Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-seven of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

The weekly update on the current status of plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11. (Snapshot from Sunday, July 30, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Data 1.0 ^*
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2
Jakarta MVC 3.0 ^*
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0 ^*
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0
Jakarta Security 4.0 (to be announced)
Jakarta Servlet 6.1 (to be announced)
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2

Under Review
Jakarta Annotations 3.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Bean Validation 3.1 (ballot)
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 (ballot)

(Soon) Ready for Review
Jakarta EE Platform 11 (PR)
Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (PR)
Jakarta EE Core Profile 11 (PR)

There are fifteen approved plans and three under review. The three plan reviews for Jakarta EE Platform, Jakarta EE Web Profile, and Jakarta EE Core Profile are soon ready for review.

As you can see from the status above, all plan reviews are more or less done for all specifications. At the platform call last week, the next steps were discussed. After looking at the various plans, the Jakarta EE Platform Project set a date when the specifications are expected to engage in their release reviews. This date is January 30, 2024. There may be some specifications (e.g. Jakarta Concurrency 3.1) that may need additional time due to the dependency on new features introduced in Java SE 21, such as Virtual Threads.

Acceptances (and some rejections) for the fall conference season are coming in. Make sure to check my list of conferences. It is updated regularly. One that I am especially happy to be speaking at is Community Over Code (formerly ApacheCon) in October.

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-six of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

Here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The weekly update on the current status of plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11. (Snapshot from Sunday, July 23, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Data 1.0 ^*
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2
Jakarta MVC 3.0 ^*
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0 ^*
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2

Under Review
Jakarta Security 4.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Servlet 6.1 (ballot)

Ready for Review
Jakarta Bean Validation 3.1 (PR)
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 (PR)

Expected
Jakarta Annotations 3.0
Jakarta EE Platform 11 (PR)
Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (PR)
Jakarta EE Core Profile 11 (PR)

There are thirteen approved plans just as last week, so there is nothing new there this week. But we have two on ballot, and an additional two just waiting to be started. The only one missing so far is Jakarta Annotations in addition to the three plan reviews for Jakarta EE Platform, Jakarta EE Web Profile, and Jakarta EE Core Profile.

^* The three specifications that are candidates for inclusion in Jakarta EE 11 are Jakarta Data (discussion), Jakarta MVC (discussion), and Jakarta NoSQL (discussion). The one that has sparked the most discussion on its thread is Jakarta Data.

Jakarta Data

For me, Jakarta Data is an obvious addition to Jakarta EE! Just look at Spring Data, which has been around for more than a decade. By hiding data store specific implementation details and generating boilerplate code, it lets the developer focus on the business logic. It has proved that the model works, and has established itself as more or less an industry standard. A mature programming mode that is ready for inclusion in Jakarta EE.

Would you like to see Jakarta Data 1.0 included in Jakarta EE 11?

Join the discussion on the mailing list and voice your opinion!https://t.co/QGxvfm9W2N#JakartaEE #Community #OpenSource

— Ivar Grimstad (@ivar_grimstad) July 16, 2023

As you can see from this informal Twitter poll, more than 85% of the respondents would like to see Jakarta Data 1.0 included in Jakarta EE 11.

The Java Community Process (JCP) celebrates its 25-year anniversary this year! To commemorate the anniversary, there are two special categories for the annual JCP Awards:

• JCP 25-year Achievement Award
• Java in Education Community Award

These are in addition to the annual awards:

• JCP Member/Participant of the Year
• JCP Spec Lead/JSR of the Year

The winners will be selected by the Executive Committee and announced in September. Nominate your candidate now!

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-five of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

Here is the weekly update on the current status of plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11. (Snapshot from Sunday, July 16, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Data 1.0
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2
Jakarta MVC 3.0
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2

Under Review
none

Ready for Review
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 (PR)
Jakarta Security 4.0 (PR)
Jakarta Servlet 6.1 (PR)

Expected
Jakarta Annotations 3.0
Jakarta Bean Validation 3.1 or 4.0
Jakarta EE Platform 11
Jakarta EE Web Profile 11
Jakarta EE Core Profile 11

So far, thirteen plans have been approved, there are no ongoing reviews at the moment, three are ready for plan reviews, and we’re still waiting for Jakarta Annotations and Jakarta Bean Validation to submit their plans. I have also added Jakarta EE Platform, Jakarta EE Web Profile, and Jakarta EE Core Profile to the ones that will go through their plan reviews shortly.

