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Jakarta JSON Binding 3.0

Jakarta JSON Binding defines a binding framework for converting Java(R) objects to and from JSON documents.

This release contains following changes:

  • Deserialization of the null to the JsonValue.NULL_VALUE
  • @JsonbTypeDeserializer and @JsonbTypeAdapter supported as a parameter/type annotation
  • Support for handling polymorphic types
  • Deprecate @JsonbProperty.nillable()

Including the following backwards incompatible changes:

  • Optional @JsonbCreator parameters

This release requires Java SE 11 or newer (aligned with Jakarta EE 10).

Compatible Implementations

Ballots

Release Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2022-03-15 with the following results.

Representative Representative for: Vote
Kenji Kazumura Fujitsu +1
Tom Watson, Emily Jiang IBM +1
Ed Bratt, Dmitry Kornilov Oracle +1
Andrew Pielage, Matt Gill Payara +1
David Blevins, Jean-Louis Monteiro Tomitribe +1
Ivar Grimstad EE4J PMC +1
Marcelo Ancelmo, Martijn Verburg Participant Members +1
Werner Keil Committer Members +1
Jun Qian Enterprise Members no vote
Zhai Luchao Enterprise Members +1
Total 9

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2021-11-18 with the following results.

Representative Representative for: Vote
Kenji Kazumura Fujitsu +1
Kevin Sutter, Tom Watson IBM +1
Ed Bratt, Dmitry Kornilov Oracle +1
Andrew Pielage, Matt Gill Payara +1
Scott Stark, Mark Little Red Hat +1
David Blevins, Jean-Louis Monteiro Tomitribe +1
Ivar Grimstad EE4J PMC +1
Marcelo Ancelmo, Martijn Verburg Participant Members +1
Werner Keil Committer Members +1
Jun Qian Enterprise Members +1
Zhai Luchao Enterprise Members +1
Total 11

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list

Click on the specifications below to access the specification document, Javadoc, Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK), and compatible implementation for each release of the specification.

Platform and Profile Specifications

The Jakarta EE Platform and Profile specifications are the umbrella specifications for the individual specifications. The Jakarta EE Platform includes most of the individual specifications, while the Profile specifications include the individual specifications for developing web platforms and microservices architectures.

Individual Specifications

Each individual specification describes a standardized way of implementing a particular aspect of an enterprise Java application.

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