Note: A java example client that makes use of the same API can be found here
A http/rest backend server using native packages com.sun.net.httpserver rather than any particular framework.
By default the server runs on port 8001
Compile: ant compile
Create JAR: ant jar
Running: ant run
All-in-one: ant compile jar run
Example request:
GET /ping HTTP/1.1
Example response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: My RESTful API
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: xy
"Pong"