EclipseLink/Development/2.6.0

EclipseLink 2.6.0 Development Plan

This is the early plan for EclipseLink 2.6.0.

Proposed Features

• JPA
  • JGroups support for cache coordination
  • Kryo serialization support for cache coordination and serialized converters
  • RESTful Data Services improvements
• MOXy
  • Bean Validation
    • MOXy support for Bean Validation (JSR-303)
    • Bean Validation support design doc
  • Java API for JSON Processing
    • Bug 405161 - MOXy support for Java API for JSON Processing (JSR-353)
    • JSR-353 is the Java standard for producing and consuming JSON which was introduced as part of Java EE 7. JSR-353 includes object (DOM like) and stream (StAX like) APIs. MOXy has been updated to marshal/unmarshal using the JSON API.
  • Generate JSON Schema from MOXy Annotated Model
    • Bug 404452 - Enhancement Request: Generate JSON Schema from MOXy Annotated Model
    • MOXy JSON Schema Generation Design Doc
  • Generate MOXy Annotated Model from JSON Schema
    • Bug 404453 - Enhancement Request: Generate MOXy Annotated Model from JSON Schema

Dropped, Future

• MOXy
  • Lighter weight MOXy
    • Separate MOXy bundles from other EclipseLink components to reduce install size and simplify bundling with other 3rd party products.
    • Design doc