RESTful Web Services
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Software Development
The State of REST
The S in REST stands for State. Unfortunately, state is an overloaded word. In this post I’ll discuss the two…
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Enterprise Java
Spring Rest API with Swagger – Exposing documentation
Once you create API documentation it is important to make it available to the stakeholders. In ideal case, this published documentation…
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Enterprise Java
Java EE 7 / JAX-RS 2.0 – CORS on REST
Java EE REST application usually works well out of the box on a development machine where all server side resources…
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Software Development
How To Return Error Details From REST APIs
The HTTP protocol uses status codes to return error information. This facility, while extremely useful, is too limited for many…
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Enterprise Java
Spring Rest API with Swagger – Creating documentation
The real key to making your REST API easy to use is good documentation. But even if your documentation is…
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Enterprise Java
Java EE 7 / JAX-RS 2.0: Simple REST API Authentication & Authorization with Custom HTTP Header
REST has made a lot of conveniences when it comes to implementing web services with the already available HTTP protocol…
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Enterprise Java
Spring Rest API with Swagger – Integration and configuration
Nowadays, exposed APIs are finally getting the attention they deserve and companies are starting to recognize their strategic value. However,…
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Software Development
How To Control Access To REST APIs
Exposing your data or application through a REST API is a wonderful way to reach a wide audience. The downside…
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Enterprise Java
Poking around your REST application with a scriptable endpoint
I love the fact that JDK comes with a ScriptEngine. It’s so flexible when you want to evaluate and troubleshoot…
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