Not sure if this is possible now but, I would like the front-end to expose an authenticated hook to the API so that plug-ins can call RESTful methods. It would enable plug-in writers to do all sorts of interesting things in their plug-ins with the RESTful API. Cheers, Keith On 02/12/2013 11:13 AM, Libor Spevak wrote:
Hi,
I would like to ask, if there have been discussions about an option to call REST API services directly from the Frontend (GWT layer)? GWT compiles Java frontend-side to Javascript, calls to backend services are performed "transparently" by the framework using AJAX support. But, there is still a need to have a special set of data objects and the server-side logic can duplicate.
Java REST API SDK enables to build "thick" client. The calls are realized using e.g. Apache HttClient and supported libraries. I think the requirements of GWT can be a little bit different, but something overlaps.
I found several links about REST API support from GWT, so there is something for inspiration...
- http://www.spiffyui.org/ - http://www.zackgrossbart.com/hackito/gwt-rest/ - http://code.google.com/p/gwt-rest/ - http://restygwt.fusesource.org/
But, do you think it would be useful and what drawbacks can occur (authentication, authorization, response times, need to support larger set of services, painful refactoring, ...)?
Regards, Libor
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