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Frame2 1.3.1 is now available. The full source package is not updated yet, but it should be in the next day or so. This is a pretty minor release - only two changes, but I think they’re important changes.

1. Enums are now supported in Events. This relies on the Enum.valueOf() behavior, so the values passed in to the event must be legal values that enum values can be built from. This means that things like case are important.
2. Input views can now be events. I don’t know why this feature was missing. Frame2 already supported using an event for a cancel view (although the unit test didn’t actually test for that). What does it mean to be able to specify events in addition to forwards for input and cancel views? There may be cases where some data needs to be loaded or verified prior to displaying a JSP page. Sometimes this information can be lost when simply redirecting back to a JSP page. By specifying an event, the developer can be sure that the required data has been loaded before the JSP has been displayed.

The Eclipse plugins and sample web applications have been updated with the latest Frame2 jars. Follow the download links in the sidebar, or go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/frame2 if you don’t see the sidebar.

The Eclipse plugin has just been updated, and a new plugin has been added to the mix. The new plugin allows users to create Frame2 projects with web services support by adding all of the required libraries and initial configuration. Also in the new plugin are two wizards: one for creating new Responders and one for creating Schema mappings. The Getting Started guide has also been expanded to explain how to add web services support to the example application.

Again, the Update Manager site is the preferred method for downloading the plugins, since it will gracefully handle version and dependency conflicts.

Update Site for Eclipse:
http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse

Sourceforge Downloads:
Main Eclipse Plugin
Web Services Eclipse Plugin (requires at least version 1.3.3 of the regular plugin)

The Eclipse plugin for Frame2 is done, and has been released. Grab the file over at Sourceforge, or point your Eclipse Update Manager to http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse. Using the Update Manager is the preferred method for installing the plugin.

Sourceforge Download:
Eclipse Plugin

Update Site for Eclipse:
http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse

Version 1.3 of Frame2 is officially available. The framework can be downloaded here, and the sample applications are available here.

Work on the Eclipse plugin continues, with a (hopeful) release date in the next week or two.

Frame2 is almost ready to be released as a new version. I may still make some changes, but it’s definitely in Release Candidate stage now. There are only a few things that I may add before testing the heck out of it:

• Upgrade unit tests to JUnit 4. There are a lot of tests, especially the ones that mock a servlet container, that do a lot of repetitive work in setUp() . JUnit 4 has finally brought the ability to annotate methods to be run before and after all tests in the class with @BeforeClass and @AfterClass, respectively. Individual test setup activities can still be performed by annotating a method with @Before.
• Fix outstanding bugs. There’s only one right now, and it’s SOAP specific, so I may or may not fix it. It may take me longer to figure out how to reproduce the problem with unit tests than it’s worth.
• Add outstanding feature requests. Again, there’s only one, but it’s (in my opinion) a biggie - the ability to add parameters to the response when handling an event.
• Doc updates. The web services doc needs to be written, and I’m sure all of the other doc needs a good examination.

I’ll be testing the latest build with a web application that I’ve been working on for years that I’ve come to think of as an unofficial reference implementation of Frame2. I haven’t decided yet if the web app should become part of the project on Sourceforge or not. We’ll see.

Once the testing is done and I’ve released a new version of Frame2, I plan on working on the Eclipse plugin. The poor plugin has pretty much been ignored for several years now, and it needs some attention.