JBoss Weld CDI for Java Platform

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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.