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[jsr356-users] [jsr356-experts] Re: client vs server api

From: Mark Thomas <mark_at_homeinbox.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:49:55 +0000

On 04/02/2013 10:32, Justin Lee wrote:
> I'm talking to Henrik Stahl here at Jfokus and he was asking about whether
> the spec allows implementors to provide only the client or the server API
> and still be compliant. He's looking for feasibility of including clients
> into the SE and ME products. As I read it now, the spec implicitly
> requires both client and server in order to be a compliant implementation.
> Is it possible at this point to include language that allows for either/or
> for those implementors who don't care about one end or the other?

The client API is very almost a subset of the server API. I can see a
case for the allowing client only or client and server but I am not
convinced about server only.

Mark