JBoss Seam is a "lightweight framework for Java EE 5.0". What does that mean? Isn't Java EE (Enterprise Edition) 5.0 itself a collection of "frameworks"? Why do you need another one that is outside of the official specification? Well, we view Seam as the
Scott Stroz dropped me an IM yesterday asking "What the hell is autowiring?" It's a pretty good question, and one that I haven't done a good job explaining. So, here we go: the evolution of autowiring.