Set up a web service REST with Servlet container 2.5 or higher

web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" version="3.1"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee
                             http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd">
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>MyApplication</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>jersey.config.server.provider.packages</param-name>
            <param-value>
                com.github.ryctabo.jersey
            </param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>MyApplication</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/api/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>