Apache Wink
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Apache Wink is an open source
framework that enables development and consumption of REST
style web services.
joined forces to deliver the Apache Wink project, HP contributed the SDK and IBM
contributed a lot of integration tests.
The Apache Wink is currently part of the Apache Incubator
project.
(JSR-311) specification along with additional features to facilitate the development of RESTful Web services. The Client module is a Java-based framework that provides functionality for communicating with RESTful Web services.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
framework that enables development and consumption of REST
Representational State Transfer
Representational state transfer is a style of software architecture for distributed hypermedia systems such as the World Wide Web. The term representational state transfer was introduced and defined in 2000 by Roy Fielding in his doctoral dissertation...
style web services.
History
The project was initiated in 2007 as an HP internal REST SDK called Symphony. At the beginning of 2009 HP and IBMIBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
joined forces to deliver the Apache Wink project, HP contributed the SDK and IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
contributed a lot of integration tests.
The Apache Wink is currently part of the Apache Incubator
Apache Incubator
Apache Incubator is the gateway for Open source projects intended to become fully fledged Apache Software Foundation projects.The Incubator project was created in October 2002 to provide an entry path to the Apache Software Foundation for projects and codebases wishing to become part of the...
project.
Features
Apache Wink is composed of a Server module and a Client module. The Server module is an implementation of the JAX-RSJAX-RS
JAX-RS: Java API for RESTful Web Services is a Java programming language API that provides support in creating web services according to the Representational State Transfer architectural style...
(JSR-311) specification along with additional features to facilitate the development of RESTful Web services. The Client module is a Java-based framework that provides functionality for communicating with RESTful Web services.
- JAX-RS 1.0 compliant
- Has support for Atom Syndication FormatAtom (standard)The name Atom applies to a pair of related standards. The Atom Syndication Format is an XML language used for web feeds, while the Atom Publishing Protocol is a simple HTTP-based protocol for creating and updating web resources.Web feeds allow software programs to check for updates published on a...
, Atom Publishing Protocol and RSSRSS-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
. - Has support for JSONJSONJSON , or JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects...
, CSVComma-separated valuesA comma-separated values file stores tabular data in plain-text form. As a result, such a file is easily human-readable ....
and OpenSearchOpenSearchOpenSearch is a collection of technologies that allow publishing of search results in a format suitable for syndication and aggregation. It is a way for websites and search engines to publish search results in a standard and accessible format....
.
Releases
| Release | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| pre 0.1 | 2009-05-27 | Wink enters incubation. |
| pre 0.1 | 2009-07-01 | Wink is JAX-RS 1.0 compliant |
| 0.1 | 2009-08-26 | Wink 0.1 released. |
| 1.1 | 2010-05-14 | Wink 1.1 released. |
| 1.1.1 | 2010-07-07 | Wink 1.1.1 released. |
| 1.1.2 | 2010-11-15 | Wink 1.1.2 released. |
| 1.1.3 | 2011-05-09 | Wink-1.1.3 released. |