Migrate to Jakarta EE 10.0
In this tutorial, we'll use OpenRewrite to perform an automated migration to Jakarta EE 10. Jakarta EE 10 is packed with new features for building modernized, simplified, and lightweight cloud native Java applications. This new innovative community-driven release is designed for organizations looking to start developing new enterprise Java applications or advancing their existing ones.
Configuration
This recipe has no required configuration options. It can be activated by adding a dependency on `org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java` in your build file or by running a shell command (in which case no build changes are needed):
- Gradle
- Gradle init script
- Maven POM
- Maven Command Line
- Moderne CLI
- Add the following to your
build.gradlefile:build.gradleplugins {
id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("latest.release")
}
rewrite {
activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.migrate.jakarta.JakartaEE10")
}
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java:3.31.3")
} - Run
gradle rewriteRunto run the recipe.
- Create a file named
init.gradlein the root of your project.init.gradleinitscript {
repositories {
maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2" }
}
dependencies { classpath("org.openrewrite:plugin:7.29.1") }
}
rootProject {
plugins.apply(org.openrewrite.gradle.RewritePlugin)
dependencies {
rewrite("org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java:3.31.3")
}
rewrite {
activeRecipe("org.openrewrite.java.migrate.jakarta.JakartaEE10")
}
afterEvaluate {
if (repositories.isEmpty()) {
repositories {
mavenCentral()
}
}
}
} - Run the recipe.shell
gradle --init-script init.gradle rewriteRun
- Add the following to your
pom.xmlfile:pom.xml<project>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>6.35.1</version>
<configuration>
<activeRecipes>
<recipe>org.openrewrite.java.migrate.jakarta.JakartaEE10</recipe>
</activeRecipes>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
<artifactId>rewrite-migrate-java</artifactId>
<version>3.31.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project> - Run
mvn rewrite:runto run the recipe.
You will need to have Maven installed on your machine before you can run the following command.
mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:run --define rewrite.recipeArtifactCoordinates=org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java:RELEASE --define rewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.java.migrate.jakarta.JakartaEE10
You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.
mod run . --recipe JakartaEE10
If the recipe is not available locally, then you can install it using:
mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite.recipe:rewrite-migrate-java:3.31.3
For the full list of changes this recipe will make, see the recipe reference page.
Once you've configured your project, you're ready to execute the migration by running mvn rewrite:run or gradlew rewriteRun. After running the migration you can inspect the results with git diff (or equivalent), manually fix anything that wasn't able to be migrated automatically, and commit the results.
Before and After
- web.xml (Before)
- web.xml (After)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
<listener>
<listener-class>com.netflix.priam.defaultimpl.InjectedWebListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<filter>
<filter-name>guiceFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>guiceFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/REST/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app version="6.0" xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd">
<listener>
<listener-class>com.netflix.priam.defaultimpl.InjectedWebListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<filter>
<filter-name>guiceFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceFilter</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>guiceFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/REST/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
</web-app>
- Java class (Before)
- Java class (After)
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.inject.Singleton;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
import javax.servlet.ReadListener;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import javax.servlet.WriteListener;
import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpUtils;
// ...
public class HttpHandlerWithServletSupport implements HttpHandler {
@Override
public javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
return servletOutputStream;
}
}
import jakarta.inject.Inject;
import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
import jakarta.ws.rs.QueryParam;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import jakarta.servlet.ReadListener;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletInputStream;
import jakarta.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
import jakarta.servlet.WriteListener;
import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpUtils;
// ...
public class HttpHandlerWithServletSupport implements HttpHandler {
@Override
public jakarta.servlet.ServletOutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException {
return servletOutputStream;
}
}
This recipe will also remove javax implementations from a build.gradle file such as:
dependencies {
implementation "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1"
}
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