Question

I’m looking for a light version of REST for a Java web application I’m developing.

I’ve looked at RESTlet (www.restlet.org) and the REST plugin for Struts 2, but I haven’t made up my mind. I’m leaning towards RESTlet, as it seems to be lighter.

Has anyone implemented a RESTful layer without any of the the frameworks or with the frameworks?

Any performance issues that you’ve seen because of the new web layer?

Did the introduction of REST added unmanageable or unreasonable complexity to your project? (Some complexity is understandable, but what I mean is just plain overkilling your design just to add REST)

Answer 1

Well, I’ve used Enunciate quite a bit. It uses simple annotations to provide either REST and/or SOAP endpoints.

http://enunciate.codehaus.org

Plus, Ryan Heaton has always provided top-notch support for things, too.