Introduction to Apache Wink

Apache Wink 1.0 1 is a complete Java based solution for implementing and consuming REST based Web Services. The goal of the Wink framework is to provide a reusable and extendable set of classes and interfaces that will serve as a foundation on which a developer can efficiently construct applications.

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The Wink Developer Guide provides the developer with a rudimentary understanding of the Wink framework and the building blocks that comprise it and its structure.

Welcome to Apache Wink

Wink is a framework for the simple implementation and consumption of REST web services. REST is an acronym that stands for REpresentational State Transfer. REST web services are "Resources" that are identified by unique URIs. These resources are accessed and manipulated using a set of "Uniform methods". Each resource has one or more "Representations" that are transferred between the client and the service during a web service invocation.

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The purpose of this document is to provide detailed information about Wink 1.0 1 and describe the additional features that the Apache Wink 1.0 1 runtime provides in addition to the JAX-RS Java API for REST Web Service specification.

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This document provides the developer with a rudimentary understanding of the Wink 1.0 1 framework in order to highlight the underlying concepts and precepts that make up the framework in order to create a basis for understanding, cooperation and open development of Wink.

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JAX-RS Compliancy

Apache Wink 1.0 is a complete 1 aims to be a fully compliant implementation of the JAX-RS v1.0 1 specification.

JAX-RS is a Java based API for RESTful Web Services is a Java programming language API that provides support in creating web services according to the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style. JAX-RS uses annotations, introduced in Java SE 5, to simplify the development and deployment of web service clients and endpoints.