REST API (Restful Objects Viewer)
Apache Causeway' Restful Objects viewer is an implementation of the Restful Objects spec, which defines a generic way to expose a domain model through a REST (or more precisely, hypermedia) API. Having a REST API opens up an Apache Causeway domain model to a huge variety of applications, from bespoke single-page apps, through integration scenarios, through providing an API for bulk-upload/migration from an existing system.
The Restful Objects viewer also provides a number of extensions specific to Apache Causeway. Most significant of these is enhanced content negotiation support, making it easier to use the returned representations within bespoke clients using standard third-party configurations.
This component guide discuss features, configuration and also how to extend the Restful Objects viewer.
See also
As well as this viewer, Apache Causeway also provides the GraphQL Viewer, which performs the same function, but using GraphQL instead of REST.