hi, I can't access www.jcorporate.com site - it said i don't have permission... Do I need to do something? Thanks, - Chuong ============================= HUYNH, N. CHUONG TMA Software Solutions, Vietnam Tel: (84-8) 990 3848 - Ext: 5272 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================= > -----Original Message----- > From: Flying Cloud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 8:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Expresso integration with Struts now available - v4.0ea > Released > > > I wanted to let your guys know that Early access (ea) > Expresso 4.0 release > is now available for download - which is fully integrated with Apache > Jakarta Struts. Expresso 4.0 is a big jump forward from 3.11, as the > version number indicates, it includes a number of substantial > changes to the > core API - mostly related to Controller objects, now that we are fully > integrated with Struts. Please see the release notes at > http://www.jcorporate.com/doc/release.html. We look forward > to your comments > and feedback... > > With Release 4.0ea Expresso has made Controller objects > available to Struts > as Actions, so the URL mapping, configuration, and other > great capabilities > of Struts are available - with all of the advantages that > Expresso standard > Web application functionality provides such as Controller > object, DBObjects > (object-relational mapping), configuration management, > security, database > connection pooling, email connectivity, job control, logging, event > notification, caching, internationalization, and more. The Controller > servlet (ActionServlet) still handles dispatching, then the specific > Controller object provides the UI-independant business logic. > > Expresso 4.0ea is intended as a release for users who want to > learn about > the new features and assist in the quality assurance process and > documentation - it is *not* ready for production use, and > problems should be > expected at this stage. We'd very much appreciate bug reports > and input on > this release - and this can be discussed here on the forums. > > The 4.00ea version is available as a '-complete.jar' file - see the > http://www.jcorporate.com/doc/expressocomplete.html file for > documentation > about installing this version. The -complete version is bundled with > Apache's Tomcat 4.0 b5, and includes doc, javadoc, and many > other things > that you don't necessarily want in your own production release of an > application - it also, however, includes the 'ant' build.xml > scripts to > create other versions of Expresso, including fully binary > versions, .war > files for quick web-application deployment, and so on. > > In order to control the size of the download, the '-complete' > file does not > include the source for 'external' packages, such as Struts > (although it does > contain the full Struts Javadoc for reference). All external > package doc can > be found in CVS if it's required (for reference only). We > also exclude the > Tomcat examples and Javadoc - both of which are available of > course in the > full Tomcat download from Apache's site directly. > > We look forward to your comments and feedback...both here and > on our own > listserv and forums onsite. > > Sandra Cann > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >