A new version (1.2.3) of the OW2 EasyBeans product (EJB 3 container) has been released.

This version is included in the OW2 JOnAS application server v5.2.2 and v5.3.0-M5.

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.

Here are the guides:
Getting started with JOnAS 4.x (tested with 4.7.x, 4.8.x, 4.9.x and 4.10.x)
Getting started with Tomcat 5.5.x and 6.0.x (tested with 6.0.x and 7.0.x)
Getting started with Jetty 6.1.x/7.x (tested with 6.1.23 and 7.x)
Getting started with the EasyBeans OSGi bundles

Note: EasyBeans is already bundled in the OW2 JOnAS 5.2 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_2_3

Download

A new EasyBeans version is out and is available in the Downloads section or in the OW2 Nexus 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

Configuration of some components has changed between 1.1.x and 1.2.x.
Check the difference before launching EasyBeans
OSGi changes : Split of the core bundle: Now there are several "small" bundles. This is more modular. Also, there are bundles for each persistence provider. EclipseLink or other persistence framework are supported (in addition to the previous support of Hibernate in OSGi mode)

Note: In OSGi mode, there is a large choice of Persistence Providers. Hibernate 3.4 or 3.5, EclipseLink 1 or EclipseLink 2 and OpenJPA 1 or OpenJPA 2 !

Mailing list

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

Release Notes:

Bug

• (EZB-482) - @LocalBean should target TYPE not METHOD
• (EZB-490) - Some JPA classes may not be enhanced (if a classtransformer is used like eclipselink)

Task

• (EZB-491) - Add support for new EclipseLink version (2.2.1 / 2.3.0)
• (EZB-492) - Update OW2 spec to 1.0.10
• (EZB-493) - Update OW2 Util to 1.0.33

Best Regards,