Would you like to see Jakarta Data 1.0 included in Jakarta EE 11?

Join the discussion on the mailing list and voice your opinion!https://t.co/QGxvfm9W2N#JakartaEE #Community #OpenSource

— Ivar Grimstad (@ivar_grimstad) July 16, 2023

Summer is upon us, and many of you may have time to catch up on learning before signing off for vacation. Why not complete the overview course of Jakarta EE on LinkedIn Learning and add the Jakarta EE skill to your LinkedIn profile?

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

I have just arrived home from JCrete 2023, so this will be a rather short one. A write-up from JCrete will be published shortly. Here is a teaser in the form of a group picture.

It’s Sunday again, and time for the weekly update on the current status of plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11. Nine plans have been approved, four are on ballot, three are ready for ballot, and we’re still waiting for Jakarta Bean Validation to submit a plan (Snapshot from Sunday, July 9, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Authorization 3.0 (to be announced)
Jakarta Data 1.0
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta MVC 3.0 (to be announced)
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0

On Ballot
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1 (ballot)
Jakarta Faces 5.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2 (ballot)
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2 (ballot)

Ready for Ballot
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1
Jakarta Security 4.0
Jakarta Servlet 6.1

Expected
Jakarta Bean Validation 3.1 or 4.0

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

The weekly update on the current status of plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11 shows good progress. Seven plans have been approved, two are on ballot, eight are ready for ballot, and one straggler we’re waiting for to submit a plan (Snapshot from Sunday, July 2, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Data 1.0
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0

On Ballot
Jakarta Authorization 3.0 (ballot)
Jakarta MVC 3.0 (ballot)

Ready for Ballot
Jakarta Bean Validation
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Security 4.0
Jakarta Servlet 6.1
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2

Expected
Jakarta Bean Validation 3.1 or 4.0

Last week, I visited Amsterdam for GOTO Amsterdam 2023 and Amsterdam JUG. This week, I will be on the Island of Crete attending JCrete. This will be my last event before summer, and it is a perfect way to round off the conference season. JCrete is an unconference, which means that there are no talks scheduled and the agenda is made up as we go. It is a cool concept, and the topics tend to be of all kinds of categories. Something for everyone! If you want to check out an unconference, check out The JUnconference Alliance.

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

This week’s update on the current status of the plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11 shows that there are now three approved plans, four on ballot, and nine ready for ballot (Snapshot from Sunday, June 25, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Data 1.0
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0

On Ballot
Jakarta Authentication 3.1 (ballot)
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Pages 4.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Persistence 3.2 (ballot)

Ready for Ballot
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Interceptors 2.2
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Security 4.0
Jakarta Servlet 6.1
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2
Jakarta MVC 3.0

If you pay special attention, you will notice that the plan reviews for Jakarta Authentication 3.1, Jakarta Pages 4.0, and Jakarta Persistence 3.2 should have ended by now. Plan reviews have a 7-day voting period. However, a specification committee member can request to extend the period up to 30 days. That is what happened with these. They all have enough votes to be approved, but we are just waiting for the last votes to be able to close the ballot.

This week, the Eclipse Foundation staff met in Ottawa for our annual all-hands. We had a whole week of sessions, training, team building, and a whole lot of fun. In between the scheduled activities, we also had some opportunities to explore Canadian wildlife as seen in these pictures.

And, we are a sporty gang as well. On Thursday morning, a big bunch of us met up in the hotel lobby at 06.29 (that is AM) to go for a morning run.

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

The scope of Jakarta EE 11 is taking shape. Here is an update on the current status of the plan reviews for specifications targeting Jakarta EE 11 (Snapshot from Sunday, June 18, 2023):

Plan Approved
Jakarta Data 1.0
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0

On Ballot
Jakarta Authentication 3.1 (ballot)
Jakarta Pages 4.0 (ballot)
Jakarta Persistence 3.2 (ballot)

Ready for Ballot
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Security 4.0
Jakarta Servlet 6.1
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2
Jakarta MVC 3.0

In addition to these, we hope that there will be an update to Jakarta Bean Validation (soon to be renamed to Jakarta Validation btw) to ensure that Validation works as expected with records.

Next week, I will be in Eastern Time for the Eclipse Foundation yearly all-hands in Ottawa. All staff will meet there to sync up and enable us to serve the Community in the best way possible. All usual activities, such as the weekly Jakarta EE Platform Call will go on as usual.

