Back into action. (credit: Oracle PR)
The long silence is apparently over. After an extended quiet period following last October’s Java One conference, Oracle has finally provided a hint about the company’s actual plans for Java EE, the enterprise framework for server-side Java applications. As Ars reported on July 1, development on Java EE projects by Oracle engineers has practically ceased since last fall, as the company pushed development resources to other projects—leaving members of the Java Community Process (JCP) executive committee and Java EE partners in the dark.
In response to Ars’ report, Mike Moeller, spokesperson for Oracle, issued the following statement via e-mail:
Oracle is committed to Java and has a very well defined proposal for the next version of the Java EE specification—Java EE 8—that will support developers are as they seek to build new applications that are designed using micro-services on large-scale distributed computing and container-based environments on the Cloud. Oracle is working closely with key partners in the Java community to finalize the proposal and will share the full details with the broader Java community at JavaOne in September.
When asked if “key partners” meant the JCP, the Java EE Expert Group, or specific industry partners in a parallel effort, an Oracle spokesperson replied that there was no parallel effort. The spokesperson suggested the changes Oracle was proposing would clearly need to be discussed within the Java community—both with the Java EE Expert group as well as more widely within the JCP—and that Oracle looks forward to feedback on the ideas.
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