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RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

By : Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram, Jobinesh Purushothaman
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RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

By: Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram, Jobinesh Purushothaman

Overview of this book

Representational State Transfer (REST) is a simple yet powerful software architecture style to create lightweight and scalable web services. The RESTful web services use HTTP as the transport protocol and can use any message formats, including XML, JSON(widely used), CSV, and many more, which makes it easily inter-operable across different languages and platforms. This successful book is currently in its 3rd edition and has been used by thousands of developers. It serves as an excellent guide for developing RESTful web services in Java. This book attempts to familiarize the reader with the concepts of REST. It is a pragmatic guide for designing and developing web services using Java APIs for real-life use cases following best practices and for learning to secure REST APIs using OAuth and JWT. Finally, you will learn the role of RESTful web services for future technological advances, be it cloud, IoT or social media. By the end of this book, you will be able to efficiently build robust, scalable, and secure RESTful web services using Java APIs.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)

Tools for building a JAX-RS application

The JAX-RS examples discussed in this book are built using the following software and tools:

  • Java SE Development Kit 8 (JDK 8) or newer: You can download the latest JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. After downloading the appropriate release of JDK, you can navigate to the Installation Instructions section on the download page for detailed instructions on how to install JDK on your computer.
  • NetBeans IDE 8.2 (with Java EE bundle) or newer: The NetBeans IDE helps you to quickly develop JAX-RS web applications. You can download the latest NetBeans IDE from https://netbeans.org/downloads. In the download page, choose either the Java EE or All download bundles because many of the examples discussed in this book are based on Java EE features. Detailed instructions for setting up the NetBeans IDE are...