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- Java EE 8 support, for the first time since 11.1, for Maven-based and Gradle-based Web applications. The new Java EE 8 support provides the ability to create Java EE 8 applications and deploy to a Java EE 8 container, with new "webapp-javaee8" Maven archetype created for use with Apache NetBeans.
- Support for JSF 2.3; CDI Changes for JSF Artifact Injection (introduced in 11.3).
- Payara integration out of the box for the first time.
- Payara Platform 5.194/5.201 support.
- Payara Server Hot Deploy support.
- Support for GlassFish 5.0.1.
JavaFX
- The two OpenJFX Gluon Maven samples are now registered in the New Project dialog (from 11.2) – JavaFX test spec should be enhanced to try out these two samples and make sure they work.
Maven
- Enabling Java preview features in a Maven project.
<build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.8.0</version> <configuration> <compilerArgs> <arg>--enable-preview</arg> </compilerArgs> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build>
- Default JDK for Maven projects.
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