There are many frameworks available for building a Java client for accessing REST. The JAX-RS specification standardizes the client APIs and provides fluent APIs for interaction with the RESTful web service.
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Fluent APIs allow you to chain method calls to perform the desired operation, which improves the readability of the code. The return value of the called method gives a context for the next call and is terminated through the return of a void. You can learn more about the fluent APIs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent_interface.
To use the client part of the JAX-RS specification, the client application needs to depend only on the client part of the JAX-RS libraries. If you use the Jersey implementation, the dependency entry in pom.xml may look like the following:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId...