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 ...

The latest version of Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) offers several new features including dependency injection, bean validation and significant enhancements in EJB, Servlets, JSF, and JSP ...

Java 7 unifies some of the basic standards that the various Dependency Injection frameworks (Spring, Guice, PicoContainer etc) have, making it easier for developers to move between the frameworks ...

One of the simplification features of Java EE 5 is the implementation of basic dependency injection to simplify web and EJB components. Annotations are used for injecting resources, services, and ...

Covariance and contravariance might seem esoteric, but you'll need these concepts more than ever as the Java language evolves. Get started with type dependency in array types, generic types, and ...

Dependency Injection in Java EE 6 - Part 1 Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE (CDI), a key part of the soon to be finalized Java EE 6 platform. Standardized via JSR 299, CDI is the de-facto ...