It is a good thing that this JEP has been dropped. Not based on any quality
criteria but rather on vision.
IMO the goal of JSRs is to provide a unique API to users who want it.
Providing an alternative solution at the heart of java would be confusing
and contradictory with the standardization idea, thus a mistake.
Eugen
2014-12-04 21:05 GMT+01:00 Hendrik Dev <hendrikdev22_at_gmail.com>:
> FYI
>
> "Proposed to Drop: JEP 198: Light-Weight JSON API" (for Java 9)
>
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2014-December/001670.html
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Martin Grebac <martin.grebac_at_oracle.com>
> wrote:
> > On 28.11.14 20:48, Hendrik Dev wrote:
> >>
> >> There is currently a discussion on the jsr-366 mailinglist [1] about
> this.
> >> At least JEP 198 doesn't overlap with jsr-367 because binding is
> >> defined as a non-goal in JEP 198.
> >> But sooner or later i guess they came up with a JEP that will target
> >> json binding.
> >>
> >> I think we cannot use Java 8 features for JSON-B cause "JSR is
> >> targeted for Java SE 7 or higher" (Section 2.2 of the JSR request)
> >
> > Hi,
> > yes, the JSR was submitted in favor of SE 7 support. Though if there's a
> > strong agreement this will significantly limit the functionality, quality
> > and/or usability of the 367 API, it would make sense to reevaluate this
> > particular item, given also the fast adoption of SE 8.
> > MartiNG
> >
> >> Kind regards
> >> Hendrik
> >>
> >> [1]
> >>
> https://java.net/projects/javaee-spec/lists/users/archive/2014-11/thread/3#00059
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:06 PM, <pbielicki_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Did you guys see Werner Keil's comment on JSR review ballot?
> >>> He brings an interesting point and puts on the table
> >>> http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/198
> >>>
> >>> Doesn't this JEP overlap a bit with JSON-P & B?
> >>> I understand that this JSR (367) targets mainly EE audience but there
> >>> is more in Java than EE, isn't it?
> >>>
> >>> Also, it is not clear for me if we could use Java 8 features (e.g.
> >>> lambdas or streams) in the RI.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Przemyslaw
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Martin Grebac, SW Engineering Manager
> > Oracle Czech, Prague
> >
>
>
>
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