RESTful Java Web Services -- Table of Contents -- RESTful Java Web Services -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. RESTful Architectures -- What is REST? -- Resources -- Representation -- URI -- Uniform interfaces through HTTP requests -- GET/RETRIEVE -- POST/CREATE -- PUT/UPDATE -- DELETE/DELETE -- Web services and the big picture -- Summary -- 2. Accessing RESTful Services - Part 1 -- Getting the tools -- RESTful clients -- Java command-line application -- Jakarta Commons HTTP Client -- Java desktop application -- JSP application -- Servlet application -- Summary -- 3. Accessing RESTful Services - Part 2 -- Getting the tools -- Semantic search mashup -- Application architecture -- Web application definition -- User interface layer -- Parsing JSON structures -- Servlet layer -- SemanticHacker parser Servlet -- Google search Servlet -- Twitter search Servlet -- Yahoo search Servlet -- Yahoo image search Servlet -- Compiling and running the application -- Summary -- 4. RESTful Web Services Design -- Designing a RESTful web service -- Requirements of sample web service -- Resource identification -- Representation definition -- XML representations -- Users -- Messages -- JSON representations -- Users -- Messages -- URI definition -- Executing logic with RESTful URIs -- Using URIs to request representation types -- Summary -- 5. Jersey: JAX-RS -- Getting the tools -- JAX-RS -- Jersey the JAX-RS 1.1 reference implementation -- Annotations -- Jersey resource -- URIs -- @Path -- HTTP methods -- @GET -- @POST -- @PUT -- @DELETE -- Relative paths in methods -- URI variables -- @PathParam -- Input and output formats -- @Consumes -- @Produces -- Parameters.

@FormParam -- Web service architecture -- Persistence layer -- RESTful web service implementation with Jersey -- Application deployment -- URI and resources -- /users -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP POST -- /users/{username} -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP PUT -- HTTP DELETE -- /messages -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP POST -- /messages/{messageID} -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP DELETE -- /messages/users/{username} -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- /messages/search/{search_item} -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- Using this RESTful web service -- Summary -- 6. The Restlet Framework -- Getting the tools -- Restlet -- Restlet 1.1 -- Restlet application and URI mappings -- Handling HTTP requests -- HTTP GET and content negotiation (HTTP Accept header) -- Content negotiation and the HTTP Accept header -- HTTP POST -- HTTP PUT -- HTTP DELETE -- Implementation using Restlet 1.1 -- Restlet application and URI mappings -- URIs and resources -- /users -- HTTP GET -- HTTP POST -- /users/{username} -- HTTP GET -- HTTP PUT -- HTTP DELETE -- /messages -- /messages/{messageID} -- /messages/users/{username} -- /messages/search/{search_item} -- Restlet 2.0 -- Restlet application and URI mappings -- Annotations -- @Get and content negotiation (HTTP Accept header) -- @Post -- @Put -- @Delete -- Implementation using Restlet 2.0 -- Restlet application and URI mappings -- URIs and resources -- /users -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP POST -- /users/{username} -- HTTP GET -- XML representation -- JSON representation -- HTTP PUT -- HTTP DELETE -- /messages -- /messages/{messageID} -- /messages/users/{username} -- HTTP GET -- /messages/search/{search_item}.

HTTP GET -- Summary -- 7. RESTEasy: JAX-RS -- Getting the tools -- RESTEasy - a JAX-RS implementation -- Web service architecture -- RESTful web service implementation with RESTEasy -- Application deployment -- URI and resources -- /users -- /users/{username} -- /messages -- /messages/{messageID} -- /messages/users/{username} -- /messages/search/{search_item} -- Summary -- 8. Struts 2 and the REST Plugin -- Getting the tools -- Struts 2 -- REST plugin -- URI mappings -- HTTP request handlers -- Web service architecture -- RESTful web service implementation with Struts 2 -- Application deployment -- URIs and resources -- /users and /users/{username} -- HTTP GET /users -- HTTP GET /users/{username} -- HTTP POST /users -- HTTP PUT /users/{username} -- HTTP DELETE /users/{username} -- /messages and /messages/{messageID} -- /usermessages/{username} -- /searchmessages/{search_item} -- Summary -- 9. Restlet Clients and Servers -- Getting the tools -- Restlet standalone applications -- Restlet clients -- HTTP GET requests -- HTTP POST requests -- HTTP PUT requests -- HTTP DELETE requests -- Restlet servers -- Summary -- 10. Security and Performance -- Security -- Securing web services -- Custom token authentication -- HTTP basic authentication -- Clients and basic authentication -- Servers and basic authentication -- Single username and password -- Tomcat realms -- OAuth - accessing web services on behalf of users -- Performance -- High availability -- Scalability -- On-demand infrastructures -- Performance recommendations -- Summary -- Index.