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GlassFish Server 5.1 |
GlassFish Server 5.1 provides a server for the development and deployment of Java™ Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and dynamic, scalable HTML5 applications. Key features include Servlet 4.0 to support HTTP/2, support for Java SE 8 and updates to some important web standards.
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GlassFish Server supports Java EE 8, which provides the foundation for delivering dynamic, scalable HTML5 applications. Java EE 8 augments support for HTML5 applications by adding support for server-sent events, standardized binding between JSON text and Java objects, HTTP/2 support and improvements to the Java API for WebSocket and the Java API for JSON Processing. Java EE 8 aligns with Java SE 8 so that developers will be able to take advantage of new features such as repeating annotations, lambda expressions, the Date/Time API, type annotations, Completable Futures etc.
Java EE 8 and GlassFish Server 5.1 include the following new and updated Java EE standards:
For a complete list of the Java EE technologies included, see the Release Notes.
Discussion within the GlassFish community is conducted through the groups.io channel.
GlassFish Server is based on the source code that is developed through the GlassFish open source GitHub project and community. The GlassFish community is building an open source application server which implements the newest features in the Java EE platform.
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The Release Notes, Installation Guide, and other product documentation are available on the GlassFish Product Documentation page.