Valid concern and thanks for the feedback.
GlassFish has not needed to take the approach others have taken with
J2EE 1.4+EE 5 features because GlassFish has been first to market with
new Java EE releases. GlassFish has been EE 5 certified since JavaOne
2006, for example. We put development and quality assurance efforts on
backwards compatibility (Java EE 5 backwards compatibility with J2EE
1.4).
Based on community and customer conversations, we would like to enable
developers to prepare for Java EE 6. Java EE 5 is over 2 years old,
after all. Developers can start today with Jersey (REST) and EJB 3.1
Lite with GlassFish v3 TP2 (and soon with the October v3 release). Our
goal with the October release is to prepare the developer for what is
to come, not to rush to new features. If we enable Java EE 6 features
in a way that adds complexity, please continue to keep us honest and
let us know. Your the customer!
GlassFish v3, when released by JavaOne 2009, will be Java EE 6
certified assuming Java EE 6 has been approved before then.
Of course, the dates and time frames above are always subject to
change, but these are the current plan of record. Our intent is to be
completely transparent. If dates change, we notify the community and
update the wiki page so you can plan accordingly:
http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=GlassFishV3Schedule
John Clingan
GlassFish Product Line Manager
On Jul 23, 2008, at 4:45 AM, glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> I hope that GFv3 won't turn into another OC4J 10.1.3.....
> OC4J 10.1.3 included support for J2EE 1.4 plus <<some>> features of
> JEE 5, when some people tried to mix and match technologies such as
> JSP2.0/Servlet2.4 and EJB3.0, it turned into chaos ...... I went
> through this experience myself........... there must be strong
> separation among different levels features, otherwise people of no
> strong knowledge of JEE will be nightmares of customers ;)
>
> As long as GFv3 is based on OSGi, strong separation is
> achievable .....
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