I've just made an early Resin 4.0 snapshot available. Resin 4.0 will take over from the 3.2 branch.
It will take a little longer than usual for the next 4.0.0 release for two main reasons. First, there are significant, core changes to the configuration and also to the clustering (including distributed sessions.) Second, based on feedback, we want to add any planned configuration changes in the 4.0.0 release, rather than updating different modules in 4.0.1, 4.0.2, etc. The 4.0.x tree is tied to the JavaEE 6 specifications, so we won't have a final production version until after those specs are completed. 1. Configuration The main configuration change in 4.0 is the new draft of the Web Beans specification, which changed the XML configuration dramatically, and allows for a more modular configuration style. We've started migrating appropriate modules to the new style. The planned modules will be: security, rewrite, cluster, remote, and JMS. For example, the current snapshot includes the security changes. (The old style will still exist for backward compatibility.) To configuration an authenticator, you could write the following: <web-app xmlns="http://caucho.com/ns/resin";> xmlns:security="urn:java:com.caucho.security"> <security:XmlAuthenticator password-digest="none"> <security:user name="harry" password="quidditch"/> </security:XmlAuthenticator> <security:BasicLogin realm="hogwarts"/> <security:Allow url-pattern="/secure/*"> <security:IfRole name="student"/> </security:Allow> </web-app> (Note, the exact syntax is subject to the Web Bean specification, which is still in draft.) 2. Clustering With 4.0, we will enable the addition/removal of dynamic servers to help manage load. The visible changes should be minor, however, the internal changes are very large (and a major cause for 4.0.0 taking time.) Specifically, the distributed sessions need a changed underlying model to properly handle the situation of server creation and removal. The current session backup model assumes the set of servers is fixed. The clustering changes also affect the load balancing, but in a less complicated fashion. The new snapshot includes the session refactoring, but the load testing has been minimal. In other words, the snapshot is suited for experimentation only, not for any kind of production. -- Scott _______________________________________________ resin-interest mailing list resin-interest@caucho.com http://maillist.caucho.com/mailman/listinfo/resin-interest
