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 <% set_title(product_name, "REST API Overview") %>

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 By using the <%=vars.product_name%> REST application interface, you can immediately access <%=vars.product_name%>'s data management capabilities in languages other than the natively supported Java language.

 You can write REST-enabled client applications for <%=vars.product_name%> in a variety of languages that use the open
 and standard HTTP protocol&mdash;for example, Ruby, Python, JavaScript and Scala&mdash;as well as
 already supported languages such as Java.

 When you access <%=vars.product_name%> through the REST interface, objects are stored in <%=vars.product_name%> as PdxInstances. A PdxInstance is a light-weight wrapper around PDX serialized bytes. It provides applications with run-time access to fields of a PDX serialized object. This interoperable format allows your Java applications to operate on the same data as your REST applications.

 As an added benefit, because <%=vars.product_name%>'s REST interface stores objects as PdxInstances, you do not need
 to write corresponding Java classes to translate JSON data (which you must do with other REST
 interface providers such as Oracle Coherence). For example, consider the use case where a non-Java
 REST client application (Python, Ruby or Scala) performs <%=vars.product_name%> region operations with JSON data that
 represents employee data. Since the object is stored in <%=vars.product_name%> as a PdxInstance that can be
 automatically mapped to JSON, the user does not need to write a corresponding Employee.java class
 and also does not need to worry about related issues such as keeping the Employee object in the
 CLASSPATH.

 See [<%=vars.product_name%> PDX Serialization](../developing/data_serialization/gemfire_pdx_serialization.html#gemfire_pdx_serialization) for more information on PDX serialization.
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	By using the <%=vars.product_name%> REST application interface, you can immediately access <%=vars.product_name%>'s data management capabilities in languages other than the natively supported Java language.

	You can write REST-enabled client applications for <%=vars.product_name%> in a variety of languages that use the open
	and standard HTTP protocol—for example, Ruby, Python, JavaScript and Scala—as well as
	already supported languages such as Java.

	When you access <%=vars.product_name%> through the REST interface, objects are stored in <%=vars.product_name%> as PdxInstances. A PdxInstance is a light-weight wrapper around PDX serialized bytes. It provides applications with run-time access to fields of a PDX serialized object. This interoperable format allows your Java applications to operate on the same data as your REST applications.

	As an added benefit, because <%=vars.product_name%>'s REST interface stores objects as PdxInstances, you do not need
	to write corresponding Java classes to translate JSON data (which you must do with other REST
	interface providers such as Oracle Coherence). For example, consider the use case where a non-Java
	REST client application (Python, Ruby or Scala) performs <%=vars.product_name%> region operations with JSON data that
	represents employee data. Since the object is stored in <%=vars.product_name%> as a PdxInstance that can be
	automatically mapped to JSON, the user does not need to write a corresponding Employee.java class
	and also does not need to worry about related issues such as keeping the Employee object in the
	CLASSPATH.

	See [<%=vars.product_name%> PDX Serialization](../developing/data_serialization/gemfire_pdx_serialization.html#gemfire_pdx_serialization) for more information on PDX serialization.