GEODE-8737: Create new geode example about rest api (#104)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 *  [Security & SSL](clientSecurity/README.md)
 *  [Colocation](colocation/README.md)
 *  Off-heap
+*  [Rest](rest/README.md)
 
 ### Advanced
 
diff --git a/rest/README.md b/rest/README.md
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+<!--
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+contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+# Geode REST API example
+
+This is a simple example that demonstrates putting values into a
+replicated region and retrieving the values using the Geode REST API. For enabling the REST API you can follow the official [document](https://geode.apache.org/docs/guide/19/rest_apps/setup_config.html#setup_config_enabling_rest).
+
+This example assumes you have installed Java and Geode.
+
+## Steps
+
+1. From the `geode-examples/rest` directory, build the example and
+   run unit tests
+
+        $ ../gradlew build
+
+2. Next start the locator and two servers
+
+        $ gfsh run --file=scripts/start.gfsh
+
+3. Run the example to create and get entries using HTTP Java Client from the region
+
+        $ ../gradlew run
+        
+4. Shut down the system:
+
+        $ gfsh run --file=scripts/stop.gfsh
diff --git a/rest/scripts/start.gfsh b/rest/scripts/start.gfsh
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+start locator --name=locator --bind-address=127.0.0.1
+
+start server --name=server1 --locators=127.0.0.1[10334] --server-port=0 --start-rest-api --http-service-bind-address=127.0.0.1 --http-service-port=8080
+start server --name=server2 --locators=127.0.0.1[10334] --server-port=0 --start-rest-api --http-service-bind-address=127.0.0.1 --http-service-port=8081
+
+create region --name=example-region --type=REPLICATE
+
+list members
+describe region --name=example-region
diff --git a/rest/scripts/stop.gfsh b/rest/scripts/stop.gfsh
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+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+connect --locator=127.0.0.1[10334]
+shutdown --include-locators=true
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diff --git a/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/geode_examples/rest/Example.java b/rest/src/main/java/org/apache/geode_examples/rest/Example.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license
+ * agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information regarding
+ * copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a
+ * copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.geode_examples.rest;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+public class Example {
+  private static final String GEODE_REST_END_POINT = "http://localhost:8080/gemfire-api/v1/";
+  private static final String GET_REQUEST_PARAMETER = "?limit=ALL";
+  private static final String POST_REQUEST_PARAMETER = "?key=1";
+  private static final String DATA = "{\"name\": \"Dan Smith\", \"technology\": \"Java\"}";
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
+    HttpURLConnection httpPostRequestConnection = createHttpPostRequest();
+    writeData(httpPostRequestConnection);
+    HttpURLConnection httpGetRequestConnection = createHttpGetRequest();
+    printValues(httpGetRequestConnection);
+  }
+
+  private static HttpURLConnection createHttpGetRequest() throws IOException {
+    URL url = new URL(GEODE_REST_END_POINT + "example-region" + GET_REQUEST_PARAMETER);
+    HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = getHttpURLConnection(url);
+    httpURLConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+    httpURLConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
+    return httpURLConnection;
+  }
+
+  private static void printValues(HttpURLConnection conn) throws IOException {
+    try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream())))) {
+      String response;
+      while ((response = br.readLine()) != null) {
+        System.out.println(response);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      conn.disconnect();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static HttpURLConnection createHttpPostRequest() throws IOException {
+    URL url = new URL(GEODE_REST_END_POINT + "example-region" + POST_REQUEST_PARAMETER);
+    HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection = getHttpURLConnection(url);
+    httpURLConnection.setRequestMethod("POST");
+    httpURLConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; utf-8");
+    httpURLConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
+    httpURLConnection.setDoOutput(true);
+    return httpURLConnection;
+  }
+
+  private static HttpURLConnection getHttpURLConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
+    return (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+  }
+
+  private static void writeData(HttpURLConnection conn) throws IOException {
+    try (OutputStream outputStream = conn.getOutputStream()) {
+      outputStream.write(DATA.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+      conn.getInputStream();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
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--- a/settings.gradle
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 include 'colocation'
 include 'micrometerMetrics'
 include 'compression'
+include 'rest'
 
 // Logic for defining a custom Geode clone for integration with this project
 // Define `-PgeodeCompositeDirectory` to your geode root, default `../geode`