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27 Jul 2003 - Apache OJB (Object Relational Bridge) 1.0 RC4 released

The Apache OJB (Apache DB/OJB Project) team is pleased to announce the release of OJB (Object Relational Bridge) 1.0 RC4. This Release Candidate will be the final RC, and we will be able to release OJB 1.0 Final in the near future.

Binary and source distributions are available from HERE.

NEW FEATURES:

• With this release we are feature complete for the 1.0 release! For 1.0 you should not expect more features to be added.


• added a XDoclet OJB Module that allows to generate repository.xml and DDL from tagged Java sources to the "contrib" distribution.


• added an OJB Taglib that allows to use OJB directly from JSP pages to the "contrib" distribution.

NOTES:

• update used xdoclet version in 'ejb-examples' (see section deployment/'Build the OJB sample session beans') to version 1.2xx

CHANGES:

• Enhance MetadataManager, add new methods, simplify handling of different persistent object metadata profiles (means different org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.DescriptorRepository instances) at runtime


• Provide a PUBLIC doctype declaration for the repository.xml


• add a convenience Constructor to QueryByCriteria that builds a query selecting all instances of a class


• add isClosed() method to PersistenceBroker interface to check if a broker instance was already closed.


• make OJB more strict in handling closed PersistenceBroker instances. Now it's not any longer possible to use closed PersistenceBroker instances.


• Package ...metadata.fieldaccess refactored/changed. Now all PersistentField implementations support 'nested fields'. See new entries in OJB.properties file.


• added new sections to documentation

BUG FIXES:

• fix several bugs in documentation


• fixed writing to memo columns in MS Access


• fixed optimistic locking problem


• fixed jdo tutorial setup

This release note is also available from here. For more information about OJB (Object Relational Bridge), see The Apache OJB Website. Please send feedback/bugreports to the mailing list (Objectbridge Developer List).