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RESTEasy Tutorial Part-2: Spring Integration

RESTEasy provides support for Spring integration which enables us to expose Spring beans as RESTful WebServices.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step#1: Configure RESTEasy+Spring dependencies using Maven.

 <project xmlns='http:maven.apache.orgPOM4.0.0' 
   xmlns:xsi='http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance'
   xsi:schemaLocation='http:maven.apache.orgPOM4.0.0 
   http:maven.apache.orgmaven-v4_0_0.xsd'>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0<modelVersion>
  
   <groupId>com.sivalabs<groupId>
   <artifactId>resteasy-demo<artifactId>
   <version>0.1<version>
   <packaging>war<packaging>
   
   <properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8<project.build.sourceEncoding>
  <org.springframework.version>3.1.0.RELEASE<org.springframework.version>
  <slf4j.version>1.6.1<slf4j.version>
  <java.version>1.6<java.version>
  <junit.version>4.8.2<junit.version>
  <resteasy.version>2.3.2.Final<resteasy.version>
   <properties>
   
   <build>
     <finalName>resteasy-demo<finalName>
   <build>
   
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit<groupId>
       <artifactId>junit<artifactId>
       <scope>test<scope>
     <dependency>
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.slf4j<groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-api<artifactId>
   <version>${slf4j.version}<version>
  <dependency>
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.slf4j<groupId>
   <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j<artifactId>
   <version>${slf4j.version}<version>
   <scope>runtime<scope>
  <dependency>
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.slf4j<groupId>
   <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12<artifactId>
   <version>${slf4j.version}<version>
   <scope>runtime<scope>
  <dependency>
 
  <dependency>
   <groupId>log4j<groupId>
   <artifactId>log4j<artifactId>
   <version>1.2.16<version>
   <scope>runtime<scope>
  <dependency>
 
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework<groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-context-support<artifactId>
   <version>${org.springframework.version}<version>
   <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>commons-logging<artifactId>
     <groupId>commons-logging<groupId>
    <exclusion>
   <exclusions>
  <dependency>
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework<groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-web<artifactId>
   <version>${org.springframework.version}<version>
  <dependency>
 
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy<groupId>
      <artifactId>resteasy-jaxrs<artifactId>
   <version>${resteasy.version}<version>
      <scope>provided<scope>
     <dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy<groupId>
      <artifactId>resteasy-jaxb-provider<artifactId>
   <version>${resteasy.version}<version>
      <scope>provided<scope>
     <dependency>
 
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy<groupId>
      <artifactId>jaxrs-api<artifactId>
      <version>2.3.0.GA<version>
      <scope>provided<scope>
     <dependency>
        
  <dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy<groupId>
   <artifactId>resteasy-spring<artifactId>
   <version>2.3.0.GA<version>
   <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>commons-logging<artifactId>
     <groupId>commons-logging<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>org.jboss.resteasy<artifactId>
     <groupId>resteasy-jaxb-provider<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>jaxb-impl<artifactId>
     <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>sjsxp<artifactId>
     <groupId>com.sun.xml.stream<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>jsr250-api<artifactId>
     <groupId>javax.annotation<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>resteasy-jaxb-provider<artifactId>
     <groupId>org.jboss.resteasy<groupId>
    <exclusion>
    <exclusion>
     <artifactId>activation<artifactId>
     <groupId>javax.activation<groupId>
    <exclusion>
   <exclusions>
  <dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>javax.servlet<groupId>
    <artifactId>servlet-api<artifactId>
    <version>2.5<version>
    <scope>provided<scope>
   <dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents<groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient<artifactId>
   <version>4.1.2<version>
     <dependency>
        
   <dependencies>
   
 <project>

Step#2: Configure RESTEasy+Spring in web.xml

 <web-app xmlns:xsi='http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance' 
   xmlns='http:java.sun.comxmlnsjavaee' 
   xmlns:web='http:java.sun.comxmlnsjavaeeweb-app_2_5.xsd' 
   xsi:schemaLocation='http:java.sun.comxmlnsjavaee 
   http:java.sun.comxmlnsjavaeeweb-app_3_0.xsd' 
   id='WebApp_ID' version='3.0'>
 
    <listener>
     <listener-class>org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ResteasyBootstrap<listener-class>
   <listener>
   <listener>
     <listener-class>org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.spring.SpringContextLoaderListener<listener-class>
   <listener>
   <servlet>
     <servlet-name>Resteasy<servlet-name>
     <servlet-class>org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.HttpServletDispatcher<servlet-class>
   <servlet>
   <servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>Resteasy<servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>rest*<url-pattern>
   <servlet-mapping>
   <context-param>
     <param-name>contextConfigLocation<param-name>
     <param-value>classpath:applicationContext.xml<param-value>
   <context-param>
   <context-param>
     <param-name>resteasy.servlet.mapping.prefix<param-name>
     <param-value>rest<param-value>
   <context-param>
   <context-param>
         <param-name>resteasy.scan<param-name>
         <param-value>true<param-value>
     <context-param>
 <web-app>

Step#3: Create a Spring Service class UserService and update UserResource to use UserService bean.

 package com.sivalabs.resteasydemo;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import com.sivalabs.resteasydemo.MockUserTable;
 
 @Service
 public class UserService 
 {
 
  public void save(User user){
   MockUserTable.save(user);
  }
 
  public User getById(Integer id){
   return MockUserTable.getById(id);
  }
 
  public List<User> getAll(){
   return MockUserTable.getAll();
  }
  public void delete(Integer id){
   MockUserTable.delete(id);
  }
 }
 
 
 package com.sivalabs.resteasydemo;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.GenericEntity;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 @Path('users')
 @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
 public class UserResource 
 {
  @Autowired
  private UserService userService;
 
