[OT] Choosing Java EE version for new projects

[Bahadır Yağan <ba...@mht.com.tr>]

I want to ask your ideas about using Java EE 5. We are going to start 
coding a new project within a month. Do you see any problems using EE 5?

We will mostly use these technologies:
JSF, Shale, JMS, JAAS and web services

I liked the new features in JSF 1.2 and Unified EL. But I dont feel very 
confortable because there is only Sun's reference implementation for 
application server. And also I am not sure if it is possible to use SE 5 
features (generics, annotations etc..) within a 1.4 application server 
(such as geronimo).

Thanks,
Bahadir


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: user-help@struts.apache.org

Re: [OT] Choosing Java EE version for new projects

[Craig McClanahan <cr...@apache.org>]

On 4/14/06, Bahadır Yağan <ba...@mht.com.tr> wrote:
>
> I want to ask your ideas about using Java EE 5. We are going to start
> coding a new project within a month. Do you see any problems using EE 5?
>
> We will mostly use these technologies:
> JSF, Shale, JMS, JAAS and web services
>
> I liked the new features in JSF 1.2 and Unified EL. But I dont feel very
> confortable because there is only Sun's reference implementation for
> application server.


To some degree, that's because the EE 5 specs are not final yet ... so no
one (including Sun) can actually release a server claiming compatibility
with these versions yet.  That'll change when the specs go final, which
should be pretty soon.

And also I am not sure if it is possible to use SE 5
> features (generics, annotations etc..) within a 1.4 application server
> (such as geronimo).


As long as your 1.4 app server certifies that it can run on SE 5, then you
can certainly use SE 5 features in your applications.  For example the Shale
Tiger extensions work just fine on things like Tomcat 5, as long as I run
the server on SE 5.

Thanks,
> Bahadir


Craig