Which Spring Framework provides REST Services?

Question

In Spring we have Spring WS for SOAP API's.

My Concern :

• I want to implement REST services with Spring
• Want to follow proven best practices
• Want to deliver it in time ( Avoid redo )

Is there any Spring Framework for REST Services like ( Spring WS is for SOAP API ) ?

I was unable to find a one answer blueprint for RESTful services and best practices.

( Feel free to leave comments )

Update :

• If we don't need any framework then how do you make sure you follow Best Practices
• I mean, developer might unknowingly miss some or might overdo some.
• So, why don't we have any for REST and then where should one refer to for the void ?

Answer 1

You don't need a Framework to implement REST Services with Spring, it's just a possibile way to how you can implement Services in Spring.

As the official doc Spring - Creating RESTful services says:

Spring's annotation-based MVC framework serves as the basis for creating RESTful Web Services.

So, if you haven't added spring-web & spring-webmvc dependencies to your project, this can be something you have to do.