What is Pitchfork?
Pitchfork is an add-on for the Spring Framework performing JSR-250 (Common Annotations) dependency injection and EJB 3.0 style interception. It was developed by Interface21 and BEA under the Apache 2.0 open source license. This project is currently used within the WebLogic Server Tech Preview released at JavaOne, 2006. It will be used in the production version of Web Logic Server (WLS) to implement Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) 5. It is also usable outside an application server as an add-on to the Spring Framework.