Eran,
The short answer is that MVC is on the roadmap for JAX-RS.next (likely 2.1). We've looked at various possible options for an MVC framework, and concluded that JAX-RS was the best fit for EE.
Please send comments/feedback/etc. to mailto:users_at_jax-rs-spec.java.net
Thanks.
-- Santiago
On May 22, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Eran Medan <ehrann.mehdan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Are there any plans to include Jersey MVC into Java EE 8 / 9 at some point? Is it on the roadmap?
>
> The only reason I'm using Spring and not full Java EE is that I can't put the JAX-RS path on the root without loosing "default" handling of html, servlets etc.
> E.g. my REST root has to be /something (e.g. /rest or /services) and if I put it at / then I "lose" the ability to simply return a JSP, or even a static HTML without leg work
>
> I think Jersey MVC is more "modern" than JSF and will have much larger adoption