When creating an Apache Wink REST service client in WebSphere Commerce v7.0 it is possible to use a custom entity provider with your REST service client allowing you to map a Java object to the service request and response.
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The WebSphere Commerce Information Center has plenty of documentation on how to create a inbound REST service; however, when trying to create an outbound REST service client, you are left to own research and devices as to an implementation strategy. Knowing that WebSphere Commerce v7.0 includes the Apache Wink framework; we can leverage this to create a REST service client that is also based upon Apache Wink, and leverages a framework pattern rather than just pieces of code put together to execute HTTP calls and retrieve the responses.
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