WSO2 Application Server(WSO2 AppServer) 5.0.0 Released 09 Sep 2012 The WSO2 Application Server is an enterprise-ready cloud-enabled application server, powered by Apache Tomcat and also integrates Apache Axis2 and Apache CXF frameworks. It provides first class support for standard Web applications, JAX-WS/RS applications and Jaggery scripting applications. Coupled with features of WSO2 Carbon <http://wso2.com/products/carbon/>, users can now manage their applications including JAX-WS and JAX-RS to web applications in a unified manner within the management console itself.
Application Server also provides a comprehensive Web services server platform, using Axis2 and CXF as its Web services runtimes and provide many value additions on top of service runtime. 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. WSO2 Application Server also has inbuilt support for Mashup services and WSO2 Data services. WSO2 Application Server can be installed on on-premise or any public/private cloud infrastructure and provide unified management console and lifestyle management features which are independent from underlying deployment option. WSO2 Application Server is a part of WSO2 Stratos cloud platform (PaaS) and hosted offering of WSO2 Application Server as a service can be accessed from here https://appserver.stratoslive.wso2.com. 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. The product is available for download at: http://wso2.com/products/application-server New Features In This Release - Full JAX-WS 2.2 Specification support - Full JAX-RS 2.0 Specification support - UI support for JAX-WS/RS applications - Spring support upgraded to 3.1 GA - Integration of Jaggery - server side scripting framework - Inbuilt Mashup services support - Multi Tenant support for standalone deployment - 100% Apache Tomcat compliance runtime Added support for server descriptor file (server.xml) for embedded tomcat Added support for WebApp specific context descriptor file (context.xml) for webapps - Introduction of artifact lazy loading Ghost Deployer introduction for standalone Application Server Enable/Disable support for ghost deployer through configuration - Lazy loading for Web applications - Complete rewrite of artifact persistence logic - Meta Data synchronization between cluster nodes - Unified Application listing for WebApps, JAX-WS/RS, Jaggery - Web Application SaaS mode improvements. - New samples New samples for JAX-RS, JAX-WS and Web Applications Inbuilt samples for Jaggery, Mashup - WSO2 Developer studio integration for JAX-WS/RS applications 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 - 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=10769 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 Open Source components included in WSO2 Application Server - Apache CXF Support: Supporting JAX-WS and JAX-RS - 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 Application Server - 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 Application Server Administration: For administering Web services - XFer: Supporting WS-Transfer Known Issues - Application Server related components of the WSO2 Carbon Platform - https://wso2.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10770 Reporting Problems Issues can be reported using the public JIRA available at https://wso2.org/jira/browse/WSAS. Contact usWSO2 Application Server developers can be contacted via the mailing lists: *For Users:* Carbon user mailing list <[email protected]> *For Developers:* Carbon developer mailing list <[email protected]> Alternatively, questions can also be raised in the Application Server forum: *Forum* http://www.wso2.org/forum/184 Support We 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 further details, see the WSO2 Carbon documentation at WSO2 Application Server Documentation <http://docs.wso2.org/wiki/display/AS500/>. Thank you for your interest in WSO2 Application Server *-The WSO2 Application Server Development Team*
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