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RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition

You're reading from   RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition Design scalable and robust RESTful web services with JAX-RS and Jersey extension APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784399092
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jobinesh Purushothaman Jobinesh Purushothaman
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Preface 1. Introducing the REST Architectural Style FREE CHAPTER 2. Java APIs for JSON Processing 3. Introducing the JAX-RS API 4. Advanced Features in the JAX-RS API 5. Introducing the Jersey Framework Extensions 6. Securing RESTful Web Services 7. The Description and Discovery of RESTful Web Services 8. RESTful API Design Guidelines A. Useful Features and Techniques Index

Using header parameter for content negotiation


It is recommended to have an appropriate header parameter in the client request and in the server response to indicate how the entity body is serialized when transmitted over a wire.

  • Accept: This request header field defines a list of acceptable response formats for the response, for example, Accept: application/json,application/xml

    The javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget class allows you to specify the Accept header via the request() method for a JAX-RS client application

  • Content-Type: This header field defines the type of the request or response message body content, for example, Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

    Note

    Note that when you use the @javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation, the JAX-RS runtime sets the content type automatically.

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