JAX-RS 2.0: RESTful Java on Steroids, by Aron Gupta

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JAX-RS 2.0: RESTful Java on Steroids

Arun Gupta, Java EE & GlassFish Guyhttp://blogs.oracle.com/arungupta, @arungupta

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Part I: How we got here ?


How We Got Here?

• Shortest intro to JAX-RS 1.0• Requested features for JAX-RS 2.0• JSR 339: JAX-RS 2.0


JAX-RS Origins

• JAX-RS 1.0 is Java API for RESTful WS• RESTFul Principles:– Assign everything an ID– Link things together– Use common set of methods– Allow multiple representations– Stateless communications


JAX-RS 1.0 Goals

• POJO-Based API• HTTP Centric• Format Independence• Container Independence• Inclusion in Java EE


Example: JAX-RS API

@Path("/atm/{cardId}")public class AtmService {

@GET @Path("/balance") @Produces("text/plain") public String balance(@PathParam("cardId") String card, @QueryParam("pin") String pin) { return Double.toString(getBalance(card, pin)); }

…

Built-inSerialization

Resources

URI ParameterInjection

HTTP MethodBinding


Example: JAX-RS API (contd.)

…

@POST @Path("/withdrawal") @Consumes("text/plain") @Produces("application/json") public Money withdraw(@PathParam("card") String card, @QueryParam("pin") String pin, String amount){ return getMoney(card, pin, amount); }}

Custom Serialization


Requested Features

Client APIFilters/Handlers

Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg MVC

Hypermedia


JSR 339 Expert Group

• EG Formed in March 2011• Oracle Leads: Marek Potociar / Santiago Pericas-G.• Expert Group: – Jan Algermissen, Florent Benoit, Sergey Beryozkin (Talend),

Adam Bien, Bill Burke (RedHat), Clinton Combs, Bill De Hora, Markus Karg, Sastry Malladi (Ebay), Julian Reschke, Guilherme Silveira, Dionysios Synodinos

• Early Draft 2 published on Feb 9, 2012!


Part II: Where We Are Going


New in JAX-RS 2.0


Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg MVC

Hypermedia✔

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✔

✔

✔

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✔✗


New in JAX-RS 2.0

Client APIInterceptors

/Handlers

Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia

✔


Motivation

• HTTP client libraries too low level• Sharing features with JAX-RS server API• E.g., MBRs and MBWs

• Supported by some JAX-RS 1.0 implementations• Need for a standard


Example: Client API

// Get instance of ClientClient client = ClientFactory.newClient();

Can also inject @URI for the target

// Get account balanceString bal = client.target("http://.../atm/balance") .pathParam("card", "111122223333") .queryParam("pin", "9876") .request("text/plain").get(String.class);


Example: Client API (contd.)

// Withdraw some moneyMoney mon = client.target("http://.../atm/withdraw") .pathParam("card", "111122223333") .queryParam("pin", "9876") .request("application/json") .post(text("50.0"), Money.class);


Example: Generic Interface (Command pattern, Batch processing)Invocation inv1 = client.target("http://.../atm/balance")… .request(“text/plain”).buildGet();

Invocation inv2 = client.target("http://.../atm/withdraw")… .request("application/json") .buildPost(text("50.0"));


Example: Generic Interface (contd.)

Collection<Invocation> invs = Arrays.asList(inv1, inv2);

Collection<Response> ress = Collections.transform(invs, new F<Invocation, Response>() { public Response apply(Invocation inv) { return inv.invoke(); } });


New in JAX-RS 2.0

Client APIInterceptors

/Handlers

Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia

✔✔


Motivation

• Customize JAX-RS implementations via well-defined extension points

• Use Cases: Logging, Compression, Security, Etc.• Shared by client and server APIs• Supported by most JAX-RS 1.0 implementations• All using slightly different types or semantics


Filters

• Non-wrapping extension points• Pre: Interface RequestFilter• Post: Interface ResponseFilter

• Part of a filter chain• Do not call the next filter directly• Each filter decides to proceed or break chain• By returning FilterAction.NEXT or FilterAction.STOP


Filter Example: LoggingFilter

@Providerclass LoggingFilter implements RequestFilter, ResponseFilter {

@Override public FilterAction preFilter(FilterContext ctx) throws IOException { logRequest(ctx.getRequest()); return FilterAction.NEXT; }

…


Filter Example: LoggingFilter (contd.)

@Override public FilterAction postFilter(FilterContext ctx) throws IOException { logResponse(ctx.getResponse()); return FilterAction.NEXT; }

}


Interceptors

• Wrapping extension points• ReadFrom: Interface ReaderInterceptor• WriteTo: Interface WriterInterceptor

• Part of a interceptor chain• Call the next handler directly• Each handler decides to proceed or break chain• By calling ctx.proceed()


Handler Example: GzipInterceptor@Providerclass GzipInterceptor implements ReaderInterceptor, WriterInterceptor {

@Override public Object aroundreadFrom(ReadInterceptorContext ctx) throws IOException { if (gzipEncoded(ctx)) { InputStream old = ctx.getInputStream(); ctx.setInputStream(new GZIPInputStream(old)); } return ctx.proceed(); } … }


