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Re: a super critical question: what's the X for in JAX-RS ?

From: Paul Sandoz <Paul.Sandoz_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 09:06:10 +0200

On May 2, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Stephen Bhadran wrote:

> Hi,
> I was reading the JAX-RS spec and I had a quick question.
>
> I couldn’t find the meaning of X in JAX-RS ==> Java API for RESTful
> Web Services. Seriously, what does the X stand for?
>

Nothing, or everything :-)

Seriously, it means nothing.


> My only guess is – it got carried over from JAX-WS ==>Java API for
> XML Web Services. Am I right?
>

Yes, and the other JAX-* specs.

Paul.