The document discusses Java EE 8 and proposes enhancements and new features for several Java EE specifications. It provides an overview of the original plan for Java EE 8, including continued web standard alignment, cloud enhancements, and smaller features. It also discusses updating the specifications for Servlet 4.0, JMS 2.1, JAX-RS 2.1, JSF 2.3, CDI 2.0, JSON-P 1.1, the Java EE Management API 2.0, and a new MVC specification.

1. Java EE 8
Why We Need to Take Action to
Move Forward
Kito D. Mann
Virtua, Inc.

2. Kito D. Mann
@kito99
• Principal Consultant at Virtua (http://virtua.tech)
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3. Kito D. Mann
@kito99
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• Internationally recognized speaker
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• JCP Member
• JSF, MVC, JSF Portlet Bridge, Portlets

4. Agenda
• Overview of the specifications that are part of
Java EE 8, provide current status
• Examples of Proposed Enhancements and New
Features
• What the current status of Java EE 8 progress is
and what you can do to help

5. The Importance of Java
EE to the Ecosystem
https://javaee-guardians.io/java-ee-adoption-surveys

6. Java EE Ecosystem

7. Microservices and Java
EE
http://microprofile.io

8. Java EE
Past, Present, Future
J2EE 1.2
Servlet,
JSP, EJB,
JMS, RMI
J2EE 1.3
CMP,
JCA
J2EE 1.4
Web
Services,
Mgmt,
Deplymnt
Java EE 5
Ease of
Use,
EJB 3,
JPA, JSF,
JAXB,
JAX-WS
Java EE 6
Pruning,
Ease of Use,
JAX-RS,
CDI,
Bean-
Validation
Servlet 3,
EJB 3.1 Lite
Java EE 7
JMS 2, Batch,
TX,
Concurrency,
Web-Sockets,
JSON
Java EE 8
SERVLET 4,
JSON-B,
JSON-P 1.1,
JSF 2.3, CDI
2.0, JAX-RS
2.1,
SECURITY,
MVC,
MANAGEMENT

9. Java EE Past, Present, &
Future
J2EE 1.3
CMP,
JCA
J2EE 1.4
Web
Services,
Mgmt,
Deplymnt
Java EE 5
Ease of
Use,
EJB 3,
JPA, JSF,
JAXB,
JAX-WS
Java EE 6
Pruning,
Ease of
Use,
JAX-RS,
CDI,
Bean-
Validation
Servlet 3,
EJB 3.1
Lite
Java EE 7
JMS 2,
Batch, TX,
Concurr,
Web-
Sockets,
JSON
JAX-RS 2
JAX-RPC, CMP/
BMP, JSR 88
J2EE 1.2
Servlet,
JSP, EJB,
JMS, RMI

10. Java EE Past, Present, &
Future
Java EE 5
Ease of
Use,
EJB 3,
JPA, JSF,
JAXB,
JAX-WS
Java EE 6
Pruning,
Ease of
Use,
JAX-RS,
CDI,
Bean-
Validation
Web Profile
Servlet 3,
EJB 3.1
Lite
Java EE 7
JMS 2,
Batch, TX,
Concurr,
Web-
Sockets,
JSON
Web Profile
JAX-RS 2
JAX-RPC, CMP/
BMP, JSR 88
J2EE 1.3
CMP,
JCA
J2EE 1.4
Web
Services,
Mgmt,
Deplymnt
J2EE 1.2
Servlet,
JSP, EJB,
JMS, RMI

11. Java EE Past, Present, &
Future
J2EE 1.3
CMP,
JCA
J2EE 1.4
Web
Services,
Mgmt,
Deplymnt
Java EE 5
Ease of
Use,
EJB 3,
JPA, JSF,
JAXB,
JAX-WS
Java EE 6
Pruning,
Ease of
Use,
JAX-RS,
CDI,
Bean-
Validation
Web Profile
Servlet 3,
EJB 3.1
Lite
Java EE 7
JMS 2,
Batch, TX,
Concurr,
Web-
Sockets,
JSON
JAX-RS 2
JAX-RPC, CMP/
BMP, JSR 88
J2EE 1.2
Servlet,
JSP, EJB,
JMS, RMI

