Implementing a JAX-RS webservice with Jersey

In this tutorial we’ll create a JAX-RS webservice with the Jersey implementation. The Jersey is the best choice, if you have an older JBoss instance. But, if you have a JBoss 6.1, 7.1, EAP 6+, you should use RestEasy or Apache CXF.

Creating a MySQL datasource for JBoss 7.1

In this tutorial we’ll create a MySQL datasource for JBoss Application Server 7.1. I recommend you to read the article listed in the “Useful article” section, because a MySQL driver is required for our datasource.

Add MySQL to JBoss 7.1 as a module

In this article we’ll create a MySQL module. This can be useful, because a MySQL driver(module) is not part of the core JBoss modules.