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What is the difference between EJB, hibernate, spring and JSF? [closed]
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I am very confused with different java frameworks. I want to create a java server project to offer some
Restful web-service, but I really dont know which framework I should choose. What is the difference
between JSF, EJB, Hibernate and Spring? Please help me understand them more.
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@MichaelLaffargue Depending on where you eat, there may not be as much difference between a burger
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These are frameworks for different layers.
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JSF is for the view (web) layer, it's a component oriented framework (every part of a page is a
component, it has state) like Wicket or Tapestry, and unlike Action frameworks like Spring MVC,
Struts or Stripes
Books: Core JavaServer Faces (3rd Edition)
Tutorials: CoreServlets.com
EJB 3.x is a container that's part of the JavaEE
stack. It does things like dependency injection and
bean lifecycle management. You usually need a full JavaEE application server for EJB3
Tutorials: JavaEE 6 Tutorial: EJB
Books: I couldn't find a good english book on Spring 3.x, although several are in the making
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Hibernate was the first big ORM (Object relational mapper) on the Java Platform, and as such has
greatly inspired JPA
(which is part of the EJB3 standard but can be used without an EJB container). I
would suggest coding against JPA and only using hibernate as a provider, that way you can easily
switch to EclipseLink etc.
Books: Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java Persistence API (not hibernate-specific),
Java Persistence with Hibernate (getting a bit old)
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thanks, I appreciate it
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Dec 1 '10 at 13:37
5 To state explicitly, Spring just needs the JVM where as EJB needs a full app server
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JSF: a GUI framework - you don't need this if you only want to implement a backend
EJB: a standard for distributed components, used to be horribly complex, but version 3 of the
standard is quite easy to use. This could be part of your solution.
Hibernate: An Object-relational mapping framework. It served as the inspiration for the JPA (Java
Persistence Architecture) standard, which is now supported by both Hibernate and EJBs.
Spring: An application framework that does all kinds of things, among them dependency injection,
web GUIs and AOP.
Semi-Blind-fighting with
firearms in nWoD
However, if you want to do REST, then the most important standard for you is JAX-RS.
You can use it
either within the Spring framework or with EJBs. For persistence, you could use Hibernate, or the JPA
implementation of an EJB container such as Glassfish
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You have to decide between JEE5/6 and spring. Take the red or the blue pill don't use both.
Nice overview. But about red or blue pills: Spring integrates nicely with almost any other technology, including
EJB static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/
EJB is an Enterprise Java Bean -- see link for description, but basically its the 'default' java way of writing
an enterprise application.
Hibernate is an ORM Framework; a way to map the Objects/Classes in your application to database
tables. It is related to how you persist your data to a database.
Spring is an IoC/Dependency Injection container that provides many useful and well tested abstractions to
make your life easier. Spring is
sort of like its own application framework.
JSF is Java Server Faces, a view technology for java web applications.
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You would use either EJB OR Spring. You could use Hibernate as your persistence implementation, if you
wanted, with either; you do not need to do this. For RESTFul webservices, you don't really need JSF.
People are very happy with Spring - I recommend using that...
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