JPPF 5.0 RC1

JPPF makes it easy to parallelize computationally intensive tasks and execute them on a Grid

What's in JPPF 5.0 RC1

Enhancements

JPPF-306 Revisit the samples to apply the job streaming pattern where applicable
JPPF-307 Server scalability: improve the thread pool handling for NIO operations
JPPF-310 Improve the handling of non-serializable tasks in the client
JPPF-316 Improve server responsiveness when many nodes connect at once
JPPF-317 Add awaitXXX methods to the client side connection and JMX pools
JPPF-322 Properties substitutions: implement missing uses cases, improve resources usage
JPPF-332 Change all popup windows and child frames to modeless dialogs
JPPF-350 Add a CLOSED status for client to server connections
JPPF-367 Document which jars each package can be found in

New features

JPPF-6 Improvements for nodes in idle mode
JPPF-29 Ability to disable resource lookup in the file system
JPPF-261 Refactor the jar packaging in the JPPF distribution
JPPF-262 Integrate the functionality of JPPFResultCollector into JPPFJob
JPPF-294 Ability for individual connection pools to specify whether they use SSL
JPPF-295 Execution policies should have access to job and grid information
JPPF-298 .Net bridge for JPPF
JPPF-303 Let node shutdown and reprovisioning respect executing nodes
JPPF-314 Admin console charts: add new chart types and fields
JPPF-315 Admin console support for pluggable components and external GUI integration
JPPF-318 Provide a helper class for building job streams
JPPF-323 Integrate Idle Host mode as part of the main code
JPPF-330 Add a Task.getTaskClassLoader() method
JPPF-334 Provide physical/virtual machine RAM information for nodes and drivers
JPPF-336 New sample: admin console pluggable view
JPPF-341 Allow Monitoring and Administration Tool to display either HostName or IP
JPPF-348 Ability to import/export the admin console settings
JPPF-349 Admin console: ability to hide columns in tree table views
JPPF-352 Alternative to drivers and nodes as Windows services using Apache commons daemon
JPPF-353 Notifications of tasks completion status in the server

Tasks

JPPF-293 Configuration properties resolution as part of TypedProperties
JPPF-296 Rename SubmissionStatusXXX classes into JobStatusXXX
JPPF-358 Update headers copyright end date to 2015

JPPF Links: Web Site - Downloads - Documentation - User forums - Issue tracker - SF.net project page