RESTful Web Services

Abstract

This chapter is about providing and consuming server-side data by RESTful web services. Similar to web services over SOAP, it is possible to access a Java EE server application by a NetBeans Platform application. This chapter will show you which steps are necessary to create and integrate a RESTful web service client. You will create a simple product database with a persistent entity class and a RESTful web service class that gives access to the data. The server picks the data directly over the entity manager. But it is also possible to access Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) which provide the needed data.