Jakarta Standard Tag Library 3.1 (under development)

Release for Jakarta EE 12

Jakarta Standard Tag Library encapsulates as simple tags the core functionality common to many Web applications. Jakarta Standard Tag Library has support for common, structural tasks such as iteration and conditionals, tags for manipulating XML documents, internationalization tags, and SQL tags. It also provides a framework for integrating existing custom tags with Jakarta Standard Tag Library tags.

New features, enhancements or additions

• Issue #247 Support java.time API in fmt:parseDate and fmt:formatDate
• Review any other enhancement requests and determine if they can be completed within Jakarta EE 12.
• Issue #270 tck is using org.eclipse.ee4j as groupId and any other work necessary to complete the move of the TCK from the platform.
• Review issues and resolve existing bugs / provide spec clarification if any are necessary, as time permits for Jakarta EE 12.
• Use the following query to track issues targeted for Jakarta EE 12: https://github.com/jakartaee/tags/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3AJakartaEE12

Removals, deprecations or backwards incompatible changes

None

Minimum Java SE Version

Java SE 21

Details

• Jakarta Standard Tag Library 3.1 Release Record

Compatible Implementations

[Eclipse WaSP] (TBD)

Ballots

Release Review

TBD

Plan Review

The Specification Committee Ballot concluded successfully on 2025-05-16 with the following results.

Non-binding Votes