Apache TomEE

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Apache TomEE
Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation
Initial releaseApril 27, 2012;10 years ago (2012-04-27)
Stable release
8.0.12 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 14 June 2022
Preview release
9.0.0-M8 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 28 June 2022
Repository TomEE Repository
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform (JVM)
Type Application server
License Apache-2.0
Website http://tomee.apache.org

Apache TomEE (pronounced "Tommy") is the Java Enterprise Edition of Apache Tomcat (Tomcat + Jakarta EE = TomEE) that combines several Java enterprise projects including Apache OpenEJB, Apache OpenWebBeans, Apache OpenJPA, Apache MyFaces and others. [3] In October 2011, the project obtained certification by Oracle Corporation as a compatible implementation of the Java EE 6 Web Profile. [4] [5]

Contents

Components

TomEE includes the following open-source components:

ComponentDescription
Apache Tomcat HTTP server and Servlet container supporting Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP).
Apache OpenEJB Open-source Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) container system.
Apache OpenWebBeans Open-source Java Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) implementation.
Apache OpenJPA Open-source Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.1 implementation.
Apache Geronimo Transaction Open-source Java Transaction API (JTA) 1.2 implementation.
Apache MyFaces Open-source Java Server Faces (JSF) implementation.
Apache ActiveMQ Open-source Java Message Service (JMS) implementation.
Apache CXF Web Services frameworks with a variety of protocols - such as SOAP, XML/HTTP, RESTful HTTP.
Apache Derby Full-fledged relational database management system (RDBMS) with native Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) support.

TomEE JAX-RS, a second distribution, adds support for Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS).

The full TomEE Plus distribution adds additional support for: [6]

History

The OpenEJB project was started by Richard Monson-Haefel and David Blevins in 1999 as an open source implementation of the Enterprise JavaBeans specification. Blevins continued to develop OpenEJB and integrate components of this project with Apache Geronimo. In 2003, the OpenEJB component became a project operating under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation at which time it was rewritten with a focus on leveraging Tomcat as an embedded web container. A beta version of TomEE was released in October 2011, and the first production-ready version was shipped in April 2012. [7]

Versions

VersionRelease Date
9.0.0.RC1October 31, 2022 [8]
9.0.0-M7May 10, 2021 [9]
9.0.0-M3November 24, 2020 [10]
9.0.0-M2August 07, 2020 [11]
9.0.0-M1June 22, 2020 [12]
8.0.8August 31, 2021 [13]
8.0.5November 24, 2020 [14]
8.0.4August 07, 2020 [15]
8.0.3June 22, 2020 [16]
8.0.2May 26, 2020 [17]
8.0.1Jan 20, 2020 [18]
8.0.0Sep 11, 2019 [19]
8.0.0-M3May 23, 2019 [20]
8.0.0-M2January 25, 2019 [21]
8.0.0-M1October 19, 2018 [22]
7.1.1June 21, 2019 [23]
7.1.0September 7, 2018 [24]
7.0.6June 6, 2019 [25]
7.0.5July 23, 2018 [26]
7.0.4September 26, 2017 [27]
7.0.3March 13, 2017 [28]
7.0.2November 6, 2016 [29]
7.0.1June 23, 2016 [30]
7.0.0May 25, 2016 [31]
7.0.0-M3March 6, 2016 [32]
7.0.0-M2March 1, 2016 [33]
7.0.0-M1December 12, 2015 [34]
1.7.5October 24, 2017 [35]
1.7.4March 7, 2016 [36]
1.7.3December 4, 2015
1.7.2May 18, 2015
1.7.1September 12, 2014
1.7.0August 10, 2014
1.6.0.2May 6, 2014
1.6.0.1April 16, 2014
1.6.0November 17, 2013
1.5.2March 17, 2013
1.5.1December 14, 2012
1.5.0September 28, 2012
1.0.0April 27, 2012
1.0.0 Beta 2January 17, 2012
1.0.0 Beta 1October 2, 2011

Commercial support

Two years after the announcement of Apache TomEE at JavaOne 2011 several Apache TomEE creators united to form Tomitribe, [37] a commercial support company dedicated to the Apache TomEE community and focused on promoting open source values. [38] [39]

Another commercial support company provides enterprise support for Apache TomEE is ManageCat,. [40] ManageCat involves with a lot of Apache Java EE projects to contribute open source Java EE ecosystem.

