November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
420 pages
10h 29m
English
Content preview from RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition
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Components
Software components required for REST are categorized by their roles as follows:
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Component role |
Function |
Examples |
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Origin server |
It acts as the container or definitive source for the representation of resources being requested; it must be the ultimate recipient of any requests. It uses a server connector to receive and respond to requests. |
Web servers (Apache Tomcat, Microsoft IIS) |
|
User agent |
This is the user interface for the end user. It uses the client connector to initiate the request and get the response. |
Web browsers (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Lynx) |
|
Proxy |
This acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources. |
CGI Proxy, CERN Proxy |
|
Gateway |
This involves reverse ... |