WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile

740 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile

20.1 Java Enterprise Edition 6 support

Java EE 6 expands the developer value that was introduced in Java EE 5 and continues to

focus on developer productivity and ease-of-use enhancements. Version 6 includes the

following new features:

 Support for the EJB 3.1 specification

 Support for the Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) 1.0 specification at a runtime

level that uses the Apache OpenWebBeans 1.x implementation

 Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0

 Java Servlet 3.0

 Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 1.1

 JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0

 JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.2

 Bean Validation 1.0

 Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.2

 Enterprise Web Services 1.3

 Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.2

 Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6

Table 20-1 includes Java EE and JAVA SE versions supported by WebSphere Application

Server from Version 6.1 to Version 8.5.

Table 20-1 Java EE support

For more information about JEE 6.0 support, the following website:

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/wsbroker/redirect?version=phil&product=was-nd

-dist&topic=rovr_specs

Specification or API WebSphere Application Server version

Version 8.5 Version 8.0 Version 7.0 Version 6.1

Java Platform, Enterprise

Edition (Java EE) specification

Prior to Java EE 5, the

specification name was Java 2

Platform, Enterprise Edition

(J2EE)

Java EE 6

(JSR 316),

Java EE 5,

J2EE 1.4, and

J2EE 1.3

Java EE 6

(JSR 316),

Java EE 5,

J2EE 1.4, and

J2EE 1.3

Java EE 5,

J2EE 1.4, and

J2EE 1.3

J2EE 1.4,

J2EE 1.3, and

J2EE 1.2

Java Platform, Standard Edition

(Java SE) specification

Prior to Java SE 6, the

specification name was Java 2

Platform, Standard Edition

(J2SE)

Java SE 6

Java SE 7

(Optional)

Java SE 6 Java SE 6 J2SE 5