12. Java EE Past, Present, &
Future
J2EE 1.3
CMP,
JCA
J2EE 1.4
Web
Services,
Mgmt,
Deplymnt
Java EE 5
Ease of
Use,
EJB 3,
JPA, JSF,
JAXB,
JAX-WS
Java EE 6
Pruning,
Ease of
Use,
JAX-RS,
CDI,
Bean-
Validation
Web Profile
Servlet 3,
EJB 3.1
Lite
Java EE 7
JMS 2,
Batch, TX,
Concurr,
Web-
Sockets,
JSON
Web Profile
JAX-RS 2
JAX-RPC, CMP/
BMP, JSR 88
J2EE 1.2
Servlet,
JSP, EJB,
JMS, RMI

13. Java EE 8 Community Survey
https://java.net/downloads/javaee-spec/JavaEE8_Community_Survey_Results.pdf
https://blogs.oracle.com/ldemichiel/entry/results_from_the_java_ee

14. Java EE 8: Original
Plan
• Continued Enhancements for Web Standards
Alignment
• HTTP2, JSON Binding, JSON-P, MVC
• Cloud enhancements
• Security, RESTful Management API
• CDI Programming Model
• Ease of use, EJB via CDI
• Smaller, but Important Features
• Caching, Better Messaging
• Alignment with Java SE 8

15. Java EE 8
Original Overview
• JMS 2.1
• JAX-RS 2.1
• JSF 2.3
• CDI 2.0
• JSON-P 1.1
• Servlet 4.0
• JCache 1.0
• JSON-B 1.0
• MVC 1.0
• Java EE Security1.0
• Java EE Management 2.0

16. Java EE 8: New Proposal
Expected release: Q4 2017
• JMS 2.1
• JAX-RS 2.1
• JSF 2.3
• CDI 2.0
• JSON-P 1.1
• Servlet 4.0
• JCache 1.0
• JSON-B 1.0
• MVC 1.0
• Java EE Security 1.0
• Java EE Management 2.0
●Health Checking
●Configuration

17. Java EE 9: New Proposal
Expected release: Q4 2018
• Increased focus on microservices and cloud
• Proposed new features:
• Multi-tenancy
• Circuit-breaker
• Reactive programming support

18. Updated
Specifications

19. Servlet 4.0
• Principal goal to support HTTP 2
• Modernization of internet protocol
• Boost web performance
• Early Draft has been published
• Join mailing list or follow expert group (JSR 369)
• Keep tabs on Ed Burns’ presentations, although
not anything new since JavaOne 2015

20. Servlet 4.0
• HTTP 2 Support -> Major Update
• Why do we need HTTP 2?
• Problems with HTTP 1.1
• Head-of-Line Blocking
• HTTP Pipelining, File Concatenation, &
Image Sprites

21. Servlet 4.0
HTTP 2
• Request/Response Multiplexing
• Binary Framing
• Socket Optimization
• Upgrade from HTTP 1.1

22. Servlet 4.0
Exposing HTTP 2
• Stream Prioritization
• New class Priority
• Enhance HttpServletRequest and
HttpServletResponse to accommodate
• Server Push
• Not replacing WebSockets

23. Servlet 4.0
Newer HttpClient API (Java SE
9)
• Plans to provide easy to use API
• Support both HTTP/1.1 and 2
• Builds on existing Java API Classes

24. JMS 2.1
(Proposed for Removal)
• JSR 368 - In early stages
• No builds available for testing, as yet.
• Planning: https://java.net/projects/jms-
spec/pages/JMS21Planning

25. JMS 2.1
• JMS 2.0 was a major overhaul
• Continuation of API Modernization
• Declarative Message Listeners
• Alternative to MDB
• More Powerful Features
• Available to all Beans

26. JMS 2.1
• JMS Provider Portability Improvements
• Dead Message Queues
• Redelivery Behavior on JMS MDB Rollback
(delays, max # consecutive)

27. JMS 2.1
Asynchronous Batches
• In JMS 2.0, messages delivered asynchronously by
calling:
javax.jms.MessageListener onMessage(Message
message)
• Define new:
javax.jms.BatchMessageListener
onMessages(Message[] messages)

28. JMS 2.1
Declarative JMS Listeners
@ApplicationScoped
@MaxConcurrency(10)
public class HandlingEventRegistrationAttemptConsumer {
@JmsListener(
destinationLookup="jms/HandlingEventRegistrationAttempt
Queue",
selector="source = 'mobile'",
batchSize=10, retry=5, retryDelay=7000,
orderBy=TIMESTAMP)
@Transactional
public void onEventRegistrationAttempt(
HandlingEventRegistrationAttempt... attempts) {
...
}
}

