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21 December 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.1.1 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.1.1 final release of the Avalon Framework.

This release is a minor bugfix release. The prior release was compiled with JDK 1.4's compiler, making it incompatible with previous JDKs

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Framework 4.1.1: The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server products.

What that means is that we define the central interface Component. We also define the relationship (contract) a component has with peers, ancestors and children. This documentation introduces you to those patterns, interfaces, and relationships.

The Avalon Framework raises the abstraction level from Object-Oriented Programming concept one notch to the Component-Oriented Programming model. This enables programmers to concern themselves with assemblies of classes, rather than the classes themselves--thus reducing the number of things the programmer must keep in mind, and speeding up application development.

The Avalon Framework is already used in Cocoon2, an XML publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in Apache JAMES, a Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework is Jestkop, a cross-platform replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.

For more information about Avalon Framework 4.1.1, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/framework.


21 December 2001 - Tomcat 4.0.2 Beta 1 Released

The Tomcat Team is proud to announce the first beta release of Tomcat 4.0.2. Binary and source distributions are available here.


12 December 2001 - BCEL 5.0 Released

The 5.0 release of the Byte Code Engineering Library is now available. Binary and source distributions can be found here.


11 December 2001 - Jetspeed v1.3a2 Released

powered-by-logo.gif Version 1.3a2 of the Jetspeed Portal Server is now released. Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the Jetspeed community.

The major improvements in this release include:

  • Fully integrated Portal Customizer, supporting 2-column, 3-column, single row/column, menu and tab panes layouts, and configurable 'skins' tailored per user. Support for customization of HTML and WML.
  • Enhanced security, role-based access to portlets, security portlets for maintenance of users, roles and groups.
  • New Portlets: WebPagePortlet, StockPortlet, LinkPortlet, administrative portlets. Portlet states now support minimized, maximized, and hidden.
  • Capability to store portlet markup (PSML) in a database. Integration with Apache Torque object-relational database tool.

Please visit the Velocity site for more information and the distribution.


11 December 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.1 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.1 final release of the Avalon Framework.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Framework 4.1: The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server products.

What that means is that we define the central interface Component. We also define the relationship (contract) a component has with peers, ancestors and children. This documentation introduces you to those patterns, interfaces, and relationships.

The Avalon Framework raises the abstraction level from Object-Oriented Programming concept one notch to the Component-Oriented Programming model. This enables programmers to concern themselves with assemblies of classes, rather than the classes themselves--thus reducing the number of things the programmer must keep in mind, and speeding up application development.

The Avalon Framework is already used in Cocoon2, an XML publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in Apache JAMES, a Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework is Jestkop, a cross-platform replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.

For more information about Avalon Framework 4.1, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/framework.


9 December 2001 - Velocity v1.2 Released

powered-by-logo.gif Version 1.2 of the Velocity Template Engine is now released. Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the Velocity community.

The major improvements in this release include

  • Application programmers now can instantiate separate, independent instances of the Velocity Template Engine or continue to use the traditional singleton model.
  • Major improvements to Anakia and Texen.
  • The Velocimacro system can be configured to reload changed VM libraries automatically when the macro definitions change.

Please visit the Velocity site for more information and the distribution.


27 November 2001 - Struts 1.0.1-rc1 Released

The first Release Candidate for Struts 1.0.1 is now available. This release fixes a number of known problems with the Struts 1.0 release.

The binary distribution for this release candidate is available here and the source distribution is available here.


15 November 2001 - BCEL RC1 Released

The first release candidate of the Byte Code Engineering Library is now available. Binary and source distributions can be found here.


11 November 2001 - Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0a3 alpha release of Avalon Phoenix.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3: Avalon Phoenix is a micro-kernel designed and implemented on top of the Avalon Framework. It is both an API to program to and a reference implementation. The reference implementation provides a number of facilities to manage the environment of Server Applications. Such facilities include log management, classloading, thread management and security. In the future it will conditionally offer support extra facilities such as central server management, server pools, and other facilities aimed at reducing the time to market. The API defines a standard method of piecing togther server components and creating a server.

