JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform

Learn CDI concepts and develop modern web applications using JBoss Weld

Overview

• Learn about dependency injection with CDI
• Install JBoss Weld in your favorite container
• Develop your own extension to CDI
• Decouple code with CDI events
• Communicate between CDI beans and AngularJS

In Detail

CDI simplifies dependency injection for modern application developers by taking advantage of Java annotations and moving away from complex XML, while at the same time providing an extensible and powerful programming model.

“JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform” is a practical guide to CDI’s dependency injection concepts using clear and easy-to-follow examples. This will help you take advantage of the power behind CDI, as well as providing a firm understanding of how to use it within your applications.

“JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform” covers all the major aspects of CDI, breaking it down into understandable pieces. This book will take you through many examples of how these concepts can be utilized, helping you get up and running quickly and painlessly.

“JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform” gives you an insight into the different scopes provided by CDI and the use cases for which each has been designed. You will learn everything about dependency injection, scopes, events, producers, and more from JBoss Weld CDI, as well as how producers can create new beans for consumption within your application. You will also learn how to build a real world application with CDI using JSF and AngularJS for different web interfaces.

What you will learn from this book

• Install JBoss Weld in an application server
• Learn CDI dependency injection type lookup rules
• Create dynamic beans with producers
• Fire and observe events to decouple beans
• Use interceptors and decorators for cross-cutting concerns
• Understand the sequence of the JBoss Weld container lifecycle
• Create your own CDI portable extension
• Access CDI beans from AngularJS
• Learn how scopes and contexts work and what CDI provides

Approach

This book is a mini tutorial with plenty of code examples and strategies to give you numerous options when building your own applications.

Who this book is written for

“JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform” is written for developers who are new to dependency injection. A rudimentary knowledge of Java is required.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What is a Bean?
Chapter 2: Dependency Injection and Lookup
Chapter 3: Deploying JBoss Weld
Chapter 4: Scopes and Contexts
Chapter 5: Producers
Chapter 6: Interceptors and Decorators
Chapter 7: Events
Chapter 8: Writing a Portable Extension
Chapter 9: Book Store – CDI Services
Chapter 10: Book Store – User Interfaces