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Interview: Emmanuel Bernard on the Bean Validation specification

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JCP Standards

Following on from a previous article on the early draft of the Bean Validation framework, InfoQ sat down with Emmanuel Bernard to learn more about the proposal and the community involvement the expert group is seeking.

Peter Kriens discusses OSGi

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Architecture,
Java
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Technology,
Embedded Devices,
Enterprise Architecture,
Application Servers,
JCP Standards

InfoQ recently sat down with Peter Kriens of the OSGi Alliance to learn more about OSGi. Kriens discussed OSGi's origins in the mobile space, it's integration with Eclipse, the current integration work with Spring, and the future R5 specification. He also discussed the ongoing debate over OSGi and JSR 277, and gave his perspective on what an ideal solution would be for modularity at the JVM level.

Patrick Linskey discusses OpenJPA and the JPA specification

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Java
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Data Access,
JCP Standards

At The Spring Experience conference, InfoQ caught up with Patrick Linskey of BEA to discuss the current status of the Apache OpenJPA project. Linskey explains where OpenJPA came from, how it fits into the Object\Relational Mapping space, the differentiating features that OpenJPA provides, the JPA specification, and future plans for OpenJPA.

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Initial Draft of the Bean Validation Specification Released

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Java
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JCP Standards

JSR 303, the Bean Validation framework, provides an annotation-based API through which developers can express constraints on JavaBeans. An early draft of the specification is now available for review.

Parallelism with Fork/Join in Java 7

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Java
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Performance & Scalability,
Programming,
JCP Standards

As the number of processor cores available on modern hardware increases, it's becoming ever more important for developers to develop in ways that take advantage of the new hardware. The Fork/Join library in Java 7 helps solve this problem.

eXo Java Content Repository 1.8 Released

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Java
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Data Access,
JCP Standards

The eXo Platform team has released eXo JCR (Java Content Repository) 1.8. The eXo JCR product is a JSR-170-compliant Java content repository implementation.

Java EE 6 Spec Lead Requests Community Feedback on Web Profile Options

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Java
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Application Servers,
Community,
JCP Standards

In a recent blog post, Java EE 6 (JSR 316) specification co-lead Roberto Chinnici presented the two leading candidates for the Java EE 6 Web Profile, and asked for feedback from the community on which of the two options the JSR 316 Expert Group should move forward with. InfoQ took the opportunity to analyze each of the Web Profile options in greater detail.

Spring Overtakes EJB as a Skills Requirement?

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Java
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Open Source,
JCP Standards

Job listings comparisons on Indeed.com show Spring surpassing EJB. Using this observation, SpringSource CEO Rod Johnson, argues that EJB is becoming legacy and that the EJB3.0 spec is doing too little, too late to prevent this trend. Do these comparisons indeed reflect significant shifts in the choices companies are making in regards to their core components for Java enterprise development?

Debate: What role will the JCP play in Java's future?

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Java
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Community,
Governance,
JCP Standards

Recently, Alex Blewitt described the Java Community Process (JCP) as dead, likening it to a headless chicken which "doesn't realise it yet and it's still running around, but it's already dead". This touched off a debate over the usefulness of the JCP and how much it will play a role in Java's future.