RESTful Java client with RESTEasy client framework

This tutorial show you how to create a RESTful Java client with RESTEasy client framework, to perform “GET” and “POST” requests to REST service that created in last “Jackson + JAX-RS” tutorial.

1. RESTEasy Client Framework

RESTEasy client framework is included in RESTEasy core module, so, you just need to declares the “resteasy-jaxrs.jar” in your pom.xml file.

File : pom.xml

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
        <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs</artifactId>
        <version>2.2.1.GA</version>
    </dependency>

2. GET Request

Review last REST service.

@Path("/json/product")
public class JSONService {

    @GET
    @Path("/get")
    @Produces("application/json")
    public Product getProductInJSON() {

        Product product = new Product();
        product.setName("iPad 3");
        product.setQty(999);

        return product; 

    }
    //...

RESTEasy client to send a “GET” request.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientRequest;
import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientResponse;

public class RESTEasyClientGet {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
      try {

        ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(
                "http://localhost:8080/RESTfulExample/json/product/get");
        request.accept("application/json");
        ClientResponse<String> response = request.get(String.class);

        if (response.getStatus() != 200) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
                + response.getStatus());
        }

        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
            new ByteArrayInputStream(response.getEntity().getBytes())));

        String output;
        System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");
        while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println(output);
        }

      } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      } catch (IOException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      } catch (Exception e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      }

    }

}

Output…

Output from Server ….

{"qty":999,"name":"iPad 3"}

3. POST Request

Review last REST service also.

@Path("/json/product")
public class JSONService {

        @POST
    @Path("/post")
    @Consumes("application/json")
    public Response createProductInJSON(Product product) {

        String result = "Product created : " + product;
        return Response.status(201).entity(result).build();

    }
    //...

RESTEasy client to send a “POST” request.

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientRequest;
import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientResponse;

public class RESTEasyClientPost {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

      try {

        ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(
            "http://localhost:8080/RESTfulExample/json/product/post");
        request.accept("application/json");

        String input = "{\"qty\":100,\"name\":\"iPad 4\"}";
        request.body("application/json", input);

        ClientResponse<String> response = request.post(String.class);

        if (response.getStatus() != 201) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
                + response.getStatus());
        }

        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
            new ByteArrayInputStream(response.getEntity().getBytes())));

        String output;
        System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");
        while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println(output);
        }

      } catch (MalformedURLException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      } catch (IOException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      } catch (Exception e) {

        e.printStackTrace();

      }

    }

}

Output…

Output from Server ….

Product created : Product [name=iPad 4, qty=100]