Learn how to design and develop distributed web services in Java using RESTful architectural principals and the JAX-RS specification in Java EE 6. With this hands-on reference, you’ll focus on implementation rather than theory, and discover why the RESTful method is far better than technologies like CORBA and SOAP.
- Work on the design of a distributed RESTful interface, and develop it in Java as a JAX-RS service
- Dispatch HTTP requests in JAX-RS, and learn how to extract information from them
- Deploy your web services within Java Enterprise Edition using the Application class, Default Component Model, EJB Integration, Spring Integration, and JPA
- Discover several options for securing your web services
- Learn how to implement RESTful design patterns using JAX-RS
- Write RESTful clients in Java using libraries and frameworks such as java.net.URL, Apache HTTP Client, and RESTEasy Proxy
