ColdSpring 2.0 Alpha 1 Released! Your Help Needed!

Posted By : Dan Wilson October 25, 2011 6:31 AM

Mark Mandel posted information about the ColdSpring 2.0 Alpha release and I wanted to make sure it got out to the general public. There is a documentation contest running and your help is requested in trying out the release and helping to identify issues. Make sure you have joined the ColdSpring Users Group as this is the best way to give and get information about ColdSpring.

Mark's Post is below for your reference

ColdSpring 2.0 Alpha 1 is now available for you to download and test!

Major features included in this release:

Enhanced underlying architecture for greater extensibility
XML Schema For ColdSpring configuration files
New BeanDefinition architecture
BeanFactoryInterceptors for intercepting BeanFactory lifecyle events
BeanProcessInterceptors for intercepting Bean lifecyle events
XML Custom Namespaces for defining your own XML dialect for creating and configurating beans
Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) Custom XML Namespaces
Greatly extended AOP functionality with AOP expressions
ColdFusion 9 ORM Integration classes
Utility Custom XML Namespace for creation of data structures
Enhanced error reporting
Multiple Bean Scope support – beans can be prototype (transient), singleton, as well as request or session scope bound