Axis2/C 0.94 Released !!!

Axis2/c 0.94 Release is a quite important release for me. This is
first release I worked as Release Manager. Though Samisa told me
what I have to do exactly. I happened to manage things with a
inexperience crew (I myself also a member of that crew:)).
Unfortunately We got our Axis2/c leading developers very busy
those days with PRESTO Conference and Interoperability Meetings.

Last Week we spent very tiresome , late hours together to get 0.94
release out. Though I should not thank people who worked with me
(because this is our duty) I should mention there name at least to
be grateful to them.

Sanjaya the builder, He is the one who took care and tested the
build system for Axis2/c. He put a great effort to give every
option that we asked.

Dumindu, Manjula and Buddhika did the testing for 0.94. And found
number of bugs. Actually we happened to delay the release because
of the bugs they caught at last moment. Dumindu send some useful
patches to INSTALL file and installation guide.

We kept our last few tests rounds very tough. We tests every bits
and pieces that we can. Just to make sure stability of 0.94.

We released Axis2/c 0.94 by 3rd October 2006.

Just After release one of our Java mate Eran Chinthaka. Tried out
it he was impressed about our documentation and mention about some
minor bugs in the documentation.

We are pleased to announce the release of Apache Axis2/C version 0.94.
You can download this release from
http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/download.cgi

Key Features

1. AXIOM, an XML object model optimized for SOAP 1.1/1.2 Messages. This has complete XML infoset support.
2. Support for one-way messaging (In-Only) and request response messaging (In-Out)
3. Description hierarchy (configuration, service groups, services, operations and messages)
4. Directory based deployment model
5. Archive based deployment model
6. Context hierarchy (corresponding contexts to map to each level of description hierarchy)
7. Raw XML message receiver
8. Module architecture, mechanism to extend the SOAP processing model
9. Module version support
10. Transports supports: HTTP
o Both simple axis server and Apache2 httpd module for server side
o Client transport with ability to enable SSL support
11. Service client and operation client APIs
12. REST support (HTTP POST case)
13. WS-Addressing, both the submission (2004/08) and final (2005/08) versions
14. MTOM/XOP support
15. Code generation tool for stub and skeleton generation for a given WSDL (based on Java tool)
o Axis Data Binding (ADB) support
16. Security module with UsernameToken support
17. REST support (HTTP GET case)
18. Dynamic invocation support (based on XML schema and WSDL implementations)
19. Guththila pull parser support - New
20. WSDL2C code generation tool- with schema code generation (experimental) - New
21. TCP Monitor - C implementation (experimental) - New

Major Changes Since Last Release
1. Guththila pull parser support
2. WSDL2C code generation tool
3. TCP Monitor - C implementation
4. Major Memory leak fixes
5. Fixes to code generation with Java Tool
6. Many Bug Fixes

TODOs Remaining for 1.0
1. Complete API documentation and API improvements
2. Fix further memory leaks
3. Put in place a comprehensive functional test framework


We welcome your early feedback on this implementation.
Thanks for your interest in Axis2C

-- Apache Axis2C Team --