See also

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jakarta EE</span> Set of specifications extending Java SE

Jakarta EE, formerly Java Platform, Enterprise Edition and Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE), is a set of specifications, extending Java SE with specifications for enterprise features such as distributed computing and web services. Jakarta EE applications are run on reference runtimes, that can be microservices or application servers, which handle transactions, security, scalability, concurrency and management of the components it is deploying.

The Jakarta Project created and maintained open source software for the Java platform. It operated as an umbrella project under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation, and all Jakarta products are released under the Apache License. As of December 21, 2011 the Jakarta project was retired because no subprojects were remaining.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apache Tomcat</span> Java-based HTTP web server environment

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NetBeans</span> Integrated development environment software for software development

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Java Management Extensions (JMX) is a Java technology that supplies tools for managing and monitoring applications, system objects, devices and service-oriented networks. Those resources are represented by objects called MBeans. In the API, classes can be dynamically loaded and instantiated. Managing and monitoring applications can be designed and developed using the Java Dynamic Management Kit.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">JOnAS</span>

JOnAS is an open-source implementation of the Java EE application server specification, developed and hosted by the OW2 consortium, having been originally been created by Groupe Bull. JOnAS is released under the LGPL 2.1 open-source license.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apache Geronimo</span> Open-source web application server

Apache Geronimo is an open source application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation and distributed under the Apache license.

WebSphere Application Server (WAS) is a software product that performs the role of a web application server. More specifically, it is a software framework and middleware that hosts Java-based web applications. It is the flagship product within IBM's WebSphere software suite. It was initially created by Donald F. Ferguson, who later became CTO of Software for Dell. The first version was launched in 1998. This project was an offshoot from IBM HTTP Server team starting with the Domino Go web server.

Apache Beehive is a discontinued Java Application Framework that was designed to simplify the development of Java EE-based applications. It makes use of various open-source projects at Apache such as XMLBeans. Apache Beehive uses Java 5, including JSR-175, a facility for annotating fields, methods, and classes so that they can be treated in special ways by runtime tools. It builds on the framework developed for BEA Systems Weblogic Workshop for its 8.1 series. BEA later decided to donate the code to Apache.

WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (WASCE) was a free-of-charge, certified Java EE 6 application server for building and managing Java applications. Until September 30, 2016, it was IBM's supported distribution of Apache Geronimo that usee Tomcat for servlet container and Axis 2 for web services. Another difference from Apache Geronimo is that WASCE came with Db2 and Informix database drivers, better XML parser libraries and contained the latest patches from unreleased upstream versions. Over 30 WASCE developers were committers in the Apache Geronimo project.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">GlassFish</span> Application server project

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Apache Felix</span> Open-source OSGi framework

Apache Felix is an open source implementation of the OSGi Core Release 6 framework specification. The initial codebase was donated from the Oscar project at ObjectWeb. The developers worked on Felix for a full year and have made various improvements while retaining the original footprint and performance. On June 21, 2007, the project graduated from incubation as a top level project and is considered the smallest size software at Apache Software Foundation.

Apache CXF is an open source software project developing a Web services framework. It originated as the combination of Celtix developed by IONA Technologies and XFire developed by a team hosted at Codehaus in 2006. These two projects were combined at the Apache Software Foundation. The name "CXF" was derived by combining "Celtix" and "XFire".

The JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is a subscription-based/open-source Java EE-based application server runtime platform used for building, deploying, and hosting highly-transactional Java applications and services developed and maintained by Red Hat. The JBoss Enterprise Application Platform is part of Red Hat's Enterprise Middleware portfolio of software. Because it is Java-based, the JBoss application server operates across platforms; it is usable on any operating system that supports Java. JBoss Enterprise Application Platform was originally called JBoss and was developed by the eponymous company JBoss, acquired by Red Hat in 2006

OpenEJB is an open-source, embeddable and lightweight Enterprise JavaBeans Container System and EJB Server, released under the Apache License 2.0. OpenEJB has been integrated with Java EE application servers such as Geronimo and WebObjects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WildFly</span>

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  37. ↑ "TomEE creator lifts lid on new company Tomitribe".
  38. ↑ "Feed the Fish".
  39. ↑ "Who Are The Real Heroes Of Open Source?".
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