basic REST service for my xpage application

I want to set up some basic REST services for my XPage application. So I added the xe:restService control on an xpage and choose the xe:customRestService where I refer to a Java class:

<xe:restService id="restService1" pathInfo="json" state="false">
        <xe:this.service>
            <xe:customRestService contentType="application/json"
                serviceBean="se.banking.desk.CustomSearchHelper">
            </xe:customRestService>
        </xe:this.service>
    </xe:restService>

The CustomSearchHelper class it self is still pretty empty but I am wondering if I am on the right track?

Here is the code for the class:

package se.banking.desk;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import com.ibm.domino.services.ServiceException;
import com.ibm.domino.services.rest.RestServiceEngine;
import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.component.rest.CustomService;
import com.ibm.xsp.extlib.component.rest.CustomServiceBean;

public class CustomSearchHelper extends CustomServiceBean {

    @Override
    public void renderService(CustomService service, RestServiceEngine engine) throws ServiceException {

        HttpServletRequest request = engine.getHttpRequest();           
        String method = request.getMethod();

        HttpServletResponse response = engine.getHttpResponse();        
        response.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8");        

        if(method.equals("GET")){
            this.get(engine);
        }
        else if(method.equals("POST")){
            this.post(engine,request);
        }
        else{
            this.other(engine);
        }

    }

    public void get(RestServiceEngine engine){
        HttpServletResponse response = engine.getHttpResponse();
        try {
            response.getWriter().write("get()");
            response.getWriter().close();
            return;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void post(RestServiceEngine engine,HttpServletRequest request){
      HttpServletResponse response = engine.getHttpResponse();
      Map parameters = request.getParameterMap();
      try {
          response.getWriter().write("post()");
          response.getWriter().write( request.getParameter("form"));
          String[] form = (String[])parameters.get("form");
          String val = form[0];
          response.getWriter().write(val);
        response.getWriter().close();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // TODO: handle exception
    }     

  }

    public void other(RestServiceEngine engine){
       HttpServletResponse response = engine.getHttpResponse();
        try {
            response.getWriter().write("other()");
            response.getWriter().close();
            return;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}

Questions I have: Is this a good way to write a custom REST service? Are there alternatives? Where can I find more examples/information that start at the starter level?