication on a Tomcat based Jersey application. I followed this document. Problem : the filter is never triggered The filter class : ``` @Provider public class AuthFilter implements ContainerRequestFilter { @Override public void filter(ContainerRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException { // MY AUTHENTICATION CODE GOES HERE } ``` The web.xml file : ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" id="debate-rest" version="3.0"> <display-name>rest</display-name> <servlet> <servlet-name>Jersey REST Service</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class> <init-param> <param-name>com.sun.jersey.spi.container.ContainerRequestFilters</param-name> <param-value>com.hck.debate.rest.security.AuthFilter</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name> <param-value>com.hck.debate.rest.controller</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>com.sun.jersey.api.json.POJOMappingFeature</param-name> <param-value>true</param-value> </init-param> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Jersey REST Service</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> ```

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