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> I am glad to see a project that provides a robust and elegant API for building rest services in Java. Alternatives for _consuming_ REST services is perhaps a
by owlstuffing 3y ago
> I am glad to see a project that provides a robust and elegant API for building rest services in Java.
Alternatives for _consuming_ REST services is perhaps an equally interesting proposition, particularly since there are potentially many consumers per service e.g., the manifold JSON project[1].
Other areas where Springboot feels overbearing include JPA/ORM support. In my view this is its greatest weakness, but like the "no one ever got fired for buying IBM" cliche, the same can be said today about Springboot.
1. https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/blob/master/manifold-deps-parent/manifold-json/README.md https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/blob/master/man...