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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

A brief overview of JSON

JSON is a lightweight, text-based, platform-neutral data interchange format in which objects are represented in the attribute-value pair format. Historically, JSON originated from JavaScript. However, nowadays, it is considered to be a language-independent format because of its wide adoption by all modern programming languages. In this section, you will learn the basics of the JSON format.

Understanding the JSON data syntax

The JSON format is very simple by design. It is represented by the following two data structures:

  • An unordered collection of the name-value pairs (representing an object):
    • Attributes of an object and their values are represented in the name-value pair format; the name and the...
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