Apache TomEE (pronounced "Tommy") is the

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Apache Tomcat Apache Tomcat (called "Tomcat" for short) is a free and open-source implementation of the Jakarta Servlet, Jakarta Expression Language, and WebSocket technologies. It provides a "pure Java" HTTP web server environment in which Java code can also ...

(Tomcat + Jakarta EE = TomEE) that combines several Java enterprise projects including Apache OpenEJB, Apache OpenWebBeans,

Apache OpenJPA OpenJPA is an open source implementation of the Java Persistence API specification. It is an object-relational mapping (ORM) solution for the Java language, which simplifies storing objects in databases. It is open-source software distributed un ...

, Apache MyFaces and others. In October 2011, the project obtained certification by Oracle Corporation as a compatible implementation of the Java EE 6 Web Profile.

Components

TomEE includes the following open-source components: TomEE JAX-RS, a second distribution, adds support for

Java API for RESTful Web Services Jakarta RESTful Web Services, (JAX-RS; formerly Java API for RESTful Web Services) is a Jakarta EE API specification that provides support in creating web services according to the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural pattern. ...

(JAX-RS). The full TomEE Plus distribution adds additional support for: *

Java API for XML Web Services The Jakarta XML Web Services (JAX-WS; formerly Java API for XML Web Services) is a Jakarta EE API for creating web services, particularly SOAP services. JAX-WS is one of the Java XML programming APIs. Overview The JAX-WS 2.2 specificatioJSR 224 ...

(JAX-WS) * Java EE Connector Architecture * Java Messaging Service (JMS)

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.

Versions

Commercial support

Two years after the announcement of Apache TomEE at JavaOne 2011 several Apache TomEE creators united to form Tomitribe, a commercial support company dedicated to the Apache TomEE community and focused on promoting open source values. Another commercial support company provides enterprise support for Apache TomEE is ManageCat,. ManageCat involves with a lot of Apache Java EE projects to contribute open source Java EE ecosystem.

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