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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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