JSR-299 Web Beans approved by the EC

[gavin.king]

The Web Beans JSR was approved unanimously by the JCP executive committee. You can read the proposal here:

http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=299

We've already received a bunch of expert nominations from companies and individuals, and so I'm sure we'll be able to form a very talented expert group over the next few weeks. If you're interested, the nomination form is here:

http://jcp.org/en/jsr/egnom?id=299

This is the first time JBoss (or even Red Hat) has led a JSR, so we are very excited about this opportunity to serve the Java EE community!

[nickarls]

Is there any estimation as how close the JSR-299 spec will match the current Seam implementation? Is reading up on Seam more likely to give a head start or cause confusion because it's "close but not exactly"?

[msystems]

Congratulations.

Great news.

/Kenneth

[przemjaskier]

Gavin,

I see that description of this JSR covers EJB only. What about Seam's POJO components compatibility? Will it be maintained by future versions of Seam/WebBeans RI?

[gavin.king]

"przemjaskier" wrote:
Gavin,

I see that description of this JSR covers EJB only. What about Seam's POJO components compatibility? Will it be maintained by future versions of Seam/WebBeans RI?

Yes, certainly.

[gavin.king]

To be clear: Web Beans do not need to be EJBs.

[ellenzhao]

congratulations!

[hstang]

This is exciting news for J2EE developers. Congratulations. Gavin, thank you and your team for your hard work in this effort. Much appreciated.