demo-rest

This is a REST Hello World example using JBoss Forge.

Prerequisites

• JBoss Forge
• Java JDK 1.8
• Maven
• Java Web Application server (Wildfly)

Getting started

• Start Jboss forge cli.
• Create a new project:

project-new --named demo-rest --type war --stack JAVA_EE_7

With this command you are creating a new project named "demo-rest" with war packaging and using JavaEE 7.

• Add new endpoint:

rest-new-endpoint --named HelloWorldEndpoint --application-path /api --path hello-world --target-package io.randomcoding.rest

In this command you are creating a new JAX-RS Activator named RestApplication with application path as "/api", a new REST endpoint with path "/hello-world" and described in HelloWorldEndpoint.java class.

Edit the project

• Open the generated project in your favorite Java code editor.
• Open HelloWorldEndpoint class and edit it as follows:

• Add Web Descriptor (web.xml).

Build

mvn clean install

Deploy

• Deploy the generated WAR package. This file should be found in target/demo-rest.war.

Test

Test the service opening this URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/demo-rest/api/hello-world