Introducing Spring Framework 6: Learning and Building Java-based Applications With Spring

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F. Gutierrez, J. B. OttingerIntroducing Spring Framework 6https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8637-1_10

10. Exposing a REST API

Felipe Gutierrez¹   and Joseph B. Ottinger²

(1)

Cary, NC, USA

(2)

YOUNGSVILLE, NC, USA

 

In our last chapter, we saw how to use asynchronous messaging APIs in Spring using the JmsTemplate to send messages and the @JmsReceiver annotation to receive them. Now we’re going to step back into the land of the Web, to build a set of endpoints that expose our data model to a rich client, using REST.

What Is REST?

REST stands for “REpresentational State Transfer” and generally refers to APIs that conform to a rough definition of resources accessed ...