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Re: JSR311: Client API

From: Marc Hadley <Marc.Hadley_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:11:23 -0400

It seems the general sentiment is to leave a client API for a
subsequent version of the API. I'm going to close issue 22 with no
action.

Marc.

On Mar 5, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Marc Hadley wrote:

> Issue 22[1] raises the question about whether we should define a
> client API as part of JAX-RS. Back in October[2] we tabled
> discussion until we'd made some progress on a client API we were
> developing for testing purposes. Paul recently blogged about the
> resulting API that has been developed in Jersey[3] and I'd like to
> revive the discussion on issue 22 now we have something concrete to
> propose. For reference I've also uploaded the javadoc[4] to the
> jsr311 project.
>
> The API is implemented in Jersey trunk and will be included in
> Friday's release of the 0.6 snapshot. I'd recommend getting a copy
> and playing with the classes a little to get a feel for how things
> slot together. Paul will follow up tomorrow with some additional
> worked examples.
>
> Note that a client API was not one of our original deliverables and
> is only being discussed in light of requests from EG members. It
> would still be an acceptable outcome (for me at least) to defer
> inclusion of a client API to a subsequent revision of the
> specification.
>
> We look forward to your comments.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc.
>
> [1] https://jsr311.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=22
> [2] https://jsr311.dev.java.net/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=714
> [3] http://blogs.sun.com/sandoz/entry/jersey_client_api
> [4] https://jsr311.dev.java.net/nonav/sketches/clientapi/index.html
>
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> CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.
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