[Melati-announce] melati 0.53

[Tim J. <ti...@ho...>]

All,

Melati 0.53 is now available for download from http://melati.org

Version 0.53 introduces the following enhancements (check the release notes
for full details):

o - support for Webmacro 0.94. Previous versions of webmacro are no longer
supported.
o - improved file uploading interface
o - cascading deletion in POEM



What is Melati? (summary)

Melati allows you to define the fields and records for you application in
one place.  These are then immediately available to all parts of your
application:

o - your template engine
o - your business objects
o - your database

This considerably simplifies (and speeds up) web application development.
Try it :)


What is Melati (more detail):

Melati is a tool for building Java-programmed websites backed by a database.
It provides the following features:

o - A generic database admin system, allowing the site manager to edit both
the contents and the structure of the database through a simple web based
interface.

o - An object layer where the database is seen as a collection of Java
objects.

o - and transparent caching of commonly used records, selections and
"computed objects", via a (genuinely!) easy-to-use transparent persistence
layer on top of JDBC.

o - A low level access control system based on a  user/group/capability
model, allowing restrictions to be placed on tables, rows and fields.

o - Cookie-based or HTTP-based login provoked automatically by access
control failure.

o - Rapid templating mechanism, using "templets" (sub-templates) for
rendering interface elements (e.g. HTML input boxes, dropdowns), and
providing an easy interface with persistent objects.

o - Close integration with the popular WebMacro templating engine.


Melati is released under a dual ASF Style / GPL license (the same approach
as WebMacro), and is currently being used on several commercial projects.
Please join the
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Thanks

Tim Joyce