Consuming a RESTFul web service with Java Part 1 (java.net way)
Its incredible how common RESTFul web services have become now, i mean i have only started hearing about them in the last couple of years and the usage surge is a little interesting, especially since the style was originally proposed by Roy Fielding back in 2000. I guess one of the reasons could be all the big players getting onboard the REST bandwagon, but anyway this post is not about an analysis of the "RISE Of The REST", its really about how to consume them. If you want to know more about how REST works have a read of this post by Stefan Tilkov. Ok so now there have been two projects where i have had to write REST clients, projects such as: Data capture automation tool: This was a java client i wrote for the School of Chemistry at UNSW, which basically helps them upload their experiments data to a server via a web service. I loved this project, i mean i had a chance to do commercial Swing programming, how often does that happen? ohh and i also had a chance to flex...