Use JAX-RS 2.0 client as a stand-alone thin client

Instead of using the CXF REST client inside a server application, we can use the Thin Client for JAX-RS provided with WebSphere Application Server as a stand-alone thin client to send requests to your RESTful service. The Thin Client for JAX-RS is a stand-alone Java SE 8 client environment that enables running unmanaged JAX-RS RESTful web services client applications in a non-WebSphere environment to call JAX-RS RESTful web services that are hosted by the application server.

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• Implementing a client using the unmanaged RESTful web services JAX-RS 2.0 client
  WebSphere Application Server provides a thin Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8) RESTful web services client run time to enable application developers to quickly and easily create JAX-RS client applications. The Thin Client for JAX-RS with WAS is a stand-alone Java SE 8 client environment that enables running unmanaged JAX-RS RESTful web services client applications in a non-WebSphere environment to invoke JAX-RS RESTful web services that are hosted by the application server.
• Secure JAX-RS thin client using SSL
  We can secure the communications between your Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) application and clients that call the application using SSL transport layer security.