January 05, 2009

05 January 2009 - Apache Commons Digester 2.0 Released

The Apache Commons project would like to announce the immediate availability of Commons Digester 2.0.

The Commons Digester library provides an XML to Java object mapping utility.

Commons Digester 2.0 is a major release with breaking changes and requires a minimum of JDK 1.5. Details can be found in the release notes:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/digester/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Commons Digester is available in either binary or source form from the following downloads page:

http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_digester.cgi

In the initial 48 hours, the release may not be available on all mirrors. When downloading from a mirror site, please remember to verify the downloads using signatures found on the Apache site:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS

For more information on Commons Digester, visit the project home page:

http://commons.apache.org/digester/

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 07:33 AM

05 January 2009 - Apache Commons Digester 1.8.1 Released

The Apache Commons project would like to announce the immediate availability of Commons Digester 1.8.1.

The Commons Digester library provides an XML to Java object mapping utility.

Commons Digester 1.8.1 contains a small number of improvements and bug fixes. Details can be found in the release notes:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/digester/RELEASE-NOTES-1.8.1.txt

Commons Digester is available in either binary or source form from the following downloads page (scroll down):

http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_digester.cgi

In the initial 48 hours, the release may not be available on all mirrors. When downloading from a mirror site, please remember to verify the downloads using signatures found on the Apache site:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/KEYS

For more information on Commons Digester, visit the project home page:

http://commons.apache.org/digester/

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 07:30 AM

August 14, 2008

14 August 2008 - Apache Commons JXPath 1.3 Released

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons JXPath version 1.3.

The org.apache.commons.jxpath package defines a simple interpreter of an expression language called XPath. JXPath applies XPath expressions to graphs of objects of all kinds: JavaBeans, Maps, Servlet contexts, DOM etc, including mixtures thereof.

Commons JXPath 1.3 contains a substantial number of bug fixes as well as a number of new features. Details can be found in the release notes:

http://commons.apache.org/jxpath/release-notes-1.3.html

Commons JXPath is available in either binary or source form from the following downloads page:

http://commons.apache.org/jxpath/download_jxpath.cgi

For more information on Commons JXPath, visit the project homepage:

http://commons.apache.org/jxpath/

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 11:44 PM

May 27, 2008

27 May 2008 - Apache Commons SCXML 0.8 Released

The Apache Commons project would like to announce the immediate availability of Commons SCXML 0.8.

Commons SCXML provides a Java State Chart XML (W3C Working Draft) engine. Anything that can be represented as a UML state chart -- business process flows, view navigation bits, interaction or dialog management, and many more -- can leverage the Commons SCXML library.

Commons SCXML 0.8 contains a small number of improvements and bug fixes. Details can be found in the release notes:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/scxml/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Commons SCXML is available in either binary or source form from the following downloads page:

http://commons.apache.org/scxml/download_scxml.cgi

For more information on Commons SCXML, visit the project home page:

http://commons.apache.org/scxml/

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 01:57 AM

March 20, 2008

20 March 2008 - Apache Commons Lang 2.4 Released

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 2.4 of Commons Lang.

Lang provides a host of helper utilities for the java.lang API, notably String manipulation methods, basic numerical methods, object reflection, creation and serialization, System properties and a series of utilities dedicated to help with building methods, such as hashCode, toString and equals.

There are a few new classes, and a lot of new methods in Lang 2.4. Of course there are also a bunch of bugfixes too. We've written a short article to cover all of these:

http://commons.apache.org/lang/article2_4.html

Source and binary distributions are available for download from the Apache Commons download site:

http://commons.apache.org/lang/download_lang.cgi

When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at the above location when downloading the release.

