#jsr107

Building the JCache Java EE 8 bridge.. one brick at a time

Let’s quickly look at the Java EE 8-JCache bridge project. This is another concrete step as far as Java EE 8 integration efforts are concerned..

Background

Details on the general idea behind this can be picked up from one of my recent posts on this topic

A bridge ?? What for ?

Serve as the integration point for JCache & Java EE 8

Provide decoupling: the Java EE 8 platform and the JCache API can…

JCache in Java EE 8

The contents of this post are derieved from conversations on the Java EE 8 mailing lists with regards to JCache integration. There are a couple of threads

One initiated by Arjan Tjims and is being continued here

and the other one by Adam Bien

Here are a bunch of points which seemed to have to come out of the discussions so far

JCache & Java EE 8 integration points Managing Caches

CDI can be used…

This post covers the JCache API at a high level and provides a teaser – just enough for you to (hopefully) start itching about it ;-)

What is JCache?

JCache (JSR 107)is a standard caching API for Java. It provides an API for applications to be able to create and work with in-memory cache of objects. Benefits are obvious – one does not need to concentrate on the finer details of implementing the…