There have been a number of improvements, enhancements and bug fixes in this release. Items listed in the later section are the most significant ones.

Feature enhancements and additions

Java SE 6 support

Geronimo v2.2 can be built on Java SE 6 and provide support to JAXB/JAX-WS version2 implementation, and its assemblies also supports Java 5 and 6 run-time environments.

Usability improvements

Console improvements

Plugin management

1. By improving plugin converting method, user don't have to export a plugin for server assembly. In v2.2, a geronimo configuration can be converted into a plugin directly. See Converting applications into plugins using the Administration Console for the details.

Save plan from Console directly

1. By default, the resource adapters created via console wizards will be regarded as geronimo configuration, which means the module type of these resource adapters will be car.
2. By improving console wizards, the deployment plan was saved into repository together with deployed application.

Others

1. JMS portlet improvements
2. EJB portlet improvements
3. Console accessibility improvements to comply with Section 508 Standards
4. Custom server assembly user interface 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 start-up 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.

1. Debug View portlets as optional plugins
2. Monitoring plugins as optional
3. 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 and enhancements

The Geronimo Eclipse Plugin (GEP) provides support for assembling a server in Eclipse. The following new features and enhancements have been implemented in the latest GEP version:

• GEP support for creating custom server assemblies. See Assembling a server using GEP for more details.
• GEP support for building plugins. See Converting applications into Geronimo plugins using GEP for more details.
• New datasource pool wizard for EAR application. See Using datasource pool wizard in GEP for more details.
• New security realm wizard for various applications. See Using security realm wizard in GEP for more details.
• Implementation of re-factoring support in Eclipse. When performing a refactoring operation, you can preview all the changes to be carried out for the application, such as artifact ID and <context-root> element of a Web application.
• Profiling mode to start a Geronimo server in Eclipse. You can start a Geronimo server in profiling mode if Test and Performance Tools Platform Project is installed.

New server management features

• Enhance geronimo-maven-plugin to start/stop multiple servers at once
• Server farm/cluster management with dynamic members and improved deployment for off-line/new member scenarios