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Introduction to WebObjects 5.4 Release Notes
WebObjects 5.4 for Mac OS X v10.5 is an application server with tools, technologies, and capabilities to create Internet and intranet applications. It has an object-oriented architecture that promotes quick development of reusable web components. WebObjects is extremely scalable and supports high transaction volumes. These release notes describe the improvements and changes made to both the developer and deployment versions of WebObjects 5.4.
WebObjects 5.4 for Mac OS X v10.5
With this release of WebObjects are the following improvements, changes, additions, and deprecated tools and technologies.
WebObjects Runtime Improvements
Combined Component Template Parser that reduces .wo components to single .html files
Generation of XHTML compliant pages
AJAX request handler for enhanced page caching
Added support for secure URL generation
JMX monitoring support
Entity index management in the model
Improved the synchronization with the database
Added support for index generation
Support for enum in attribute conversion
Improved support for vendor specific prototypes (EOJDBCOraclePrototype, EOJDBCFrontBasePrototype, etc.)
Derby support (Embedded database)
Support for Generics
WebServices update (Axis 1.4)
Full support for Apple XML plist (Read and Write)
Ant build support
Open Specifications
EOModels
WO Components (classic and single file)
Sample code
JavaMonitor
EOF utilities
WebObjects Deployment
WebObjects Apache 2.2 module 32/64 bit
Apache 1.3 deployment compatibility
Leopard migration assistant from Apache 1.3 to Apache 2.2
JDK support
JDK 1.5 minimum requirement
Build System
Jam build systems still in place for legacy Xcode projects
Ant build system support
Deprecations
Jam based project creation templates
Java Client Nib based applications
Direct to JavaClient based applications
EOCocoaClient based applications
OpenBase no longer example database
Tools (EOModeler, WebObjects Builder, Rule editor)
Who Should Read This Document?
Any developer who wants to develop and deploy WebObjects applications should read this document as various issues and fixes found in this release may affect your application. Anyone interested in new WebObjects development should also read this document for the most current information on new features and outstanding issues with WebObjects 5.4.
Organization of This Document
This document contains the following chapter:
Known and Resolved Issues highlights a selection of high-visibility bugs that have been addressed in this release. This chapter is broken down by the category where the bug occurs and provides a brief description of what the issue was and how it was resolved.
This document also contains a revision history.
See Also
The Following WebObjects documents may be helpful:
WebObjects 5.4 Reference
WebObjects File Format Reference
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