Social authentication in JAX-RS

Question

I'm developing a Java application using JPA, EJB, CDI, JAX-RS and AngularJS, running on a WildFly.

Currently I use basic authentication, but I would like to improve it with other authentication options, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+.

Spring Social provides a nice set of features to connect with social networks, but I'm not using Spring on my application.

My questions are:

• Does Spring Social play well with EJB?
• Is there any example?
• Is there an alternative to Spring Social in order to connect with social networks?

Answer 1

I'm running a web application using exactly the same stack and I'm successfully using Spring Social for Facebook authentication. To answer your questions:

• Spring Social is a class library, sure you can use it with EJBs, in my project I've actually created an abstract interface between a facade EJB and various Spring Social providers;
• you can find code examples on the Spring Social web page, look at Spring Sample Projects;
• every social gives you libraries and tools to connect with them, whereas the Spring Social library gives you a uniform interface, making your code more simple and maintainable.