You will learn how to build a MicroProfile Rest Client to access remote RESTful services. You will create a template interface that maps to the remote service that you want to call. MicroProfile Rest Client automatically generates a client instance based on what is defined and annotated in the template interface. Thus, you don’t have to worry about all of the boilerplate code, such as setting up a client class, connecting to the remote server, or invoking the correct URI with the correct parameters.
The application that you will be working with is an inventory service, which fetches and stores the system property information for different hosts. Whenever a request is made to retrieve the system properties of a particular host, the inventory service will create a client to invoke the system service on that host. The system service simulates a remote service in the application.
You will instantiate the client and use it in the inventory service. You can choose from two different approaches, Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) with the help of MicroProfile Config or the RestClientBuilder method. In this guide, you will explore both methods to handle scenarios for providing a valid base URL.

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