In order to see Avalon Phoenix at work, you should grab the example applications or servers that are included in Avalon Cornerstone. Apache James uses Phoenix for it's mail server.

For more information about Avalon Phoenix 4.0a3, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix.

The release can be downloaded from here.


26 October 2001 - LogKit 1.0 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0 final release of LogKit.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About LogKit 1.0: LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure performance orientated logging. It's design encourages integration into existing products with minimal impact.

For more information about LogKit 1.0, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/logkit.


22 October 2001 - Apache Tomcat 3.3 Final Released

At long last, Tomcat 3.3 has reached "Final Release"! With its refactored set of core classes and modules, it offers a number of new features, better performance, and more flexible configuration over its predecessors. Also, it can be updated with add-on modules. The PasswordPrompter add-on module is a simple example and is available with this release. You can find everything here.

Note: Additional documentation updates are planned (as well as maintenance bug fixes). You can get the latest documentation at the Tomcat 3.3 Documentation site.


14 October 2001 - Tomcat 4.0.1 Released

This is the final release of Tomcat 4.0.1, which is a maintenance release of Tomcat 4.0. Download it here.


12 October 2001 - Ant 1.4.1 Released

This is a bugfix release for Ant 1.4 which corrects a number of small issues. Download it here.


2 October 2001 - Lucene joins Jakarta

Lucene, a full-text search library, has joined Jakarta.

For more information about Lucene, please visit: http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/.


1 October 2001 - Ant 1.4.1beta1 Released

This is the first release candidate for Ant 1.4.1, which fixes a couple of known bugs in Ant 1.4, you can down find everything here.


25 September 2001 - Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0a1 alpha release of Avalon Phoenix.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1: Avalon Phoenix is a micro-kernel designed and implemented on top of the Avalon Framework. It is both an API to program to and a reference implementation. The reference implementation provides a number of facilities to manage the environment of Server Applications. Such facilities include log management, classloading, thread management and security. In the future it will conditionally offer support extra facilities such as central server management, server pools, and other facilities aimed at reducing the time to market. The API defines a standard method of piecing togther server components and creating a server.

In order to see Avalon Phoenix at work, you should grab the example applications or servers that are included in Avalon Cornerstone. Apache James uses Phoenix for it's mail server.

For more information about Avalon Phoenix 4.0a1, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/phoenix.


25 September 2001 - Jakarta Cactus 1.2 Released

The Cactus project is proud to announce the release of Version 1.2. Cactus is a unit testing framework for testing server side java code. Version 1.2 supports unit testing of :

  • Servlets,
  • JSP Tag libraries,
  • Servlet Filters,
  • EJBs,
  • JSPs

Please check the Features list and the Changelog for details on what's new.


24 September 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-rc1 Released

Tomcat 3.3 Release Candiate 1 is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3. With this release, the core code for Tomcat 3.3 is considered finished and only minor bug fixes, simple usability enhancements, and documentation updates will occur up until the second Release Candidate. You can find everything here.

As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep the Tomcat 3.3 Documentation site current with these updates. For the most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.


17 September 2001 - Apache Tomcat 4.0 Final Released

It's official! The Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications are now final, and so is Apache Tomcat 4.0, which implements the new features of these specifications plus a host of other functionality improvements over the current production release (Tomcat 3.2.3). Please read the RELEASE-NOTES-4.0.txt file in the top level directory of the distribution for the latest information on recent changes and known issues. You can also browse the Tomcat 4.0 documentation bundle online at http://jakarta.apache.org.

Binary distributions of Apache Tomcat 4.0 are available at http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/.

Source distributions of Apache Tomcat 4.0 are available at http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0/src/.

Binary and source distributions of the mod_webapp connector will be posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2001. If you wish to build this connector in the mean time, you can check out the jakarta-tomcat-connectors CVS repository, and follow the directions in the README.txt file in the webapp subdirectory.


17 September 2001 - LogKit 1.0b5 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b5 beta release of LogKit.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About LogKit 1.0b5: LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure performance orientated logging. It's design encourages integration into existing products with minimal impact.

For more information about LogKit 1.0b5, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/logkit.


