The MicroProfile initiative
Having discussed the methodology of microservices, we will now cover some aspects related to the specific API that can be used to develop microservices.
While, at first glance, it appears that Java and microservices don't really match, it would be a bad idea to discard the entire Java EE ecosystem (rebranded as Jakarta EE and transferred to the Eclipse Foundation) that has been created. A lot of effort has already gone into reusing Java EE for coding microservices.
As a matter of fact, many major vendors, including IBM, Red Hat, and Payara, have already provided a lightweight and extensible runtime to power microservices and cloud deployments. Their individual efforts were naturally followed by an open collaboration ...
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