Question

I would like to use org.glassfish.api.embedded in my Java application so that I can add a web interface to it. I’m using Netbeans and I have set up a Maven Java Application project.

I’m pretty new to Java. I cannot figure out how to add GlassFish to my project. I tried to add various dependencies, but none of them had org.glassfish.api.embedded in them.

How can I add org.glassfish.api.embedded to my Java application in Netbeans?

Answer 1

From: http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.2-final.html

<dependency>
    <groupdId>org.glassfish.main.extras</groupdId>
    <artifactId>glassfish-embedded-all</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.2</version>
</dependency>   

GlassFish Server 3.1.2 in a single JAR, useful for embedded use.
Contains the full platform implementation (67 MB).

Or:

<dependency>
    <groupdId>org.glassfish.main.extras</groupdId>
    <artifactId>glassfish-embedded-web</artifactId>
    <version>3.1.2</version>
</dependency>   

GlassFish Server 3.1.2 in a single JAR, useful for embedded use.
Contains the Web Profile implementation (40 MB).

It should be available via Maven Central, so you don’t have to configure any repository.

The only downside: the jars are quite big (40MB resp. 67MB).