Chapter 1. Overview

JSR-000311 JAX-RS is a Java Community Process (JCP) specification that provides a Java API for RESTful Web Services over the HTTP protocol. RESTEasy is a portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification that can run in any Servlet container, and integrates tightly with the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) to provide improved user experience in the EAP environment. Where JAX-RS is a server-side only specification, RESTEasy brings JAX-RS functions to the client side through the RESTEasy JAX-RS Client Framework, allowing you to map outgoing HTTP requests to remote servers with JAX-RS and interface proxies.
  • RESTEasy includes the JAX-RS implementation.
  • RESTEasy is portable to any Tomcat or Application Server that runs on Java Development Kit 5.0 or higher.
  • The RESTEasy server implementation can be used with Embedded JBoss for junit testing.
  • RESTEasy integrates easily with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and the Spring Framework.
  • RESTEasy includes a client framework to simplify the process of writing HTTP clients, giving you the opportunity to define more than server bindings.