Java EE 7 SDK and GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.0 Now Available

Java EE 7 (JSR 342) is now final!

I've delivered numerous talks on Java EE 7 and related technologies all around the world for past several months. I'm loaded with excitement to share that the Java EE 7 platform specification and implementation is now in the records.

The platform has three major themes:

• Deliver HTML5 Dynamic Scalable Applications
• Reduce response time with low latency data exchange using WebSocket
• Simplify data parsing for portable applications with standard JSON support
• Deliver asynchronous, scalable, high performance RESTful Service
• Increase Developer Productivity
• Simplify application architecture with a cohesive integrated platform
• Increase efficiency with reduced boiler-plate code and broader use of annotations
• Enhance application portability with standard RESTful web service client support
• Meet the most demanding enterprise requirements
• Break down batch jobs into manageable chunks for uninterrupted OLTP performance
• Easily define multithreaded concurrent tasks for improved scalability
• Deliver transactional applications with choice and flexibility

This "pancake" diagram of the major components helps understand how the components work with each other to provide a complete, comprehensive, and integrated stack for building your enterprise and web applications. The newly added components are highlighted in the orange color:




In this highly transparent and participatory effort, there were 14 active JSRs:

• 342: Java EE 7 Platform
  
• 338: Java API for RESTful Web Services 2.0
  
• 339: Java Persistence API 2.1
  
• 340: Servlet 3.1
  
• 341: Expression Language 3.0
  
• 343: Java Message Service 2.0
  
• 344: JavaServer Faces 2.2
  
• 345: Enteprise JavaBeans 3.2
  
• 346: Contexts and Dependency Injection 1.1
  
• 349: Bean Validation 1.1
  
• 352: Batch Applications for the Java Platform 1.0
  
• 353: Java API for JSON Processing 1.0
  
• 356: Java API for WebSocket 1.0
  
• 236: Concurrency Utilities for Java EE 1.0
  

The newly added components are highlighted in bold.

And 9 Maintenance Release JSRs:

• 250: Common Annotations 1.2
  
• 322: Connector Architecture 1.7
  
• 907: Java Transaction API 1.2
  
• 196: Java Authentication Services for Provider Interface for Containers
  
• 115: Java Authorization for Contract for Containers
  
• 919: JavaMail 1.5
  
• 318: Interceptors 1.2
  
• 109: Web Services 1.4
  
• 245: JavaServer Pages 2.3
  

Ready to get rolling ?

Binaries Java EE 7 SDK GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.0 Tools NetBeans 7.3.1 GlassFish Tools for Kepler (Technology Preview) Maven Coordinates Docs Java EE 7 Whitepaper Java EE 7 Tutorial (htmlpdf) First Cup Sample Application Java EE 7 Hands-on Lab Javadocs (onlinedownload) Specifications All-in-one GlassFish Documentation Bundle

A few articles have already been published on OTN:

• What's new in JMS 2.0: Part 2 (Jun 2013)
• What's new in JMS 2.0: Part 1 (May 2013)
• Java EE 7 and JAX-RS 2.0 (Apr 2013)
• JSR 356, Java API for WebSocket (Apr 2013)
• Ten ways in which JMS 2.0 means writing less code (Apr 2013)
• Higher Productivity and Embracing HTML5 with Java EE 7 (Feb 2013)
  

And more are coming!

This blog has also published several TOTD on Java EE 7:

• TOTD #212: WebSocket Client and Server Endpoint
• TOTD# 211: Chunked Step using Batch Applications
• TOTD #210: Consuming and Producing JSON using JAX-RS Entity Providers
• TOTD #203: Concurrency Managed Objects
• TOTD #202: Resource Library Contracts in JSF 2.2
• TOTD #199: Java EE 7 and NetBeans IDE
• TOTD #198: JSF 2.2 Faces Flow
• TOTD #196: Default DataSource in Java EE 7
• TOTD #194: JAX-RS Client API and GlassFish 4
• TOTD #192: Batch Applications in Java EE 7
• TOTD #191: Simple JMS 2.0 Sample
• TOTD #189: Collaborative Whiteboard using WebSocket in GlassFish 4
• TOTD #188: Non-blocking I/O using Servlet 3.1
  

All the JSRs have been covered in the Java Spotlight podcast:

• #136: Paul Parkinson on JSR 907/JTA 1.2
• #135: Marina Vatkina on JSR 318/Interceptors 1.2
• #134: Kin-man Chung on JSR 341/Expresion Language 3.0
• #133: Sivakumar Thyagarajan on JSR 322/Connectors 1.7
• #132: Shing-Wai Chan on JSR 340/Servlet 3.1
• #131: Nigel Deaking on JSR 343/JMS 2.0
• #130: Santiago Pericas-Geertsen on JSR 339/JAX-RS 2.0
• #129: Anthony Lai on JSR 236/Concurrency Utilities for Java EE 1.0
• #126: Jitendra Kotamraju on JSR 353/JSON 1.0
• #124: Chris Vignola from JSR 352/Batch 1.0
• #119: Emmanuel Bernard on JSR 349/Bean Validation 1.1
• #117: Danny Coward on JSR 356/WebSocket 1.0
• #115: Ed Burns on JSF 344/JSF 2.2
• #109: Pete Muir on JSR 346/CDI 1.1
• #90: Marina Vatkina on JSR 345/EJB 3.2
• #84: Anil Gaur on JSR 342/Java EE 7
  

The latest issue of Java Magazine is also loaded with tons of Java EE 7 content:



Media coverage has started showing as well ...

• Official Oracle PR
• JaxEnter.com
• InfoQ
  

And you can track lot more here.

You can hear the latest and greatest on Java EE 7 by watching replays from the launch webinar:



This webinar consists of:

• Strategy Keynote
  
• Technical Keynote
• 16 Technical Breakouts with JSR Specification Leads
• Customer, partner, and community testimonials
• And much more
  

Do you feel enabled and empowered to start building Java EE 7 applications ?

Just download Java EE 7 SDK that contains GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 4.0, tutorial, samples, documentation and much more.

Enjoy!