Release - Java SCA 1.2

Proposed Schedule

March 14th - Cut release branch
March 18th - Initial RC

Interceptor Enhancements
- Phase-based interceptor ordering to allow contribution of new interceptors and also define the order in witch they should be invoked
- Pass-by-reference SPI to allow interceptors to indicate if they support pass-by-reference
- PolicyProvider SPIs to allow extensions to plugin policy interceptors
Support for JAXWS annotations and mapping of faults to Java exceptions according to JAXWS specification
Improvement of contribution service to allow it to be used outside of the runtime environment
Support for Contribution Import/Export resource
Enhanced Distributed Domain story using Workspace
- Implementation of a SCA domain allowing a system administrator to manage contributions, composites and sca nodes that run these composites
  - set of core services providing management capabilities
  - Administration web interface
Enhanced support for SCA Policy spec
- Ability to apply external policy definitions to a SCA composition
- Ability to spread policy definitions to multiple definitions.xml files available across the sca domain
- Bug fixes
Improvements of http binding to support servlet components

Eclipse plugin providing a Tuscany runtime Library and Tuscany launcher in Eclipse environment

sample-calculator-ws-secure-webapp
new jms samples
improve bigbank demo to include support for policies
tutorial store changes

use of import/export
development of contribution without requiring dependencies on the Tuscany runtime
usage of new sca domain infrastructure

Web Container Testing Framework integrated with (Tomcat, Jetty, Geronimo and Websphere)

TUSCANY-2027
TUSCANY-1999
TUSCANY-2037
TUSCANY-2034
TUSCANY-2038