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What is the difference between EJB, hibernate, spring and JSF? [closed]

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I am very confused with different java frameworks. I want to create a java server project to offer some
Restful web-service, but I really dont know which framework I should choose. What is the difference
between JSF, EJB, Hibernate and Spring? Please help me understand them more.
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JSF + JPA without EJB or

Spring?

EJB,Hibernate and spring

transaction

Spring-Hibernate
Application Integration
with EJB-Hibernate
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JSF + Spring + Hibernate

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Integration jsf, spring,

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These are frameworks for different layers.

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JSF is for the view (web) layer, it's a component oriented framework (every part of a page is a
component, it has state) like Wicket or Tapestry, and unlike Action frameworks like Spring MVC,
Struts or Stripes
Books: Core JavaServer Faces (3rd Edition)

Tutorials: CoreServlets.com
EJB 3.x is a container that's part of the JavaEE
stack. It does things like dependency injection and
bean lifecycle management. You usually need a full JavaEE application server for EJB3
Tutorials: JavaEE 6 Tutorial: EJB

Books: EJB 3 in Action

Spring is also a container, but Spring can run in any java code (a simple main class, an applet, a web
app or a JavaEE enterprise app). Spring can do almost everything EJB can do and a lot more, but I'd
say it's most famous for dependency injection and non-intrusive transaction management
Online Reference (excellent)

Books: I couldn't find a good english book on Spring 3.x, although several are in the making

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Hibernate was the first big ORM (Object relational mapper) on the Java Platform, and as such has
greatly inspired JPA
(which is part of the EJB3 standard but can be used without an EJB container). I
would suggest coding against JPA and only using hibernate as a provider, that way you can easily
switch to EclipseLink etc.
Books: Pro JPA 2: Mastering the Java Persistence API (not hibernate-specific),
Java Persistence with Hibernate (getting a bit old)
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JSF: a GUI framework - you don't need this if you only want to implement a backend
EJB: a standard for distributed components, used to be horribly complex, but version 3 of the
standard is quite easy to use. This could be part of your solution.
Hibernate: An Object-relational mapping framework. It served as the inspiration for the JPA (Java
Persistence Architecture) standard, which is now supported by both Hibernate and EJBs.
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However, if you want to do REST, then the most important standard for you is JAX-RS.
You can use it
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JSF - Java Server Faces -> Web User Interface

EJB - Enterprise Java Beans -> Components which are stateful (sessioen oriented) or statles
(services), message driven (asynchronous)
Hibernate - Persistence Service like other JPA implementations (Eclipselink,OpenJPA or Toplink)
Spring is another world without EJBs, which is able to integrate other view technologies. It's quit
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Nice overview. But about red or blue pills: Spring integrates nicely with almost any other technology, including
EJB static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/

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EJB is an Enterprise Java Bean -- see link for description, but basically its the 'default' java way of writing
an enterprise application.
Hibernate is an ORM Framework; a way to map the Objects/Classes in your application to database
tables. It is related to how you persist your data to a database.
Spring is an IoC/Dependency Injection container that provides many useful and well tested abstractions to
make your life easier. Spring is
sort of like its own application framework.
JSF is Java Server Faces, a view technology for java web applications.

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You would use either EJB OR Spring. You could use Hibernate as your persistence implementation, if you
wanted, with either; you do not need to do this. For RESTFul webservices, you don't really need JSF.
People are very happy with Spring - I recommend using that...
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