This document provides an overview of REST (Representational State Transfer) and RESTful architectures. It begins with an introduction and agenda. It then defines REST and describes its key aspects like resources, representations, and the HTTP methods. It discusses the constraints and goals of REST, examples of RESTful systems, and why REST is advantageous for building distributed systems. Finally, it covers implementing RESTful services in Java using the JAX-RS API and frameworks like Jersey.
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