Use Java to Add ArcSDE Data Layers to Geoserver Using REST

I was scouring the web for examples of how to implement Geoserver's REST API in Java to add data layers dynamically. I was able to use curl to successfully add data layers but I wanted to make this functionality accessible via Java without having to use .exec() to do the work. What I found were some examples using the open source Jersey Reference Implementation for building RESTful Web services. A description of the project is here and the jars needed to run the following code are here.

A simple implementation without components to add metadata to fully describe the layer (to come later). The original code came from Jon Britton and was posted here.

Click here for the code.

An excellent alternative to this approach, and no dependencies is GSRCJ.