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Support for Java EE 7
Java™ EE 7 provides a number of new or enhanced features, which this release supports.
WebSphere Developer Tools now supports the Java™ Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 7. The new and enhanced features of this platform include HTML5 support, improved support for batch applications, method-level validation through Bean Validation 1.1, and many other improvements.
See Java EE 7 in Liberty for more information about Liberty support for Java EE 7.
See JSR 342: JavaTM Platform, Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7) Specification for full details about Java EE 7.