jersey2-akka-java

An example asynchronous REST API written in Java using Jersey 2 and Akka 2.3

Key concepts

Instantiating an Akka ActorSystem at server startup and injecting it into each request
Fulfilling an asynchronous Jersey REST service invocation using Akka actors

How to run the example

Clone this repository
Run mvn tomcat7:run
Visit http://localhost:9090/examples/doubler/2 via curl or your favorite browser

Prerequisites

JDK 7.x
Maven 3.x