This is a Java SSL based REST service project with JAX-RS and Spring framework.
to understand it better, you should also have the knowledge of below-mentioned topics.
- What is an SSL certificate?
- What is an SSL handshake?
- What is a Java Key Store (JKS)? There is lots of documentation online, read which is most suitable for you.
- What is a Java Trust Store (JTS)?
- What is a PKCS certificate/key store?
- What is HTTPS network protocol?
This is going to be a complete SSL-based RESTFul project for you. You can download the project and just need to refractor this framework/codebase and replace the existing Java classes with your classes to make this framework fulfill your business requirements. You can utilize this project as a backend or middle-tier application.
To create the project step by step please download the word document.