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> All of the JEE packages were "javax.enterprise.". Oracle wouldn't give up the "Java" part in order to not dilute its trademark, so now its the "Jakarta Enter
by sebazzz 5y ago
> All of the JEE packages were "javax.enterprise.". Oracle wouldn't give up the "Java" part in order to not dilute its trademark, so now its the "Jakarta Enterprise Edition", and all of the packages are being renamed to "jakarta.enterprise.". I mention this just as an example of the hoops the community going through, even today, over what's happening with java.
That is quite a change, and probably not very backwards compatible?
- whartung 5y agoNo, it's not at all. But, since that code needs to run in a formal container (app server) environment, the app server makers do classloader and renaming shenanigans to be able to load code from the earlier toolkits. But, yea, it was a big clod to drop in the churn.