Versioning REST APIs with a custom Accept header in Jersey

Versioning REST APIs is a hot topic these days. In this post, I will show you how versioning with a custom Accept header works in Jersey, without going into the politics of which versioning approach is the best. I will build on the project from one of my previous posts on rest.

How-to: RESTful Web services with JAX-RS and Spring

When providing services in a specific technology (i.e. EJB, JAX-WS, JAX-RS), it's wise to avoid mixing the business logic of your service and the technology that you are using to expose it to the outside world. This separation facilitates easier adoption of newer technologies and makes it easier to maintain and test services.