Tag Archives: Java EE

Basics of scaling Java EE applications

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Abhishek

To be honest, ‘scalability’ is an exhaustive topic and generally not well understood. More often than not, its assumed to be same as High Availability. I have seen both novice programmers and ‘experienced’ architects suggest ‘clustering‘ as the solution for … Continue reading →

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Native CDI Qualifiers: @Any and @Default

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Abhishek

Let’s take a look at the out-of-the-box qualifiers in CDI There are three qualifiers declared by the CDI specification – @Any, @Default, @New @Any: Think of it as an omnipresent qualifier. It’s there even if its not 😉 @Default: As … Continue reading →

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New in JMS 2.0 . . .

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Abhishek

This post lists ALL of the new APIs (interfaces/classes/annotations etc.) introduced in JMS 2.0 (part of the Java EE 7 platform). These have been categorized as follows API simplification Ease of use Exception Handling Miscellaneous Here is a quick summary … Continue reading →

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Random JCache stuff: multiple Providers and JMX beans

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Abhishek

JCache (JSR 107) is the Java standard for Caching… enough said. No more introductory stuff. This is a quick fire post which talks about Multiple JCache provider configurations, and Feature: JCache stats via JMX Mbeans Managing multiple JCache providers In … Continue reading →

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Types of JMSContext in JMS 2.0

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Abhishek

If you follow Java EE, the simplified API components in JMS 2.0 (Java EE 7) will not be unknown to you. One of the important interfaces which forms a part of the simplified API is the javax.jms.JMSContext interface. JMSContext can … Continue reading →

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Java EE 7 in production . . . so far. . .

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Abhishek

This is a quick post for folks who are searching for examples/instances of real world a.k.a production use of Java EE 7 . Please note that this list is courtesy two major sources –  JavaOne Conference (2014) talk delivered by Arun Gupta (check out … Continue reading →

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Handling time outs in Async requests in JAX-RS

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Abhishek

JAX-RS 2.0 provides support for asynchronous programming paradigm, both on client as well as on the server end. This post which highlights the time out feature while executing asynchronous REST requests on server side using the JAX-RS (2.0) API Without … Continue reading →

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Quick peek at JAX-RS request to method matching

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Abhishek

In this post, let’s look at the HTTP request to resource method matching in JAX-RS. It is one of the most fundamental features of JAX-RS. Generally, the developers using the JAX-RS API are not exposed to (or do not really … Continue reading →

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Valid CDI scopes for Session (EJB) beans

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Abhishek

CDI enriches the EJB specification (Session beans to be specific) by providing contextual life cycle management. Session beans are not ‘contextual’ instances in general. If you are comfortable with CDI in general, the idea of ‘being contextual’ should be pretty … Continue reading →

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Book Review: RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Abhishek

This is review of the book RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices     What is this book about and how can you possibly benefit from it ? Its primarily geared towards readers who are interested in taking their REST … Continue reading →

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