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Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8

You're reading from   Building RESTful Web Services with Java EE 8 Create modern RESTful web services with the Java EE 8 API

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532883
Length 116 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Building Synchronous Web Services and Clients

In this chapter, we will go into the details of building synchronous microservices with Java EE 8. We will learn how to implement server-side REST APIs using basic JAX-RS annotations, implement sub-resource locators for nested REST APIs, and use HTTP status codes and exception mappers for exception handling. You will also learn how to implement the client side using JAX-RS client APIs, and finally, we will have a look at different test strategies for Java EE web services.

We'll cover the following sections in this chapter:

  • Implementing basic REST APIs with JAX-RS
  • Using sub-resources
  • Error handling in JAX-RS
  • Implementing web service clients with Java EE 8
  • Testing Java EE 8 web services

By the end of this chapter, we'll have implemented a small library microservice that offers a REST API for books, authors, and loans. We...

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