15 September 2001 - Cactus is now a Jakarta top level project

The Cactus project, a unit testing framework for server side java code, has now been promoted as a Jakarta top level project. The new web site is http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus.

Click here for the full announcement

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13 September 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-rc2 Released

The second Release Candidate for Tomcat 4.0 is now available. Only serious problems will be fixed between now and final release of Tomcat 4.0, which is currently scheduled for September 17, 2001. All "must deal with" bugs (other than those related to the mod_webapp connector) have been fixed, although a few remaining bug reports are currently being reviewed.

Please download this version and run your existing web applications against it, to help us ensure a final release that is as trouble free as possible. This release is available here.


11 September 2001 - Avalon Excalibur 4.0 Final Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0 final release of the Avalon Excalibur.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Excalibur 4.0: Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component management implementations, and database management implementations.

For more information about Avalon Excalibur 4.0, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur.


9 September 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-rc1 Released

The first Release Candidate for Tomcat 4.0 is now available. Only serious problems will be fixed between now and final release of Tomcat 4.0, which is currently scheduled for September 17, 2001. A second release candidate, if necessary, will be distributed on Thursday, September 13, 2001.

Please download this version and run your existing web applications against it, to help us ensure a final release that is as trouble free as possible. This release is available here.


4 September 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b2 Released

Tomcat 3.3 Beta 2 is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3. The beta versions implement the final feature set intended for Tomcat 3.3. Work for the remaining releases will focus on bug fixes and updating the documentation. You can find everything here.

As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep the Tomcat 3.3 Documentation site current with these updates. For the most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.


21 August 2001 - Ant 1.4beta2 Released

This second release candidate for Ant 1.4 fixes some known bugs of the first beta release.


11 August 2001 - Ant 1.4beta1 Released

This first release candidate for Ant 1.4 is available for download. If you have any feedback on the beta feel free to join the discussion on the ant-dev and ant-user mailing lists.


10 August 2001 - Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0b4 beta release of the Avalon Excalibur.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4: Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component management implementations, and database management implementations.

For more information about Avalon Excalibur 4.0b4, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/excalibur.


9 August 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-7 Released

A release candidate version of Tomcat 4.0, version Tomcat 4.0-beta-7 has been released. This version conforms to the Proposed Final Draft 3 version of the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications, which will go final soon, and incorporates all of the latest bugfixes.

In addition, for users who run Tomcat 4.0 on Windows 9x, this release fixes a security vulnerability that allows unauthenticated users to browse the directory tree above the web application's context root by using request URIs including three or more dots ("/..."). Users running on Win2K and Unix systems are not susceptible to this vulnerability.

6 August 2001 - Apache LogKit 1.0b4 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b4 beta release of LogKit. LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure performance-orientated logging. The distribution is available here.


30 July 2001 - Avalon Framework 4.0 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 4.0 final release of the Avalon Framework.

About Avalon: The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into five sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, and Phoenix. Its purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

For more information about Avalon, please go to http://avalon.apache.org.

About Avalon Framework 4.0: The Avalon Framework formalizes the contracts and patterns used in the other Avalon projects. It is derived from modern software engineering techniques and aims to provide a solid basis on which to build server products.

The Avalon Framework is already used in Cocoon2, an XML publishing framework. The Avalon Framework is also used in Apache JAMES, a Java(tm) Mail Server. Another project that is built on Avalon Framework is Jestkop, a cross-platform replacement for your ordinary desktop. If you are evaluating Avalon and want the proof that it's claims are valid check them out.

For more information about Avalon Framework 4.0, please go to http://avalon.apache.org/framework.


22 July 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-b1 Released

Tomcat 3.3 Beta 1 is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3. This version implements the final feature set intended for Tomcat 3.3. Work for the remaining releases will focus on bug fixes and updating the documentation. You can find everything here.

As Tomcat 3.3 documentation is updated, an effort will be made to keep the Tomcat 3.3 Documentation site current with these updates. For the most up to date documentation for Tomcat 3.3, please check this site.


22 July 2001 - Apache LogKit 1.0b3 Released

The Avalon team is proud to announce the 1.0b3 beta release of LogKit. LogKit is an easy to use logging toolkit designed for secure performance-orientated logging. The distribution is available here.


