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RESTful Java Web Services

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788294041
Length 420 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram
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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

Caching RESTful web API results

The ability to cache and reuse previously retrieved resources is very essential for improving the performance of a REST application. The HTTP/1.1 protocol specification provides a number of features to facilitate the caching of network resources. These offerings can be leveraged for improving the performance of the RESTful web APIs accessed over the HTTP protocol.

HTTP Cache-Control directive

The HTTP Cache-Control directive defines the HTTP response caching policies. You can use it for enabling the caching of the RESTful web API results for a specified interval. Here is a quick summary of the important HTTP Cache-Control directives:

HTTP Cache-Control directive

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