EasyBeans 1.2.0 M4 released

    Hello,

A new version (1.2.0-M4) of the OW2 EasyBeans <http://www.easybeans.net> 
product (EJB 3 container) has been released.

*This version is included in the OW2 JOnAS 5.2 M5 application server.*

EasyBeans can be embedded in JOnAS application server, Apache Tomcat 
application server, Jetty application server, on OSGi (by using 
EasyBeans OSGi bundles) or run in standalone mode.

EasyBeans is bundled with either Hibernate Entity Manager 
<http://entitymanager.hibernate.org/>, Apache OpenJPA 
<http://openjpa.apache.org/>, TopLink Essentials 
<https://glassfish.dev.java.net/javaee5/persistence/> or EclipseLink 
<http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/> as persistence provider.
The 1.2.0-M4 release is provided with some Persistence Providers including:

    * Hibernate 3.5.6-Final (JPA 2.0 compliant)
    * OpenJPA 2.0.1 (JPA 2.0 compliant)
    * EclipseLink 2.1.2 (JPA 2.0 compliant)
    * TopLink Essentials 2.1-60f

Here are the guides:
Getting started with JOnAS 4.x (tested with 4.7.x, 4.8.x, 4.9.x and 
4.10.x) <http://www.easybeans.org/GettingStarted/GettingStarted.html>
Getting started with Tomcat 5.5.x and 6.0.x (tested with 6.0.x and 
7.0.x) <http://www.easybeans.org/GettingStarted/GettingStartedTomcat.html>
Getting started with Jetty 6.1.x/7.x (tested with 6.1.23 and 7.x) 
<http://www.easybeans.org/GettingStarted/GettingStartedJetty.html>
Getting started with the EasyBeans OSGi bundles 
<http://wiki.easybeans.org/xwiki/bin/view/Doc/OSGi-Assembly>

Note: EasyBeans is already bundled in the OW2 JOnAS 5.2 application server.
EasyBeans is also working in standalone mode (Uberjar packages are 
available <http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Downloads>)

The documentation is available on the EasyBeans documentation website 
<http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Documentation>. (HTML or PDF)

The Release Notes are available online at 
: http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/News/Release1_2_0_M4


        Download

A new EasyBeans version is out and is available in the Downloads 
<http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Downloads> section or in 
the OW2 maven repository 
<http://maven.ow2.org/maven2/org/ow2/easybeans/> or any maven mirror.

Download the version Now ! 
<http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Downloads>

A Java WebStart online installer is also available 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/easybeans/easybeans-installer.jnlp>  
(Or try online installer without Java WebStart 
<http://download.forge.objectweb.org/easybeans/easybeans-installer.jar>)


        Migration

Configuration of some components has changed between 1.1.x and 1.2.x.
Check the difference before launching EasyBeans
OSGi changes : Split of the core bundle: Now there are several "small" 
bundles. This is more modular. Also, there are bundles for each 
persistence provider. EclipseLink or other persistence framework are 
supported (in addition to the previous support of Hibernate in OSGi mode)

Note: In OSGi mode, there is a large choice of Persistence Providers. 
Hibernate 3.4 or 3.5, EclipseLink 1 or EclipseLink 2 and OpenJPA 1 or 
OpenJPA 2 !
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        Mailing list

Stay tuned on EasyBeans with the easybeans-announce mailing list : 
http://mail.ow2.org/wws/subrequest/easybeans-announce


        **Release Notes:**


          Bug

    * (EZB-468 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-468>) - Avoid a
      potential concurrentAccessException


          Improvement

    * (EZB-462 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-462>) - Use the
      quartz dependency org.quartz-scheduler:quartz (and upgrade quartz
      to 1.8.4)
    * (EZB-469 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-469>) - Better
      handling of exception when bean class is invalid


          New Feature

    * (EZB-463 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-463>) - Adds
      ClassLoader management features


          Task

    * (EZB-464 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-464>) - Naming
      stuff should go in its own M2 module
    * (EZB-466 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-466>) - Add support
      for java:module, java:app and java:global
    * (EZB-467 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-467>) - Add Maven
      Integration Tests for EasyBeans by using EasyBeans Maven plugin
    * (EZB-470 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-470>) - Add support
      for new Env-Entry elements (class, enum)
    * (EZB-471 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-471>) - Update
      HSQLDB to 1.8.0.10
    * (EZB-472 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-472>) - Update OW2
      Util to 1.0.27
    * (EZB-473 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-473>) - Update OW2
      spec to 1.0.6
    * (EZB-474 <http://jira.easybeans.org/browse/EZB-474>) - Update OW2
      bundles to 1.0.25

Best Regards,

Florent