Each recipe includes one or two problem statements, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for solving them, as well as examples using HTTP requests and responses, and XML, JSON, and Atom snippets. You'll also get implementation guidelines, and a discussion of the pros, cons, and trade-offs that come with each solution.
Learn how to design resources to meet various application scenarios
Successfully design representations and URIs
Implement the hypertext constraint using links and link headers
Understand when and how to use Atom and AtomPub
Know what and what not to do to support caching
Learn how to implement concurrency control
Deal with advanced use cases involving copying, merging, transactions, batch processing, and partial updates
Secure web services and support OAuth
About the Author
Subbu Allamaraju is a Principal Engineer at Yahoo! where, during the last one year, he has been developing standards and practices for designing RESTful Web APIs. Prior to that Subbu developed web services/Java based software and contributed to JCP and OASIS standards at BEA Systems Inc. Subbu has contributed to four books on J2EE, all published by Wrox.
