What JSR 286?

JSR-286 is the Java Portlet specification v2. 0 as developed under the JCP and created in alignment with the updated version 2.0 of WSRP. It was released in June 2008. It was developed to improve on the short-comings of the version 1.0 specification, JSR-168.

What is the difference between JSR 168 and JSR 286?

Now all the major vendors support JSR 286 on their Portal server. Also known as Portlet 2.0, JSR 286 builds upon the first portlet standard, JSR 168, so it has all the features of the first standard plus more: Event handling. Shared parameters.

What is JSR in Liferay?

Initially portal vendors had their own portlet frameworks but the problem is those portlets are specific to portal Server and cannot be deployed to another server.So their is specification or we can say Standards for portlet development.

What JSR means?

Java Specification Requests
JSRs: Java Specification Requests. JSR Overview. Java Specification Requests (JSRs) are the actual descriptions of proposed and final specifications for the Java platform. At any one time there are numerous JSRs moving through the review and approval process.

Are portlets dead?

The portal server isn’t dead, despite the ongoing consensus within the Java community that the time for portlet development has come and gone. But, the fact remains that companies like HCL still sell licenses to their portal server, and service-based vendors still sign big portal server support contracts.

What is Liferay used for?

Liferay is an open source enterprise portal which is free and mainly used to enable corporate extranet and intranet. It is a robust web application platform written in Java and offers a host of features useful for the development of portals and websites.

What are JSR 250 annotations?

JSR 250 is a Java Specification Request with the objective to develop annotations (that is, information about a software program that is not part of the program itself) for common semantic concepts in the Java SE and Java EE platforms that apply across a variety of individual technologies.

What is the use of JSR?

A: A JSR is a Java Specification Request. This is the document submitted to the PMO by one or more members to propose the development of a new specification or significant revision to an existing specification.

Are portlets still used?

Is this technology popular and really used in production commercially? This will attract more opinions than answers but no, portlets are not used as much any more. Portals in general are not as popular as they once were and so the use of portlets is not as popular.