Java EE 6 programming model support

The Java™ EE 6 technologies table and links show the extent to which each of the major server editions supports the WebSphere® Application Server programming model.

Java EE 6 technologies

Table 1. Java EE 6 support by product. A list of Java EE technologies, subdivided into sections for web services, web applications, enterprise applications, management and security, and Java EE-related specifications in Java SE. 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. The Liberty Core edition contains a subset of Liberty features that are available in the other product editions.
Technology Specification reference traditional Liberty Liberty Core
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) JSR 316 ✔    
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 Web Profile JSR 316 ✔ ✔ ✔
Web services technologies
Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 1.1 JSR 311 ✔ ✔ ✔
Implementing Enterprise Web Services 1.4 JSR 109 ✔ ✔  
Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.2 JSR 224 ✔ ✔  
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Basic Profile WS-I Basic Profile 1.2

WS-I Basic Profile 2.0

 ✔ ✔  
Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.2 JSR 222 ✔ ✔  
Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform JSR 181 ✔ ✔ ✔
Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) 1.1 JSR 101 ✔    
Java API for WSDL (JWSDL) JSR 110 ✔ ✔  
SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) 1.31 JSR 67 ✔ ✔  
Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) 1.0 JSR 93 ✔    
Web application technologies
Java Servlet 3.0 JSR 315 ✔ ✔ ✔
JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 JSR 314 ✔ ✔ ✔
JavaServer Pages 2.2/Expression Language (JSP/EL) 2.2 JSR 245 ✔ ✔ ✔
Standard Tag Library for JavaServer Pages (JSTL) 1.2 JSR 52 ✔ ✔ ✔
Debugging Support for Other Languages 1.0 JSR 45 ✔ ✔ ✔
Enterprise application technologies
Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java (Web Beans 1.0) JSR 299 ✔ ✔ ✔
Dependency Injection for Java 1.0 JSR 330 ✔ ✔ ✔
Bean Validation 1.0 JSR 303 ✔ ✔ ✔
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.1 (includes Interceptors 1.1) JSR 318 ✔ ✔ 2 ✔ 3
Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6 JSR 322 ✔ ✔  
Java Persistence 2.0 JSR 317 ✔ ✔ ✔
Common Annotations for the Java Platform 1.1 JSR 250 ✔ ✔ ✔
Java Message Service (JMS) API 1.1 JSR 914 ✔ ✔  
Java Transaction API (JTA) 1.1 JSR 907 ✔ ✔ ✔
JavaMail 1.4 JSR 919 ✔    
Management and security technologies
Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JASPIC) JSR 196 ✔    
Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC) 1.3 JSR 115 ✔    
Java EE Application Deployment 1.2 JSR 88 ✔    
J2EE Management 1.1 JSR 77 ✔    
Java EE-related specifications in Java SE
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4 JSR 206 ✔ ✔ ✔
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) 4.0 JSR 221 ✔ ✔ ✔
Java Management Extensions (JMX) 2.0 JSR 255 ✔ ✔ ✔
JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) 1.1 JSR 925 ✔ ✔ ✔
Streaming API for XML (StAX) 1.0 JSR 173 ✔ ✔ ✔

Programming model extensions

For a list of WebSphere programming model extensions, see "WebSphere extensions" in the WebSphere Application Server: Overview topic.

1 SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ) is also referred to as Java APIs for XML Messaging.
2 Liberty supports only the EJB Lite subset and Message Driven Beans.
3 Liberty Core supports only the EJB Lite subset.