Release notes are available at:

http://commons.apache.org/lang/upgradeto2_4.html

For more information on Apache Commons Lang, visit the Commons Lang home page:

http://commons.apache.org/lang/

Feedback, suggestions for improvement and contributions are always welcome via the Apache Commons mailing lists and issue tracker:

http://commons.apache.org/lang/mail-lists.html

http://commons.apache.org/lang/issue-tracking.html

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 01:09 PM

February 24, 2008

24 February 2008 - Apache Commons Math 1.2 Released

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.2 of Commons Math. Commons Math is a Java library of lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components addressing common problems not available in the Java programming language or Commons Lang.

Version 1.2 combines bug fixes and new features. Most notable among the new features are the estimation, optimization, geometry and ode packages added from the Mantissa library. Implementations of fast Fourier transform, QR decomposition and several numerical integration algorithms have also been added, along with enhancements and extensions to packages included in Commons Math 1.1. This release is source and binary compatible with earlier versions of Commons Math. The release notes included with the distributions provide details on bug fixes, changes and enhancements.

Source and binary distributions are available for download from the Apache Commons download site: http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_math.cgi

Release notes: http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/math/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at the above location when downloading the release.

For more information on Apache Commons Math, visit the Commons Math home page: http://commons.apache.org/math/

Feedback, suggestions for improvement and contributions are welcome via the Apache Commons mailing lists: http://commons.apache.org/math/mail-lists.html

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 01:45 PM

January 16, 2008

16 January 2008 - Apache Commons Pool 1.4 Released

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.4 of Commons Pool. Commons Pool provides a general purpose object pooling API, an implementation toolkit and some pool implementations.

Version 1.4 is a maintenance release including numerous bug fixes. This release is source and binary compatible with version 1.3 of commons pool, but there are some behavior changes introduced to resolve bugs, remove ambiguity or improve robustness. The release notes included with the distributions provide details on bug fixes, changes and enhancements.

Source and binary distributions are available for download from the Apache Commons download site: http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_pool.cgi

Please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at the above location when downloading the release.

For more information on Apache Commons Pool, visit the Pool home page: http://commons.apache.org/pool/

Feedback, suggestions for improvment or bug reports are welcome via the "Mailing Lists" and "Issue Tracking" links here: http://commons.apache.org/pool/project-info.html

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 02:02 PM

December 25, 2007

25 December 2007 - Apache Commons SCXML 0.7

Apache Commons SCXML 0.7 is now available.

Commons SCXML provides a Java State Chart XML (W3C Working Draft) engine. Anything that can be represented as a UML state chart -- business process flows, view navigation bits, interaction or dialog management, and many more -- can leverage the Commons SCXML library.

Commons SCXML 0.7 contains a few new features and a small number of bug fixes. Details can be found in the release notes:

http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/scxml/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Commons SCXML is available in either binary or source form from the following downloads page:

http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_scxml.cgi

For more information on Commons SCXML, visit the project home page:

http://commons.apache.org/scxml/

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 12:56 AM

August 05, 2007

05 August 2007 - Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.8.0 Beta Now Available

The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Commons BeanUtils 1.8.0 Beta. Commons BeanUtils provides easy-to-use wrappers around the reflection and Introspection APIs provided by the Java language.

BeanUtils 1.8.0 Beta is binary compatible with version 1.7.0 and contains quite a few bug fixes and enhancements. Since it has been nearly three years since the last BeanUtils release, it is hoped that this Beta release will facilitate wider testing to ensure that there are no major compatibility issues before the final 1.8.0 release.

Commons BeanUtils Website: http://commons.apache.org/beanutils/

Release notes: http://commons.apache.org/beanutils/v1.8.0-BETA/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Download: http://commons.apache.org/downloads/download_beanutils.cgi

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Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 10:37 PM

July 29, 2007

29 July 2007 - Apache Commons (ex. Jakarta Commons) Website Now Online

Apache Commons (ex. Jakarta Commons) Website Now Online. http://commons.apache.org/

Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 01:35 AM

June 20, 2007

20 June 2007 - Apache Software Foundation established three new Top Level Projects

The Apache Software Foundation has established three new Top Level Projects (TLP) - Apache Quetzalcoatl, Apache Wicket, and Apache Commons.


Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 10:18 PM