Java RESTful Services 2.1

This feature enables support for Java API for RESTful Web Services v2.1. JAX-RS annotations can be used to define web service clients and endpoints that comply with the REST architectural style. Endpoints are accessed through a common interface that is based on the HTTP standard methods.

Enable this feature

To enable the Java RESTful Services 2.1 feature, add the following element declaration into server.xml, inside the featureManager element:

<feature>jaxrs-2.1</feature>

Feature configuration elements

• classloader
• classloading
• library
• webTarget

Features that this feature enables

• jaxrsClient-2.1
• servlet-4.0

Supported Java versions

• JavaSE-1.8
• JavaSE-11.0
• JavaSE-17.0
• JavaSE-21.0
• JavaSE-24.0

Platform Versions

• javaee-8.0
• jakartaee-8.0

Features that enable this feature

• microProfile-1.2
• microProfile-1.3
• microProfile-1.4
• microProfile-2.0
• microProfile-2.1
• microProfile-2.2
• microProfile-3.0
• microProfile-3.2
• microProfile-3.3
• microProfile-4.0
• microProfile-4.1
• mpOpenAPI-1.0
• mpOpenAPI-1.1
• mpOpenAPI-2.0
• mpOpenTracing-1.0
• mpOpenTracing-1.1
• mpOpenTracing-1.2
• openapi-3.1
• opentracing-1.0
• opentracing-1.1
• opentracing-1.2
• opentracing-1.3
• opentracing-2.0
• webProfile-8.0

Develop a feature that depends on this feature

If we are developing a feature that depends on this feature, include the following item in the Subsystem-Content header in your feature manifest file.

com.ibm.websphere.appserver.jaxrs-2.1; type="osgi.subsystem.feature"

SPI packages provided by this feature

• com.ibm.wsspi.webservices.handler