Generating a RESTful Web Service from Scratch

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Some web services can be described as being RESTful. REpresentational State Transfer (REST) REST is an architectural style. Elements of the REST architectural style are its stateless client-server architecture and the fact that web services are viewed as resources that can be identified by their URLs. The application of some or all of the constraints specified by the REST architectural style to a JAX-WS web service makes it a RESTful web service.

To generate a RESTful web service from scratch:

  1. Use the Plugin Manager under the Tools menu to install the RESTful Web Services module, which will also install the RESTful Web Service Libraries module and the RESTful Web Service Support module.
  2. Create a web application project.
  3. In the Projects window or Files window, right-click the web application project node and choose New. Then choose one of the following:

    Alternatively, you can choose the above templates by right-clicking the project node, choosing New > Other and then selecting them from the Web Services category.

  4. Click Next and complete the wizard.
See Also
About Web Services
Using the Preregistered RESTful Web Service Components
Generating RESTful Web Service Client Stubs
Testing a RESTful Web Service

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