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RESTful Java Web Services

You're reading from   RESTful Java Web Services A pragmatic guide to designing and building RESTful APIs using Java

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
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ISBN-13 9781788294041
Length 420 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram Balachandar Bogunuva Mohanram
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Preface 1. Introducing the REST Architectural Style FREE CHAPTER 2. Java APIs for JSON Processing 3. Introducing the JAX-RS API 4. Advanced Features in the JAX-RS APIs 5. Introducing JAX-RS Implementation Framework Extensions 6. Securing RESTful Web Services 7. Description and Discovery of RESTful Web Services 8. RESTful API Design Guidelines 9. The Role of RESTful APIs in Emerging Technologies 10. Useful Features and Techniques

Documenting RESTful web APIs

Good API documentation improves the market adoption of APIs. The API documentation should be both human and machine readable. There are many tools available today for documenting RESTful web APIs. Some of the popular RESTful web API documentation tools are listed here for your quick reference:

  • WADL: This tool is an XML description of HTTP-based web applications such as RESTful web services. Not many vendors use WADL nowadays due to the emergence of more developer-friendly API documentation tools such as Swagger, RAML, and API Blueprint. To learn more about the WADL specification, visit http://www.w3.org/Submission/wadl.
  • RAML: This tool provides both human- and machine-readable formats (YAML) for describing APIs. This is relatively new in the market and is well supported by the active open source community. To learn more about RAML, visit the official...
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