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CDI (JSR-299) and Weld 1.0 are almost a reality. We've got word from Sun that CDI and the rest of Java EE 6 will be submitted to the JCP on November 9. I've spent the last few days filling out the Javadoc for the CDI API and SPI packages and making some last-minute cleanups to the spec. Meanwhile, Pete and the others are fixing bugs in the RI and TCK. This process has taken more than 3 years, and an incredible amount of pain, but we're now looking at one of the most well-reviewed JCP specifications ever.

Episode 3 from the Asylum is now available at asylum.jboss.org.

Hibernate Validator 4.0.1 is now available and can be downloaded from here. This release addresses issues discovered by the JCP integration efforts for JSR-303. Of course we used this opportunity to also fix some bugs identified by the community. Thanks for all the feedback.

Steven Boscarine has written a nice short tutorial on getting up and running with Weld and JSF on Jetty, using Maven. Note that there's a bit more boilerplate here than there would be in a Java EE environment, since integration of Weld in Jetty requires explicit configuration. Nevertheless, I think Steven does a good job of demonstrating that it's easy to get up and running with this stuff.

Hot on the heels of the renaming of the JSR-299: Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE, Weld, I'm pleased to announce the 1.0.0.CR1 release. This is a major milestone; for the project and for Java EE 6, as it represents a feature complete implementation of the JSR-299 Proposed Final Draft 2 specification; the specification, implementation and TCK will be submitted to the JCP for the Final Draft ballot.

After many months of polishing, we are happy to release Hibernate Validator 4. This is a major milestone for Hibernate Validator with tons of new features and a spec compliance.

I am starting to move all Drools5 integration code to the Seam 3 drools module and will update the previous posts with correct links as soon as they are available. There will be no further development against the Seam 2.2.Drools5 branch.