Java Magazine, Nov/Dec 2017
Java EE 8 What You Need to Know ORACLE COM JAVAMAGAZINE NOVEMBER DECEMBER 2017 12 java ee 8 W hile the Java SE community has been focused on the release of Java 9 the Java EE community now has its turn in the spotlight The editorial at the front of this issue page 5 examines Oracles recent announcement that Java EE development is being moved to the Eclipse Foundation The articles in this section focus on the many technical advances in Java EE 8 For some technologies the new release brings significant upgrades and welcome enhancements These include Servlet 40 s embrace of HTTP 2 and its new server push capabilities page 13 CDI 20 s improved dependency injection page 23 and JPA 22 s streaming results upgraded date conversions and new annotations page 43 We also examine MicroProfile the new lightweight implementation of Java EE intended for microservices and distributed computing page 56 If a single lightweight vehicle isnt enough for you we look at Java Card a super lightweight Java SE implementation that thrives on smartcards page 77 Its interesting to find out how the JVM is activated how objects lifetimes are managed and of course how security is enforced None of this is easy or trivial in tiny environments In addition we have the final installment of Ben Evans two part series on how the JVM executes dynamic method invocations page 67 Throw in our book review page 7 and the usual quiz page 91 with its deep look into the operations of the language and you have an issue of Java Magazine that tops 100 pages Enjoy Well have more coming after this SERVLET 40 13 CDI 20 23 JPA 22 43 MICROPROFILE 56 ART BY WES ROWELL
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