Hi - We're looking to create a RESTful web API for a specialized search engine and were hoping to use CXF. However, I can't figure out how to create URL-based access to the core search functionality. As a search engine, the API will primarily be built around a single, parameterized call to the search engine, which then returns serialized results in XML or JSON. We are modeling the API on http://developer.yahoo.com/search/rest.html in terms of philosophy and design.
I've looked through the docs and it seems that CXF can help us generate SOAP-based APIs or a non-query-based REST api, neither of which appear to support the url-as-simple-function-call model. I realize that the latter may not fit some definitions of REST, but it does seem to be a useful and common way to allow API-based access to a search functionalities in many contexts. Can CXF help us with this? If so, can someone point me to a recipe or sample implementation? And if not, is there another library we should look at to help expose our Java code to Web calls in this way? Thanks in advance for your time! Ramon ____________________________________ Ramon M. Felciano Chief Technology Officer and VP, Research INGENUITY Systems, Inc. 1700 Seaport Blvd., 3rd Floor Redwood City, CA 94063 650.381.5100 phone 650.963.3399 fax E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----+---- This email message (and any attached document) contains information from Ingenuity Systems Inc. which may be considered confidential by Ingenuity, or which may be privileged or otherwise exempt from disclosure under law, and is for the sole use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any other dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please notify me and destroy the attached message (and all attached documents) immediately.