20 July 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-6 Released

The Tomcat team is proud to announce the availability of the latest beta release of Tomcat 4.0. This next-generation servlet and JSP container includes support for the Proposed Final Draft 3 versions of the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications, many bug fixes, performance improvements, an updated version of the Apache web connector, and a new experimental installer for Windows platforms. Get your copy here:

See the enclosed RELEASE-NOTES-4.0-B6.txt for more information about the contents of this release.


16 June 2001 - Velocity v1.1 Released

powered-by-logo.gif Version 1.1 of the Velocity Template Engine is now released. Congratulations and thanks to all participants in the Velocity community.

The distribution is available here, and includes a complete jar, source code, examples and documentation.

Major enhancements include :

  • The new event-handling facility, allowing finer control and interaction with the rendering process.
  • Internationalization support through full support of template character encoding.
  • Optimizations for improved performance.

Minor enhancements are too numerous to mention. Please see the change log for details.


15 June 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released

As promised at JavaOne, the Struts project team is proud to announce the availability of Version 1.0 of the Struts Framework. The binary distribution for Struts 1.0 is available here and the source distribution is available here.


6 June 2001 - Avalon beta 3

The Avalon team announces the beta 3 release of Avalon Framework and Excalibur 4.0. This release includes a serious bug fix in Excalibur's Component Management infrastructure. If you have downloaded Avalon 4.0 beta 2, then you are encouraged to upgrade. The bug only affects users of the ExcaliburComponentSelector.

The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. It's purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

Avalon Framework 4.0 beta 3

Avalon Framework is the core of all of the Avalon projects, and formalizes all the contracts and patterns used within all Avalon compliant projects.

Avalon Excalibur 4.0 beta 3

Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component management implamentations, and database management implementations.


4 June 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1 Released

The Turbine Team is proud to announce the 2.1 release of Turbine. This release includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone version of Torque. You can find everything here.


4 June 2001 - Avalon beta 2

The Avalon team are proud to annound the beta 2 release of Avalon Framework and Excalibur 4.0 and Avalon LogKit 1.0. This release includes bugfixes and more current documentation.

The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. It's purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming.

Avalon Framework 4.0 beta 2

Avalon Framework is the core of all of the Avalon projects, and formalizes all the contracts and patterns used within all Avalon compliant projects.

Avalon Excalibur 4.0 beta 2

Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component management implamentations, and database management implementations.

Avalon LogKit 1.0 beta 2

Avalon LogKit is a logging toolkit designed for secure performance orientated logging in applications. It is the logging toolkit used in all of Avalon's projects.


2 June 2001 - Velocity v1.1 Release Candidate 2

The 2nd release candidate of version 1.1 of the Velocity Template Engine has been released.

This release contains updates to release candidate 1, specifically in the areas of event handling and template encodings. All Velocity users are encouraged to help test.

The complete release distribution can be found here, and the source can be found in CVS under the VEL_1_1_RC2 tag.


02 June 2001 - Struts 1.0-beta-3 Released

Struts 1.0-beta-3 is a release candidate version of the Struts Framework, likely to be the final beta prior to the Struts 1.0 Final Release, which is currently scheduled for June 15, 2001. Please help identify any remaining bugs that need to be fixed prior to final release, and report them to our bug tracking system at http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/.

The binary distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available here, and the source distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available here.


28 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.2.2 Released

Tomcat 3.2.2 is a maintenance release that fixes several bugs since the 3.2.1 release and corrects all known specification compliance issues. The release is available for download here.


28 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b3 Released

Turbine 2.1b3 is the third of three betas scheduled for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone version of Torque. You can find everything here.


20 May 2001 - Velocity v1.1 release candidate 1

The 1st release candidate of version 1.1 of the Velocity Template Engine is now released.

Major enhancements include :

  • The new event-handling facility, allowing finer control and interaction with the rendering process.
  • Internationalization support through full support of template character encoding.
  • Optimizations for improved performance.

There are many minor enhancements as well - all are listed in the change log.


