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The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java

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The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java

Over the last 30 years, Java has been the preferred technology for developing enterprise applications. Frameworks and approaches such as J2EE, Spring Framework, Java EE, Spring Boot, and Jakarta EE all contribute to this success story.

The Jakarta EE 11, with features for increasing performance and developer productivity, such as support for virtual threads and the new Jakarta Data specification.

This session will give you a history lesson of Enterprise Java as well as an overview of everything brought to you by Jakarta EE 11 with lots of code demos. We will also look forward and check out what's in the pipeline for Jakarta EE 12.

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April 22, 2026

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  1. No AI was harmed in th e crea ti on

    of th ese slides Ivar Grimstad
 Jakarta EE Developer Advocate Eclipse Foundation The Past, Present, and Future of Enterprise Java
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    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0)
  3. Hello The following slide contains some disturbing content that may

    not be suitable for all audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.
  4. SessionBean Hello EnterpriseBean Serializable Remote EJBObject HelloRemote HelloObject EBJHome HelloHome

    EBJLocalHome HelloLocalHome EJBLocalObject HelloLocal HelloHomeObject HelloLocal Home Object HelloLocalObject
  5. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0)
  6. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2022 2024/5 2020 javax.* -> jakarta.* Jakarta EE Core Pro fi le Java 21 Embrace Records Jakarta Data CDI Centric Removals and Deprecations
  7. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Speci fi cation Document API TCK Final Speci fi cation Compatible Implementation(s) Speci fi
  8. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta EE 11
  9. RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0

    Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Data 1.0 Authorization 3.0 Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1 Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 Jakarta EE 11 Platform Jakarta EE 11 Web Pro fi Updated Not Updated New
  10. Jakarta EE 11 Web Pro fi le RESTful Web Services

    4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Data 1.0 Jakarta EE 11 Core Pro fi Updated Not Updated New
  11. Jakarta EE 11 Core Pro fi le Updated Not Updated

    New RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0
  12. Jakarta EE 11 API source level: Java SE 17 API

    binary level: Java SE 17 TCK run with: Java SE 17+21 App Developers (YOU) can use Java SE 21 features if you like !!
  13. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Release Cadence ~ a Year after the latest LTS of Java
  14. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Q4, 2024 (Core Pro fi le) Q1, 2025 (Web Pro fi le) Q2, 2025 (Platform)
  15. Authorization 3.0 Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1

    Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Jakarta EE 11 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.0
  16. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Virtual Threads
  17. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) ManagedExecutorService ManagedScheduledExecutorService ContextService ManagedThreadFactory
  18. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta EE 11 API source level: Java SE 17 API binary level: Java SE 17 TCK run with: Java SE 17+21 ?
  19. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Concurrency API Java 17 Platform Thread virtual = “true” Java SE Runtime Aware Support for Virtual Threads Java 21 Virtual Thread
  20. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Demo
  21. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 https://jakarta.ee/speci fi cations/concurrency/3.1/
  22. Authorization 3.0 Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1

    Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Jakarta EE 11 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.0
  23. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta Data 1.0 Standardizes the repository pattern for data access https://jakarta.ee/speci fi cations/data/1.0/ NEW in Jakarta EE 11
  24. @Repository public interface GreetingRepository extends CrudRepository<Greeting, Long> { Optional<Greeting> findByName(String

    name); } import jakarta.data.repository.CrudRepository; import jakarta.data.repository.Repository;
  25. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta Data Query Language (JDQL) https://github.com/jakartaee/data/blob/main/spec/src/antlr/JDQL.g4
  26. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0)
  27. 2026 2024/5 2020 Java 21 Embrace Records Jakarta Data CDI

    Centric Removals and Deprecations Jakarta EE Core Pro fi le 2022 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) javax.* -> jakarta.*
  28. Jakarta EE 12 API source level: Java SE 21 API

    binary level: Java SE 21 TCK run with: Java SE 21+25 App Developers (YOU) can use Java SE 25 features if you like !!
  29. Authorization 2.1* Activation 2.1 Batch 2.2 Connectors 2.2 Mail 2.1

    Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.1 RESTful Web Services 5.0 JSON Processing 2.2 JSON Binding 3.1 Annotations 3.1 CDI Lite 5.0 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.2 Pages 4.1 Expression Language 6.1 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.1 Faces 5.0 WebSocket 2.3 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.1 Persistence 4.0 Transactions 2.1 CDI 5.0 Authentication 3.0* Concurrency 3.2 Security 5.0 Validation 4.0 Jakarta EE 12 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.1 Query 1.0 MVC NoSQL Subject to Change
  30. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) De fi nes an object-oriented query language for Java https://jakarta.ee/speci fi cations/query/1.0/ NEW in Jakarta EE 12 Jakarta Query 1.0
  31. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Standardizes integration with NoSQL databases https://jakarta.ee/speci fi cations/nosql/1.1 Candidate Jakarta NoSQL 1.1
  32. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Eclipse JNoSQL implements Jakarta Data FUN Fact
  33. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta MVC 3.1 Standardizes the action-based model-view-controller pattern https://jakarta.ee/speci fi cations/mvc/3.1 Candidate
  34. 2026 2024/5 2020 Java 21 Embrace Records Jakarta Data CDI

    Centric Removals and Deprecations Jakarta EE Core Pro fi le 2022 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) javax.* -> jakarta.* Java 25 Jakarta Query Jakarta NoSQL CDI Centric Deprecations
  35. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) https://github.com/jakartaee/platform/issues EE12
  36. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0)
  37. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Replace EJBs? An Idea?
  38. @Service public class Hello { public String say() { return

    “Happy Birthday, Duke!”; } } CDI Stereotype @ApplicationScoped @Transactional @Lock(READ_WRITE) @MaxConcurrency(10) @Monitored @Stereotype @Target(TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface Service{}
  39. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta CRaC An Idea?
  40. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta An Idea?
  41. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0)
  42. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Demo
  43. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) https://omnihai.org
  44. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2028 2024 2026 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2030 ready Full ULTRA capable 13 14 Som ewhat Speculative AI Roadmap for Jakarta EE https://omnihai.org ?
  45. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2028 2024 2026 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2030 ready Full ULTRA capable 13 14 Som ewhat Speculative AI Roadmap for Jakarta EE
  46. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Summary
  47. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) javax.* -> jakarta.*
  48. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Transformation
  49. Jakarta EE 10 Platform Updated Not Updated New Authorization 2.1

    Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1 Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 RESTful Web Services 3.1 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 2.1 CDI Lite 4.0 Interceptors 2.1 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.0 Server Pages 3.1 Expression Language 5.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.0 WebSocket 2.1 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.1 Transactions 2.0 Managed Beans 2.0 CDI 4.0 Authentication 3.0 Concurrency 3.0 Security 3.0 Bean Validation 3.0
  50. Authorization 3.0 Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1

    Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Jakarta EE 11 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.0
  51. Jakarta EE 11 API source level: Java SE 17 API

    binary level: Java SE 17 TCK run with: Java SE 17+21 App Developers (YOU) can use Java SE 21 features if you like !!
  52. Authorization 2.1* Activation 2.1 Batch 2.2 Connectors 2.2 Mail 2.1

    Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.1 RESTful Web Services 5.0 JSON Processing 2.2 JSON Binding 3.1 Annotations 3.1 CDI Lite 5.0 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.2 Pages 4.1 Expression Language 6.1 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.1 Faces 5.0 WebSocket 2.3 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.1 Persistence 4.0 Transactions 2.1 CDI 5.0 Authentication 3.0* Concurrency 3.2 Security 5.0 Validation 4.0 Jakarta EE 12 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.1 Query 1.0 NoSQL 1.1 Subject to Change
  53. Jakarta EE 12 API source level: Java SE 21 API

    binary level: Java SE 21 TCK run with: Java SE 21+25 App Developers (YOU) can use Java SE 25 features if you like !!
  54. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) +
  55. 2026 2024/5 2020 Java 21 Embrace Records Jakarta Data CDI

    Centric Removals and Deprecations Jakarta EE Core Pro fi le 2022 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) javax.* -> jakarta.* Java 25 Jakarta Query Jakarta NoSQL CDI Centric Deprecations
  56. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2028 2024 2026 COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2030 ready Full ULTRA capable 13 14 Som ewhat Speculative AI Roadmap for Jakarta EE
  57. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta EE https://jakarta.ee Get Started
 https://start.jakarta.ee Ivar’s Hashtag Jakarta EE https://www.agilejava.eu/category/jakarta-ee/ Demo Code https://github.com/ivargrimstad/dukes-data
 https://github.com/ivargrimstad/virtual-duke https://github.com/ivargrimstad/augmented-duke https://theguywiththeduketattoo.com
  58. COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS

    LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) COPYRIGHT (C) 2026, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Thank You!