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Now, Netbeans can generate client stub for REST web services only in JavaScript, but miss support for J2SE client. Will be great generate client stub also as Java code. Great would be also generate server and client from interfaces. I write interfaces and Netbeans will generate server and client part as implementation of this interfaces.
There is Web Services > RESTful Java Client in NetBeans IDE by now.