Getting Started¶

If you are completely new to CDI then you might want to take a look at the following introductory articles

• How CDI works
• Adding OpenWebBeans to your JavaSE project
• Adding OpenWebBeans to Apache Tomcat
• Adding OpenWebBeans to your Servlet Container project
• OpenWebBeans as part of JavaEE Containers
• OpenWebBeans configuration
• FAQ

There are several Application Containers which come with Apache OpenWebBeans as their core CDI container

• Apache Meecrowave
• Apache TomEE

OpenWebBeans Plugin Structure¶

OpenWebBeans consists of a core system which heavily uses SPIs (Service Provider Interfaces) to extend it's functionality. The core system itself is purely JavaSE based and does not need any further dependency. All special JavaEE features get added via separate plugins.

System Core¶

• OpenWebBeans Core
• SPI definition

Commonly used Plugins¶

• Web plugin
• EL plugins 1.0 & 2.2
• JSF plugins 1.2 & 2.x
• Apache Tomcat plugins

Technical Integration Plugins¶

• EE Common plugin
• Java EE plugin
• EJB plugin
• EE Resource plugin
• JMS plugin
• OSGi plugin

Testing Strategies for CDI Projects¶

• JUnit5 integration
• General guidelines for testing
• Deltaspike Test-Control
• Apache DeltaSpike CdiCtrl
• JBoss Arquillian
• Writing unit tests for OWB itself