Hi Chris,
Thanks for your interest in Restlet! 1) Regarding authentication, it can be handled by Restlet in various ways. We support the common HTTP BASIC and DIGEST authentication schemes on the server-side for example and various authorization mechanisms. 2) Restlet can be integrated easily with third-party caching solutions. This could be done inside your resource classes. Regarding the need for session, I suggest that you look at the list archives as we have already discussed this point. There is also a related RFE: Alternatives to Servlet sessions http://restlet.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=364 Best regards, Jerome Louvel -- Restlet ~ Founder and Lead developer ~ <http://www.restlet.org/> http://www.restlet.org Noelios Technologies ~ Co-founder ~ <http://www.noelios.com/> http://www.noelios.com De : Chris Davis [mailto:[email protected]] Envoyé : mardi 28 juillet 2009 15:21 À : [email protected] Objet : Considering Restlet for my web service Hello, I am currently trying to implement web service that will run on our existing servlet based system. Restlet looks almost perfect for what I need but there are two things that I need to be sure I can do before I can proceed with it. 1) Authentication - I need to allow a user to authenticate themselves before accepting any other requests from that user 2) Server side caching - I need to keep data retrieved from a 3rd party system temporarily cached in memory for each user, to open new a connection and retrieve this data is too expensive an operation to do on every request. Of course you know I am going to say I need some sort of session :) but I also agree that to do without the session is a good way to go. So do you have any suggestions as to what to do? I am sure others must have come up against this scenario. Or perhaps restlet is not the correct solution in this case? Any advice is much appreciated, this is my first stab at a web service and I have looked at most of the other possible java web service solutions but they all seem so overweight and disparate (which I guess is why restlet was created in the first place) thanks in advance Chris D ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2380870
