The goal of this release is to provide an update of the API with some recently requested features while maintaining backward compatibility with earlier releases. Note that this release it is not being proposed for inclusion in Jakarta 9.1 but should be compatible with it.
Summary of changes:
- Java SE Bootstrap API
- Support for multipart media type
- Better alignment with JSON-B
- Automatic loading of provider extensions
- Deprecation of `@Context` in preparation for better alignment with CDI
Release Date:
Saturday, July 31, 2021
This release is part of Jakarta EE 9.
Release Type:
Minor release
IP Due Diligence Type: