Problem with RESTful web service

Question

I am running into a problem with Flex Web Services (REST) in trying to get the proper format returned. I can see that the HTTP header is set to
Accept: */*;
rather than
Accept: application/xml
when sending the request. The web service was generated via the web services HTTP data services wizard. I edited it to set the resultFormat to xml
    // Constructor
    public function _Super_UsersService()
        // initialize service control
        _serviceControl = new mx.rpc.http.HTTPMultiService();
         var operations:Array = new Array();
         var operation:mx.rpc.http.Operation;
         var argsArray:Array;
         operation = new mx.rpc.http.Operation(null, "getUsers");
         operation.url = "http://localhost:8888/users";
         operation.contentType = "";
         operation.method = "GET";
         operation.resultFormat = "xml";
         //operation.serializationFilter = serializer0;
         operation.properties = new Object();
         operation.properties["xPath"] = "/";
         operation.resultType = valueObjects.Users;
         operations.push(operation);
         _serviceControl.operationList = operations; 
         model_internal::initialize();
How does one configure the accept header?

Answer 1

Hi,
I have posted a simple application with the RESTful reference:
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=13758
I can give you full privileges on this so you can look at the WEB service reference. Shall I send to you separately for login user?
It is using the RESTful service: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/nd_pat_miller/demo/employee/{deptno}
This RESTful service tests fine when I test from within the RESTful web service module of the Workspace.
I based this on the Video demo tutorial for RESTful web service that Oracle published for 4.2 release. The video seemed to exclude the {deptno} in the URL but when I try that, it doesn't work either.
This is the error I am getting when I run this on my Apex environment: (it, of course, will not run the web service in the apex.oracle.com environment)
class="statusMessage">Bad Request</span>                                         
</h3>                                         
</div>                                         
</div>                                         
<div id="xWhiteContentContainer" class="xContentWide">                                         
<div class="xWhiteContent">                                         
<div class="errorPage">                                         
<p>                                         
<ul class="reasons"><li class="badRequestReason"><span class="target" style="display:none;">uri</span><span class="reason">Request path contains unbound parameters: deptno</span></li>                                    
</ul>Thanks,
Pat
Edited by: patfmnd on May 8, 2013 3:33 AM