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Developing Middleware in Java EE 8

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Developing Middleware in Java EE 8

Overview of this book

Middleware is the infrastructure in software based applications that enables businesses to solve problems, operate more efficiently, and make money. As the use of middleware extends beyond a single application, the importance of having it written by experts increases substantially. This book will help you become an expert in developing middleware for a variety of applications. The book starts off by exploring the latest Java EE 8 APIs with newer features and managing dependencies with CDI 2.0. You will learn to implement object-to-relational mapping using JPA 2.1 and validate data using bean validation. You will also work with different types of EJB to develop business logic, and with design RESTful APIs by utilizing different HTTP methods and activating JAX-RS features in enterprise applications. You will learn to secure your middleware with Java Security 1.0 and implement various authentication techniques, such as OAuth authentication. In the concluding chapters, you will use various test technologies, such as JUnit and Mockito, to test applications, and Docker to deploy your enterprise applications. By the end of the book, you will be proficient in developing robust, effective, and distributed middleware for your business.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Sub-resources


In JAX-RS, you can also introduce sub-resource functions in the same resources class. Use the @Path annotation to mark one or more functions to be a sub-resource of the original one; the new path will be relative to the original one. Let's see an example:

@Path("/hello") 
public class FirstRest { 
 
    @Path("/path1") 
    @GET 
    public String testPath1() { 
        return "Hello from path 1!"; 
    } 
 
    @Path("/path2") 
    @GET 
    public String testPath2() { 
        return "Hello from path 2!"; 
    } 
 
} 

As you can see, we have introduced the @Path annotation to the methods testPath1() and testPath2(). The new paths to those methods will be /hello/test1 and /hello/test2 respectively. You can test them using Postman, as we learned earlier.

And, for sure, we can choose the HTTP method of our choice for each of the sub-resource methods, as shown in the following example:

@Path("/hello") 
public class FirstRest { 
 
    @Path("/path1") 
    @GET 
    public String testPath1...