XINS 2.0 / 2.1 Alpha 2

XINS is a technology used to define, create, and invoke remote APIs. XINS is specification-oriented.
When API specifications are written (in XML), XINS will transform them to HTML-based documentation and Java code for both the client-side and the server-side.
The communication is based on HTTP. XINS competes with the complex SOAP technology. Main design goals include simplicity, scalability, and testability.
XINS is not only a specification technology, but also an application development framework. It offers transaction logging, unique log documentation, and active code generation.
Whats New in 2.0 Stable Release:
- This release adds support for JSON calling conventions, shared error codes, and import of WSDL and XML Schema.
- Integration with the Spring framework and GWT has been improved.
- New examples with Groovy, REST, and the Dojo toolkit have been added.
- Many other small features and improvements have been done.
Whats New in 2.1 Alpha 2 Release:
XINS/Java Common Library:
- Fixed null values were put in the Map when using the BeanUtils#getParameters method.
- The ServletClassLoader can detect the xins-common.jar using the XINS_HOME environment variable if needed.
- Added automatic detection of the WAR file in the HTTPServletStarter when not passed as paramter.
- Added possibility to pass the ClassLoader mode to the HTTPServletStarter.
- Added new Ant task similar to the < xslt / > task with the option to never overwrite the destination files.
- Added possibility to handle several request at the same time in the internal Servlet container (multi-threaded).
XINS/Java Server Framework:
- Fixed the way the xins.properties was loaded when no org.xins.server.config is set was incorrect.
- Implement RFE #1624142: ACLs for calling conventions. /! The allow methods have a new argument (that can be null).
- Added getName and setName methods in the calling convention classes.
Generation of the opendoc:
- Added colors to the examples.
- Enlarged the example tables.
- Added colors to the table headers.
- Added the categories after the API description.
- Use Courier New font for element names.
- Added light gray borders to the tables.
- Reduce the use of bold fonts.
- Fixed missing uppercase for input and output section.
- Fixed the description of the function, parameters and error was just the first sentence.
- Fixed support for < em > element in descriptions.
- Fixed the "4" appearing before closing an element example.
Generated build file:
- Added javadoc-test-< api name > to get the Javadoc of the unit tests.
- Added possibility to execute the API using java -jar < api name >.war
- Replaced create-project.xslt and tools.xslt with build-create.xml and build-tools.xml as most of the code doesnt need to be dynamically generated.
- Added build-apis.xml which contains static content of the old generated build.xml. This result in the reduction of the size of the generated build.xml.
- Several bug fixes and optimalization during the refactoring.
- The dependency libraries have been added to the classpath for the run and test targets.
Documentation:
- Changed < style / > in < xslt / > in the xins-docs/build.xml.
Build- and release-process:
- Fixed incorrect location of the icon for the Windows installer.
Other:
- Fixed the package list for XINS and log4j.
- Added the package-list for JUnit.
- Added more debug sources for the nbbuild.xml of the petstore.