| # Apache TomEE 1.5 Released! |
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| We are excited to announce the release of [Apache TomEE 1.5](http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html). The volume of |
| feedback on the 1.0.0 Final drove such an impressive number of fixes and features into TomEE that the release number |
| has been updated to reflect [the changes](tomee-1.5.0-release-notes.html). |
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| The team is proud to announce certification of a new Apache TomEE stack that includes the Web Profile plus JAX-RS for |
| RESTful Web Services. The new 'TomEE JAXRS' distribution shows TomEE's commitment to progressing its certification |
| efforts beyond the Web Profile and is a great alternative to the TomEE Plus distribution. See the |
| [comparison](http://tomee.apache.org/comparison.html) for a view of all Apache TomEE distributions. |
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| Another great feature is the extended support for database connection pools. In addition to the previously |
| supported Apache Commons-DBCP, the 1.5 release adds transaction support to the native Apache Tomcat and BoneCP |
| connection pools. The two additional pools offer great alternatives to applications under heavy load. JMX |
| instrumentation and statistics have also been added generically to all pools and provide a great level of |
| monitoring and management. |
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| Other major features include deploy-time enhancement for JPA Entities via Apache OpenJPA, support including JPA providers in webapps, |
| ability to mock and inject mocks in unit tests and a powerful new [TomEE Maven Plugin](maven/index.html) which can |
| provision servers, install libraries, deploy webapps and more. |
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| We’d like to thank everyone who gave feedback and contibuted to improve Apache TomEE on a daily basis! |
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