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This paper describes a proposal for replication of RESTful web services. It focuses on the exploitation of specific features of RESTful web services in the context of replication. The features imposed by the REST architectural style that are crucial to replication include: resource orientation, explicit resource identification, and fixed interface with well understood semantics of operations. We propose a replication infrastructure for RESTful web services in the form of interceptors between consumers and providers. Interceptors in the case of HTTP protocol take the form of proxy servers. The concept has been materialized in a prototype implementation.
The research presented in this paper was partially supported by the European Union in the scope of the European Regional Development Fund program no. POIG.01.03.01-00-008/08.
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Bazydło, M., Francuzik, S., Sobaniec, C., Wawrzyniak, D. (2012). Replication Infrastructure for RESTful Web Services. In: Thilagam, P.S., Pais, A.R., Chandrasekaran, K., Balakrishnan, N. (eds) Advanced Computing, Networking and Security. ADCONS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29280-4_4
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