Within about 5 minutes, you too will know how simple it can be
to expose data via REST deployed from GlassFish and consumed in a
Java client. Here the Java client prints out some of the data it
accesses, though a more complex UI could be created, of course, via
JavaFX or the NetBeans Platform or, even better, both.
Direct link to the (silent) movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HISV7eagogI