Re: [Springframework-developer] 1.0 M4 ready for release

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

Unfortunately for unexplained reasons my DSL connectivity was cut for 3=20
days, right after I updated to the new release candidate code on Friday=20
morning. Just wanted to let you know I had/have no issues with the new co=
de.


j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT] wrote:

>Last chance for any last minute feedback... the M4 release is just aroun=
d the corner (to be released today).
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>Has anybody tried deploying the sample apps, particularly JPetStore, and=
 had problems? Note that JPetStore can also be built for Commons Attribut=
es ("attributes" directory), allows to choose between the Spring and the =
Struts web tier in web.xml, and has a demo remote client ("client" direct=
ory).
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>Juergen
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n j=FCrgen h=F6ller [werk3AT]
>Gesendet: Fr 02.01.2004 01:22
>An: spr...@li...
>Betreff: [Springframework-developer] 1.0 M4 ready for release
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>
>Hi everybody,
>
>First of all, a happy new year! It's been a great year 2003, particularl=
y considering that the Spring Framework project didn't even exist 12 mont=
hs ago (we'll celebrate first birthday in February). Of course, the frame=
work version that came with Rod's book was already there: But we've seen =
massive refinement of the framework since, even exploring completely new =
areas like AOP support and transaction management, and have attracted a s=
ignificant number of users (with about 3000 downloads per release since 1=
.0 M1). I'd like to thank everybody for their contributions, no matter wh=
at kind, in what area, and to what extent!
>
>I've just finished my preparations of our upcoming release 1.0 M4. In go=
od old Spring Framework tradition, a last minute change in the core has s=
neaked in: I've introduced the core.io package with its Resource interfac=
e and out-of-the-box implementations ClassPathResource, FileSystemResourc=
e, etc. It's used in the BeanDefinitionRegistry area, and also for all fo=
rmer "configLocation" Strings - they are all of type Resource now. Thanks=
 to an automatically registered PropertyEditor, specifying String paths i=
n bean definitions works just like before, but the receiving beans do not=
 have to be ApplicationContextAware anymore to be able to resolve resourc=
e locations in a generic way.
>
>As most people have already found out, 1.0 M4 introduces our version of =
Clinton Begin's JPetStore, with a Spring-managed middle tier that leverag=
es our new iBATIS Database Layer integration, and alternative Spring Web =
MVC and Struts web tiers. A recent addition is remoting support: The out-=
of-the-box JPetStore illustrates remoting via Hessian, Burlap, RMI, and o=
ur new JAX-RPC support via Axis. Like Clinton's original version did with=
 Axis, we export an OrderService. An included OrderServiceClient invokes =
the OrderService to show an order by number, via all configured protocols=
. This should work without hassle via the included Ant scripts and the re=
adme.
>
>I'll release 1.0 M4 tomorrow night, sort of a new year's present for the=
 Spring community ;-) Everybody who has some time left, please give the c=
urrent CVS contents a try, particularly "playing user": Generate a releas=
e zip, unzip it, build the samples, deploy the samples. Note that as of 1=
.0 M4, there are two release zips: "spring-framework-1.0-m4" with everyth=
ing but third-party libraries (~8 MB), and "spring-framework-1.0-m4-with-=
dependencies" which includes all libraries that are required for building=
 the samples and the framework itself (~16.8 MB). Both distributions ship=
 with build scripts and all sources and tests.
>
>Regards,
>Juergen
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