Devoxx11: Java EE Keynote

Cameron Purdy
Focus on next Java EE versions 7 & 8:

• Html 5
• Modularity
  • jigsaw
  • profiles:JEE providers can choose to not implement part of the SPEC. Eg. some older specs like EJB CMP & BMP will become optional.
• Cloud
  • elastic
  • auto provisioning
  • Paas

Platform as a Service (Paas) details

• JEE7 is the service
• auto-provisioning:
  • DB (incl. init-script)
  • LDAP
  • loadbalancer / clustering settings
• extensible for frameworks (e.g. Spring, Seam)
• Quality of Service (QOS)
• API's for the Cloud: Caching ...
• Multi-tenant: deploy the same app for multiple / isolated users.
• Cloud descriptions in meta in the ear

Other:

• Timeboxed strategy for providing JEE 7 / 8: : everything not ready for JEE7 will shift to JEE8.
• Glassfish provides the reference implementation of latest JEE developments.