JAX-RS runtime allows applications to supply entity providers which maps services between representations (via @Produces and @Consumes) and their Java types. The entity provider interfaces MessageBodyReader and MessageBodyWriter defines the contract that supports the conversion of a stream to a Java type and vice versa.
Lets write a simple JAXRS provider for handling a SOAPMessage […]

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SSL enabled RESTful services are quite easier to develop and test using Jersey, Grizzly and RestTemplate.
Jersey (resource development)
Grizzly Web Server (resource configuration and deployment)
Spring 3 RestTemplate backed by Commons HTTP Client (resource access)
In a moment, you will notice how all these nicely fit the bill. Let us start with the POM for the maven fans.

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The central API for accessing RESTful services in Spring 3 is RestTemplate. It is like any other template mechanism provided by Spring for the client side access. The default implementation uses the java.net package for creating HTTP requests. RestTemplate can be backed by Commons HttpClient using ClientHttpRequestFactory. Using Commons HttpClient as the backend implementation supports […]

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Jersey 1.0.3 was released this week. This release has quite a few interesting new features and improvements to some of its existing functionality. Paul’s blog entry gives the specifics of this release. One of the cool features in this release is the ability to inject WadlApplicationContext in resources. This provides access to the WADL JAXB […]

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I was playing with CXF 2.2 over the weekend. I would like to share my experience in building a simple blogger service using CXF which provides seamless access to SOAP and REST web services. You would soon realize how services design and development has become easier with this new CXF release. Lets dive into the […]

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