| # Apache DeltaSpike |
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| * [Documentation](https://deltaspike.apache.org) |
| * [Mailing Lists](http://deltaspike.apache.org/community.html#Mailinglists) |
| * [Contribution Guide](http://deltaspike.apache.org/source.html) |
| * [JIRA](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DELTASPIKE) |
| * [Apache License v2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) |
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| **Apache DeltaSpike** is a suite of portable CDI Extensions intended to make application development easier when working with CDI and Java EE. |
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| Contexts and Dependency Injection is a specification, published as: |
| * JSR-299 (CDI-1.0) http://docs.jboss.org/cdi/spec/1.0/html/ |
| * JSR-346 (CDI-1.2) http://docs.jboss.org/cdi/spec/1.2/cdi-spec.html |
| * JSR-365 (CDI-2.0) http://docs.jboss.org/cdi/spec/2.0/cdi-spec.html |
| * Jakarta CDI-3.0 and later https://jakarta.ee/specifications/cdi/ |
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| Apache DeltaSpike is compatible with all those specification versions. |
| Until Apache DeltaSpike 1.9.x we did target the ``javax`` package. |
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| The current Apache DeltaSpike-2.0.x releases target the ``jakarta`` namespace. |
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| Note that Apache DeltaSpike is **not** a CDI container itself, but a set of portable Extensions for it! |
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| Some of the key features of Apache DeltaSpike include: |
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| - A core module that supports component configuration, type safe messaging and internationalization, and exception handling. |
| - A suite of utilities to make programmatic bean lookup easier. |
| - A plugin for Java SE to bootstrap both JBoss Weld, Apache OpenWebBeans and other CDI containers outside of a JavaEE server. |
| - JSF integration, including backporting of JSF 2.2 features for Java EE 6. |
| - JPA integration and transaction support. |
| - A Data module, to create an easy to use repository pattern on top of JPA. |
| - Scheduler integration |
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| Testing support is also provided, to allow you to do low level unit testing of your CDI enabled projects. |
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| ## Getting Started |
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| The easiest way to get started with DeltaSpike is to use Maven or Gradle as a build tool, as described in [configuring in your project](http://deltaspike.apache.org/documentation/configure.html) |
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| ## Requirements to Build |
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| - Git |
| - JDK 8 |
| - Maven |
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| Just run `mvn clean install` from the top level directory, `deltaspike` to build the source code. |
