API / Apache Wicket Interview questions
What is the difference between Wicket 8, 9, and 10 in terms of Java/Jakarta support?
All three branches are actively maintained as of mid-2026, and the distinction between them is almost entirely about which Java baseline and servlet namespace each one targets.
| Wicket 8 | Wicket 9 | Wicket 10 |
| Latest as of mid-2026: 8.18.0 | Latest as of mid-2026: 9.23.0 | Latest as of mid-2026: 10.10.0 |
| Older Java baseline, javax namespace | Minimum Java 11, javax namespace, JUnit 5 | Built on Java 17, compatible with Java 21, jakarta namespace |
| Legacy maintenance mode | Stable, still widely deployed | Actively developed line for new work |
All three still receive periodic security and bug-fix releases — for example, the same set of security fixes (covering issues like a resource-guard bypass and a session-fixation risk) landed across 8.18.0, 9.23.0, and 10.9.0/10.10.0 in the same window in 2026 — but only Wicket 10 is where genuinely new features and the Jakarta EE alignment are happening going forward.
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