Oracle’s GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 also supports Java EE 6. Oracle, however, positions GlassFish as a lightweight server, an alternative to its own flagship app server WebLogic.

Other features in Java EE 6 include a pruning process for making parts of the platform optional, as well as backing for scripting languages and REST (Representational State Transfer).

The details of Java EE 6 have been getting hashed out for quite a few months in the JSR 316 expert group, which I am part of. The goal of this article is to give you an overview of the changes in Java ...

The Java EE 6 specification, known as JSR (Java Specification Request) 313, was offered for ballot on April 3 and later withdrawn on April 13, following a series of questions by the key group of ...

The Java Community Process (JCP) approved Java EE 6 under Java Specification Request (JSR) 316 at the end of November. The JCP is a collaborative community effort, which includes a large group of ...

This series of articles introduces Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI), a key part of the Java EE 6 platform. Standardized via JSR 299, CDI is the de-facto API for comprehensive ...