Portlet Spec 2.0 under review at the JCP

Posted by: Joseph Ottinger on November 29, 2005 @ 11:17 AM

JSR-286, the Portlet Specification 2.0, is now under review at the JCP. This version of the Portlet specification "plans to align with J2EE 1.4, integrate other new JSRs relevant for the portlet, and align with the WSRP specification V 2.0."

Current specification members are Vignette, Sun, BEA, IBM, Oracle, and SAP; the expert group membership is still open.

According to the proposal, the following areas are to be addressed:

• Corrections and clarifications
• Add access to Composite Capability/Preference Profiles (CC/PP) data via the JSR188 API
• Introduction of portlet filters
• Inter-portlet communication as defined in WSRP 2.0
• Public render parameters as defined in WSRP 2.0
• J2EE 1.4 support
• Enhance caching support and align caching with WSRP
• Enhance the portlet tag library
• Align with WSRP versions 2.0
• Coordinate with the JSF EG to better align JSF with portlets

No mention is made of the umbrella Java EE 5.0 specification, which may or may not be a bad thing. The final draft is scheduled to be finished by the end of 2006.

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