Follow on to JSR-168

Added By Janus Boye at 13-Jun-2006 |

At the recent JavaOne conference, Stefan Hepper, specification lead for JSR-286, presented (PDF) a view of what's coming in the Portlet Specification version 2.0. The current specification JSR-168 is gettig old (finished Oct. 2003) and the updated spec aims to address coordination beyond the application session scope. This includes: support for events, sharing sessions beyond the portlet app, and sharing display parameters across portlets. In other words: making portals more like integrated apps and less like collections of disconnected windows. Other focus areas include WSRP 2.0 alignment, better support for web frameworks (JSF, Struts, Spring), and AJAX support. JSR-286 is currently expected out in May 2007 and may change substantially before then. Remember that while standards are a good thing, industry adherence takes time. Vendor implementations of JSR-168 remain quite limited in most portal products even today. [Thanks to Punit Pandey.]

Categories: Janus Boye, Enterprise Portals, Industry Standards