The Avalon team are proud to annound the beta 2 release of Avalon Framework and Excalibur 4.0 and Avalon LogKit 1.0. This release includes bugfixes and more current documentation. The Avalon project is Apache's Java Server Framework. It is separated into six sub projects: Framework, Excalibur, LogKit, Cornerstone, Phoenix, and Testlet. It's purpose is to simplify server side programming for Java based projects. It formalizes serveral best of breed practices and patterns for server side programming. Avalon Framework 4.0 beta 2 --------------------------- Avalon Framework is the core of all of the Avalon projects, and formalizes all the contracts and patterns used within all Avalon compliant projects. Avalon Excalibur 4.0 beta 2 --------------------------- Avalon Excalibur contains several premade Avalon Components and utilities to make your server side programming easier. There are several pool implementations, Component management implamentations, and database management implementations. Avalon LogKit 1.0 beta 2 ------------------------ Avalon LogKit is a logging toolkit designed for secure performance orientated logging in applications. It is the logging toolkit used in all of Avalon's projects. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]