Can HttpServletRequest be null after arriving in Java REST API?

Question

I am using REST API with spring.is it possible that request arrives from UI/CURL to following API with request parameter null?

 @GET
    @Path(/abc)
    @Produces({ "application/xml", "application/json" })
    Public Users getUsers(@Context HttpServletRequest request)
    {
    someOtherClassMethod(request);
    }

should I put null check for request here or request would always be not null if its arrived here.

If we are talking about a request, then it is already exists there. — yılmaz, Oct 04 '17 at 09:59
Please mark answer as accepted if it answers your question. So that it moves to answered questions list — VedantK, Oct 05 '17 at 11:14

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '17 at 10:07

@Context can be used to inject 12 object instances related to the context of HTTP requests.

It behaves just like the @Inject and @Autowired annotations in Java EE and Spring respectively.

@Context HttpServletRequest request

Here bean is created , and so can never be null

No need of null check

Hope this answers

Can HttpServletRequest be null after arriving in Java REST API?

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