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| A P A C H E C O C O O N |
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| What is it? |
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| Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concepts of |
| separation of concerns (making sure people can interact and collaborate on a |
| project, without stepping on each other toes) and component-based web |
| development. |
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| Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component pipelines', |
| each component on the pipeline specializing on a particular operation. This |
| makes it possible to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions, |
| hooking together components into pipelines without any required programming. |
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| Cocoon is "web glue for your web application development needs". It is a glue |
| that keeps concerns separate and allows parallel evolution of all aspects of |
| a web application, improving development pace and reducing the chance of |
| conflicts. |
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| Requirements |
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| Cocoon has been designed to coexist and interoperate side-by-side with your |
| existing J2EE solutions or to give them new functionality without requiring |
| any change in the existing infrastructure. |
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| Cocoon is implemented both as a Java servlet and a Java command line |
| application. The following requirements exist for installing it: |
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| o A Java 1.4 or later compatible virtual machine for your operating system. |
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| o A Servlet API 2.3 compatible Servlet Engine or J2EE Application Server. |
| [not required for command line operation] |
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| Installation Instructions and Documentation |
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| Read the INSTALL.txt file in this directory for the installation instructions. |
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| The documentation available as of the date of this release is included in this |
| directory. Read the INSTALL.txt for more information. |
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| If you are updating from a previous release of Cocoon, make sure |
| that you read the installation instructions on updating first. |
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| Look for the most updated documentation on the Apache Cocoon web site |
| (http://cocoon.apache.org/). |
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| Licensing and legal issues |
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| Cocoon is licensed under the Apache Software License, a license of the BSD |
| family, and contains software which is compatible with the BSD licensing style. |
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| For more information, please read the LICENSE files in the /legal directory. |
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| Credits |
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| For more information on credits and due reference to included software, please |
| read the CREDITS.txt file in this directory. |
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| Thanks for using Apache Cocoon. |
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| The Apache Cocoon Project |
| http://cocoon.apache.org/ |
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