There have been a number of improvements, enhancements and bug fixes in this release. Described below are the most significant ones.
Feature enhancements and additions
Java SE 6 support
Geronimo v2.2 is developed and built on Java SE 6 and using the JAXB/JAX-WS version2 implementation.
Usability improvements
Console improvements
By improving plugin converting method, user don't have to export a plugin for server assembly. In v2.2, an application can be converted into a plugin directly. See Converting applications into plugins using the Administrative Console for the details.
- JMS Portlet improvements
- EJB Portlet improvements
- Console accessibility improvements
- Custom server assembly UI improvements
GShell improvements
In v2.2, new GShell commands are supported for remote GShell server management and server instance creation. For more information, look into Geronimo GShell Commands.
Reduce server footprint and startup time
In Geronimo v2.2, we used Dojo 1.1.1 mini release instead of 0.4.3 legacy to reduce server footprint. And following console portlets are published as optional ones, user can enable them by installing plugins respectively.
- Debug View portlets as optional plugins
- Monitoring plugins as optional
- Plan Creator as optional plugins
Plugin profiles
Plugins are grouped by their function(category) in v2.2 and you can assemble a customized server more easily and quickly. A plugins group can be managed just as an individual plugin and you can also create your personal plugin profiles. see customizing server assemblies and Plugins Group for the details.
New GEP features
The Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) provides support for assembling a server in Eclipse. You can define a server with only the plugins and plugin groups that are required by the application.
- GEP support for creating Custom Server Assemblies. See Assembling a server using GEP for more information about this feature.
- GEP support building plugins
New server management features
To be updated
- Enhance geronimo-maven-plugin to start/stop multiple servers at once
- Server farm/cluster management with dynamic members and improved deployment for offline/new member scenarios