butek 02/03/15 05:40:08 Modified: java TODO.txt release-notes.html Log: Updated release-notes and put the last X in the TODO list for the beta. Revision Changes Path 1.24 +1 -1 xml-axis/java/TODO.txt Index: TODO.txt =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-axis/java/TODO.txt,v retrieving revision 1.23 retrieving revision 1.24 diff -u -r1.23 -r1.24 --- TODO.txt 14 Mar 2002 17:03:57 -0000 1.23 +++ TODO.txt 15 Mar 2002 13:40:08 -0000 1.24 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ X <Doug> Doug's issue 1: Attachments are broken X <Russell> Published interfaces must be vetted. X <Glen> getParameterName() should return a QName -! <Russell> Make sure no English-language strings are left in the code. +X <Russell> Make sure no English-language strings are left in the code. MESSAGE PARSING / ENCODING -------------------------- 1.6 +12 -25 xml-axis/java/release-notes.html Index: release-notes.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/xml-axis/java/release-notes.html,v retrieving revision 1.5 retrieving revision 1.6 diff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 --- release-notes.html 3 Jan 2002 15:55:23 -0000 1.5 +++ release-notes.html 15 Mar 2002 13:40:08 -0000 1.6 @@ -14,28 +14,16 @@ </style> </head> <body> -<h2>Axis Alpha 3 Release Notes</h2> +<h2>Axis Beta 1 Release Notes</h2> -<p>This is the <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/releases.html";> alpha 3 release</a> +<p>This is the <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/releases.html";> beta 1 release</a> of the <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis";> Axis SOAP library</a>. (Wondering what Axis is? Please see our <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/faq.html";>FAQ</a>.)</p> -<h3>General Alpha Information</h3> +<h3>General Beta 1 Information</h3> -<p>This is an alpha release, and hence is not feature complete. The main -missing features include:</p> +<p>This is a beta release. Most of the functionality is there. There is still a chance that a few interfaces may change, but we will do our best to keep that from happening. See the User's Guide for a list of the published interfaces that we believe are stable. This beta release is closer to JAX-RPC compliance than the alpha, but JAX-RPC is still a moving target, so those interfaces still have the potential to change.</p> -<ul> -<li>Incomplete Apache SOAP 2.2 deployment descriptor support -<li>Minimal testing in EJB / application server frameworks - <li>No support for XML-RPC, SMTP - <li>Limited documentation -</ul> - -<p>The Axis team is working on all of these missing features.</p> - -<p>So, why an alpha release?</p> - -<p>The Axis code already has:</p> +<p>Why AXIS over SOAP 2.2? The Axis code has:</p> <ul> <li>Significantly higher performance than Apache SOAP 2.2 @@ -49,17 +37,16 @@ <p>Early adopters and advanced SOAP developers will find this release to be of interest. Most Apache SOAP users, and those who need a fully featured next-version - replacement for Apache SOAP 2.2, should hold off at least until Axis's beta - release. Progress towards that beta release may be viewed on Axis's <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/requirements.html";> + replacement for Apache SOAP 2.2, may wish to use this beta, but they should be aware that, as a beta, functionality and interfaces may change, though we will do our best to minimize the impact of such changes. Progress towards that beta release may be viewed on Axis's <a href="http://xml.apache.org/axis/requirements.html";> requirements and status page</a>.</p> <h3>What's New?</h3> -<p>Changes since alpha-2:</p> +<p>Changes since alpha-3:</p> <ul> - <li>Added a <a href="docs/user-guide.html#Java2WSDLReference">java2wsdl</a> tool for building WSDL from Java files!</li> - <li>Many enhancement for the <a href="docs/user-guide.html#WSDL2JavaReference">wsdl2java</a> JAX-RPC compliant - emitter.</li> - <li>Deployment syntax now finalized using <a href="docs/user-guide.html#DeploymentReference">WSDD</a> files.</li> - <li>Preliminary support for <A href="docs/user-guide.html#AttachmentsReference">SOAP Messages with Attachments</a>.</li> + <li>Closer to JAX-RPC compliance.</li> + <li>Support for <A href="docs/user-guide.html#AttachmentsReference">SOAP Messages with Attachments</a>.</li> + <li>Much better XML schema type support.</li> + <li>Document/literal support.</li> + <li>Now using the org.apache.common.logging APIs as a common logging interface.</li> <li>Many minor bug fixes.</li> </ul> </body>
