A lightweight implementation of the ActiveResource pattern for Java that lets you manipulate RESTful resources as Java objects.

Note: Currently uses Apache the HttpClient Jar. You can get the JarsHere:

Usage:

for a more detailed look see the HighriseWalkthrough...

Quick usage example...

request:

http://www.example.com/projects/2782118.xml

response:

<?xml version="1.0"?><project><id>2782118</id><project-name>Zipwire Rest</project-name></project>

create an interface(s) to manipulate the resource

interface Project {
  String getId();
  String getName();
}

create a RestConnection object * The XmlNamingRule handles method(CamelCase) to xml (separate-word) translation.

RestConnection connection = new ApacheRestConnection(
  host, username, password, 
  new XmlNamingRule(){
    public String transform(String method) {
      return new CamelCase(method).separateWith("-").toLowerCase();
  }}
){};

get the resource via the interface

Project project = connection.get("projects/2782118.xml").as(Project.class);

System.out.println(project.getId());            // ==> "2782218"
System.out.println(project.getProjectName());   // ==> "Zipwire Rest"