[ANN] Apache Struts 2.5.14 GA

[Lukasz Lenart]

The Apache Struts group is pleased to announce that Struts 2.5.14 is
available as a “General Availability” release. The GA designation is
our highest quality grade.

Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for creating
enterprise-ready Java web applications. The framework is designed to
streamline the full development cycle, from building, to deploying, to
maintaining applications over time.

Below is a full list of all changes:

- A class JSONWriter was converted into an interface with default
implementation in DefaultJSONWriter class. If you were using the class
directly, you must update your code in other case it won’t compile
when using Struts 2.5.14.
- DefaultUrlHelper().buildUrl() not outputting port when used as parameter
- Not able to convert Spring object to the JSON response
- The if test can accidently incorrectly assign a new value to an object
- ObjectFactory constructor signature change breaks extensions
- Snippets in Struts documentation are missing
- I am migrating my struts 2.2.x to 2.5.13 and where all used struts
taglibs and tags UI is breaking where i have not used bootstrap there
and all working fine
- Default Multipart validation regex is invalid due to charset encoding
- Exception starting filter struts-prepare: Unable to load
configuration. - interceptor - vfs
- createInstance method signature change of TextProviderFactory from
merged xwork-core code inside struts2-core-2.5.13.jar which was
present with xwork-core jar
- Struts2.5.13 can’t run in java9 win10
- StringConverter from OGNL 3.1.15 in Struts 2.5.13
- Decimal converters should avoid loss of user’s data caused by rounding
- Struts text tag doesn’t print value from Stack
- No validations happening after upgrading to Struts 2.5.12
- Allow to use custom JSONwriter
- Implement Dependency Check in Maven build
- Fallback to ActionContext if container is null in ActionSupport
- Upgrade to the latest Jetty plugin in all examples
- Add missing header with license to all files reported by the Rat plugin
- Review available interceptors and document the missing ones
- Fetch docs from new locations
- Allow define only TextProvider instead of providing the whole
TextProviderFactory
- HTML escaping on the text tag
- Upgrade FreeMarker to version 2.3.26-incubating
- Upgrade to Log4j2 2.9.1
- Upgrade com.fasterxml.jackson to version 2.8.2
- Upgrade net.sf.json-lib to version 2.4
- Upgrade Spring to version 4.1.9

Please read the Version Notes to find more details about performed bug
fixes and improvements.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Version+Notes+2.5.14

All developers are strongly advised to perform this action.

The 2.5.x series of the Apache Struts framework has a minimum
requirement of the following specification versions: Servlet API 2.4,
JSP API 2.0, and Java 7.

Should any issues arise with your use of any version of the Struts
framework, please post your comments to the user list, and, if
appropriate, file a tracking ticket.

You can download this version from our download page.
http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi#struts-ga


Kind regards
-- 
Łukasz
+ 48 606 323 122 http://www.lenart.org.pl/

[ANNOUNCEMENT] HttpComponents Client 5.0 alpha3 released

[Oleg Kalnichevski]

The Apache HttpComponents project is pleased to announce 5.0-alpha3
release of HttpComponents Client. 

This is a major release that introduces support for the HTTP/2 protocol
and event driven messaging APIs consistent for all supported HTTP
protocol versions.

HttpClient ships with several client implementations:

* HttpClient Classic is based on the classic (blocking) I/O model;
largely compatible with the 4.x APIs; supports HTTP/1.1 only.

* HttpClient Async is based on NIO model; new event driven APIs
consistent for all supported HTTP protocol versions; supports both
HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.


Notable new features in this release:
-

* New asynchronous HttpClient implementations optimized for HTTP/2
multiplexed request execution.

* Full support for HTTP caching by asynchronous HttpClient
implementations including streaming message exchanges.


Notable changes and features in the 5.0 series:
---

* Support for the HTTP/2 protocol and conformance to requirements and
recommendations of the latest HTTP/2 protocol specification documents
(RFC 7540, RFC 7541.)

  Supported features:

** HPACK header compression
** Stream multiplexing (client and server)
** Flow control
** Response push
** Message trailers
** Expect-continue handshake
** Connection validation (ping)
** Application-layer protocol negotiation (ALPN) on Java 9.0.1+
** TLS 1.2 security features

* Improved conformance to requirements and recommendations of the
latest HTTP/1.1 protocol specification documents (RFC 7230, RFC 7231.)

* Redesigned connection pool implementation with reduced pool lock
contention.

* Package name space changed to 'org.apache.hc.client5'.

* Maven group id changed to 'org.apache.httpcomponents.client5'.

* Apache Log4j2 logging APIs used for internal logging instead of
Commons Logging APIs.


HttpClient 5.0 releases can be co-located with earlier major versions
on the same classpath due to the change in package names and Maven
module coordinates.

Please note that as of 5.0, HttpClient requires Java 1.7 or newer.

!!!IMPORTANT!!! 
We have been considering upgrading minimal JRE level to 1.8 for all
HttpClient 5.x artifacts. If you would like HttpClient to remain 1.7
compatible please do let us know by posting a message to dev@hc.apache.
org  

Download - 
Release notes -

HttpComponents site - 

About HttpComponents HttpClient

The Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is perhaps the most significant
protocol used on the Internet today. Web services, network-enabled
appliances and the growth of network computing continue to expand the
role of the HTTP protocol beyond user-driven web browsers, while
increasing the number of applications that require HTTP support.

Although the java.net package provides basic functionality for
accessing resources via HTTP, it doesn't provide the full flexibility
or functionality needed by many applications. HttpClient seeks to fill
this void by providing an efficient, up-to-date, and feature-rich
package implementing the client side of the most recent HTTP standards
and recommendations.

Designed for extension while providing robust support for the base HTTP
protocol, HttpClient may be of interest to anyone building HTTP-aware
client applications such as web browsers, web service clients, or
systems that leverage or extend the HTTP protocol for distributed
communication.