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Letters to the Editor: Sun gives REST, SOAP choice

By SD Times News Team

November 17, 2008 — (Page 1 of 2)
Thanks for the article, but the headline “Sun moving away from SOAP to embrace REST” is completely misleading.

The article provides a good introduction to JAX-RS and Jersey. Jersey is the Reference Implementation of Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS, JSR 311). The debate between REST and SOAP is not new, and there are religious camps on both sides (even within Sun). Each technology has its own merits and demerits. But just because a new JSR aimed to make RESTful Web services easy in the Java platform is released, it does not mean Sun Microsystems is leaving existing technology in the trenches.

The addition of Jersey to Sun’s software portfolio makes the Web Services stack from the GlassFish community a more compelling and comprehensive offering. Jersey will soon be included as part of Metro, the Web Services stack of GlassFish. And then you can use JAX-WS (or Metro) if you like to use SOAP, or JAX-RS (or Jersey) if you prefer RESTful Web services. It’s all about offering choice to the community.

Here are some data points for JAX-WS:

• The JAX-WS 2.0 specification was released on May 11, 2006. There have been a couple of maintenance releases since then, with another one brewing.

• Parts of Metro, the implementation of JAX-WS, are currently baked into GlassFish, embeddable in the JBossWS stack, and part of Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere.

• The implementation stack is mature and is used in several key customer deployments.

• JAX-WS is already included in Java SE 6 and hence is available to a much wider audience.

• As opposed to “moving away,” JAX-WS 2.2 (currently being worked on) will be included in the Java EE 6 platform, as will Jersey.

So I believe both SOAP and REST are here to stay, at least in the near future. And Sun Microsystems is committed to supporting them!

Arun Gupta
Application Platform
Sun Microsystems

Where are the URLs?
Your article on safe coding practices [“SAFECode Offers Best Practices for Secure Software”] is very interesting. Now that I know this resource exists, I’m interested in obtaining a copy. What are the URLs for the SAFECode organization and the security best practices guide?

Related Search Term(s): Java, REST, security, Silverlight, SOAP, Windows, SAFECode, Sun

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