29. JAX-RS 2.1
• JSR 370 - In Early Stages
• No builds available for testing
• Follow JSR-370 EG and Mailing Lists

30. JAX-RS 2.1
• Hypermedia API
• Reactive API
• Security API
• Support for SSE (Server Sent Events)
• Improved CDI Integration
• Support for Non-Blocking IO in Providers

31. JAX-RS 2.1
• Conditional JAXB on Runtimes
• Integration with JSON-B
• Support for CDI in Java SE

32. JSF 2.3
• JSR 372 - in active progress
• Milestones available for testing
• Read, Test, Supply Feedback

33. JSF 2.3
• Enhanced CDI Integration
• Lifecycle Enhancements
• PostRenderViewEvent
• EL API Enhancements
• Configuration Enhancements
• AJAX Enhancements

34. JSF 2.3
Enhanced CDI Integration
• Injection of Resources
@Inject FacesContext facesContext;
@ApplicationMap
@Inject
Map applicationMap;

35. JSF 2.3
Enhanced CDI Integration
• Wider Support of Injection into JSF Artifacts
• javax.faces.convert.Converter
• javax.faces.validator.Validator
• javax.faces.component.behavior.Behavior
• Upgraded to CDI qualifiers

36. CDI 2.0
• JSR 365 - in active progress
• Test Releases of Reference Implementation
(Weld 3.0.0 Alphas)
• http://weld.cdi-spec.org/news/
• Follow the Expert Group

37. CDI 2.0
• Java SE Bootstrap
• XML Configuration
• Asynchronous Events@S@tar
• @Startup for CDI Beans
• Portable Extension SPI Simplification
• Small features and enhancements

38. CDI 2.0
Event System
Enhancements
• Asynchronous Events
• Call to event.fireAsync() returns immediately
@Inject
private ExperimentalEvent<Configuration> event;
…
event.fireAsync(new Configuration());

39. CDI 2.0
@Schedule Outside EJB
@ApplicationScoped
public class MyScheduledBean {
...
@Schedule(...)
public void myScheduledTask() { ... }
}
@ApplicationScoped
@Stereotype
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(TYPE)
@Schedule(...)
public @interface MonthlyTask {}

40. JSON-P 1.1
• JSR 374 - In Early Draft Review
• More Information:
• https://json-processing-spec.java.net/
• Sources: https://java.net/projects/jsonp

41. JSON-P 1.1
• Updates to new API in Java EE 7
• New JSON Standards
• JSON-Pointer and JSON-Patch
• Editing Operations on JSON objects and arrays
• Helper Classes and Enhanced Java SE 8
support

42. JSON-P 1.1
Java SE 8 Support
• Stream Support
JsonArray persons;
persons.getValuesAs(JsonObject.class).stream()
.filter(x->x.getString(“age”) >= 65)
.forEach(System.out.println(x.getString(“name”)));

43. JSON-P 1.1
JSON-Pointer

44. JSON-P 1.1
JSON-Patch
public void shouldBuildJsonPatchExpressionUsingJsonPatchBuilder() {
JsonPatchBuilder patchBuilder = new JsonPatchBuilder();
JsonObject result = patchBuilder.add("/email”,
"john@example.com").replace("/age", 30)
.remove("/phoneNumber”)
.test("/firstName", "John”)
.copy("/address/lastName", "/lastName”)
.apply(buildPerson());
}

45. Java EE Management API
2.0
(Proposed for Removal)
• Currently working on Early Draft
• Join mailing list of JSR 373

46. Java EE Management API
2.0
• REST Based Interface to Supersede EJB
Management APIs of JSR 77
• Monitoring and deployment as well
• SSE for Event Support (WebSockets also under
consideration)

47. New Specifications

48. MVC
(Proposed for Removal)
• Model - View - Controller
• JSR 371
• Active Progress…download milestones
• Ozark: https://ozark.java.net/

49. MVC
• Action-Based Web Framework for Java EE
• Follows suit of Spring MVC or Apache Struts
• Does Not Replace JSF
• Model: CDI, Bean Validation, JPA
• View: Facelets, JSP (Extensible)
• Controller: Layered on top of JAX-RS

50. MVC
Controller Example
@Controller
@Path("/customers")
@View("my-view.jsp")
public class CustomerController {
@Inject
private Models models;
@GET
public String getItems(){
...
return “customers.jsp”;
}

