In the earlier sections, we discussed the commonly used annotations and APIs in JAX-RS that one may need to be aware of while building REST APIs with JAX-RS. It is now time for us to put all these theories into practice. In this section, we will build a simple yet complete end-to-end RESTful web service by using JAX-RS.
This example uses the following software and tools:
Java SE Development Kit 8 or newer
NetBeans IDE 8.0.2 (with Java EE bundle) or newer
Glassfish Server 4.1 or newer
Maven 3.2.3 or newer
Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 or newer with HR sample database schema
Oracle Database JDBC Driver (
ojdbc7.jaror newer)
Note
Detailed instructions for procuring and setting up all the required tools for running the examples used in this book are discussed in the Appendix, Useful Features and Techniques.
Make sure that your machine has all tools ready before starting with the tutorial. In this tutorial, we...