In this blog posting, I’ll briefly look at embedding Groovy code in a Java application via JSR 223 support. Sun’s Java SE 6 includes the Rhino JavaScript engine, but does not include Groovy by ...

This is nothing against JavaServer Faces (JSF), or the soon-to-be-added Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework, JSR-371. (MVC becomes part of the standard when Java EE 8 is released.)As far as ...

I went to Parc 55 Mission to see Jitendra Kotamraju 's (Oracle) presentation "JSR 353: Java API for JSON Processing." Kotamraju is the JSR 353 specification lead, so it's safe to assume he knows ...

A lot of work went into this release, with contributions coming from many quarters -- including Java User Groups around the world who participated in the Adopt-a-JSR program. The Java Community ...

The results of the recent Java JSRs are in, and all have passed with all but Apache voting consistently against them. Google and Tim Peierls voted against the Java SE 7 and Java SE 8 JSRs, supporting ...

3. The Java EE security context. When it comes to writing low-level code to programmatically secure Java resources, the EE specification has always been somewhat lacking. Declarative security is ...

Almost two months after the failure of the original JSR 376 public review ballot to pass, the JCP executive committee has now overwhelmingly passed the recent reconsideration ballot. Tim Ellison, seni ...