JSR-311 The Rest API

Abstract

Though REST is the defacto standard on the internet, inside the enterprise SOAP is still the dominating player... but this is beginning to change. Many developers find REST (Representational State Transfer) as an easier architecture to understand. Now that JSR-311 "JAX-RS: Java API for RESTful Web Services" is part of J2EE6, enterprise adaption will get into second gear.

This session starts with an introduction of REST, some of the advantages and disadvantages compared to SOAP and will continue with an in depth look of JAX-RS. We'll be using an example service that we will be building during the session where we explore some off the different aspects of JSR-311.

Speaker

Alex Van Boxel is an R&D Engineer at Progress Software, DataDirect division. As Engineer he's been busy with all kinds of data middleware from JDBC, XML, XQuery to data virtualization. Being a technology enthusiast he likes to give internal training to keep people up to date of the world outside data middleware.