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What's new in Java EE 8

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What's new in Java EE 8

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- [Narrator] Let's review some of the changes in the most recent version of Java EE. Java EE 8 introduced two new APIs. JSON-B and the security API. JSON-B provides support for serialization and deserialization between Java objects and JSON. With the prominence of JSON in web development, this API is very useful for Java developers building web applications. The Java EE security API standardizes security concerns across Java EE containers. The new API provides three main interfaces for handling security and introduces better CDI support for security concerns. Major updates were delivered for the Servlet, CDI, and Bean Validation APIs in Java EE 8. The Servlet API introduce support for HTTP/2 and new components were introduced for pushing resources such as JSS and CSS files to the web browser. Additional updates added an HTTP Servlet mapping object to the HTTP Servlet request that provides visibility of the mapping…

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