[JXTA discuss] JXME 2.0 (Arrakis) stable release

  Community Members,

We are pleased to announce the availability of JXME 2.0 (Arrakis) stable 
release. This release contains the new binding of JXME proxy-less 
platform on CDC1.1 (JSR218). A stable version of JXME 2.0 platform is 
now available. The platform provides edge only functionality with TCP/IP 
only support, as well as a relay transport for peers that are behind a 
firewall or NAT.

How to get involved :

   1. Build the s from the CVS tag "JXME_2_0_STABLE"
   2. Build/Port/Rebuild your application with JXME 2.0 Stable
   3. Test your application.
   4. Please file issues <http://jxme.jxta.org/servlets/ProjectIssues>,
      propose patches, and provide comments at [email protected]
   5. If you like to engage in a interactive discussion, drop into
      MyJxta chat-room with MyJxta2 application or #jxta channel on
      irc.freenode.net with your favorite IRC client

The JXME Core Team

Documentation
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JavaDocs can be accessed online at the following : 
http://jxme.jxta.org/nonav/cdc/javadoc/index.html

Acknowledgments
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Special thanks to all of the community members who have contributed 
ideas, reported problems, provided patches, and have helped greatly to 
improve the quality, and robustness of this release.  Special thanks to 
antoineflash for providing build instructions and Hinkmond Wong 
<http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/hinkmond> for providing links to 
required libraries on the ARM platform, as well as guidance on JSR218.

If you experience problems with the new release, have questions for the 
developers or just want to stop by and see what's happening please stop 
by! Connect via the MyJxta2 application which you can download from :

http://download.jxta.org/build/release/latest/

Or by using Java web start version at:

http://download.jxta.org/build/release/latest/jnlp/myjxta.jnlp

New Features & Significant Changes
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    * Full support of the core protocols
          o TCP Transport
          o Relay Transport
          o Endpoint (including the router)
          o Resolver
          o RendezVous (ad-hoc, and infrastructure edge, including edge
            side PeerView support)
          o Discovery
          o Edge side SRDI
          o Pipe
    * Simplified Programmatic Platform Configuration
          o Singleton ConfigurationFactory provides the simplest way to
            configure a peer (See ChatDemo.java, as well as
            GroupDemo.java for references)
    * Core Services
          o Discovery Service
          o Resolver Service
          o RendezVous Service
          o Pipe Service (Unicast, and Propagate)
    * XML-Lite Support
    * Support for all core Advertisements
    * Support for all Core ID's
    * Demo Application
          o ChatDemo - J2SE interoperable group chat demo
          o GroupDemo - J2SE interoperable group, and chat demo


Downloading and Installing
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You can download the dist zip from:

Sources : 
http://jxme.jxta.org/files/documents/38/207/jxme__2_0_stable_src.zip
Binaries : 
http://jxme.jxta.org/files/documents/38/208/jxme__2_0_stable_bin.zip

<http://jxme.jxta.org/files/documents/38/208/jxme_2_0_stable_bin.zip> or 
alternatively directly access CVS :

http://jxme.jxta.org/servlets/ProjectSource#commandlinecvs

The instruction on how to build JXME can be found at:
http://jxme.jxta.org/buildJXME20proxyless.html


Known incompatibilities between JXME and the J2SE platform
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    * Inexact local advertisement lookup is not yet a supported feature


Issues Closed During JXME 2.0
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N/A

Known issues in JXME
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NA

Mohamed Abdelaziz (aka [email protected])