The week after, I will speak at the Amsterdam JUG since I am in Amsterdam speaking at GOTO Amsterdam that week anyway.

Welcome to issue number one hundred and eighty of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

In last week’s Hashtag Jakarta EE, I listed all specifications planning an update for Jakarta EE 11. Among these, three of them are currently not part of the Platform. These independent component specifications, Jakarta Data 1.0, Jakarta NoSQL 1.0, and Jakarta MVC 3.0, are all candidates for inclusion in Jakarta EE 11.

Jakarta Data provides an API to allow easy data access by implementing the Repository Pattern. Pretty much the way Spring Data does it. Join the discussion to voice your opinion regarding the inclusion of Jakarta Data in Jakarta EE 11.

Jakarta NoSQL provides a standard for streamlining the integration of Java applications with NoSQL databases. Join the discussion to voice your opinion regarding the inclusion of Jakarta NoSQL in Jakarta EE 11.

Jakarta MVC standardizes the action-based model-view-controller pattern as a complement to the component-based offered by Jakarta Faces. With the bubbling conversations about moving some of the rendering back to the server in the various client-side JavaScript frameworks, Jakarta MVC may turn out to be more relevant than ever. Join the discussion to voice your opinion regarding the inclusion of Jakarta MVC in Jakarta EE 11.

From time to time, some unexpected and/or cool usages of Jakarta EE specifications pop up. This week, Richard Schilling sent an email to the Jakarta EE Platform mailing list telling about his efforts to use Jakarta EE on Android. Check out jakartaee-mobile on GitHub.

If you are new to Jakarta EE or just want to complete a course for the Jakarta EE skill on LinkedIn, I have just published an overview course of Jakarta EE on LinkedIn Learning. Check it out, and tell me what you think!

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-nine of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

Planning for Jakarta EE 11 continues. There was a rush of requests for plan review submitted this week. At the moment, the specifications that are planning an update for Jakarta EE 11 are:

Jakarta Authentication 3.1
Jakarta Authorization 3.0
Jakarta Concurrency 3.1
Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1
Jakarta Expression Language 6.0
Jakarta Faces 5.0
Jakarta Pages 4.0
Jakarta Persistence 3.2
Jakarta RESTful Web Services 4.0 (*)
Jakarta Security 4.0
Jakarta Servlet 6.1
Jakarta WebSocket 2.2

Jakarta Data 1.0 (*)
Jakarta NoSQL 1.0 (*)
Jakarta MVC 3.0

Those marked with (*) already have approved plans, so a plan review is not necessary for this release. Also note that Jakarta Data, Jakarta NoSQL, and Jakarta MVC are currently standalone specifications being discussed for inclusion in the Platform. Out of these three, my guess is that Jakarta Data is the one most likely to be included. There is an issue in the Jakarta EE Platform issue tracker to capture the discussion around this. Please do chime in if you have an opinion about it. Following this discussion, there will most likely be a formal vote on the Jakarta EE mailing list.

Last week’s trip to JPrime 2023 in Sofia, Bulgaria was the last of four conferences I spoke at in May. Summer is approaching, and conference season is starting to wind down. My next conference will be GOTO Amsterdam at the end of June. While I am there, I will also speak at the Amsterdam JUG. More details will follow when the details are carved out.

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

The due date for submitting plan reviews for specifications that are candidates for Jakarta EE 11 is May 30. And that date is fast approaching! The pull requests for those that are ready are labeled as Plan Review in the Jakarta EE Specification Committee’s GitHub repository.

A great way to get involved in specification work is to participate in the discussions happening in the GitHub issue trackers for the various specifications. An example is the discussion about HTTP status codes going on in Jakarta REST. Please chime in if you have an opinion or any relevant industry experience that can help guide the decision.

May is a busy month for conferences. Next week, I am going to Sofia to speak at JPrime 2023. It’s been a while since I was at JPrime, so I am very much looking forward to it! Check out the cool speaker promo they created for me.

Relax, I won’t bug you with the link to the course I created for LinkedIn in every Hashtag Jakarta EE, but bear with me for a while. If you are new to Jakarta EE or just want to complete a course for the Jakarta EE skill on LinkedIn, I have just published an overview course of Jakarta EE on LinkedIn Learning. Check it out, and tell me what you think!