Restful with Spring

Unique Idetifier - URL - Noun

• Path - Hierarchy based - Business Object
• Abuse
•     URL - Query Sting
•     Delete HTTP
• Do and Dont
• Hierarchies - Query abuse

URI Tempalets:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/hotels/{hotel}")
public class HotelsController {
    @RequestMapping
    public void handleHotel(@PathVariable{"hotel"} String hotel) {
    ...
    }
    @RequestMapping("bookings/{booking}")
    public void handleBooking(@PathVariable("hotel") String hotel, @PathVariable int booking){
...........}
}}
Representation:

• Using View to give out depending upon file ext or accept header.

Method Conversion

• Get - Retrive represenation of resource - Hotel booking
• Put - Update rerouces - Create Hotel
• Post - Create new resource - Booking
• Delete - Delete resource - Delete Hotel
• HTML does not supprot Get and post.
• JS - Post wiht hiddenHttpMethodFilter

Get is Cacheable

• Returns ETag - Get return it when to ensure that cliet side cache
• Rest Tempalate:
• RESTful Web Applicatio for Spring 3.0

JAX-RS

• More targeted toward machine to machine iterations
  

Spring RESTFul -

• MVC more human interation and consumption
• They will move toward Machine to machine in later sections.
• Claim that JAX-RS already support spring types.