Yes you can use Jersey-Test-Framework.
You can find an example here:
You can also use REST Assured. With an example here
Question
Any framework in java to write simple rest tests for testing some restful calls.
I came across JerseyTest. But didn't find an example how to write a simple test
Solution
Yes you can use Jersey-Test-Framework.
You can find an example here:
You can also use REST Assured. With an example here
OTHER TIPS
You could test the Rest API using Apache HttpClient libraries. An example Java code would looks like below.
String uri = "http://localhost:7001/myapis/search/json";
URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder(uri);
uriBuilder.addParameter("institutionName", "HSBC%");
uriBuilder.addParameter("isoCountryCode", "GB");
HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build());
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
HttpEntity httpEntity = httpResponse.getEntity();
String result = EntityUtils.toString(httpEntity);