Java EE 8 programming model support
Liberty complies with Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 8. The Java EE 8 table and links show the extent to which each of the Liberty and Liberty Core servers supports the Java EE 8 programming model.
Java EE 8 technologies
Technology | Specification reference | Liberty feature | Liberty | Liberty Core | Open Liberty |
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Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 8 (Java EE 8) | JSR 366 | javaee-8.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 8 Web Profile | JSR 366 | webProfile-8.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Web services technologies | |||||
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 2.1 | JSR 370 | jaxrs-2.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Implementing Enterprise Web Services 1.4 | JSR 109 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.2 | JSR 224 | jaxws-2.2 | ✔ | ✔ | |
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Basic Profile | WS-I Basic Profile 1.2 | jaxws-2.2 | ✔ | ✔ | |
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.2 | JSR 222 | jaxb-2.2 | ✔ | ✔ | |
Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform | JSR 181 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.1 (Optional) | JSR 101 | ||||
Java API for WSDL (JWSDL) | JSR 110 | ✔ | ✔ | ||
SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) 1.31 | JSR 67 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) 1.0 (Optional) | JSR 93 | ||||
Web application technologies | |||||
Java API for JSON Processing (JSON-P) 1.1 | JSR 374 | jsonp-1.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B) 1.0 | JSR 367 | jsonb-1.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Java Servlet 4.0 | JSR 369 | servlet-4.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.3 | JSR 372 | jsf-2.3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.3 | JSR 245 | jsp-2.3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Expression Language (EL) 3.0 | JSR 341 | el-3.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Standard Tag Library for JavaServer Pages (JSTL) 1.2 | JSR 52 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Debugging Support for Other Languages 1.0 | JSR 45 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
WebSocket 1.1 | JSR 356 | websocket-1.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise application technologies | |||||
EE Concurrency Utilities 1.0 | JSR 236 | concurrent-1.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java (Web Beans) 2.0 | JSR 365 | cdi-2.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Dependency Injection for Java 1.0 | JSR 330 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Bean Validation 2.0 | JSR 380 | beanValidation-2.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.2 full | JSR 345 | ejb-3.22 | ✔ |
✔ |
|
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.2 Lite | JSR 345 | ejbLite-3.2 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Interceptors 1.2 Rev A | JSR 318 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) 1.7 | JSR 322 | jca-1.7 |
✔ |
✔ |
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Java Persistence 2.2 | JSR 338 | jpa-2.2 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Common Annotations for the Java Platform 1.3 | JSR 250 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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Java Message Service (JMS) API 2.0 | JSR 343 | jms-2.0 |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Java Transaction API (JTA) 1.3 | JSR 907 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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JavaMail 1.6 | JSR 919 | javaMail-1.6 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Batch Applications for Java Platform 1.0 | JSR 352 | batch-1.0 |
✔ |
✔ | |
Management and security technologies | |||||
Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JASPIC) 1.1 | JSR 196 | jaspic-1.1 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) 1.5 | JSR 115 | jacc-1.5 |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Java EE Application Security 3.0 | JSR 375 | appSecurity-3.0 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Java EE Application Deployment 1.2 (Optional) | JSR 88 | ||||
J2EE Management 1.13 | JSR 77 | j2eeManagement-1.1 |
✔ |
✔ | |
Java EE-related specifications in Java SE | |||||
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4 | JSR 206 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) 4.1 | JSR 221 | jdbc-4.1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Java Management Extensions (JMX) 2.0 | JSR 255 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) 1.1 | JSR 925 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Streaming API for XML (StAX) 1.0 | JSR 173 | ✔ | ✔ |
✔ |
Programming model extensions
For a list of WebSphere® programming model extensions, see "WebSphere extensions" in the WebSphere Application Server: Overview topic.
Enabling the HTTP/2
protocol
To enable the HTTP/2
protocol, see HTTP/2 support for Liberty.
EJB entity beans and EJB QL that goes with it are optional.
j2eeManagement-1.1
and ejbRemote-3.2
features
in a feature manager. After both features are in the server configuration, you can invoke Management
EJB API through JNDI name lookup. The Management EJB binding name (JNDI lookup name) is
ejb/mejb/MEJB
.