Important JAX-RS annotations explained
In this article, I will be explaining some important annotations in JAX-RS What is JAX-RS JAX-RS is a Java API that you can use for building a REST service. JAX-RS stands for Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS). It is part of the Java EE since Java 6. The latest version of JAX-RS is JAX-RS 2.0 and is part of Java EE 7. JAX-RS is just an API; it has some annotations that you can use to build a REST application. JAX-RS does not include an implementation. Jersey framework is the reference implementation of JAX-RS specification and implements JAX-RS 2.0. There are other implementations of JAX-RS like RESTEasy, etc. Important JAX-RS annotations @Get/@Post/@Put/@Delete/@Head You need to specify these annotations on a JAX-RS method. These annotations indicate the HTTP method that the JAX-RS method maps to. So when a client request comes in, JAX-RS matches the HTTP method in the client request to the method that has the appropriate annotation. If there is no annotation on a method, JAX...