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See [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?order=Importance&list_id=3106294&classification=RT&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=jpa-rs&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=EclipseLink BugDB] for a prioritized list of features and bugs along with their target releases.
 
See [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?order=Importance&list_id=3106294&classification=RT&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=jpa-rs&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=EclipseLink BugDB] for a prioritized list of features and bugs along with their target releases.
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| {{bug|387313}} || PUT/POST ||Cannot create an entity containing reference (1-to-1) to another entity, using JPA-RS with static PU  || Fixed || 2.4.1
 
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| {{bug|387636}} || POST ||Swallowed exception in PersistenceContext::updateOrAddAttribute || Fixed || 2.4.1 
 
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| {{bug|389295}} || JPA-RS: Disable EJB invocation by default || The current implementation enables EJB invocation all the time.  We should make that functionality configurable and "off" by default. || document for 2.4.1 || 2.4.2
 
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| {{bug|389888}} || JPA-RS: Pass-by-Reference, Pass-by-value || allow JPA_RS objects to be passed by value for relationships || in progress || 2.4.1
 
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| {{bug|390004}} || JPA-RS: Interaction with model classes with or without JAXB annotations || By default JPA-RS should respect existing JAXB annotations in applications' model classes. If the application model is not (JAXB) annotated, especially for cylic references, the JPA-RS should detect these from mappings and implement XMLInverseReference behaviour. || not started || 2.4.1
 
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| {{bug|389881}} || Config File || Add an optional XML configuration which when provided controls which persistence units are made available through JPA_RS and what operations within each persistence unit are made available. This configuration file will also control extended functionality where any existing or custom JPA-RS operation can have a custom handler specified or a handler can be specified to intercept all operations or all unsupported requests.
 
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There are also some other configurable properties that are required to be set during the deployment of an application using JPA-RS. These properties include (but might not be limited to):
 
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The application developer will also need a way (some sort of API) to pass these properties to the JPA-RS, perhaps as part of bootstrapPersistenceContext ???
 
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| {{bug|389884}} || Detailed error response || Add support for clients being able to get more information in an error response. Please note that this is an addition to the HTTP error/status code that is currently being returned in response. The JPA-RS would return an error message in the body of the response that would contain an (EclipseLink specific) error code and description. As an example, an error response would look like :
 
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With the existing implementation, you will get following error response if you try to read a non-existing entity, even if you want the response back in JSON format. I think returning error in the format suggested above will make the error handling easier.
 
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== Open Issues  ==
 
== Open Issues  ==

Revision as of 10:59, 3 October 2012

EclipseLink JPA-RS Development

The EclipseLink 2.4.0 release introduced JPA-RS allowing developers to easily expose persistence units over REST (JAX-RS). The intent was to allow clients (HTML5/JS, Mobile, JavaSE/JavaFX) to easily access persistent data over REST with JSON or XML. This page tracks the ongoing feature development of JPA-RS including planned features for upcoming releases as well as a back-log of future enhancements. The details of each item will be tracked within its bug and associated wiki pages or documents.

See the API in Development here.

Project Planning

See BugDB for a prioritized list of features and bugs along with their target releases.

Open Issues

  • Fully Qualified vs. Relative URIs in responses - Should we return a fully qualified URL starting with "http://", or should we use a relative URL that omits the application path like "/persistence/...".
  • Bidirectional relationships and cycles - how do we pass bidirectional relationships in JSON/XML. There are limitations related to how you can expect to see responses in JSON/XML - e.g. XMLInverseReference needs to be specified somewhere for bidirecitonal relationships.
  • Can we remove the need for client to send the name of the attribute that makes up the opposite side of the relationship in the JPA-RS POST message (EclipseLink/Development/2.4.0/JPA-RS/REST-API#ADD) for adding a member to a collection and let the JAP-RS to figure it out on the server side ?
  • ManyToMany mappings are complex to map in JAXB. They will not marshall correctly in JPA-RS without being JAXB mapped with either annotations of xml
  • The REST API to setOrAddAttributes will not work when using FIELD access with Weaved Change Tracking and Internal Weaving, because there is no way to have EclipseLink set the value field and have changes tracked.
  • The REST API to create(PUT) will not set both sides of bidirectional(one-to-many, one-to-one) relationships.
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