WSO2 Application Server 4.1.0 Release Notes

WSO2 AppServer is an Enterprise ready application server based on the
award-winning WSO2 Carbon  <http://wso2.com/products/carbon/>framework.
Being the successor of the WSO2 Web Services Application Server(WSAS), WSO2
Application Server(AS) now supports web application deployment and
management in addition to its award winning web services management
capabilities. Coupled with WSO2 Carbon Authentication/Authorization feature,
now users can manage their applications that ranges from web services to web
applications in a unified manner within the AppServer management console
itself. WSO2 AppServer uses Apache Tomcat, the widely used servlet container
as its underlying web application contaner.

AppServer provides a comprehensive Web services server platform, which uses
Axis2 as its Web services framework and provide many value additions on top
of Axis2. It can expose services using both SOAP and REST models and
supports a comprehensive set of WS-* specifications such as WS-Security,
WS-Trust, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Reliable Messaging, WS-Addressing,
WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, etc.

An open source product, WSO2 AppServer is available under the Apache
Software License (v2.0)  <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html>.
This includes all of the extra integration and management functionality as
well.

New Features In This Release

   - Inbuilt Data Services support
   - Server Roles Management feature
   - Deployment Synchronizer for easy Cluster configuration
   - Improved JAX-WS Support
   - Improved SOAP Tracer
   - Improvements in Service listing page
      - Two lists for Services and Service Groups
      - Security Indicators within service list
   - Improved Samples and documentation
   - Improved Class loading for Web apps and Web Services
   - Embedded Tomcat 7.0.14 support
   - Servlet API 3.0 support

Key Features

   - Web Application deployment and management within the App Server
   - AppServer tooling - AppServer related artifacts can be easily generated
   using WSO2 Carbon Studio
   - Clustering support for High Availability & High Scalability
   - Full support for WS-Security, WS-Trust, WS-Policy and WS-Secure
   Conversation and XKMS
   - JAX-WS support - Deploy any JAX-WS annotated service and engage WS-*
   protocols through the management console.
   - JMX & Web interface based monitoring and management
   - WS-* & REST support
   - GUI, command line & IDE based tools for Web service development
   - Equinox P2 based provisioning support
   - WSDL2Java/Java2WSDL/WSDL 1.1 & try it(invoke any remote Web service)

Issues Fixed for this release

   - AppServer related components of the WSO2 Carbon Platform -
   https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10526

XML & WS-* Standards Support

   - SOAP 1.1/1.2
   - WSDL 1.1
   - WSDL 2.0
   - MTOM, XOP & SOAP with Attachments
   - WS-Addressing
   - WS-Security 1.0/1.1
   - WS-Trust
   - WS-SecureConversation
   - WS-SecurityPolicy
   - WS-ReliableMessaging
   - WS-Policy
   - WS-PolicyAttachment
   - WS-MetadataExchange
   - WS-Transfer
   - WS-Eventing
   - XKMS

Open Source components included in WSO2 AppServer/Java

   - Apache Axis2 (SOAP)
   - Apache Axiom (High performance XML Object Model)
   - Apache Rampart/Apache WSS4J (WS-Security)
   - Apache Rahas(WS-SecureConversation)
   - Apache Sandesha2 (WS-ReliableMessaging)
   - WS-Addressing implementation in Axis2
   - Apache Neethi (WS-Policy)
   - WS-SecurityPolicy implementation in Axis2
   - Apache XML Schema
   - Embedded Apache Tomcat
   - Apache Tribes (Group Communications Framework)

Apache Axis2 modules included with WSO2 AppServer

   - Apache Rampart: Supporting WS-Security & WS-Trust
   - Apache Rahas: Supporting WS-SecureConversation
   - Apache Sandesha2: Supporting WS-Reliable Messaging
   - Mex: Supporting WS-MetaDataExchange
   - Throttle: For throttling requests
   - Statistics: For gathering & monitoring statistics
   - Tracer: For tracing SOAP requests & responses
   - WSO2 AppServer Administration: For administering Web services
   - XFer: Supporting WS-Transfer
   - XKMS: Supporting XML Key Management Specification

Known Issues

   - AppServer related components of the WSO2 Carbon Platform -
   
https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&10528<https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10528>

Reporting ProblemsIssues can be reported using the public JIRA available at
https://wso2.org/jira/browse/CARBON.

Contact usWSO2 AppServer developers can be contacted via the mailing lists:

*For Users:* Application Server user mailing list <[email protected]>

*For Developers:* Carbon developer mailing list <[email protected]>

Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the AppServer forum:

*Forum* http://www.wso2.org/forum/184

SupportWe are committed to ensuring that your enterprise middleware
deployment is completely supported from evaluation to production. Our unique
approach ensures that all support leverages our open development methodology
and is provided by the very same engineers who build the technology.

For additional support information please refer to http://wso2.com/support/
.

For more information on WSO2 AppServer, visit the WSO2 Oxygen
Tank<http://wso2.org/>
.

Thank you for your interest in WSO2 AppServer.
*
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*-The WSO2 AppServer Development Team*

-- 
Isuru Suriarachchi
Technical Lead & Product Manager, WSO2 Application Server
WSO2 Inc. http://wso2.com
email : [email protected]
blog : http://isurues.wordpress.com/

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