looking for the original source code of jaxb-api

Dr Andrew John Hughes ahughes at redhat.com
Thu Jul 29 08:30:07 PDT 2010


On 29 July 2010 16:20,  <jon.vanalten at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Probably it is distilled from the Reference Implementation.  You can find more info here:
>
> https://jaxb.dev.java.net/
>
> cheers,
>
> jon
>
>
> ----- "Torsten Werner" <twerner at debian.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> my question might be stupid but I am currently stuck. I am searching
>> for the source code of jaxb-api 2.2.x (not jaxb-impl). I can find a
>> so
>> called 'source jar' at <https://jaxb2-sources.dev.java.net/> that
>> ships Java files without a build system but with a header 'SUN
>> PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL'. At the same place I can find a binary
>> jaxb-api.jar that includes a copy of the CDDL license text without
>> explaining anything.
>>
>> IcedTea downloads source drops from
>> <http://kenai.com/projects/jdk6-drops/downloads> which includes some
>> undocumented version of the jaxb-api in jdk6-jaxws-2009_10_27.zip
>> (again without a build system). Where can I find the original source
>> location of the jaxb-api?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Torsten
>

Oracle do regular imports of JAXP/JAXWS into OpenJDK which is what the
drop tarballs you refer to are.  They are built by OpenJDK's build
system so don't include one of their own.

To find out exactly what's in them, I'd suggest contacting the
upstream project Jon referenced.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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