Jakarta EE Platform Jakarta EE Platform Team, https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j.jakartaee- platform 8, August 26, 2019 Table of Contents Copyright. 1 Eclipse Foundation Specification License . 1 Disclaimers. 2 1. Introduction . 3 1.1. Acknowledgements for the Initial Version of Java EE . 3 1.2. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 1.3 . 4 1.3. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 1.4 . 4 1.4. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 5 . 4 1.5. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 6 . 5 1.6. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 7 . 5 1.7. Acknowledgements for Java EE Version 8 . 5 1.8. Acknowledgements for Jakarta EE 8 . 6 2. Platform Overview . 7 2.1. Architecture . 7 2.2. Profiles. 8 2.3. Application Components. 10 2.3.1. Jakarta EE Server Support for Application Components. 10 2.4. Containers. 11 2.4.1. Container Requirements . 11 2.4.2. Jakarta EE Servers. 11 2.5. Resource Adapters . 12 2.6. Database . 12 2.7. Jakarta EE Standard Services. 12 2.7.1. HTTP. 12 2.7.2. HTTPS. 12 2.7.3. Jakarta Transaction API (JTA) . 12 2.7.4. RMI-IIOP (Proposed Optional) . 13 2.7.5. Java IDL (Proposed Optional). 13 2.7.6. JDBC™ API . 13 2.7.7. Jakarta Persistence API . 13 2.7.8. Jakarta™ Messaging . 14 2.7.9. Java Naming and Directory Interface™ (JNDI). 14 2.7.10. Jakarta™ Mail. 14 2.7.11. JavaBeans™ Activation Framework (JAF) . 14 2.7.12. XML Processing . 14 2.7.13. Jakarta Connector Architecture. 14 2.7.14. Security Services . 15 2.7.15. Web Services . 15 2.7.16. Jakarta Concurrency . 16 2.7.17. Jakarta Batch . 16 2.7.18. Jakarta Management . 16 2.7.19. Jakarta Deployment . 17 2.8. Interoperability . 17 2.9. Flexibility of Product Requirements . 18 2.10. Jakarta EE Product Packaging . 18 2.11. Jakarta EE Product Extensions . 19 2.12. Platform Roles . 19 2.12.1. Jakarta EE Product Provider . 19 2.12.2. Application Component Provider . 20 2.12.3. Application Assembler. 20 2.12.4. Deployer . 20 2.12.5. System Administrator . 21 2.12.6. Tool Provider . ..