Java EE 7 and NetBeans IDE - Early Support Available (TOTD #199)

NetBeans IDE provides the best out-of-the-box experience for Java EE development, deployment, and debugging. Early builds of NetBeans have already started providing support for Java EE 7 features such as

• Registering GlassFish 4
• Creating Java EE 7 application
• Wizard for JAX-RS 2 Filters/Interceptors
• Initial support for Faces Flow
• Loading templates from a resource library
• Non-persistent EJB timers in Web profile
• Wizard for WebSocket endpoints

wiki.netbeans.org/JavaEE7 provide a complete list of features slated for the release and the builds can be downloaded from bertram2.netbeans.org:8080/job/web-main-javaee7. Here are some snapshots of the work completed so far.

Creating a Java EE 7 Web application and using GlassFish 4 server


Creating a WebSocket endpoint



Wizard for creating WebSocket endpoint


The generated code looks like:

@WebSocketEndpoint("/endpoint")
public class NewWSEndpoint {

 @WebSocketMessage
 public String onMessage(String message) {
 return null;
 }

}

Creating a JAX-RS 2 Filter


Wizard for creating a JAX-RS 2 Filter


By default it is a server-side filter but can be made client-side filter too.

Wizard for creating a JAX-RS 2 Interceptor



Creating a RESTful Java Client using JAX-RS 2 Client APIs



Wizard for creating a JAX-RS 2 Client


This is a very early work-in-progress so any feedback is welcome.

Download GlassFish 4.0 promoted build, register it with NetBeans IDE and take it for a test drive!