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You're reading from RESTful Java Web Services A pragmatic guide to designing and building RESTful APIs using Java

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788294041

Length 420 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

JAX-RS

Concepts

Web Services

Author (1):

Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing the REST Architectural Style

2. Java APIs for JSON Processing FREE CHAPTER

3. Introducing the JAX-RS API

4. Advanced Features in the JAX-RS APIs

5. Introducing JAX-RS Implementation Framework Extensions

6. Securing RESTful Web Services

7. Description and Discovery of RESTful Web Services

8. RESTful API Design Guidelines

9. The Role of RESTful APIs in Emerging Technologies

10. Useful Features and Techniques

Java APIs for JSON Processing

In the previous chapter, you were introduced to the REST architectural style. Remember that REST does not prescribe any specific message format for client-server communication. One can use an appropriate format for representing messages as long as the chosen format is supported by HTTP. XML and JSON are the two popular formats used by RESTful web services today. Within these two formats, JSON is widely adopted by many vendors because of its simplicity and light weight. In this chapter, you will learn more about the JSON message format, how to represent real-life business data in the JSON format, and various processing tools and frameworks related to JSON.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

A brief overview of JSON
Using the JSR 353 – Java API for processing JSON
Using the Jackson API for processing JSON
Using the Gson API for...

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Authors (1)

Bogunuva Mohanram

Bogunuva Mohanram Balachandar works as associate director for a leading American multinational corporation, listed in NASDAQ-100 that provides digital, technology, consulting, and operations services. He has extensive experience in the design and development of multiple enterprise application integration projects, using various tools and technologies such as Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle AIA, IBM WebSphere Process Server, web services, RESTful services, Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), IBM WebSphere MQ, TIBCO EMS, Java, JMS, and Spring Integration. He is certified in SOA, web services, and cloud technologies and has over 16 years of IT industry experience in software design and development. Prior to joining his current employer, he worked with IBM, Accenture, and Wipro.

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