With these three classes coded and the Jersey libraries added to the \lib directory of the tomcat-rest-eclipse project, you can run the application on the Tomcat server and invoke their RESTful web services with a browser.

Which web services use the RESTful API?

Facebook, Twitter, and Google expose their functionality in the form of Restful web services. This allows any client application to call these web services via REST.

Is REST API and REST Web service same?

A REST API or RESTful API is an API that is compliant to REST. REST is usually implemented using web technology, but REST does not strictly require web technology to be used. An example of a RESTful API is a RESTful web service or a set of RESTful web services. ... REST Web service = RESTful Web service.