Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0

Jakarta XML Web Services defines a means for implementing XML-Based Web Services based on Jakarta SOAP with Attachments and Jakarta Web Services Metadata.

New features, enhancements or additions

• annotates jakarta.xml.ws.AsyncHandler with @FunctionalInterface
• extends jakarta.xml.ws.wsaddressing.W3CEndpointReference API with getters
• makes implementation lookup through the system property as the first step
• folds Jakarta Web Services Metadata Specification into this/Jakarta Web Services Specification (Jakarta Web Services Metadata Specification is no longer available as a standalone API/project/jar)

Removals, deprecations or backwards incompatible changes

• drops implementation lookup through the “jaxws.properties” configuration file
• removes required fallback to some default implementation from the implementation lookup

Minimum Java SE Version

Java SE 11 or higher

Details

• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 Release Record
  • Jakarta EE Platform 10 Release Plan
• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 Specification Document (PDF)
• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 Specification Document (HTML)
• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 Javadoc
• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 XML Schema
• Jakarta XML Web Services 4.0 TCK (sig, sha, pub)
• Maven coordinates
  • jakarta.xml.ws:jakarta.xml.ws-api:jar:4.0.0

Compatible Implementations

• Eclipse Implementation of XML Web Services 4.0.0-M3
• Eclipse Metro 4.0.0-M3

Ballots

Release Review

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

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

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2021-05-17 with the following results.

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