We did it! WAS Liberty now officially supports Java EE 7 in production. After months of betas and feedback, we were able to release a day earlier than planned.

We said we’d ship our full Java EE 7 #WASLiberty on June 26. Couldn't wait, shipped today http://t.co/4nevaAnBlR pic.twitter.com/PgQlgu2Z0o — Ian Robinson (@ian__robinson) June 25, 2015

So what’s in this Java EE 7 release?

Features (alphabetically)

Packaging improvements

Java EE 7 Web Profile We have added a new convenience feature so you can easily get all the Web Profile 7 features enabled in one easy step. Just configure the webProfile-7.0 feature in server.xml .

We have added a new convenience feature so you can easily get all the Web Profile 7 features enabled in one easy step. Just configure the feature in . Java EE 7 Full Platform Similarly, we’ve created a convenience feature so you can get all of Java EE 7 quickly and easily. Just configure the javaee-7.0 feature in server.xml .

Updating your applications to Java EE 7

WAS Liberty V8.5.5.6 supports Java EE 6 still but if you want to move to Java EE 7, here’s what to be aware of when updating apps to Java EE 7.

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