How to consume REST URLs using Spring MVC?

Question

I have developed few RESTful methods and exposed them via Apache Cxf

I\'m developing the client side application using Spring MVC and I\'m looking for a simple examp

Answer 1

Use path variables to consume REST data. For example:

https://localhost/products/{12345}

This pattern should give you the detail of the product having product id 12345.

@RequestMapping(value="/products/{productId}")
@ResponseBody
public SomeModel doProductProcessing(@PathVariable("productId") String productId){
//do prpcessing with productid
return someModel;
}

If you want to consume Rest Service from another service then have a look at:

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.html

and

http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=546