RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition

Design scalable and robust RESTful web services with JAX-RS and Jersey extension APIs

Key Features

Book Description

What you will learn

• Introduce yourself to the RESTful software architectural style and the REST API design principles
• Make use of the JSR 353 APIs and Jackson API for JSON processing
• Build portable RESTful web APIs, making use of the JAXRS 2.0 API
• Simplify API development using the Jersey extension APIs
• Secure your RESTful web services with various authentication and authorization mechanisms
• Get to grips with the various metadata solutions to describe, produce, and consume RESTful web services
• Understand the design and coding guidelines to build wellperforming RESTful APIs
• See how the role of RESTful web services changes with emerging technologies and trends

Who this book is for

If you are a web developer with a basic understanding of the REST concepts but are new to the idea of designing and developing RESTful web services, this is the book for you. As all the code samples for the book are written in Java, proficiency in Java is a must.