Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 8 The Java EE Tutorial

## 32 Building RESTful Web Services with JAX-RS

This chapter describes the REST architecture, RESTful web services, and the Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, defined in JSR 370).

JAX-RS makes it easy for developers to build RESTful web services using the Java programming language.

The following topics are addressed here:

- What Are RESTful Web Services?

- Creating a RESTful Root Resource Class

- Example Applications for JAX-RS

- Further Information about JAX-RS

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