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04 April 2006 - Apache MINA 0.9.3: A Network Application Framework

The Apache Directory project team is proud to announce the release of MINA, a network application framework, version 0.9.3.

Apache MINA (Multipurpose Infrastructure for Network Applications) 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 an introductory presentation ( PPT (with animations) or PDF (without animations))and an implementation demo movie. Additionally, 6 examples are provided to help you learn MINA even under serious time constraint.

Feature List:

• Abstract API which supports various transport types (TCP and UDP)
• Very easy to learn
• Unit test friendly
• In-VM pipe communication
• Extensible ByteBuffer pooling mechanism
• Various thread model
• Support for SSL/TLS including StartTLS
• Support for stream compression using JZLib
• Support for both text-based and binary protocols
• Support for stream-based I/O
• Integration with Spring framework

Changes since 0.9.2:

• Stream compression filter using JZLib
• Much easier way to specify a thread model
• Support for ByteBuffer.duplicate (), slice(), and asReadOnlyBuffer()
• Several bug fixes

The Apache Directory project team is always open for your feedback. Please let us know what you think about MINA.

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-- The Apache Directory project team