EclipseLink 2.6
The primary focus of the EclipseLink 2.6 release is stability, Java EE 7 integration, and JPA-RS.
Main features and changes include:
- Bean Validation support in MOXy
- Java API for JSON Processing (JSR-353) support in MOXy
- JPA-RS Enhancements (Pagination, Options, Versions, ...)
- Redesign of type property in JSON processing
- Pluggable Serializers
- JGroups Support
In addition to the features highlighted above, this release also includes a substantial number of bug fixes and enhancements:
- 2.6.4: All Fixed Bugs and enhancement requests
- 2.6.3: All Fixed Bugs and enhancement requests
- 2.6.2: All Fixed Bugs and enhancement requests
- 2.6.1: All Fixed Bugs and enhancement requests
- 2.6.0: All Fixed Bugs and enhancement requests
Other important changes and updates include:
- Behavior of @XmlID and @XmlValue annotations has been updated to be JAXB 2.2 RI compatible. Fields annotated with @XmlID must be of type String, classes which contain field with @XmlValue annotation must not extend other type than java.lang.Object. To provide backward compatibility with EclipseLink 2.5.0, annotations @XmlIDExtension and @XmlValueExtension were introduced.
- Annotations @XmlElementNillable and @XmlNullPolicy are supported in both ElementType.TYPE and ElementType.PACKAGE targets, to enable configuration of @XmlElement nillable parameter and runtime null policy at package level.
Known Issues
The following are known issues and changes that have been identified as potentially affecting users of EclipseLink 2.6.
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When running EclipseLink 2.6 in Glassfish 4.0, you must specify a valid datasource in the persistence.xml through either the jta-data-source or non-jta-data-source tags.
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Java hotspot compiler may crash when compiling org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.CommitManager::commitChangedObjectsForClassWithChangeSet As a workaround, execute java with -XX:CompileCommand=exclude,org/eclipse/persistence/internal/sessions/CommitManager,commitChangedObjectsForClassWithChangeSet command line option for JIT compiler. More information can be found at: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=461322
Standards
EclipseLink remains focused on delivering support for the latest standards. EclipseLink 2.6 offers certified support for:
- Java Persistence (JPA) 2.1 - JSR 338
- Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.2 - JSR 222
- Service Data Objects (SDO) 2.1.1 - JSR 235
- Java API for JSON Processing (JSON-P) 1.0 - JSR 353
Deprecated Functionality
None.
Retention Policy
The previous EclipseLink 2.5 releases will remain available for download from the previous releases page where they will remain for a minimum period of 2 years before becoming available for archival.
Future Releases
For more information about future planned EclipseLink releases and patch sets please refer to the releases section of the project summary.
