Why Restlight?
In microservices, it is generally expected that service is a lightweight application, and the Spring-Web framework we often use is really a good framework that allows us to develop a variety of applications easily, but it is too bloated for applications in microservices, which just need a rest supports and do not need the session, ModelAndview, JSP and so on… Restlight aims to serve as a web framework that helps users to build a high performance and lightweight microservice.
What kind of web application is Restlight suitable for?
- Rest application
- High-performance requirements
- Middleware
- HTTP proxy
- Any application that needs HTTP services
What kind of web application is Restlight not suitable for?
- All in one application
- Servlet requirements: Restlight does not support servlet standards
Env Requirements
| Name | Version |
|---|---|
| Java | JDK8+ |
| Spring Boot | 2.1.0.RELEASE+ |
| Netty | 4.1.52.Final+ |
| Tcnative | 2.0.34.Final+ and matches with Netty |
Features
- Annotations of SpringMVC and JAX-RS supports
- High performance
- Reactive：
CompletableFuture、ListenableFuture(Guava). - Threading-model: Flexible scheduling between IO EventLoopGroup and Biz Schedulers.
- Http1/Http2/H2c/Https
- HAProxy
- Filter
- Interceptor
- JSR-303: hibernate-validator
- Self-protection: Connection creation limit, Cpu Load protection
- more …