RESTEasy - SwitchYard 1.1

The RESTEasy component in SwitchYard provides REST-based binding support for services and references in SwitchYard.

Binding Services with RESTEasy

Composite-level services can be exposed as a REST-based service using the <binding.rest> binding definition. The following configuration options are available for binding.rest when binding services:

interfaces : A comma seperated list of interfaces or abstract/empty classes with JAX-RS annotations.
contextPath : Additional context path for the REST endpoint. Default is none.

Here's an example of what a REST service binding looks like:

<sca:service name="OrderService" promote="OrderService/OrderService">
    <rest:binding.rest>
        <rest:interfaces>org.switchyard.quickstarts.rest.binding.OrderResource,org.switchyard.quickstarts.rest.binding.TestResource</rest:interfaces>
        <rest:contextPath>rest-binding</rest:contextPath>
    </rest:binding.rest>
</sca:service>

Binding References with RESTEasy

Binding a reference with REST can be used to make REST-based services available to SwitchYard services. The following configuration options are available for binding.rest when binding references:

interfaces : A comma seperated list of interfaces or abstract/empty classes with JAX-RS annotations.
address : A URL that points to the root path of resources. This is only applicable for Reference bindings. It is optional and if not specified will default to http://127.0.0.1:8080/.
timeout : The request's time-out value in milliseconds.
contextPath : Additional context path for the REST endpoint. Default is none.
proxy : HTTP Proxy settings for the endpoint.
basic/ntlm : authentication configuration for the endpoint.

Here's an example of what a REST reference binding looks like:

<sca:reference name="Warehouse" promote="OrderService/Warehouse" multiplicity="1..1">
    <rest:binding.rest>
        <rest:interfaces>org.switchyard.quickstarts.rest.binding.WarehouseResource</rest:interfaces> 
        <rest:address>http://localhost:8080</rest:address>
        <rest:contextPath>rest-binding</rest:contextPath>
    </rest:binding.rest>
</sca:reference>

In this example above the resource URLs will start from http://localhost:8080/rest-binding.

Proxy Configuration

If the REST reference needs to pass through a proxy server then the proxy server configuration can be provided using the proxy element. The following configuration options are available:

host : The proxy host.
port : The proxy port (optional).
user : The proxy user (optional).
password : The proxy password (optional).

<sca:reference name="Warehouse" promote="OrderService/Warehouse" multiplicity="1..1">
    <rest:binding.rest>
        <rest:interfaces>org.switchyard.quickstarts.rest.binding.WarehouseResource</rest:interfaces> 
        <rest:address>http://localhost:8080/rest-binding</rest:address>
        <rest:proxy>
            <rest:host>host</rest:host>
            <rest:port>8090</rest:port>
            <rest:user>Beal</rest:user>
            <rest:password>conjecture</rest:password>
        </rest:proxy>
    </rest:binding.rest>
</sca:reference>

Authentication Configuration

If the REST reference endpoint is secured using BASIC/NTLM, then the authentication configuration can be provided using the basic or ntlm elements. The following configuration options are available:

user : The authentication user.
password : The authentication password.
realm/domain : The authentication realm or the Windows domain.

A sample NTLM authentication configuration:

<sca:reference name="Warehouse" promote="OrderService/Warehouse" multiplicity="1..1">
    <rest:binding.rest>
        <rest:interfaces>org.switchyard.quickstarts.rest.binding.WarehouseResource</rest:interfaces> 
        <rest:address>http://localhost:8080/rest-binding</rest:address>
        <rest:ntlm>
            <rest:user>user</rest:user>
            <rest:password>password</rest:password>
            <rest:domain>domain</rest:domain>
        </rest:ntlm>
    </rest:binding.rest>
</sca:reference>