// remove photo api @Override @DELETE @Path("/remove") @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML) @Transactional(propagation = Propagation.NESTED) public Response removePhoto(Integer photoId, @Context HttpServletRequest request) { try { Photo photo = photoDao.load(photoId); Token tokenObj = (Token) request.getAttribute("token"); User user = tokenObj.getUser(); if (user.equals(photo.getUser())) { new File(photo.getPath()).delete(); // delete the file photoDao.delete(photo); } GetPhotoResponseDTO dto = buildDTO(200, null); dto.setImageId(photoId); return Response.status(200).entity(dto).build(); } catch (HibernateException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return Response.status(500).entity(buildDTO(500, null)).build(); } }