As posted on Lambda the Ultimate, there is a Java EE 5 introduction posted on Sun’s Developer Network. The thing that jumps out at me right away is the heavy use of annotations in almost every technology highlighted by the introduction. I hope the eventual release will reverse the slow uptake of Java SE 5 in most projects and companies that I have talked to.
Are you using Java SE 5? Planning to move there soon? Will the features in Java EE 5 be enough to convince your organization to take the risk? Considering the amount of effort that I have personally expended attempting to get organizations to move from the pre-release EJB 2.0 implementation in weblogic 5.1 to EJB 2.1, I consider it a bit unlikely.
Tags: Java, JEE 5, Lambda the Ultimate, Technology Introduction
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JDK5 is nice. I find some of the most useful things are the little ones like @Overrides etc.. Good for forgetful and lazy fellows like me.
J2EE 5 is very nice as well. Being as I always loved Hibernate, Pojo persistence is very satisfying.
The one thing that I really HATE about all this though, is the term Pojo… How horrible was EJB1…N that we all the sudden need a new term for Object.
The thing that I’m most interested in from JDK5 is generics. I only have limited exposure to them, however, in every case I have applied them it was interesting in a good way. I don’t think that I have used them enough to get my head fully around the potential of what they can offer. All in good time I suppose.