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= MicroProfile Introduction
:description: Helidon MicroProfile introduction
:keywords: helidon, microprofile, micro-profile

MicroProfile is a collection of enterprise Java APIs that should feel familiar to
Java EE developers. MicroProfile includes existing APIs such as JAX-RS, JSON-P and
CDI, and adds additional APIs in areas such as configuration, metrics, fault
tolerance and more.

== Getting Started with Helidon MicroProfile

Helidon MP {helidon-version} supports
MicroProfile {mp-version}. You can find the exact version of APIs supported on the
https://github.com/oracle/helidon/wiki/Supported-APIs[Helidon Supported APIs]
wiki page.

Helidon provides a MicroProfile server implementation (`io.helidon.microprofile.server`) that
encapsulates the Helidon WebServer. You can either instantiate the server directly
as is done in the
<<guides/03_quickstart-mp.adoc, Helidon MP Quickstart example>>
or use its built-in `main` as shown below.

Complete these tasks to get started with your MicroProfile application.

=== Maven Coordinates

The <<about/04_managing-dependencies.adoc, Managing Dependencies>> page describes
how you should declare dependency management for Helidon applications.
Then declare the following dependency in your project:

[source,xml]
.Maven Dependency
----
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.helidon.microprofile.bundles</groupId>
  <artifactId>helidon-microprofile-1.2</artifactId>
</dependency>
----

=== Project files

Create a JAX-RS Resource class with at least one resource method.

[source,java]
.Sample JAX-RS Resource Class
----
@Path("/")
@RequestScoped
public class HelloWorldResource {
    @GET
    @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
    public String message() {
        return "Hello World";
    }
}
----

And create a JAX-RS application.
[source,java]
.Sample JAX-RS Application
----
@ApplicationScoped
@ApplicationPath("/")
public class HelloWorldApplication extends Application {
    @Override
    public Set<Class<?>> getClasses() {
        return Set.of(
                HelloWorldResource.class
        );
    }
}
----

Add `beans.xml` in `src/main/resources/META-INF` so
the CDI implementation can pick up your classes.
[source,xml]
.beans.xml
----
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans/>
----

As a last step, add a main method to your application (or a dedicated Main class)
 to start everything up.

[source,java]
.Sample JAX-RS Application
----
public static void main(String[] args) {
    io.helidon.microprofile.server.Main.main(args);
}
----

Run the main class. The server will start on port 7001 and serve your
 resources.

=== Adding Jandex

Jandex is an indexing tool for Weld (the CDI implementation used by Helidon) that helps speed up
the boot time of an application.

To use Jandex, configure a Maven plugin that adds the index to your
 JAR file and a dependency on Jandex.

[source,xml]
.jandex dependency
----
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.jboss</groupId>
    <artifactId>jandex</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.4.Final</version>
</dependency>
----

[source,xml]
.jandex plugin configuration
----
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.jboss.jandex</groupId>
            <artifactId>jandex-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.5</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>make-index</id>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>jandex</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <phase>process-classes</phase>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>
----
