What this book covers

Chapter 1, Getting Started with Java EE 8, gets you started with Java EE 8—we'll implement our first simple web service using Java EE 8 and the relevant APIs.

Chapter 2, Building Synchronous Web Services and Clients, dives deep into synchronous services—we'll be implementing synchronous web services, and also web service clients, using the relevant APIs.

Chapter 3, Content Marshaling with JSON-B and JSON-P, covers content marshaling—we'll be using JSON-B and JSON-P for marshaling our content.

Chapter 4, Building Asynchronous Web Services, explores asynchronous services—we'll be implementing asynchronous web services, and also a web service client, using the new reactive client APIs.

Chapter 5, Using Server-Sent Events (SSE), covers SSEs—we'll be implementing PUSH notifications using those services and events.

Chapter 6, Advanced REST APIs, gives you an overview of some more advanced REST APIs—we'll be implementing Design by Contract, we'll talk about JSON Web Token security, and we'll also add the ability to diagnose our web services.