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Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE
Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE

Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE: Develop, test, and troubleshoot enterprise applications and microservices with Kotlin and Java EE

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Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE

Kotlin – The Game Changer

Enterprises typically develop their applications or microservices based on Java. Java is the first choice of language for development because it is robust, safe, and backward compatible. Java's platform independence makes it suitable for developing web services and enterprise applications. Having said that, however, have we ever considered whether there might be a better way to write code, one that makes it easy not only to develop an application, but also to maintain it over a period of time?

With its elegant syntax and numerous features, Kotlin makes it much easier to work with. Writing code with Kotlin is much simpler. We can develop complex applications quickly and maintain them easily:

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • What makes Kotlin stand out among other JVM-based languages
  • A comparison with Java
  • How to configure...

Technical requirements

We will use IDEs, such as IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse, to set up the project. A knowledge of working with these IDEs is helpful.

Why Kotlin is the game changer

Kotlin offers many features of modern languages. It has null safety, a functional style of coding, non-verbose code, and is clean and easy when it comes to using Java's stream operations, including filter, map, reduce, and more. All of these can help to improve your development life cycle and productivity.

Kotlin was developed with the intention of adding features that are not found in existing JVM languages. It is a modern JVM language that has full interoperability with Java, ensuring that existing applications or services don't face any problems with coexisting with Kotlin. If we are familiar with functional paradigms, it will be easier to make use of the power of the language.

Interoperability with Java

...

Kotlin versus Java

When we think of developing an application, Java is one of the programming languages that comes to mind for various reasons, including its robust and secure nature, and the independence of its platform. Most enterprise applications are built using Java, and this particular programming language has been around for more than 20 years.

Kotlin is designed to be interoperable with Java, meaning Kotlin can seamlessly co-exist with Java. We can add Kotlin to our existing applications and we can use Java-based frameworks for application development. With this bi-directional use of Kotlin, we can invoke Java constructs from Kotlin, or Kotlin constructs from Java.

Although Java and Kotlin are both JVM-based languages used for application development, there are several differences between them. Kotlin has addressed some of the limitations previously associated with Java...

Configuring Kotlin in the project

Now that we have learned about the benefits that the Kotlin language offers, let's see how to configure Kotlin in a project. In this section, we will look at how to create a simple Kotlin project and a Maven project using IntelliJ IDEA.

Creating a simple Kotlin project

It's easy to create a Kotlin-JVM project using IntelliJ IDEA by observing the following steps:

  1. Click on File | New | Project.
  2. In the New Project window, select Kotlin/JVM, and choose Next. This is shown in the following screenshot:
  1. In the next wizard, specify the Project name and the Project location. Choose JDK and Kotlin runtime and click on Finish.
  1. In the modules settings, click on Facets and add Kotlin to...

Working with coroutines

A program in execution that initiates long-running operations, such as file IO, network IO, or CPU- or GPU-intensive work, requires the invoker to block until the operations complete. Programming languages handle this via concurrency.

The JVM has support for concurrency. Java has had strong support for multithreading and concurrency since its first release. Any process that is running inside the JVM can create a number of threads to execute multiple tasks in an asynchronous fashion. However, developing concurrent code in an optimal and error-free manner and debugging it is really challenging. Java provides various constructs to write concurrent code and, along with other JVM languages and third-party libraries, has tried to come up with innovative and elegant ways to achieve concurrency.

Java 5 made a lot of progress with regard to writing concurrent applications...

Using Kotlin with Java

We will now discuss how to work with Kotlin and Java in the project that we created.

In this section, we will learn how to use Kotlin in an existing Java project, and Java in an existing Kotlin project.

One of Kotlin's important features is its interoperability with Java. If we have an existing Java project, we can add new code in Kotlin or we can convert the existing Java code to Kotlin.

Kotlin in an existing Java project

Let's look at an example of how to add Kotlin code to an existing Java project created using Maven. We have created a simple Maven project that has some code written in Java. This is shown here:

We can add Kotlin code to it as follows.

  1. Right-click on src/main/java and...

Summary

In this chapter, we have discussed the following:

  • What Kotlin offers and why it is a game changer in enterprise applications
  • How Kotlin language compares with Java
  • How to configure Kotlin in a project
  • What Coroutines are
  • Intermixing Kotlin and Java
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Key benefits

  • An in-depth guide updated with all the latest features of Kotlin 1.2 and Java EE 8
  • Build microservices in Java EE with the help of Kotlin use cases
  • Explore coroutines, garbage collection, multithreading, memory management and more

Description

Kotlin was developed with a view to solving programmers’ difficulties and operational challenges. This book guides you in making Kotlin and Java EE work in unison to build enterprise-grade applications. Together, they can be used to create services of any size with just a few lines of code and let you focus on the business logic. Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE begins with a brief tour of Kotlin and helps you understand what makes it a popular and reasonable choice of programming language for application development, followed by its incorporation in the Java EE platform. We will then learn how to build applications using the Java Persistence API (JPA) and Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), as well as develop RESTful web services and MicroServices. As we work our way through the chapters, we’ll use various performance improvement and monitoring tools for your application and see how they optimize real-world applications. At each step along the way, we will see how easy it is to develop enterprise applications in Kotlin. By the end of this book, we will have learned design patterns and how to implement them using Kotlin.

Who is this book for?

Kotlin for Enterprise Applications using Java EE is for Java EE developers who want to build their enterprise project or application with Kotlin or migrate from Java to Kotlin. Basic knowledge of programming is necessary to understand the key concepts covered in this book.

What you will learn

  • Understand Kotlin syntax and appreciate why it's gaining in popularity
  • Explore the Java EE ecosystem and the APIs in Java EE
  • Implement applications using Kotlin
  • Overcome the challenges of developing the Java EE system using Kotlin
  • Gain insights into Java Message Services (JMS)
  • Build RESTful MicroServices and secure applications
  • Optimize applications with performance and monitoring tools
  • Understand design patterns and implement them

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Table of Contents

12 Chapters
Kotlin – A First look Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Kotlin – The Game Changer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
An Overview of Java EE and Kotlin Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Kotlin with JSF and CDI Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Kotlin with JPA and EJB Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Enterprise Messaging with Kotlin Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Developing RESTful Services with JAX-RS Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Securing JAVA EE Applications with Kotlin Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Implementing Microservices with Kotlin Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Performance Monitoring and Logging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Design Patterns with Kotlin Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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