Restlets Looking Good
I spent last night looking into Restlet; the brainchild of Jérôme Louvel. My first impression is that the code is solid and is a faithful implementation of Rest concepts on the Java platform. I’ve started integrating it into a project I’m working on and will report back as I learn more. So far, my biggest stumbling block isn’t the software, but instead learning how to architect software using only rest.
It appears that a major part of rest is transporting representations between the client and the server. For example, to update an attribute of a resource, the client PUTs the resource onto the server using the appropriate URL. The simplicity is compelling. But, I’m very concerned about pushing complexity onto the client as a consequence of this simplicity. Stay tuned.
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