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 ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how a good software team will defer decisions as long as possible. Smart teams will design and build systems that don’t lock them into any particular implementation ...

I’ve read lots of explanations of Dependency Injection or DI (formerly known as Inversion of Control) and the associated Hollywood Principle (“Don’t call us, we’ll call you.”). They all tend to be ...

It’s not particularly unusual for multiple JSRs to cover the same ground. But it’s nice to see when the issues that arise from such overlap get resolved. In the last few days, it appears that the two ...