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GeoServer Cookbook

GeoServer Cookbook

By : Iacovella
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GeoServer Cookbook

GeoServer Cookbook

4.8 (6)
By: Iacovella

Overview of this book

This book is ideal for GIS experts, developers, and system administrators who have had a first glance at GeoServer and who are eager to explore all its features in order to configure professional map servers. Basic knowledge of GIS and GeoServer is required.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction

So what is REST? The acronym stands for Representational State Transfer, which defines client-server interaction in terms of state transition. Each request from the client is a transition to a new state. The response sent by a server represents the application state after the transition.

Does it sound too complicated? If you are used to a stateful client server interaction, you will find REST unconventional. REST is stateless; once you get the general idea, you will discover it is very simple. A very important thing that you have to keep in mind is that each request is self-contained and you are never constrained to execute an operations chain or to open a session before making requests. That being said, it is always possible to create a complex workflow where several requests are chained to perform a task.

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Although REST is commonly considered as a web interface, it is much more. The term REST was defined by Roy T. Fielding, one of the main people behind HTTP protocol design...

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