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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Cocoon is implemented both as a Java servlet and a Java command line | |
application. The following requirements exist for installing it: | |
o A Java 1.3 or later compatible virtual machine for your operating system. | |
o A Servlet API 2.3 compatible Servlet Engine or J2EE Application Server. | |
[not required for command line operation] | |
Installation Instructions and Documentation | |
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Read the INSTALL.txt file in this directory for the installation instructions. | |
The documentation available as of the date of this release is included in this | |
directory. Read the INSTALL.txt for more information. | |
If you are updating from a previous release of Cocoon, make sure | |
that you read the installation instructions on updating first. | |
Look for the most updated documentation on the Apache Cocoon web site | |
(http://cocoon.apache.org/). | |
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. | |
For more information, please read the LICENSE files in the /legal directory. | |
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. | |
Thanks for using Apache Cocoon. | |
The Apache Cocoon Project | |
http://cocoon.apache.org/ | |