Java EE 8 Platform Highlights

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:
- Java API for JSON Binding
- Java EE Security API
New object model improvements for JSON Processing (see 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 Java API for RESTful Web Services for details)
New features for servlets (see Java Servlet Technology for details)
New features for JavaServer Faces components (see JavaServer Faces Technology for details)
New Contexts and Dependency Injection features (see Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE for details)
New JavaBean validation features (see Bean Validation for details)