RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Setting up the environment

This example uses the following software and tools:

• Java SE Development Kit 8 or newer
• NetBeans IDE 8.2 (with Java EE bundle) or newer
• Glassfish Server 4.1 or newer
• Maven 3.2.3 or newer
• Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2 or newer with HR sample database schema
• Oracle Database JDBC Driver (ojdbc7.jar or newer)

Detailed instructions for procuring and setting up all the required tools for running the examples used in this book are discussed in the appendix.

Make sure that your machine has all the tools ready before starting with the tutorial. In this tutorial, we will build a RESTful web service by using the JAX-RS APIs. We will use Maven as a build tool for our sample application, as it does a great job ...