What version of Jersey should I use with Glassfish 3.1 and Java 7?

Question

After I added JAX-RS 2.1/Jersey 2.26+ libraries to my dynamic web project I got the next error:

Glassfish error after upload WAR file 1

The server is running Glassfish 3.1 with JDK 1.7.0_80

I tried to use Jersey 1.19.1 ZIP bundle but then Glassfish said:

Glassfish error after upload WAR file 2

The WAR file with the latest Jersey runs perfect with Tomcat 9 and Java 8 but I need this project to run with Glassfish 3.1 and Java 7.

If you can provide a link to the correct version of Jersey I would appreciate!

This is my very fisrt question so excuse any errors.

Answer 1

To run Jersey with Glassfish 3 you really need to exclude all Jersey.2 things from you war and either:

• use the bundled Jersey.1 implementation of your Glassfish 3.1.2.2 installation (check the /lib or /modules folders you shall see it, or online documentation)

  EDIT: Jersey version should be 1.11.1

    <!-- Keep 1.11.1 for Jersey which is Fish's version -->
      <dependency>
          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
          <artifactId>jersey-server</artifactId>
          <version>1.11.1</version>
          <!-- <scope>provided</scope> ... set Provided scope for GF3 deployment -->
      </dependency>
  
      <dependency>
          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
          <artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
          <version>1.11.1</version>
          <!-- <scope>provided</scope> ... set Provided scope for GF3 deployment -->
      </dependency>
  
      <dependency>
          <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
          <artifactId>jersey-bundle</artifactId>
          <version>1.11.1</version>
          <!-- <scope>provided</scope> ... set Provided scope for GF3 deployment -->
      </dependency>
  
    <!-- Etc. - Organize your dependencies accordingly ... -->
  

• replace the bundled Jersey.1 libraries of your Glassfish3 installation by another Jersey.1 implementation/libs(if you need a fresher version) - but never expect Jersey.2 to run with GF3.

Nonetheless you can actually write code that works with Jersey.1 and Jersey.2 but when you come to packaging and deployment you must build it with appropriate target JVM, dependencies and deployment descriptors - as soon as your modularization is "ok". I didn't read this post fully personnally but why not have a look here.