Try out JSON-B 1.0, JPA 2.2 using Java EE 8 on Glassfish 5 & Docker

Glassfish 5 Build 11 is now available – with support for many of the Java EE 8 specifications e.g. JAX-RS 2.1, JPA 2.2, JSON-B 1.0 etc. For more details check out the Aquarium space. This blog covers

• test driving couple of new additions in this build – JSON-B 1.0 and JPA 2.2
• we run this in a container, thanks to the Glassfish 5 nightly Docker image

Application

It’s a simple one – available on Github

• Has a REST endpoint (also a @Stateless bean)
• Interacts with an embedded (Derby) DB using JPA – we use the jdbc/__TimerPool present in Glassfish to make things easier
• Test data is bootstrapped using standard JPA features in persistence.xml (drop + create DB along with a SQL source)

JSON-B 1.0 in action

Primarily makes use of the JSON-B annotations to customize the behavior

• @JsonbProperty to modify the name of the JSON attribute i.e. its different as compared to the POJO field/variable name
• @JsonbPropertyOrder to specify the lexicographical reverse (Z to A) order for JSON attributes

For more, check out Yasson which is the reference implementation

JPA 2.2 in action

The sample application uses the stream result feature added to Query and TypedQuery interfaces by which it’s possible to use JDK 8 Streams API to navigate the result set of a JPA (JPQL, native etc.) query. For other additions in JPA 2.2, please check this

Run on Docker and test…

Check the README

Cheers!

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