PLUGIN_RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Release Notes -- Apache Geronimo Eclipse Plugin -- Version ${pom.version} (${osgi.pom.version})


Helpful URLs
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Geronimo Devtools:                          http://geronimo.apache.org/development-tools.html
Geronimo Eclipse Update Site:               http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates
Bug Tracking:                               http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS
Quick start - fast and easy development:    http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC30/quick-start-fast-and-easy-development.html
5-minute Tutorial using GEP:                http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC30/5-minute-tutorial-on-enterprise-application-development-with-eclipse-and-geronimo.html


System Requirements
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1. Java J2SE 1.6.0 or greater, and a platform that supports it

2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (3.7, 3.8 and 4.2), which is platform-specific

   -- Get Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

3. Geronimo server (1.1.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x or 3.0.x)

   -- Get a Geronimo server from http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html



Notes
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You will likely need to increase the default setting for maximum PermGen size
for your Eclipse installation (especially for Sun's JDK 1.6.0_x on the Windows
platform) to prevent "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen" errors. From the
command line you can use:

        eclipse -vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m

Or you can edit your eclipse.ini file. An example is shown below but remember
that each argument has to be on seperate lines:

        -vmargs
        -Xms128m
        -Xmx512m
        -XX:MaxPermSize=128m



Geronimo Eclipse Plugin Version ${pom.version} Enhancements
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1. Support Geronimo Server 3.0

2. Support Eclipse (3.7, 3.8 and 4.2), WTP 3.4 and Java EE 6 facet

3. Support OSGI application programming tools



Installation Instructions
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See http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC30/installing-geronimo-eclipse-plugin.html


Bug Fixed and New Features
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GERONIMODEVTOOLS--799   Could not synchronize the security tab with source tab in geronimo-application.xml and openejb-jar.xml
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--798 	ClassCastException deploying EAR under eclipse 3.8 & 4.2 with geronimo-3
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--797 	Latest beta version does not work with Eclipse Juno because of invalid openejb-jar-2.2.xsd file
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--794   Support Eclipse 4.2
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--792   Provide the GEP build the unique timestamps each time
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--790 	Application started twice
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--789   Improve SynchronizeProjectOnServerTask
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--788   The hot deploy of jsp and other static resource files do not work even under the development mode
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--787   Failed to hot deploy a resource file
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--786   Failed deployment of EAR causes consistent error messages in eclipse following on
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--784   EBA Auto-redeployment failed if not enabling hot swap
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--783   Could not replace with temp file error prevents class hot swap
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--782   Source not found
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--781   slf4j version conflict
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--780   IOException: The client has been closed.
GERONIMODEVTOOLS--777   Missing packages in Geronimo target platform

Known Issues and Limitations
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GERONIMODEVTOOLS--793   NameSpace of web application need to be updated

Release Notes -- Apache Geronimo Eclipse Plugin -- Version ${pom.version} (${osgi.pom.version})

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