[klez]

> since the JDK comes with the J2EE packages built-in...

Are you sure about that? I just downloaded the Java 8 JDK, and javax.json is not there. And the documentation doesn't mention it either. What am I missing?

[cbsmith]

The JDK doesn't include all the J2EE goodness: https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/json/package-summ...