Jakarta EE

aid: jakarta-ee
name: Jakarta EE
description: Jakarta EE is the open source successor to Java EE, providing a set of specifications for enterprise Java development.
  Jakarta EE is developed under the Eclipse Foundation and includes specifications for web services, messaging, persistence,
  security, and other enterprise computing needs.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/jakarta-ee.png
tags:
- Enterprise
- Jakarta EE
- Java
- Standards
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jakarta-ee/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-restful-web-services
  name: Jakarta RESTful Web Services
  description: Jakarta RESTful Web Services (formerly JAX-RS) is the API specification for developing web services that follow
    the REST architectural pattern. It defines a set of Java APIs and annotations that enable the development and deployment
    of RESTful web services on the Jakarta EE platform.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/restful-ws/
  tags:
  - REST
  - Specification
  - Web Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/restful-ws/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/rest
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-json-processing
  name: Jakarta JSON Processing
  description: Jakarta JSON Processing (formerly JSON-P) provides an API to parse, generate, transform, and query JSON documents.
    It includes a streaming API similar to StAX and an object model API similar to DOM for working with JSON data in Jakarta
    EE applications.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/jsonp/
  tags:
  - JSON
  - Parsing
  - Specification
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/jsonp/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/jsonp-api
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-json-binding
  name: Jakarta JSON Binding
  description: Jakarta JSON Binding (formerly JSON-B) is a binding framework for converting Java objects to and from JSON
    documents. It provides a default mapping between classes and JSON, with the ability to customize the mapping process through
    a comprehensive configuration API.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/jsonb/
  tags:
  - Binding
  - JSON
  - Specification
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/jsonb/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/jsonb-api
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-websocket
  name: Jakarta WebSocket
  description: Jakarta WebSocket defines a standard API for creating server and client endpoints that communicate using the
    WebSocket protocol (RFC 6455). It enables full-duplex, bidirectional communication between clients and servers over a
    single TCP connection in Jakarta EE applications.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/websocket/
  tags:
  - Specification
  - Streaming
  - WebSocket
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/websocket/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/websocket
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-servlet
  name: Jakarta Servlet
  description: Jakarta Servlet is a server-side Java API for handling HTTP requests and generating dynamic responses. It provides
    the foundational programming model for Java-based web applications and underpins many other Jakarta EE web technologies
    including RESTful Web Services and WebSocket.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/
  tags:
  - HTTP
  - Specification
  - Web
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/servlet/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/servlet
- aid: jakarta-ee:jakarta-validation
  name: Jakarta Validation
  description: Jakarta Validation (formerly Bean Validation) provides an object-level constraint declaration and validation
    facility through annotations and a runtime API. It is widely used to validate inputs in REST endpoints, persistence entities,
    and other Jakarta EE components.
  humanURL: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/bean-validation/
  tags:
  - Specification
  - Validation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/bean-validation/
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/jakartaee/validation
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/jakarta-ee-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/jakartaee
- type: Website
  url: https://jakarta.ee/
- type: Specification
  url: https://jakarta.ee/specifications/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://jakarta.ee/learn/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/jakartaee
- type: News
  url: https://jakarta.ee/news/
- type: Community
  url: https://jakarta.ee/community/
- type: Eclipse Foundation
  url: https://www.eclipse.org/
- url: https://jakarta.ee/index.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com