Writing REST APIs with Spring MVC
There are two types of communication models. One of them is synchronous, where the client waits for the server to respond to its request. The other is asynchronous, where the client fires a request and forgets. Though Servlet 3.0 and above let you create asynchronous servlets, in our recipes, we will focus on traditional servlet-based HTTP APIs for simplicity. We will also be looking at asynchronous communication in later chapters.
Getting ready
When it comes to building REST APIs, there are several frameworks to choose from. As we already set up the Spring ecosystem in our previous recipe, it would make more sense and be much easier to use Spring MVC to expose REST APIs.
How to do it...
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