Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

Creating a Java client for a form-encoded RESTful web service

Let's now create a test method for calling the previous web service that consumes form-encoded data. Open CourseManagementClient.java from the CourseManagementRESTClient project and add the following method:

  //Test addCourse method (Form-Encoded version) of CourseService 
  public static void testAddCourseForm() { 
 
    //create JAX-RS client 
    Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient(); 
 
    //Get WebTarget for a URL 
    WebTarget webTarget =  client.target("http://localhost:8600/CourseManagementREST/services/course/add"); //Create Form object and populate fields Form form = new Form(); form.param("name", "Course-5"); form.param("credits", "5"); //Execute HTTP post method Response response = webTarget.request(). ...