Create Restful Web Service With CXF 2.1.X/CXF 2.2, Part 1: create a service in Tomcat (Contine) - Create client code

Justin Chen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:48:00 GMT

The previous message only explains how to create service, this message will describe how to create client and invoke server side. Actually, JSR-311 only defined the server API, so, each vendor will have different ideas on client. But one common way is to use Apache Http Common Client lib. Please see following examples.

1. GET a customer

// Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info

System.out.println("Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info");

URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/vendor_search/services/customerservice/customers/123");

InputStream in = url.openStream();

System.out.println(getStringFromInputStream(in)); //NOTE, return an input stream, you need convert xml to Java Object by yourself

2. Use PUT to update a customer

System.out.println("Sent HTTP PUT request to update customer info");

Client client = new Client();

String inputFile = client.getClass().getResource("update_customer.txt").getFile();

File input = new File(inputFile);

PutMethod put = new PutMethod("http://localhost:8080/vendor_search/services/customerservice/customers");

RequestEntity entity = new FileRequestEntity(input, "text/xml; charset=ISO-8859-1");

put.setRequestEntity(entity);

HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();

try {

int result = httpclient.executeMethod(put);

System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);

System.out.println("Response body: ");

System.out.println(put.getResponseBodyAsString());

} finally {

// Release current connection to the connection pool once you are

// done

put.releaseConnection();

}

3. Use POST to add a customer

System.out.println("Sent HTTP POST request to add customer");

inputFile = client.getClass().getResource("add_customer.txt").getFile();

input = new File(inputFile);

PostMethod post = new PostMethod("http://localhost:8080/vendor_search/services/customerservice/customers");

post.addRequestHeader("Accept" , "text/xml");

entity = new FileRequestEntity(input, "text/xml; charset=ISO-8859-1");

post.setRequestEntity(entity);

httpclient = new HttpClient();

try {

int result = httpclient.executeMethod(post);

System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);

System.out.println("Response body: ");

System.out.println(post.getResponseBodyAsString());

} finally {

// Release current connection to the connection pool once you are

// done

post.releaseConnection();

}

So, for this way provided by Apach Common Http Client, the user still need think about the convention from XML to POJO. It is not so convenience. We will provide a utility class to simply this process.

Justin Chen 2008-11-05 22:48 发表评论

Create Restful Web Service With CXF 2.1.X/CXF 2.2, Part 1: Create a service in Tomcat

Justin Chen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:24:00 GMT

摘要: The first article of a series of implementing Restful web service with CXF. This one focus on a very simple service and how to config it in Tomcat container. 阅读全文

Justin Chen 2008-11-05 18:24 发表评论

Creating Restful Web Service instead of SOAP web service

Justin Chen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:43:00 GMT

摘要: This message gives us a brief introduction on Restful web service (All of these information comes from internet and i just re-organized them) and some thoughts on how can we apply this new architecture pattern into our common service services. 阅读全文