https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55534
Bug ID: 55534
Summary: Tomcat 7 and 8 missing javax.annotation classes added
in Java EE 6, 7 respectively
Product: Tomcat 7
Version: 7.0.42
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: Servlet & JSP API
Assignee: dev@tomcat.apache.org
Reporter: nicho...@nicholaswilliams.net
JSR 250 ("Common Annotations 1.0") specified a set of common annotations for
application development. Some of them were included in Java SE 6 and later, but
many of them are Java EE-specific and were added in Java EE 5. Tomcat 6
included these annotations since Tomcat supported some of them. The annotations
included in Tomcat 6 are:
javax.annotation.Generated
javax.annotation.PostConstruct
javax.annotation.PreDestroy
javax.annotation.Resource
javax.annotation.Resources
javax.annotation.security.DeclareRoles
javax.annotation.security.DenyAll
javax.annotation.security.PermitAll
javax.annotation.security.RolesAllowed
javax.annotation.security.RunAs
This was fine in Java EE 5 / Tomcat 6. However, Java EE 6 ("Common Annotations
1.1") added the following annotations that Tomcat 7 never included:
javax.annotation.ManagedBean
javax.annotation.sql.DataSourceDefinition
javax.annotation.sql.DataSourceDefinitions
Furthermore, Java EE 7 ("Common Annotations 1.2") added the following
annotation that Tomcat 8 has not yet included:
javax.annotation.Priority
Tomcat should included these annotations in its "annotations-api.jar". Other
frameworks (like Spring Framework and JPA providers) make use of these new
annotations. Since Tomcat does not include them, the /correct/ thing for an
application that needs them to do is include the official
javax.annotation-api.jar artifact in their application. However, this JAR
redefines annotations already supplied by Tomcat, which could lead to
hard-to-diagnose errors (similar to why an application should never include the
servlet-api artifact in their application). Adding these missing annotations
would remove the requirement for applications to include the problem JAR in
their application.
Tomcat 7 should ship @ManagedBean, @DataSourceDefinition, and
@DataSourceDefinitions. Tomcat 8 should ship with @Priority.
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