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Josh JuneauJava EE 8 Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3594-2_15

15. RESTful Web Services

Josh Juneau1 
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Hinckley, Illinois, USA
 

Java Web Services can play a vital role in enterprise application development. A web service can be described as a client and server application that communicates over HTTP, which provides a standard means for communication and interoperability between different applications. There are many different web service implementations available across each of the different programming platforms. A web service is made accessible via an endpoint implementation. Clients and servers transmit messages to exchange information between various web services. Entire applications can be implemented using web ...

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