Jakarta XML Binding 4.0

Release for Jakarta EE 10

The Jakarta XML Binding provides an API and tools that automate the mapping
between XML documents and Java objects.

New features, enhancements or additions

• adds implementation lookup through the properties Map passed to JAXBContext.newInstance(…) methods
• provided implementation of the DatatypeConverterInterface throws exception on invalid input
• adds https scheme to the list of required to be removed schemes when mapping namespace to java package
• fixes cross-references in the specification document

Removals, deprecations or backwards incompatible changes

• drops compatibility with JAXB 1.0
• removes constraints on using java.desktop/java.beans.Introspector
• removes deprecated jakarta.xml.bind.Validator
• removes deprecated jakarta.xml.bind.context.factory property
• drops implementation lookup through META-INF/services/jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext
• drops implementation lookup through jaxb.properties file

Minimum Java SE Version

Java SE 11 or higher

Details

• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0 Release Record
  • Jakarta EE Platform 10 Release Plan
• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0 Specification Document (PDF)
• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0 Specification Document (HTML)
• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0 Javadoc
• Jakarta XML Binding 3.0 XML Schema
• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0 TCK (sig, sha, pub)
  • For all TCK releases, see download directory
• Maven coordinates
  • jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:jar:4.0.2
• Change Log

Compatible Implementations

• Jakarta XML Binding 4.0.0-M3

Ballots

Release Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2022-04-06 with the following results.

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2021-06-07 with the following results.

The ballot was run in the jakarta.ee-spec mailing list