Java Reference
In-Depth Information
• Java Persistence 2.1 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=338
)
brings us the oppor-
tunity to execute Stored Procedures, create named queries at runtime, con-
struct bulk update/delete via the Criteria API, override or change the fetch
setting at runtime, and make explicit joins as in SQL
• Enterprise JavaBeans 3.2 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=345
)
introduces the
ability to manually disable the passivation of stateful session beans and has
also relaxed rules to define the default local or remote business interface
• Java Message Service 2.0 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=343
)
simplifies the
API
• JAX-RS 2.0: The Java API for RESTful Web Services (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/
detail?id=339
)
simplifies the implementation of RESTful Web Services and
introduces new features including Client API, asynchronous processing, fil-
ters, and interceptors
• Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/de-
tail?id=346
) introduces many changes, some of which are access to the cur-
rent CDI container, access to the non contexual instances of a bean, and the
ability to explicitly destroy bean instances
• Bean Validation 1.1 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=349
)
introduces support for
method and constructor validation, group conversion, and message interpol-
ation using expression language
Only the following APIs are affected by maintenance releases:
• Web Services for Java EE 1.4 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=109
)
• Java Authorization Service Provider Contract for Containers 1.5 (JACC 1.5)
• Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers 1.1 (JASPIC
1.1) (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=196
) standardizes the use of some as-
pects of the specification
• JavaServer Pages 2.3 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=245
)
• Common Annotations for the Java Platform 1.2 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/de-
tail?id=250
) adds a new annotation for managing priorities
• Interceptors 1.2 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=318
) adds standard annotation
for managing the execution order of interceptors
• Java EE Connector Architecture 1.7 (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=322
)
adds
two annotations for defining and configuring the resource adapter's re-
sources
