Can SAP Enterprise Portal Import/Consume a REST Webservice?

Hi Experts,

We are using SAP NW Portal 7.4 and we are checking on a new requirement of consuming RESTful APIs from a 3rd party application in WebDynpro Model component or possibly in EJB. We already have implemented consuming a SOAP WSDL from a 3rd party application in our WebDynpro but using RESTful API is a new one for us. Is it even possible to import/consume REST services in WebDynpro just like consuming a SOAP WSDL? If yes, how? I've been looking for answers from Google but most discussions I can find is going through PI where PI converts JSON to XML format. Can't WebDynpro Java consume REST services directly?

Thank you in advance!

Michael