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= Java EE 8 Platform Highlights


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Java EE 8 Platform Highlights
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The key goals of the Java EE 8 platform are to modernize the infrastructure for enterprise Java for the cloud and microservices environments, emphasize HTML5 and HTTP/2 support, enhance ease of development through new Contexts and Dependency Injection features, and further enhance security and reliability of the platform.

The Java EE 8 platform includes the following new features:

* New technologies, including the following:

** link:overview008.html#java-api-for-json-binding[Java API for JSON Binding]
** link:overview008.html#java-ee-security-api[Java EE Security API]

* New object model improvements for JSON Processing (see
link:overview008.html#java-api-for-json-processing[Java API for JSON Processing] for details), including support for the following:

** JSON Pointer
** JSON Patch
** JSON Merge Patch

* New features for RESTful web services (see link:overview008.html#java-api-for-restful-web-services[Java API for RESTful Web Services] for details)
* New features for servlets (see
link:overview008.html#java-servlet-technology[Java Servlet Technology] for details)
* New features for JavaServer Faces components (see link:overview008.html#javaserver-faces-technology[JavaServer Faces Technology] for details)
* New Contexts and Dependency Injection features (see link:overview008.html#contexts-and-dependency-injection-for-java-ee[Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE] for details)
* New JavaBean validation features (see link:overview008.html#bean-validation[Bean Validation] for details)
