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10 November 2005 - Apache MINA 0.8.1 Released

The Apache Directory project proudly announces the release of Apache MINA, a network application framework, version 0.8.1.

Apache MINA (Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications, http://directory.apache.org/subprojects/network/) is a network application framework which helps users develop network applications easily by providing abstractions of network and protocol I/O layers.

The MINA project website includes resources such as a PDF introduction to MINA ( http://directory.apache.org/subprojects/network/mina.pdf) and an online tutorial (http://wiki.apache.org/directory/MinaTutorial ), which includes implementation of the echo protocol, as well as an implementation of a "reverse echo" to show how MINA can process data.

Feture List:

* Unified and extensible API for various transport types (TCP and UDP)
* In-VM pipe communication
* Provides both low-level and high-level API
* Stream-based asynchronous I/O support
* Filter interface as an extension point; similar to Servlet filters
* SSL support via SSLFilter thanks to Java 5 SSLEngine
* Built-in thread pool
* Unit-test your protocol without network connection
* Smooth migration from Netty, a popular NIO framework

Changes since 0.8.0:
Please visit our issue tracker ( http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10670&styleName=Html&version=12310370) to see the list of issues.

* Several bug fixes
* Removed printStackTrace() calls

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-- The Apache Directory Project