title: Does WebSphere 8.5 have built in JAX-RS handling?
body: <p>Multiple pages on IBM support seem to differ on whether JAX-RS is built in to WebSphere 8.5.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1305_gunderson/1305_gunderson.html">http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/1305_gunderson/1305_gunderson.html</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The most recent versions of IBM WebSphere Application Server provide support for JAX-RS. WebSphere Application Server V8.5 has support for JAX-RS built in; no extra installation is required. </p>
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  <p><a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.iseries.doc/ae/twbs_jaxrs_devenv.html?cp=SSAW57_8.5.5%2F2-13-2-38-1-1&amp;lang=en">http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.nd.iseries.doc/ae/twbs_jaxrs_devenv.html?cp=SSAW57_8.5.5%2F2-13-2-38-1-1&amp;lang=en</a></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>To develop JAX-RS applications, the JAX-RS libraries must be added to the class path definition. See the information for your assembly tools to understand how to include libraries on the class path for the JAX-RS application.</p>
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  <p>What needs to be done to run JAX-RS on WebSphere 8.5. Is the web.xml mapping required? Are additional library files required?</p>