JOnAS 4.4.2 Release Candidate   03 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
The JOnAS application server project has released its 4.4.2 Release Candidate. The development team call this a new major release citing a long lost of enhancements to the package including domain management, a new "Discovery" service, automatic generation of container classes, new protocols, new versions of common components (JORAM, JOTM, etc), firewall support, clustering, and more.
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Eclipse 3.1 RC1   03 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
The Eclipse IDE project has released its first release candidate for version 3.1. It is essentially the 3.1 M7 release with bug fixes.
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SwingWT 0.87   03 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
The SwingWT project, an implementation of Swing and AWT for SWT, has released version 0.87 to address some major bugs. "This release added improvements to JFileChooser and a DefaultTreeCellEditor implementation. Many Mac OS X bugs and broken AWT wrappers were fixed, many compatibility methods were added, and font support was massively improved."
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Eclipse 3.1 RC1 is Available for Download   02 Jun 2005 13:52 GMT
Eclipse 3.1 RC1, stable built, has been released for download. Most changes are bug fixes. To download and to read the release notes, visit http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.1RC1-200505271300/index.php
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Dozer 1.3 Released   02 Jun 2005 13:42 GMT
The dozer development team is proud to announce the release of dozer 1.3. Dozer is an open source powerful, yet simple Java Bean to Java Bean mapper that recursively copies data from one object to another. Typically, these Java Beans will be of different complex types. Dozer ...
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Exam Simulation PrepKit for Sun's Java 2 Programmer Certification   02 Jun 2005 13:11 GMT
uCertify, a market leader in certification exam preparation solutions, today launched its upgraded Exam Simulation PrepKit for Sun Exam CX-310-035 for SCJP certification. According to Wilbur Allison, Product Manager, uCertify, "I am very confident that this fully upgraded PrepKit, ...
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JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile Passes Review Ballot   02 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
JSR 242 - Digital Set Top Box Profile - "On Ramp to OCAP" has passed its review ballot by the JCP. "The requested specification will define a Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) profile based on the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) appropriate for use by small-footprint, cable television set top boxes. The profile will consist of Java 2 APIs for I/O, networking, graphics, etc. appropriate for small-footprint cable television set top boxes and a subset of the Java TV API appropriate for such devices."
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Sleep 2.0-b7 - Scripting for Java   02 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
The Sleep Java scripting project has released version 2.0-b7. "This release features enhanced documentation and 15 additions/fixes." The project's roadmap for version 2.0 is available.
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EditLive! XML Editor 3.0   02 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
Ephox has announced the release of version 3.0 of EditLive! XML editor. "Version 3.0 also introduces a desktop edition of the forms development environment and a new form solution file format which dramatically decreases the amount of effort required to design and deploy XML forms."
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JBoss: jBPM BPEL extension 1.0 alpha 1   02 Jun 2005 04:00 GMT
The JBoss Group has announced the release of version 1.0 alpha 1 of their jBPM BPEL extension. "We just released jBPM BPEL extension 1.0 alpha 1. This product brings jBPM into the arena of standards-based enterprise application integration. Also, it adds value to the Web services stack of JBoss by enabling a developer to assemble individual services into a process flow. These concepts will be particularly appealing to those interested in implementing service-oriented architecture using JBoss as middleware platform."
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