20 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b2 Released

Turbine 2.1b2 is the second of three betas scheduled for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone version of Torque. You can find everything here.


19 May 2001 - Jakarta Struts 1.0-b2 Released

Struts 1.0-b2 is an update release in preparation for a final release of Struts 1.0 prior to JavaOne 2001. The changes included are documented in the Release Notes. Get your copy of this latest release here.


19 May 2001 - Jakarta log4j 1.1 Released

We are pleased to announce log4j version 1.1 final release. It is backward compatible with log4j version 1.0. Thus, it should be considered as a drop-in replacement for previous log4j versions from the Jakarta project.

log4j 1.1 is primarily a maintenance release that corrects many wrinkles in 1.0. There were important internal changes, in particular, we now use JavaBeans style configuration of log4j components. This has caused some APIs to be deprecated although they are still accessible.


18 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 3.3-m3 Released

Tomcat 3.3 Milestone 3 is the latest update to Tomcat 3.3. Beyond bug fixes, it contains a new tag pooling feature implemented by Casey Lucas. You can find everything here.


14 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-5 Released

Tomcat 4.0-beta-5 is the latest update to the next generation version of Tomcat 4.0. It fixes two security vulnerabilities that were discovered in Tomcat 4.0-b4 (and prior versions). Anyone who downloaded Tomcat 4.0-b4 is urged to update immediately. Get your copy here.


14 May 2001 - Jakarta Turbine 2.1b1 Released

Turbine 2.1b1 is the first of three betas scheduled for release before the 2.1 final release at JavaOne on June 4th. This release includes a new version of the Turbine Developer's Kit and a new stand-alone version of Torque. You can find everything here.


10 May 2001 - Jakarta Tomcat 4.0-beta-4 Released

Tomcat 4.0-beta-4 is the latest update to the next generation version of Tomcat 4.0. It supports the most recent specification updates (Servlet 2.3 Proposed Final Draft 2, JavaServer Pages 1.2 Proposed Final Draft 2), support for looking up users and roles in a JNDI-accessed directory server, and many bug fixes. Get your copy here.


9 May 2001 - Jakarta ORO 2.0.2 Released!

We are proud to announce the release of Jakarta ORO 2.0.2! This is a full featured regular expression package for Java. This new version fixes several bugs that people have reported since 2.0.1 was released.


4 May 2001 - JavaWorld Selects Log4J and Tomcat as Finalists

JavaWorld has selected the Jakarta Project's Log4J and Tomcat 3.2 subprojects as finalists in the 2001 JavaWorld Editors' Choice Awards .

Log4J was named as a finalist in the "Most Useful New or Revised Java API/Technology" category, and Tomcat 3.2 was named as a finalist in the "Most Innovative Java Product" category.

Chosen by a group of JavaWorld editors and forum moderators, the selection of Tomcat 3.2 and Log4J demonstrates the Java community's recognition of the innovation and commitment behind the efforts of these two Jakarta communities.


2 May 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 Released

The Jakarta Commons project is proud to announce the release of Cactus v1.0.


23 April 2001 - Jakarta Velocity 1.0.1 Released

The final v1.0.1 release of the Velocity Template engine is now available. This is a minor bugfix update of the v1.0 release.


20 April 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-2 Released

The Jakarta Commons project is proud to announce the release of Cactus v1.0 beta-2 . This is the second of two planned beta releases, on track for our projected 1.0 release on May 1, 2001.


20 April 2001 - log4j 1.1 beta 4 Released

After a three month wait, we are pleased to announce log4j version 1.1 beta4, a final-release candidate. It is 100% backward compatible with log4j version 1.0. Thus, it should be considered as a drop-in replacement for previous log4j versions from the Jakarta project.

log4j 1.1 is primarily a maintenance release that corrects many wrinkles in 1.0. There were important internal changes, in particular, we now use JavaBeans style configuration of log4j components. This has caused some APIs to be deprecated although they are still accessible.


9 April 2001 - Jakarta Commons Cactus 1.0 beta-1 Released

The newly-formed Jakarta Commons project is proud to announce that Cactus v1.0 beta-1 has been released and is available for download.