Client

Order of execution

RequestFilter

WriteToHandler

ReadFromHandler

ResponseFilter

Server

RequestFilter

ReadFromHandler

WriteToHandler

ResponseFilter


Binding Example: LoggingFilter

@NameBinding // or @Qualifier ?@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)public @interface Logged {}

@Provider@Loggedpublic class LoggingFilter implements RequestFilter, ResponseFilter { … }


Binding Example: LoggingFilter

@Path("/")public class MyResourceClass {

@Logged @GET @Produces("text/plain") @Path("{name}") public String hello(@PathParam("name") String name) { return "Hello " + name; }}


New in JAX-RS 2.0


Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia✔

✔

✔✔


Motivation

• Services must validate data• Bean Validation already provides the mechanism• Integration into JAX-RS

• Support for constraint annotations in:• Fields and properties• Parameters (including request entity)• Methods (response entities)• Resource classes


Example: Constraint Annotations

@Path("/")class MyResourceClass {

@POST @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED) public void registerUser( @NotNull @FormParam("firstName") String fn, @NotNull @FormParam("lastName") String ln, @Email @FormParam("email") String em) { ... } }

Custom

Built-in


Example: User defined Constraints

@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER })@Retention(RUNTIME)@Constraint(validatedBy = EmailValidator.class)public @interface Email { ... }

class EmailValidator implements ConstraintValidator<Email, String> { public void initialize(Email email) { … } public boolean isValid(String value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) { // Check 'value' is e-mail address … } }


Example: Request Entity Validation

@CheckUser1class User { ... }

@Path("/")class MyResourceClass { @POST @Consumes("application/xml") public void registerUser1(@Valid User u) { … }

@POST @Consumes("application/json") public void registerUser12(@CheckUser2 @Valid User u) { … } }


New in JAX-RS 2.0


Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔


Motivation

• Let “borrowed” threads run free!• Container environment

• Suspend and resume connections• Suspend while waiting for an event• Resume when event arrives

• Leverage Servlet 3.X async support (if available)• Client API support• Future<RESPONSE>, InvocationCallback<RESPONSE>


Example: Suspend and Resume

@Path("/async/longRunning")public class MyResource { @Context private ExecutionContext ctx;

@GET @Produces("text/plain") public void longRunningOp() { Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().submit( new Runnable() { public void run() { Thread.sleep(10000); // Sleep 10 secs ctx.resume("Hello async world!"); } }); ctx.suspend(); // Suspend connection and return } … }


Example: @Suspend Annotation@Path("/async/longRunning")public class MyResource { @Context private ExecutionContext ctx;

@GET @Produces("text/plain") @Suspend public void longRunning() { Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor().submit( new Runnable() { public void run() { Thread.sleep(10000); // Sleep 10 secs ctx.resume("Hello async world!"); } }); // ctx.suspend(); Suspend connection and return } … }


Example: Client API Async Support

// Build target URITarget target = client.target("http://.../atm/balance")… // Start async call and register callbackFuture<?> handle = target.request().async().get( new InvocationCallback<String>() { public void complete(String balance) { … } public void failed(InvocationException e) { … } }); // After waiting for a while …If (!handle.isDone()) handle.cancel(true);


New in JAX-RS 2.0


Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia

✔✔

✔

✔

✔

✔


Motivation

• REST principles• Identifiers and Links• HATEOAS (Hypermedia As The Engine Of App State)

• Link types:• Structural Links• Transitional Links


Example: Structural vs. Transitional Links

Link: <http://.../orders/1/ship>; rel=ship, <http://.../orders/1/cancel>; rel=cancel...<order id="1"> <customer>http://.../customers/11</customer> <address>http://.../customers/11/address/1</customer> <items> <item> <product>http://.../products/111</products> <quantity>2</quantity> </item> ... </order>

Transitional

Structural


Example: Using Transitional Links

// Server APIResponse res = Response.ok(order) .link("http://.../orders/1/ship", "ship") .build(); // Client APIResponse order = client.target(…) .request("application/xml").get();

if (order.getLink(“ship”) != null) { Response shippedOrder = client .target(order.getLink("ship")) .request("application/xml").post(null); … }


New in JAX-RS 2.0


Async

Validation

JSR 330

ImprovedConneg

Hypermedia

✔✔

✔

✔

✔✔

✔


Improved Conneg

GET http://.../widgets2Accept: text/*; q=1…

Path("widgets2")public class WidgetsResource2 { @GET @Produces("text/plain", "text/html") public Widgets getWidget() {...}}


Improved Conneg (contd.)

GET http://.../widgets2Accept: text/*; q=1…

Path("widgets2")public class WidgetsResource2 { @GET @Produces("text/plain;qs=0.5", "text/html;qs=0.75") public Widgets getWidget() {...}}


Other Topics Under Consideration

• Better integration with JSR 330• Support @Inject and qualifiers

• High-level client API?


More Information

• JSR: http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=339• Java.net: http://java.net/projects/jax-rs-spec• User Alias: [email protected]• All EG discussions forwarded to this list

http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=339

http://java.net/projects/jax-rs-spec

mailto:[email protected]


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JAX-RS 2.0: RESTful Java on Steroids, by Aron Gupta