JAX-RS Insights

What is JAX-RS?

JAX-RS (Jakarta RESTful Web Services, formerly Java API for RESTful Web Services) is a Java API specification that provides support in creating web services according to the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural pattern. It uses annotations to simplify the development and deployment of RESTful web services. Common uses include building APIs for web and mobile applications, integrating different systems, and creating microservices.

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JAX-RS Competitor Technologies

JAX-WS

JAX-WS is an alternative technology for building web services, primarily focused on SOAP-based services, while JAX-RS focuses on RESTful services.

mentioned alongside JAX-RS in 60% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

Apache CXF

Apache CXF is a framework that can be used to create both SOAP-based and RESTful web services, thus it competes with JAX-RS implementations like Jersey and RestEasy.

mentioned alongside JAX-RS in 13% (143) of relevant job posts

Spring MVC

Spring MVC provides an alternative way to build RESTful web services, and it is another popular solution in the Java ecosystem. Can be considered an alternative framework that delivers similar functionality.

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