Create a REST service
If you are looking to create a REST service with Piranha then consider Piranha Core Profile. It features a runtime ideally suited for REST and micro services.
In 6 steps you will learn how to create the REST service. They are:
- Create the Maven POM file
- Add the application class
- Add the endpoint
- Add an integration test
- Test the application
- Deploy the application
Create the Maven POM file
Create an empty directory to store your Maven project. Inside of that directory create the pom.xml file with the content as below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>cloud.piranha.guides.coreprofile</groupId>
<artifactId>rest</artifactId>
<version>24.10.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>Piranha Core Profile - REST service</name>
<properties>
<jakartaee.version>10.0.0</jakartaee.version>
<java.version>17</java.version>
<junit.version>5.10.0-M1</junit.version>
<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
<maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
<piranha.version>23.6.0</piranha.version>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-core-api</artifactId>
<version>${jakartaee.version}</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
<version>${junit.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<finalName>rest</finalName>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>cloud.piranha.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>piranha-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${piranha.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>pre-integration-test</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>start</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>post-integration-test</id>
<phase>post-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>stop</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<release>${java.version}</release>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
<goal>verify</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
<configuration>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Add the application class
Add the Application class in the src/main/java directory, which allows you to set the application path using the @ApplicationPath annotation.
package rest;
import jakarta.ws.rs.ApplicationPath;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Application;
@ApplicationPath("")
public class RestApplication extends Application {
}
Add the endpoint
And we are adding a simple ‘Hello World’ endpoint that is listening on the /helloworld path.
package rest;
import jakarta.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
@Path("/helloworld")
@RequestScoped
public class HelloWorldBean {
@GET
public String helloWorld() {
return "Hello World!";
}
}
Add an integration test
As we want to make sure the application gets tested before we release an integration test is added which will be executed as part of the build.
We'll add the integration test to the src/test/java directory.
package rest;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
class HelloWorldIT {
@Test
void testHelloWorld() throws Exception {
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest
.newBuilder(new URI("http://localhost:8080/rest/helloworld"))
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
assertTrue(response.body().contains("Hello World!"));
}
}
Test the application
The application is setup to use JUnit to do integration testing using the Piranha Maven plugin so when you are building the application it will also execute an integration test validating the endpoint works.
To build and test the application execute the following command:
mvn install
Deploy the application
To deploy your application you will need 2 pieces.
- The Piranha Core Profile runtime JAR.
- The WAR file you just produced.
For the WAR file see the target directory. For the Piranha Core Profile distribution go to Maven Central. And then the following command line will deploy your application:
java -jar piranha-dist-coreprofile.jar --war-file rest.war
Conclusion
As you can see getting started with Piranha Core Profile does not have to take long.