Enterprise OSGi programming model support

The Enterprise OSGi table and links show the extent to which each of the Liberty editions support the traditional WebSphere® Application Server programming model.

Enterprise OSGi technologies

Table 1. Enterprise OSGi support.

A list of enterprise OSGi technologies, subdivided into sections for blueprint, web, and other enterprise technologies. For each technology there is a specification reference, and an indication of whether the technology is supported by WebSphere Application Server traditional, by Liberty, and by Liberty Core.
Technology Specification reference traditional Liberty Liberty Core
Blueprint-related technologies
Blueprint Container R4.2 Enterprise Chapter 121 ✔ ✔ ✔
Blueprint Transactions   ✔ ✔ ✔
Blueprint Managed JPA   ✔ ✔ ✔
Blueprint Security   ✔    
Blueprint Resource References   ✔    
Custom Blueprint Namespaces     ✔ ✔
Web-related technologies
Web Application Bundles R4.2 Enterprise Chapter 128 ✔ ✔ ✔

WebSocket Applications

    

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JNDI R4.2 Enterprise Chapter 126 ✔ ✔ ✔
JSP   ✔ ✔ ✔
JSTL   ✔ ✔ ✔
JSF   ✔ ✔ ✔
JAX-RS   ✔ ✔ ✔
Other enterprise technologies
EJB Bundles   ✔1    
Remote Bundle Repositories   ✔ ✔ ✔
SIP   ✔2    
Local OSGi application integration    

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Note: WebSockets is currently only supported on Liberty.
1 EJB levels earlier than 3.0 are not supported.
2 SIP annotations are not supported.