Restlet

November 17th, 2007 Arsen Posted in Patterns - Java |

Restlet is a lightweight REST framework for Java

Features

• REST concepts have equivalent Java classes (resource, representation, connector, etc.)
• Suitable for both client and server Web applications
• Automatic server-side content negotiation based on media type and language preferences
• Static file serving and editing with metadata association based on file extensions
• Support for representations like JSON, XML (DOM or SAX), FreeMarker templates (alternative to JSP)
• Server connectors for HTTP, HTTPS and AJP (for Apache or IIS) protocols
• Client connectors for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, JDBC and FILE protocols
• Routers support the concept of URIs as UI with advanced pattern matching features
• Filters support features such as authorization, browser tunnelling and extraction of call attributes
• Support of HTTP Basic and Amazon Web Services authentication schemes
• Deployment as native services using Java Service Wrapper
• Supports blocking and non-blocking NIO modes
• Clean Restlet API as a full alternative to the Servlet API
• Noelios Restlet Engine (NRE) is the Reference Implementation (provided by Noelios Consulting)

Licensing

• “Restlet API” and “Noelios Restlet Engine” are distributed under the CDDL license (similar to Mozilla Public License).
• Commercial licenses can be discussed for trademark usage and alternative usage models.