I wouldn't say it's Java EE based, acutally. It's a superset of Java EE. It's wraps the APIs people still actually care about like JPA, Servlet, and works w

I wouldn't say it's Java EE based, acutally. It's a superset of Java EE. It's wraps the APIs people still actually care about like JPA, Servlet, and works with JAX-RS. The rest of the Java EE APIs are pretty much irrelevant these days, as evidenced by the constant introduction of new "profiles".