$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt,v 1.6 2003/06/02 11:19:27 geaz Exp $ XTAS Version 0.6 beta Release Notes INTRODUCTION: ============ This document contains the release notes for this version of the XTAS package, and highlights changes since the previous version. NEW FEATURES: ============ 1. New types of resources (it has been only Local (XML) File XTAS Resource before): - ServletResource (xtas.resource.ServletResource) resource added (J2EE environment) for dealing with XML under ServletContext instead of deprecated QueryContentDelegate; - XML:DB Resource added for working with XML:DB compatible data sources (xmldb.org) such as Apache Xindice, eXist etc. Resource type can be recognized by its prefix. Resources type list: Type (xtas.resource.*) Prefix Context type Example LocalFile - - /test/xml/test.xml ServletResource servlet: javax.servlet.ServletContext servlet://xml/test.xml XmlDbResource xmldb: org.xmldb.api.base.Database xmldb:xindice-embed://db/my_collect#my_resource 2. Query can be prepared for concrete context (Query.prepare(statement,context) and Resource.setContext(Object context)added) 3. Remote XML source now supported through XML-RPC Client/Server (xtas.server.XmlRpcServlet). The server side is a web-application (xtas-xmlrpc.war) can be deployed in any Servlet container (Tomcat for instance). 4. New XTASMLStatement with SAX ContentHandler 5. Examples are added/changed. Several minor bugs were fixed... BUG REPORTS ADDRESSED: =====================