Project Jersey is the reference implementation of JSR 311 (“The Java API for RESTful Web Services“). The main page states that Jersey is currently available as an “early access” version and cannot ...

Is Web services development too complicated? A small but influential group of Web developers thinks so. These developers advocate a new approach – one they say is simpler than the World Wide Web ...

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How do you access a RESTful web service? That depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If you just want to test connectivity, a terminal-based utility like curl is a great RESTful web service ...

Sun Microsystems has launched new software tools to bolster its Web services strategy. Sun executives said Friday that the company has released a starter kit, which features a tutorial and development ...

In a world of microservices development and Docker-based deployments, RESTful web services tend to grab all the headlines. However, there's still a place in modern enterprise architectures for ...

Java EE 5 (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5), the new version of the platform, supports an alternative Web services technology. Programming in the REST (Representational State Transfer) style is ...

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In the past six years, the Java programming language has spread from a handful of hard-core developers to an estimated total of 2.5 million users and has evolved from a client-only technology to a key ...

Web services are not just a hype by suppliers looking for new sales; they will take off in 2002, and the majority will be based on Java rather than Microsoft's .Net alternative, according to a poll of ...