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public class SortingResource<E extends Comparable<? super E>> {
    private List<E> list;
    @POST
    public void sort() {
        Collections.sort(list);
    }
    public void setList(List<E> list) {
        this.list = list;
    }
    public List<E> getList() {
        return list;
    }
}

Explanation

In this the following example, the SortingResource class can sort any list. If the application manages a library of books and exposes the following resource paths, then the SortingResource class can be used for the implementation of all these resource paths, assuming that it could be bound to more than one path.

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