Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web RAD.

The latest version is downloadable from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi (Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take a little bit more time until the latest release is available on all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)

This release includes many bug fixes and smaller enhancements.

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.10, please go to http://cocoon.apache.org. You'll find the whole list of changes at http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/changes.html.

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Apache Cocoon is a Spring-based framework (since version 2.2) built around the concepts of separation of concerns and component-based development.

Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of component pipelines, each component on the pipeline specializing on a particular operation.

Cocoon 2.2 introduces blocks. A block is the unit of modularization in Cocoon (in comparison: Eclipse uses the term plugins, OSGi uses bundles). Everything that goes beyond what Cocoon provides in its core modules (Spring integration, sitemap and pipeline implementation) is provided as block (see below). Custom Cocoon applications are also developed as blocks. A block can provide the following features:

• general servlet services (any servlet can be managed by the Cocoon servlet-service framework),
• special services that provide pipelines as services,
• component services (Spring beans, Avalon services/components),
• a container for classes and resources.

A block is packaged as a Java archive (jar) following certain conventions concerning the directory structure.

Find information about the new features at http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/1420_1_1.html.

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.2, please go to http://cocoon.apache.org or follow our getting started guide at http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/1159_1_1.html.

The release artifacts are available from the central Maven repository (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/).

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Additionally we also want to announce some more releases:

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* Cocoon Servlet-Service Framework 1.0.0-RC1
The Servlet Service Famework makes it easy to use servlets as components which can communicate with each other. The current implementation is based on Spring 2.0. There are no dependencies on Cocoon core libraries at all.

http://cocoon.apache.org/subprojects/servlet-service/1.0/

* Cocoon Configuration 1.0.1
The Cocoon Configuration subproject provides basic support for configuring web applications. Its current implementation, the Spring Configurator, is a useful component providing support in common configuration issues when using the Spring framework. There are no dependencies on Cocoon core libraries at all.

http://cocoon.apache.org/subprojects/configuration/1.0/

BLOCKS
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* Cocoon Ajax 1.0.0-RC1
Partial page and form reloads

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/ajax/1.0/

* Cocoon Apples 1.0.0-RC2
Pure Java implementations of controller logic.

* Cocoon Auth 1.0.0-RC2
Authentication and authorization of pipelines and control-flow based Cocoon applications.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/auth/1.0/

* Cocoon Batik 1.0.0-RC2
Create Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) using Cocoon pipelines.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/batik/1.0/

* Cocoon Captcha 1.0.0-RC2
A reader to create CAPTCHAs

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/captcha/1.0/

* Cocoon Database 1.0.0-RC2
Direct usage of relational databases with sitemap components.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/databases/1.0/

* Cocoon Flowscript 1.0.0-RC2
Flowscript is a continuation-based implementation of Cocoon control flow based on Rhino (Javascript/ECMAScript).

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/flowscript/1.0/

* Cocoon FOP 1.0.0-RC2
Use Apache FOP, an XSL-FO driven print formatter to render pages to PDF or Postscript.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/fop/1.0/

* Cocoon Forms 1.0.0-RC1
Cocoon has an advanced forms framework. Together with Flow and JXTemplates, Cocoon Forms (or CForms) provides a solid basis for building interactive web applications. Cocoon Forms handles complex use cases while still being simple enough to be used by non-Java-programmers who want to add forms to their site.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/ajax/1.0/

* Cocoon Hsqldb-Client 1.0.0-RC2
JDBC access of a Hsql database

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/hsqldb-client/1.0/

* Cocoon Hsqldb-Server 1.0.0-RC2
Start a Hsql database server as part of your Cocoon application.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/hsqldb-server/1.0/

* Cocoon HTML 1.0.0-RC2
Generators to deal with HTML.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/html/1.0/

* Cocoon Linkrewriter 1.0.0-RC2
Transformers to rewrite all elements containing links.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/linkrewriter/1.0/

* Cocoon Mail 1.0.0-RC2
Sitemap components to send emails.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/mail/1.0/

* Cocoon Template 1.0.0-RC2
XML-based templating

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/blocks/template/1.0/

TOOLS
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* Cocoon Maven plugin 1.0.0-M1
The Cocoon Maven plugin contains several goals that make the life of software developers easier, e.g. support for running blocks as webapps or support for patching the web.xml at deployment time.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven-plugins/maven-plugin/1.0/

* Cocoon Block Archetype 1.0.0-RC2
This archetype creates a Cocoon block that comes with some small samples.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven-plugins/

* Cocoon Plain-Block Archetype 1.0.0-RC2
Use this archetype to create the simplest possible Cocoon block.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven-plugins/

* Cocoon Webapp Archetype 1.0.0-RC2
Use this archetype to create a web application that is configured to host Cocoon blocks.

http://cocoon.apache.org/2.2/maven-plugins/

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Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web RAD.

The latest version is downloadable from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi (Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take a little bit more time until the latest release is available on all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)

This release includes many bug fixes and smaller enhancements.

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.10, please go to http://cocoon.apache.org/. You'll find the whole list of changes at http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/changes.html.

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Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web RAD.

The latest version is downloadable from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi (Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take a little bit more time until the latest release is available on all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)

This release includes many bug fixes and smaller enhancements.

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.9, please go to http://cocoon.apache.org. You'll find the whole list of changes at http://cocoon.apache.org/2.1/changes.html.

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The Apache Cocoon Community is proud to announce the new release of Apache Cocoon. This release is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, and builds/run under JDK 5.0.

Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concept of separation of concerns (that is: allowing people to do their job without having to step on each other toes) and component-oriented web RAD.

Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component pipelines' modelled after the 'process chain' concept where each worker specializes on a particular operation. This makes it possible to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions where these components can be hooked together into pipelines without requiring further programming.

We like to think at Cocoon as "web glue" for your web application development needs. But most important, a glue that can keep concerns separate and allow parallel evolution of the two sides, improving development pace and reducing the chance of conflicts.

The latest version is downloadable from
http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi
(Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take a little bit more time until the latest release is available on all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.7, please go to
http://cocoon.apache.org.

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Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component pipelines' modelled after the 'process chain' concept where each worker specializes on a particular operation. This makes it possible to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions where these components can be hooked together into pipelines without requiring further programming.

We like to think at Cocoon as "web glue" for your web application development needs. But most important, a glue that can keep concerns separate and allow parallel evolution of the two sides, improving development pace and reducing the chance of conflicts.

The latest version is downloadable from http://cocoon.apache.org/mirror.cgi (Please use the mirrors to download the release - it might take a little bit more time until the latest release is available on all mirrors, so give the mirrors some time - approx. 24h to update.)

For more information about Apache Cocoon 2.1.6, please go to http://cocoon.apache.org.

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Apache Lenya is an Open-Source Content Management System written in Java and based on open standards such as XML and XSLT. Lenya is built on top of Apache Cocoon and other components from the Apache Software Stack. Its XML-centric architecture allows for content delivery targeted to the capabilities of various devices, and avoids data lock-in. Apache Lenya is built around Off the Shelf components from the Apache Software Foundation.

Downloads:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/lenya

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