What is Reference Implementation of JAXB (Java Architecture for XML Binding)?

Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) is a Java API that allows Java developers to map Java classes to XML representations.

The Reference Implementation of JAXB API is the implementation developed by Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems to demonstrate how the JAXB API specification should be implemented.

Between Java SE 6 and 10, Oracle selected and included some releases of the Reference Implementation into the Java SE package to become the Java SE default implementation of JAXB API.

Here is a list of releases of the Reference Implementation of JAXB API.

Reference Implemenation   Included in Java SE
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Not included              Java SE 11
JAXB ?.?.?                Java SE 10
JAXB ?.?.?                Java SE 9
JAXB 2.2.12 (Oct, 2014)   
JAXB 2.2.8  (Mar, 2013)   Java SE 8
JAXB 2.2.7  (May, 2012)   
JAXB 2.2.6  (Dec, 2011)   
JAXB 2.2.3  (Jun, 2011)   Java SE 7
JAXB 2.2    (Jan, 2010)   
JAXB 2.1    (Oct, 2007)   
JAXB 2.0    (Dec, 2006)   Java SE 6
Not included              Java SE 5

For more information on the latest Reference Implementations of JAXB API, see JAXB Reference Implementation github.io Website .

For more information on the old Reference Implementations of JAXB API, see JAXB Reference Implementation java.net Website.

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