| # JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) |
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| The JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) is a standard extension to the |
| Java platform that lets you take advantage of standard services to: |
| determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data; encapsulate access to |
| it; discover the operations available on it; and instantiate the |
| appropriate bean to perform the operation(s). |
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| JAF is used by [JavaMail](https://javaee.github.io/javamail) |
| and [JAX-WS](https://github.com/javaee/jax-ws-spec) for data content handling. |
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| JAF is included in Java SE 6 and later. |
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| This standalone release of JAF uses a |
| [Java Platform Module System](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jigsaw/spec/) |
| "automatic" module name of `java.activation`, to match the module name |
| used in JDK 9. A future version will include full module metadata. |