  @Path('')
  @GET
  public Response getUsersXML() 
  {
   List<User> users = userService.getAll();
   GenericEntity<List<User>> ge = new GenericEntity<List<User>>(users){};
   return Response.ok(ge).build();
  }
 
  @Path('{id}')
  @GET
  public Response getUserXMLById(@PathParam('id') Integer id) {
   User user = userService.getById(id);
   return Response.ok(user).build();
  }
 
  @Path('')
  @POST
  public Response saveUser(User user) {
   userService.save(user);
   return Response.ok('<status>success<status>').build();
  }
 
  @Path('{id}')
  @DELETE
  public Response deleteUser(@PathParam('id') Integer id) {
   userService.delete(id);
   return Response.ok('<status>success<status>').build();
  }
 
 }
          
package com.sivalabs.resteasydemo;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import com.sivalabs.resteasydemo.MockUserTable;
 
 @Service
 public class UserService 
 {
 
  public void save(User user){
   MockUserTable.save(user);
  }
 
  public User getById(Integer id){
   return MockUserTable.getById(id);
  }
 
  public List<User> getAll(){
   return MockUserTable.getAll();
  }
  public void delete(Integer id){
   MockUserTable.delete(id);
  }
 }
 
 
 package com.sivalabs.resteasydemo;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.GenericEntity;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 @Path('users')
 @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
 @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
 public class UserResource 
 {
  @Autowired
  private UserService userService;
 
  @Path('')
  @GET
  public Response getUsersXML() 
  {
   List<User> users = userService.getAll();
   GenericEntity<List<User>> ge = new GenericEntity<List<User>>(users){};
   return Response.ok(ge).build();
  }
 
  @Path('{id}')
  @GET
  public Response getUserXMLById(@PathParam('id') Integer id) {
   User user = userService.getById(id);
   return Response.ok(user).build();
  }
 
  @Path('')
  @POST
  public Response saveUser(User user) {
   userService.save(user);
   return Response.ok('<status>success<status>').build();
  }
 
  @Path('{id}')
  @DELETE
  public Response deleteUser(@PathParam('id') Integer id) {
   userService.delete(id);
   return Response.ok('<status>success<status>').build();
  }
 
 }
 applicationContext.xml
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
 <beans xmlns='http:www.springframework.orgschemabeans'
  xmlns:xsi='http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance'
  xmlns:p='http:www.springframework.orgschemap'
  xmlns:context='http:www.springframework.orgschemacontext'
  xsi:schemaLocation='http:www.springframework.orgschemabeans 
  http:www.springframework.orgschemabeansspring-beans.xsd
  http:www.springframework.orgschemacontext 
  http:www.springframework.orgschemacontextspring-context.xsd'>
 
  <context:annotation-config>
 
  <context:component-scan base-package='com.sivalabs.resteasydemo'>
 
 <beans>

Step#4: Same JUnit TestCase to test the REST Webservice described in Part-1.

 package com.sivalabs.resteasydemo;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientRequest;
 import org.jboss.resteasy.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.jboss.resteasy.util.GenericType;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.sivalabs.resteasydemo.User;
 
 public class UserResourceTest {
 
  static final String ROOT_URL = 'http:localhost:8080resteasy-demorest';
 
  @Test
  public void testGetUsers() throws Exception 
  {
   ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(ROOT_URL+'users');
   ClientResponse<List<User>> response = request.get(new GenericType<List<User>>(){});
   List<User> users = response.getEntity();
   Assert.assertNotNull(users);
  }
 
  @Test
  public void testGetUserById() throws Exception 
  {
   ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(ROOT_URL+'users1');
   ClientResponse<User> response = request.get(User.class);
   User user = response.getEntity();
   Assert.assertNotNull(user);
  }
 
  @Test
  public void testSaveUser() throws Exception 
  {
   User user = new User();
   user.setId(3);
   user.setName('User3');
   user.setEmail('user3@gmail.com');
 
   ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(ROOT_URL+'users');
   request.body('applicationxml', user);
   ClientResponse<String> response = request.post(String.class);
 
   String statusXML = response.getEntity();
   Assert.assertNotNull(statusXML);
  }
 
  @Test
  public void testDeleteUser() throws Exception 
  {
   ClientRequest request = new ClientRequest(ROOT_URL+'users2');
   ClientResponse<String> response = request.delete(String.class);
   String statusXML = response.getEntity();
   Assert.assertNotNull(statusXML);
  }
 }

Important Things to Keep in mind:

1. org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.server.servlet.ResteasyBootstrap Listener should be registered before any other listener.
2. You should configure resteasy.servlet.mapping.prefix @lt;context-param> if the HttpServletDispatcher servlet url-pattern is anything other than /*
3. You should register REST Resource as Spring bean by annotating with @Component or @Service.

Reference: RESTEasy Tutorial Part-2: Spring Integration from our JCG partner Siva Reddy at the My Experiments on Technology blog.

Siva Reddy

Katamreddy Siva Prasad is a Senior Software Engineer working in E-Commerce domain. His areas of interest include Object Oriented Design, SOLID Design principles, RESTful WebServices and OpenSource softwares including Spring, MyBatis and Jenkins.
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aqueel shah
aqueel shah
11 years ago

u pasted UserResource class twice :)

Robin
Robin
8 years ago

I am getting the exception like below, when I deploy the project on Jboss

Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.jboss.resteasy.spi.InjectorFactory.createPropertyInjector(Ljava/lang/Class;)Lorg/jboss/resteasy/spi/PropertyInjector;

venkateswarlu
venkateswarlu
8 years ago
Reply to  Robin

Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.jboss.resteasy.spi.InjectorFactory.createPropertyInjector(Ljava/lang/Class;)Lorg/jboss/resteasy/spi/PropertyInjector;

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