Jersey + Guice + Grizzly

GrizzlyWebServer.java

public class GrizzlyWebServer {
	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GrizzlyWebServerService.class);

	public static final void main(String[] args) throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
		HttpServer server = startWebServer();
		System.out.println("Jersey started");
		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
			logger.info("Jersey web app started with Grizzly web container");
		}

		System.in.read();
		server.stop();
		System.exit(0);
	}

	/**
	 * Start the grizzly web container as described at
	 * http://blog.msbbc.co.uk/2008/11/java-using-jersey-and-grizzly-to-create.html
	 * 
	 * @return
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	private static HttpServer startWebServer() throws IOException {
		SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();

		URI u = baseURI();

		HttpServer server = createHttpServer(u);

		WebappContext context = createWebappContext(u.getPath());
		context.deploy(server);

		return server;
	}

	private static URI baseURI() {
		return UriBuilder
				.fromUri("http://localhost:8080/")
				.build();
	}
	
	private static final WebappContext createWebappContext(String path) {
		if (path == null) throw new NullPointerException("Can not create WebappContext with a null context path");
		if ("/".equals(path)) path = ""; //In order for Guice to work ok
		
		WebappContext context = new WebappContext(GrizzlyWebServerService.class.getSimpleName() + "Context", path);

		context.addListener(MediacdnServletContextListener.class);
		
		context.addFilter(GuiceFilter.class.getName(), GuiceFilter.class)
			.addMappingForUrlPatterns(null, "/*");

		return context;
	}

	// As per https://blogs.oracle.com/oleksiys/entry/grizzly_2_0_httpserver_api
	private static HttpServer createHttpServer(URI u) throws IOException {
		HttpServer server = new HttpServer();
		NetworkListener listener = new NetworkListener("grizzly-listener", u.getHost(), u.getPort());

		server.addListener(listener);

		server.getServerConfiguration()
				.addHttpHandler(
						new StaticHttpHandler("/path/to/the/static/files"),
						"/");
		
		server.start();
		return server;
	}
}