51. MVC
View Example
<c:forEach var="customer" items="${customers}">
<tr>
<td class="text-left">${customer.name}</td>
<td class="text-center">
<form
action="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/r/customers/edit"
method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="${item.id}"/>
<button type="submit">
Edit
</button>
</form>
</td>
</tr>
</c:forEach>

52. JSON-B
• Java API for JSON Binding
• JSR 367 - Public Review
• Read the spec, start testing:
https://java.net/projects/jsonb-spec/pages/Home

53. JSON-B
• Standardize means of converting JSON to Java
objects and vice versa
• Default mapping algorithm for converting Java
classes
• Draw from best of breed ideas in existing JSON
binding solutions
• Provide JAX-RS a standard way to support
“application/json” for POJOs
• JAX-RS currently supports JSON-P

54. JSON-B
Mapping
@Entity public class Person {
@Id String name;
String gender;
@ElementCollection
Map<String, String> phones;
...
}
Person duke = new Person();
duke.setName("Duke");
duke.setGender("Male");
phones = new HashMap<>();
phones.put("home", "650-123-4567");
phones.put("mobile",
"650-234-5678");
duke.setPhones(phones);
{
"name":"Duke",
"gender":"Male",
"phones":{
"home":"650-123-4567",
"mobile":"650-234-5678"
}
}

55. JSON-B
Proposed API - Custom Mapping
• Utilization of annotations to map fields to JSON
Document Elements
{
poolType : “Inground”,
}
@JsonProperty(“poolType”)
public String poolType;
{
poolType : “Inground”,
shape : “Rectangle”
}
@JsonPropertyOrder(“poolType”,
”shape”)
public class Pool(){
public String poolType;
public String shape;
…
}

56. Java EE Security
• JSR 365
• Early Draft Development
• Improve Java EE platform by ensuring that the
security API is useful in the modern cloud/PaaS
paradigm
• Simplify, standardize, modernize
• Promotes modern concepts (EL and CDI)

57. Java EE Security
• Simple security providers
• Easy pluggability and mapping
• Enabling Existing Security Annotations for all
beans

58. Java EE Security
Proposed Security Provider
@SecurityProvider
public class MySecurityProvider {
@Inject UserService userService;
@OnAuthentication
// The parameters could suit the credentials mechanism being
used.
public Principal getPrincipal(String username, String password) {
// Construct the principal using the user service.
}
@OnAuthorization
public String[] getRoles (Principal principal) {
// Construct an array of roles using the principal and user
service.
}
}

59. Java EE Security
• Proposed Idea Examples:
• https://github.com/javaee-security-spec/javaee-
security-proposals

60. JCache
• Java Temporary Caching API
• JSR 107 - Started in 2001
• Finished in 2014
• Provides a common way for Java applications to
create, access, update, and remove entries from
caches

61. JCache
• Provide applications with caching
functionality…particularly the ability to cache Java
objects
• Define common set of caching concepts & facilities
• Minimize learning curve
• Maximize portability
• Support in-process and distributed cache
implementations

62. JCache
• Unknown status...not mentioned in the Oracle
update
• Make use of JCache with some application servers
now with CDI

63. Health Checking
• Newly proposed specification, geared towards
monitoring the health of microservices
• Client-side standard
• Automatic, periodic, and self-monitoring
• Possibly statistics

64. Configuration
• Standard for externalizing configuration
• Aimed at cloud based environments
• Provide the ability to change one or more
configurations that are independent/decoupled of
apps...multiple configuration files
• Unified API for accessing configuration in many
different environments
• Layering and Overrides

65. Not Addressed
• JPA
• WebSocket
• Concurrency Utilities
• etc...

66. Java EE 8 Timeline
Q4 2014
Expert Groups
Q4 2015
Early
Draft
Q1 2016
Public
Review
Q3 2016
Proposed Final
Draft
H2
2017?
Final
Release
Java
EE.Next

67. Java EE 8:
Take Action
• Start working with Java EE 8 today
• Tools:
• GlassFish v4.1, Payara 5 Branch
• Milestones
• Examples and Specification Docs

68. Adopt-A-JSR
• Started in 2007, easy way for JUGs to get
involved
• What you can do depends upon what you want
to do & what spec leads are looking for

69. Join Us!
https://javaee-guardians.io