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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

Using Open Data Protocol with RESTful web APIs

REST is an architecture style for sending messages back and forth from the client to the server over HTTP. The REST architectural style does not define any standard for querying and updating data. Open Data Protocol (OData) defines a web protocol for querying and updating data via RESTful web APIs uniformly. Many companies, including Microsoft, IBM, and SAP, support OData today, and it is governed by Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). Currently, the latest release of OData is Version 4.0.

A quick look at OData

OData provides you with a uniform way of describing the data and the data model. This helps you to consume the REST APIs from...

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