Chapter 8. The REST Interface

JBoss Data Grid uses a RESTful service. The primary benefit derived from this is that the need for tightly coupled client libraries and bindings is eliminated. The REST API introduces an overhead, and requires a REST client or custom code to understand and create REST calls.

JBoss Data Grid's sole requirement is a HTTP client library. For Java, the Apache HTTP Commons Client is recommended. Alternatively, the java.net API can be used.