JOnAS 5.1.0 released

    Dear JOnAS enthusiasts,

We're pleased to announce the availability of JOnAS 5.1.0.

This release is http://java.sun.com/javaee/overview/compatibility.jsp">Java EE 5 certified and provides you the best (and most stable at this time) release of JOnAS 5.
Since JOnAS 5.0, the major component dependencies (EasyBeans, Tomcat, Jetty, Joram, CXF, Hibernate, EclipseLink, ...) have been upgraded to include the latest bug fixes, a lot of issues have been resolved and a particular attention was paid to the new administration web console's user experience.

These last months were completely dedicated to the stabilization of our Java EE platform, testing it extensively with multiple OSes and different JVMs in order to guarantee as much as possible a steady release.

Two profiles for JOnAS 5.1.0 are http://forge.ow2.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5&release_id=3536">available for download:

• JOnAS Full-profile which is a full-blown Java EE Application Server : ( http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.1.0-installer.jnlp">Java Web Start Installer / http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.1.0-installer.jar">Java Offline Installer / http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.1.0-bin.zip">Zip / http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/jonas-full-5.1.0-bin.tar.gz">Tgz )
• JOnAS Micro-profile which is a small bootstrap for JOnAS that will download services on demand (An internet connection is required): (http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/micro-jonas-5.1.0-bin.zip">Zip / http://download.forge.objectweb.org/jonas/micro-jonas-5.1.0-bin.tar.gz">Tgz)

Major key features of JOnAS 5.1:

• OSGi based Application server
• OSGi bridge available for Applications
  • OSGi services can use Java EE service like EJB3 exposed as OSGi services
    
  • OSGi service can be injected into Java EE (EJB3/Servlet) components.
    
• Services on demand (A JOnAS service is loaded if the application is requiring it)
  
• Web application loaded on demand (on the first access on the http port)
  
• New JOnAS Admin console based on Flex (Struts only version still available)
• http://jonas.ow2.org/JONAS_5_1_0/doc/doc-en/html/j2eeprogrammerguide.html#id1216546">Filtering classloaders if applications needs to filter libraries of the Application Server.
  
• Discover other features on http://jonas.ow2.org">http://jonas.ow2.org</a>

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A new issue tracker is now available for JOnAS. It is a JIRA instance available at http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS">http://jira.ow2.org/browse/JONAS</a>
Please report issues on this tracker or through the http://wiki.jonas.ow2.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Lists">mailing lists.

Tools working with JOnAS 5.1:

• IDE
  • http://jope.ow2.org/update/jope/">Eclipse WTP plugin (update site)
    
  • http://jonbas.sourceforge.net/">NetBeans plugin
• Integration testing
  • http://cargo.codehaus.org/JOnAS+5.x">Cargo
    

Bugs fixed since JOnAS 5.1.0 RC4 :

• (http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314245&group_id=5&atid=100005">314245) - Application deployments triggered during the server stop
• (http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314246&group_id=5&atid=100005">314246) - JonasAdmin : incoherency in Resource Adapaters management for RARs that are not dedicated to JDBC connections
• (http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314253&group_id=5&atid=100005">314253) - (Installer) Cannot install JOnAS on Windows Vista with the installer
• (http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314254&group_id=5&atid=100005">314254) - A 1.5 JVM bug causes a memory leak when an EJB3 container is deployed
• (http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314263&group_id=5&atid=100005">314263) - jonas.name in jonas.properties not taken into account by the ClientAdmin

Enjoy !

Florent