Guide to Logging in Java Jersey Applications

Logging is a critical part of any production-ready RESTful service. It helps us trace requests, debug issues, and monitor performance.…

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Read Response Body in JAX-RS Client from a POST Request

JAX-RS (Jakarta API for RESTful Web Services) is a widely used framework for building RESTful web services in Java. It…

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So you want to expose your JAX-RS services over HTTP/2

Nonetheless HTTP/2 is about six years old (already!), and HTTP/3 is around the corner, it looks like the majority of…

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For gourmets and practioners: pick your flavour of the reactive stack with JAX-RS and Apache CXF

When JAX-RS 2.1 specification was released back in 2017, one of its true novelties was the introduction of the reactive…

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Converting JAX-RS parameters with ParamConverters

If you want JAX-RS to automatically convert parameters such as query params, path params, or others, you need to create…

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RESTful services with HATEOAS: REST APIs and Hypermedia on JVM

1. Introduction So far we have spent a fair amount of time talking about the role of the hypermedia and…

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Quickly creating URIs with UriBuilder

If you have access to the JAX-RS API and an implementation in your projects (many do), then you can use…

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When HTTP status code is not enough: tackling web APIs error reporting

One area of the RESTful web APIs design, quite frequently overlooked, is how to report errors and problems, either related…

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The Hypermedia APIs support in JAX-RS and OpenAPI: a long way to go

Sooner or later, most of the developers who actively work on REST(ful) web services and APIs stumble upon this truly…

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