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Jakarta Standard Tag Library 3.0

Jakarta Standard Tag Library encapsulates as simple tags the core functionality common to many Web applications. Jakarta Standard Tag Library has support for common, structural tasks such as iteration and conditionals, tags for manipulating XML documents, internationalization tags, and SQL tags. It also provides a framework for integrating existing custom tags with Jakarta Standard Tag Library tags.

This release includes the following changes:

  • Issue #144 Rename Tag URIs to ‘jakarta.tags.*’
  • Issue #156 Update Jakarta Tags to Java 11
  • Issue #157 Add JPMS Module Info Class
  • Issue #149 Remove dependency on XML Binding from the API pom
  • Update tagdocs to include EFSL
  • Update tlddoc generation to support jakarta.
  • General specification document cleanup.

Backwards compatibility

Backward compatibility issue include:

  • Removal of deprecated methods if any exist and are removed.
  • Rename java.sun.com taglib URIs to new jakarta.tags.* URNs.
  • Still allow java.sun.com taglib URIs to be used

Optional features

None

Minimum Java SE version

This release requires Java SE 11 or newer (aligned with Jakarta EE 10).

TCK Updates

The following TCK updates will be required:

  • Updated tests for new jakarta.tags.* URNs
  • New tests for any new features

Release record

Compatible Implementations

Ballots

Release Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2022-05-17 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, Petr Aubrecht 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 +1
Total 10

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

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2021-06-22 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
Scott (Congquan) Wang 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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