JBoss Application Server 7.1.0

Last week marked one of the largest releases in JBoss history: JBoss AS 7.1.0.Final "Thunder" is finally out. You can read about the shiny features and achievements that come with the release in any of the multiple posts that have been published these days [1][2][3][4], AS 7.1.0.Final really deserves being tried, you'll love it ;-)

Here I'd just like to stress the relevance of having achieved JavaEE 6 Full Profile compliance. JBoss AS 7.1.0 satisfies all JavaEE compatibility requirements, allowing for real portability of nowadays enterprise Java applications. Regardless of that, AS 7.1.0.Final is still faster, smaller and more manageable than any previous JBoss AS release.

From a webservice point of view, officially achieving JavaEE Full Profile compatibility is the result of more then an year of hard working with TCKs (even before AS 7 actual development start!), given the ws related test groups are among the biggest ones in there.

Finally, I believe this is a great result / milestone also for the Apache CXF project, as JBossWS 4.0.1 installed on JBoss AS 7.1.0 relies on Apache CXF 2.4.6 for serving any JAX-WS functionality.

Time to try JBoss AS 7.1 ! http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads

JBossWS 4.0.1 release

JBoss AS 7.1.0.Final is coming soon, so here we are with the last minute updates in the webservices area with another JBossWS release ;-)

JBossWS 4.0.1 includes important bug fixes and covers some application server integration changes for improving management. Besides that Apache CXF has been upgraded to the 2.4.6 release which also comes with many improvements and bug fixes.

Have a look at the release notes for further details [1][2]! Feedback is welcome as always.