In Java EE, the Java API for RESTful web services (JAX-RS) is used to both define and access REST services. JAX-RS is widely used in the Java ecosystem, even by other enterprise technologies. Developers especially like the declarative development model that makes it easy to develop REST services in a productive way.
So-called JAX-RS resources specify REST resources which will be available under a certain URL. The JAX-RS resources are methods in a resource class that implement the business logic once the URL is accessed with a specific HTTP method. The following shows an example of a JAX-RS resource class for users:
import javax.ws.rs.Path; import javax.ws.rs.GET; import javax.ws.rs.Produces; import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType; ...
