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Apache OpenWebBeans

OpenWebBeans is an open source, embeddable and lightweight CDI Container, released under the Apache License 2.0. OpenWebBeans is an ASL-licensed implementation of Context and Dependency Injection for Java EE Platform Specification which is defined by JSR-299, JSR-346, and JSR-365. OpenWebBeans has been integrated with Java EE application servers such as Geronimo and Apache TomEE.

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Apache OpenWebBeans
DeveloperApache Software Foundation
Stable release
1.2.x1.2.8 / 22 April 2015 (2015-04-22)
1.7.x1.7.6 / 17 December 2018 (2018-12-17)
2.0.x2.0.27 / 24 May 2022 (2022-05-24)
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeCDI Container
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitehttp://openwebbeans.apache.org
RepositoryOpenWebBeans Repository

OpenWebBeans is an open source, embeddable and lightweight CDI Container, released under the Apache License 2.0. OpenWebBeans is an ASL-licensed implementation of Context and Dependency Injection for Java EE Platform Specification which is defined by JSR-299,1 JSR-346,2 and JSR-365.3 OpenWebBeans has been integrated with Java EE application servers such as Geronimo4 and Apache TomEE.5

History

OpenWebBeans was founded by Gurkan Erdogdu in October 2008. It is one of implementation of the Context and Dependency Injection specification. The incubator proposal can be found here.6 It was graduated in December 2009 to become a top level ASF project.

Versions

OpenWebBeans releases
OWB version CDI spec JDK version Released
2.0.10 2.0 8+ 2019-01-13
1.7.6 1.2 7+ 2018-12-26
1.2.8 1.1 5+ 2018-05-04
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