NetKernel 2.0.4   15 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The 1060 Research NetKernel project has released version 2.0.4 with major feature enhancements. "This release provides new HTTP client libraries for creating RESTful SOA middleware. The RDBMS services have been enhanced with connection pooling, and transactions are now fully supported. A bug with the classloader for a newly installed module after hot-restart has been fixed. Several minor updates have been made to service modules."
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XFire 1.0-M4 - Java SOAP Framework   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Codehaus has announced the release of version 1.0-M4 of their Java SOAP framework XFire. "New in this release: annotation API to configure services via Java 5, commons-attributes, and Backport 175; Spring integration; PicoContainer integration; improved Java/XML mapping capabilities; performance improvements; bug fixes and more!"
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JD4X 0.5 - Java Desktop for X   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Java Desktop project JD4X has released version 0.5. "The new JD4X v0.5 + Zesktop v0.3 includes drag and drop support for adding all types of desktop components. Eg. drawers, launchers, applets, workspaces and etc... Adding multiple taskbars are also now supported. In addition, utility programs like clock, resource applets and etc are also included in the desktop applet section of the control panel. GUI device mounting support has also been added to mount and unmount devices on the desktop. Eg. CDROM, Floppy and etc... This version should be simpler to use but with a much richer set of features than the previous versions."
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ActiveMQ 3.0 - JMS 1.1 Provider   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Codehaus has announced the release of version 3.0 of ActiveMQ. James Strachan writes, "A lot of tuning, testing and fixes have been incorporated into this release." These include a new discovery protocol for client only networks, improved support for JDBC databases, and more.
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TestNG 2.3 - Testing Framework   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Cedric Beust has announced version 2.3 of TestNG. "The version is available at http://beust.com/testng as well as the new documentation, which has been considerably improved (highlighted code snippets, detailed DTD, ant task and description of all the new features)... What's new: beforeSuite, afterSuite, beforeTest, afterTest; revamped ant task with haltonfailure and other helpful flags; better stack traces and improved level control for verbosity; better syntax for including and excluding methods in testng.xml; test classes can be invoked on the command line; and many bug fixes."
Source: Java.net

Jude 0.99 - Java Docs Viewer   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
David Flanagan has released version 0.99 of his Java documentation viewer Jude. Site licenses are now supported, Jude can operate at seperate viewer and API levels, as well as a few other minor enhancements.
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jGnash 1.9.0   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The jGnash, personal finance application, has announced the release of version 1.9.0 with major feature enhancements. "Printable report functionality has been added, along with numerous usability improvements and bugfixes. Upgrading is recommended."
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Apache MyFaces 1.09 Final   14 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The Apache MyFaces development team has released version 1.09 of the open source JavaServer Faces implementation. The release supports portlets, includes some new components, has Russian translations, and includes bugfixes and refactorings.
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ProActive 2.2 - GRID Java Library   13 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
The ObjectWeb consortium has announced the release of ProActive 2.2. New features include the first release of fault tolerance and checkpointing support, improved deployment, expansion of components as web services, an improved P2P infrastructure, and more. "ProActive is a GRID Java library for parallel, distributed, and concurrent computing, also featuring mobility and security in a uniform framework."
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Spring Web Flow PR2   13 Apr 2005 04:00 GMT
Keith Preston Donald has announced the release of Spring Web Flow PR2. Major new features of Spring Web Flow include "Pluggable flow execution storage strategies, with out-of-the-box continuations support", support for OGNL transition criteria, portlet support, JDK 1.3 support and more. "There are also a number of bug fixes and other general improvements/polishing included. Note, for PR1 users: there are a few incompatible changes in PR2 with PR1."
Source: Java.net