A new version (1.1.0) of the OW2 EasyBeans product (EJB 3 container) has been released.

This version is included in the Java EE 5 certified version of OW2 JOnAS 5.1RC4 Application server.

EasyBeans can be embedded in JOnAS application server, Apache Tomcat application server, Jetty application server, on OSGi (by using EasyBeans OSGi bundles) or run in standalone mode.

EasyBeans is bundled with either Hibernate Entity Manager, Apache OpenJPA, TopLink Essentials or EclipseLink as persistence provider.

The 1.1.0 release is provided with the latest versions of each Persistence Manager, including Hibernate (Core 3.3.2GA/Manager 3.4.0 GA), OpenJPA 1.2.1, EclipseLink 1.1.2, TopLink Essentials 2.1-60f

Here are the guides:
Getting started with JOnAS 4.x (tested with 4.7.8, 4.8.6, 4.9.2 and 4.10.4)
Getting started with Tomcat 5.5.x and 6.0.x (tested with 5.5.27 and 6.0.18)
Getting started with Jetty 6.1.x (tested with 6.1.15)
Getting started with the EasyBeans OSGi bundles

Note: EasyBeans is already bundled in the OW2 JOnAS 5.1 application server.
EasyBeans is also working in standalone mode (Uberjar packages are available)

The documentation is available on the EasyBeans documentation website. (HTML or PDF)

The Release Notes are available online at : http://www.easybeans.net/xwiki/bin/view/News/Release1_1_0

Download

A new EasyBeans version is out and is available in the Downloads section or in the OW2 maven repository or any maven mirror.

Download the version Now !

A Java WebStart online installer is also available  (Or try online installer without Java WebStart)

Migration

There is no configuration step between 1.1.0-M1/M2/M3/RC1/RC2 and final 1.1.0 version

Mailing list

Stay tuned on EasyBeans with the easybeans-announce mailing list : http://mail.ow2.org/wws/subrequest/easybeans-announce

Release Notes:

Bug

• (UTIL-20) - Deployment plans and repository lists are sensitive to linebreaks and spaces in test data
• (UTIL-53) - No trimming in XML deployment plan
• (UTIL-54) - FileUtils.updateAttributesInManifest() do not work with unpacked archives
• (UTIL-56) - EARDeployableImpl do not work correctly when completely unpacked
• (UTIL-57) - Directory URL for an archive may change during archive lifetime
• (EZB-283) - BusinessMethodResolver doesn't find Interfaces from other OSGI bundles
• (EZB-382) - Potential memory leak when statistics module is enabled

Improvement

• (UTIL-55) - FileUtils should provide convenience close() and flush() methods
• (UTIL-59) - IArchive.getURL() should return a canonicalized URL when possible
• (EZB-375) - Update EclipseLink library to latest (1.1.x) release

New Feature

• (EZB-364) - The easybeans.xml should contains some elements used to secure a Web context generated for a WS EJB

Task

• (BUNDLE-13) - Upgrade JAXB RI to 2.1.12
• (BUNDLE-14) - Upgrade Commons Collections to 3.2.1
• (BUNDLE-16) - Upgrade SLF4J to 1.5.8
• (EZB-304) - Provides an helper class for clients that can do injection in Client class
• (EZB-377) - Upgrade EclipseLink to 1.1.2
• (EZB-378) - Upgrade SLF4J to 1.5.8
• (EZB-379) - Upgrade Hibernate Core to 3.3.2.GA
• (EZB-380) - Upgrade OpenJPA to 1.2.1
• (EZB-381) - Upgrade OW2 Carol to 3.0.6
• (EZB-383) - Update ow2-util component to 1.0.19
• (EZB-384) - Update carol component to v3.0.7
• (EZB-385) - Update Cmi component to v2.2.2
• (EZB-386) - Update Apache Felix Log component to 1.0.0
• (EZB-387) - Update Apache Felix dependencymanager component to 2.0.1
• (EZB-388) - Update Apache Felix ConfigAdmin component to 1.2.4
• (EZB-389) - Update Apache Felix Declarative Services component to 1.0.8
• (EZB-390) - Update ow2-bundles component to 1.0.18

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