Spring MVC Java Config : Part 5 Secure RESTful API with Spring Security OAuth2

The OAuth 2.0 authorization framework enables a third-party application to obtain limited access to an HTTP service, either on behalf of a resource owner by orchestrating an approval interaction between the resource owner and the HTTP service, or by allowing the third-party application to obtain access on its own behalf.

Spring MVC Java Config : Part 3 RESTful Web Services

REST stands for Representational State Transfer.

It’s an is an architectural style which can be used to design web services, that can be consumed from a variety of clients.

The core idea is that, rather than using complex mechanisms such as CORBA, RPC or SOAP to connect between machines, simple HTTP/HTTPS is used to make calls among them.