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Writing REST services

Create REST services with Java technology and the Atom Publishing Protocol

J. Jeffrey Hanson, CTO, Max International

Jeff Hanson has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry, including work as senior engineer for the Windows OpenDoc project and lead architect for the Route 66 framework at Novell. Jeff is currently the CTO for Max International, Inc., where he is responsible for architecting and building systems using Web services, micro-formats, XML, Java/J2EE, PHP, mobile technologies, and Windows APIs. Jeff is the author of numerous articles and books, including .NET versus J2EE Web Services: A Comparison of Approaches, Pro JMX: Java Management Extensions, and Web Services Business Strategies and Architectures.

Summary: This tutorial discusses the concepts of REST and the Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) and shows how they apply to services. It also shows how to use Java™ technology to implement REST/APP-based services.

Date: 20 Dec 2007 (Published 30 Oct 2007)
Level: Intermediate
PDF: A4 and Letter (114 KB)Get Adobe® Reader®

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Before you start

Learn what to expect from this tutorial and how to get the most out of it.

About this tutorial

This tutorial discusses the concepts of Representation State Transfer (REST) and the Atom Publishing Protocol (APP) and shows how they apply to services. In addition, you learn to implement REST/APP-based services with Java technology.

Objectives

In this tutorial, you:

Learn the basics of REST and the basic concepts behind APP
Apply these technologies within any organization to send and receive HTTP requests and responses through a Java servlet-based system
Enable access and modification of resource data for podcasts, blog entries, image storage, calendar entries, and so on.

Prerequisites

This tutorial is written for Java programmers whose skills and experience are at an intermediate to expert level. You should have a general familiarity with using Java servlets and a working knowledge of the Java programming language. To download all the source code for this tutorial, see Download.

System requirements

To run the examples in this tutorial, you need a Java servlet container.

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