Tag Archives: javaee8

New release: REST assured with JAX-RS

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Abhishek

    REST assured with JAX-RS is now updated for JAX-RS 2.1 – a new chapter has been added to cover its new features. You can read it on Gitbook or grab it via Leanpub Cheers!

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Handling custom objects with JAX-RS SSE API

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Abhishek

Information sent using the JAX-RS 2.1 SSE support (in Java EE 8) does not only have to be of String type – it supports Java primitives (Integer , Long etc.), JSON-B & JAX-B annotated types as well as custom objects whose encoding process (Java object to … Continue reading →

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CompletionStage support in server-side JAX-RS

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Abhishek

JAX-RS 2.1 (part of Java EE 8) now supports returning a CompletionStage to mark the request as eligible for asynchronous processing. This is in addition to the AsyncResponse API which has been available since JAX-RS 2.0 (Java EE 7) Even the Client API has … Continue reading →

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JAX-RS 2.1 SSE Client API example using Glassfish 5 on Docker

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Abhishek

Along with the Server API for SSE, JAX-RS 2.1 (part of Java EE 8) also has an equivalent client side API Here is a quick peek – you can grab the project from Github This file contains bidirectional Unicode text … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Abhishek

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 – … Continue reading →

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CDI (2.0) Async Events

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Abhishek

Glassfish 5 builds for Java EE 8 are rolling along… here is another Docker based example on Github. This time it’s asynchronous events in CDI 2.0 (JSR 365) Steps Just follow the README… just a bunch of docker commands to get … Continue reading →

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Glassfish 5: JAX-RS SSE quickstart

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Abhishek

Latest Glassfish 5 build 08 was announced today which includes JAX-RS 2.1 (JSR 370) integration. I am fond of Server Sent Events (SSE), so let’s take it for a test ride – here is a Docker based quick start on Github … Continue reading →

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kafEEne #1: Websocket & Kafka

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Abhishek

Say hello  to kafEEne ! A blog series which will show Kafka and Java EE examples This one is about Kafka + (Java EE) Websocket API. Code is on Github and you can refer to the README on how to get this … Continue reading →

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Difference b/w Cache Writer and Cache entry listener

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Abhishek

In one of my previous blogs, I gave an overview of Cache Loader+Writer as well as Cache entry listeners. The difference b/w a Cache Loader and Cache create/update entry listener is obvious and their roles are clearly differentiated a loader pulls the … Continue reading →

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My picks for Java EE track @ JavaOne 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Abhishek

Its time for JavaOne 2016 with a great line up of Java EE talks… Here are my favorite picks, filed into three categories. You should definitely consider attending few of these if you are one of the lucky JavaOne attendees ! 🙂 Java … Continue reading →

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