Spring from the Trenches: Adding Validation to a REST API

I am a bit ashamed to admit this but until yesterday, I had no idea that I can add validation…

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Spring MVC – Easy REST-Based JSON Services with @ResponseBody

Spring 3 makes JSON REST services really easy. This tutorial will show you how in just a few steps. You…

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REST with Apache Camel

There are many ways to expose an HTTP endpoint in Camel: jetty, tomcat, servlet, cxfrs and restlet. Two of these…

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Expressive JAX-RS integration testing with Specs2 and client API 2.0

No doubts, JAX-RS is an outstanding piece of technology. And upcoming specification JAX-RS 2.0 brings even more great features, especially…

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Java: Rest-assured (or Rest-Very-Easy)

Recently I had to write some Java code to consume REST services over HTTP. I’ve decided to use the Client…

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Exception Handling for REST with Spring 3.2

1. Overview This article will focus on how to implement Exception Handling with Spring for a REST API. We’ll look…

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Going REST: embedding Tomcat with Spring and JAX-RS (Apache CXF)

This post is logical continuation of the previous one. The only difference is the container we are going to use:…

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Going REST: embedding Jetty with Spring and JAX-RS (Apache CXF)

For hardcore server-side Java developer the only way to ‘speak’ out to the world is by using APIs. Today’s post…

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Testing REST with multiple MIME types

1. Overview This article will focus on testing a RESTful Service with multiple Media Types/representations. This is the tenth of…

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