Formerly known as J2EEUnit, Cactus is a simple test framework for unit testing server-side Java code. Based on JUnit, its primary goal is to be able to unit test server side java methods which use Servlet objects. Previously hosted by SourceForge, Cactus was generously donated to the Jakarta Commons project by Vincent Massol. He will continue his work on Cactus here, and we thank him for his contributions and hard work.


2 April 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-3 Released

Tomcat 4.0-beta-3 is an update to the Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 distribution that was released on 30 March 2001. It fixes a further security vulnerability that was not completely repaired in the beta 2 release. Anyone who has downloaded Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 should immediately update to this version. Download the latest distribution from here


2 April 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Released

The Velocity project is proud to announce that the the Velocity Template Engine version 1.0 is now released and available at the Velocity project web site. A great tool for web development using the MVC design pattern, it's useful beyond the web - use it to generate source code, SQL and DB schemas, XML documents and more. It's a great addition to your Java toolbox.

Also, as a reminder, take a look at the "Best Practices" profile of Velocity on Sun's Dot-Com Builder developer information site.


30 March 2001 - Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 Released

Tomcat 4.0-beta-2 is the most recent release of the next generation version of the Tomcat servlet and JSP container. It includes fixes to two security vulnerabilities, numerous new features, and a large number of bug fixes. Get your copy here.


30 March 2001 - Sun Profiles Velocity on Dot-Com Builder Website

Sun Dot-Com Builder has written an excellent profile article about the Velocity template engine. Velocity 1.0 will be released on Monday April 2, 2001.


29 March 2001 - IBM WebSphere Portal Server

IBM recently announced their IBM WebSphere Portal Server. This announcement is interesting because their software is built on top of several Jakarta/XML Apache.org technologies including:


26 March 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Beta 2 Release

The Velocity project is proud to announce the release of Velocity 1.0 beta 2, the second release candidate of the Velocity template engine. This is the second of two planned beta releases, on track for our projected 1.0 release on April 2, 2001.


20 March 2001 - Velocity 1.0 Beta 1 Release

The Velocity project is proud to announce the release of Velocity 1.0 beta 1, the first release candidate of the Velocity template engine. This is the first of two planned beta releases. Our projected 1.0 release date is April 2, 2001.


19 March 2001 - March PMC Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the March PMC meeting are available.


17 March 2001 - Tomcat 3.3 Release

The second milestone release of Tomcat 3.3 is available for download and testing. As a Tomcat 3.x release, it remains an implementation of the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications.


16 March 2001 - JDBC custom tag 1.0 Release

The JDBC tag library is designed for reading from and writing to databases. Features include:

  • Seamless support for multiple databases,
  • Obtaining connections from Drivers, DataSources, and JNDI DataSources,
  • Support for Statements and PreparedStatements,
  • Automatic looping of ResultSets,
  • And so much more!

03 March 2001 - Ant 1.3 Release

The latest release of Ant, version 1.3, is now available for download at the Jakarta web site. This release contains many new tasks and a number of bug fixes.


28 February 2001 - Scrape custom tag 1.0 Release

The scrape tag library can scrape or extract content from web documents and display the content in your JSP. For example, you could scrape stock quotes from other web sites and display them in your pages.


23 February 2001 - Struts 1.0 Beta 1 Released

Version 1.0-beta-1 of the Struts Framework is now available for download.

Struts is an open source project, under the sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation, to produce framework useful in building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. Struts encourages application architectures based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm.


11 February 2001 - James Project Migrated

The Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server has been migrated from the Java Apache Project over to the Jakarta project. There are still some rough areas of the website to be worked out, so please be patient.


05 January 2001 - Tomcat 4.0 Beta 1 Release

The newest release of Tomcat 4.0 beta 1 is now available at the Jakarta web site. This release is the first in a series of betas that will lead to a production quality release of Tomcat 4.0 later this year. At the same time, active development work on Tomcat 4.1 will begin.

NOTE - While the code for Tomcat 4.0 running in stand alone mode is considered to be near production quality, the web connector to run behind Apache is still alpha quality code, with limited functionality. It is likely that there will be interim updates of the web connector software in between beta releases of the entire Tomcat 4.0 package.


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