OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

[REQ] [JAVA] Jersey3 (client): Make Jakarta Annotation API optional

Open
#20,575 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Enhancement: Feature
Dominant language
Java
Stars
26.8k
Forks
7.7k
PR merge metrics
PR metrics pending

Description

The Java Jersey3 client generation generates code that includes the Jakarta Annotation API

@jakarta.annotation.Generated(value = "org.openapitools.codegen.languages.JavaClientCodegen", comments = "Generator version: 7.12.0-SNAPSHOT")
public class FakeApi {
  private ApiClient apiClient;
  ...

However, I might not want to include these annotations, as they require in the pom.xml the jakarta.annotation-api (which I don't necessarily want to add in my application)

<!-- Jakarta Annotation API support -->
<dependency>
     <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
     <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
     <version>${jakarta-annotation-version}</version>
     <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Proposed Improvement

Make the Jakarta Annotation API optional: by default, they are included, however, developers can decide to exclude them during the generation using a new config option.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the Jersey3 Java client generator and the template or configuration that adds the Jakarta Annotation API dependency to the generated pom.xml. Check how generator options are declared and tested; done means a new option can exclude the annotations and dependency while retaining them by default.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.