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Jakarta XML Binding 4.0

The Jakarta XML Binding provides an API and tools that automate the mapping between XML documents and Java objects.

The release contains following changes:

  • drops compatibility with JAXB 1.0
  • removes constraints on using java.desktop/java.beans.Introspector
  • removes deprecated jakarta.xml.bind.Validator
  • removes deprecated jakarta.xml.bind.context.factory property
  • drops implementation lookup through META-INF/services/jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext
  • drops implementation lookup through jaxb.properties file
  • adds implementation lookup through the properties Map passed to JAXBContext.newInstance(…) methods
  • provided implementation of the DatatypeConverterInterface throws exception on invalid input
  • adds https scheme to the list of required to be removed schemes when mapping namespace to java package
  • fixes cross-references in the specification document

Requires Java SE 11 or newer (aligned with Jakarta EE 10).

Compatible Implementations

Ballots

Release Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2022-04-06 with the following results.

Representative Representative for: Vote
Kenji Kazumura Fujitsu +1
Tom Watson, Emily Jiang IBM +1
Ed Bratt, Dmitry Kornilov Oracle +1
Andrew Pielage, Matt Gill Payara +1
David Blevins, Jean-Louis Monteiro Tomitribe +1
Ivar Grimstad EE4J PMC +1
Marcelo Ancelmo, Martijn Verburg Participant Members +1
Werner Keil Committer Members +1
Jun Qian Enterprise Members +1
Zhai Luchao Enterprise Members no vote
Total 9

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2021-06-07 with the following results.

Representative Representative for: Vote
Kenji Kazumura Fujitsu +1
Dan Bandera, Kevin Sutter IBM +1
Ed Bratt, Dmitry Kornilov Oracle +1
Andrew Pielage, Matt Gill Payara +1
Scott Stark, Mark Little Red Hat +1
David Blevins, Jean-Louis Monteiro Tomitribe +1
Ivar Grimstad EE4J PMC +1
Marcelo Ancelmo, Martijn Verburg Participant Members +1
Werner Keil Committer Members +1
Dr. Jun Qian Enterprise Members +1
Total 10

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list

Click on the specifications below to access the specification document, Javadoc, Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK), and compatible implementation for each release of the specification.

Platform and Profile Specifications

The Jakarta EE Platform and Profile specifications are the umbrella specifications for the individual specifications. The Jakarta EE Platform includes most of the individual specifications, while the Profile specifications include the individual specifications for developing web platforms and microservices architectures.

Individual Specifications

Each individual specification describes a standardized way of implementing a particular aspect of an enterprise Java application.

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