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This section briefly describes the changes to some of the features from the previous release and their impact on current installations. This section also includes a list with the new features added in this release.

The following list briefly describes major changes and enhanced functionality from the previous release of Apache Geronimo.

Repository

Bug fixes

A complete list of bugs fixed and improvements can be found in the RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.TXTThe config-sotre has been removed and it has been consolidated into a single repository directory structure.

Deployment

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• Offline deployer available as a tech-preview.

Tools and commands

• Cached login settings for deploy tool. Allows you to store user name as password so you don't have to type it every time you run the commands.

• Paramenters. As a consequence of changing the configId, the commands will now take moduleId as the paramenter instead of configId. See also #Deployment for enhancements on deployment related commands.

• The Upgrade tool helps you migrate already installed applicaiton in Geronimo v1.0 to this new release. Refer to Migrating applications from Geronimo v1.0 for further details.

Schemas

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Eclipse Tooling

• Upgrade to run on Web Tools project 1.0.2.
• Support for JDK 1.5
• Ability to deploy from tooling to remote server.
• Web Services support added to WTP.
• Server download from update site enhancements.
• Little-G server download ability.
• Launch admin console within Eclipse tab.

General

• Enhanced SMTP support in JavaMail.

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• Keystore configuration

• JMS resources

Performance

• Statement cache for JDBC drivers.
• CMP, EJB, etc. enhancements.

Geronimo Administration Console

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• Minimal Tomcat configuration
• Minimal Jetty configuration

Performance

• Statement cache for JDBC drivers.
• CMP, EJB, etc. enhancements.

Repository

The config-sotre has been removed and it has been consolidated into a single repository directory structure.

Schemas

The XML schemas have also changed to reflect the configID to moduleId change. geronimo-config-1.1.xsd has been replaced with geronimo-module-1.1.xsd. Refer to http://geronimo.apache.org/schemas for further details.

Security

• Lockout after N failed logins.

Eclipse Tooling

• Upgrade to run on Web Tools project 1.0.2.
• Support for JDK 1.5
• Ability to deploy from tooling to remote server.
• Web Services support added to WTP.
• Server download from update site enhancements.
• Little-G server download ability.
• Launch admin console within Eclipse tab.

Bug fixes

Tools and commands

• Cached login settings for deploy tool. Allows you to store user name as password so you don't have to type it every time you run the commands.

• Paramenters. As a consequence of changing the configId, the commands will now take moduleId as the paramenter instead of configId. See also #Deployment for enhancements on deployment related commands.

• The Upgrade tool helps you migrate already installed applicaiton in Geronimo v1.0 to this new release. Refer to Migrating applications from Geronimo v1.0 for further details.

• #Eclipse Tooling.

Refer to Tools and commands for additional detailsA complete list of bugs fixed and improvements can be found in the RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.TXT.