JSR168

The Java Portlet Specification defines a contract between the portlet container and portlets and provides a convenient programming model for Java portlet developers.

The Java Portlet Specification V1.0 was developed under the Java Community Process as Java Specification Request JSR 168, and released in its final form in October 2003.

The Java Portlet Specification V1.0 introduces the basic portlet programming model with:

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 on version 1.0 of the specification, JSR-168. Some of its major features include:

JSR-362 is the Java Portlet specification v3.0. Currently it is in early draft status.

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