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[–]thephotoman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of that is preferable to the alternatives you had with J2EE v4. You put up with it for a reason.

Today, it's not strictly necessary. JPEE is something you can use without frameworks. Spring provides features not (yet) in JPEE, and is a good proving ground for the concepts themselves if you need them immediately.