pulse-java

This release addresses numerous compatibility issues and also introduces significant performance improvements. All included libraries have also been updated to their current stable releases. The current release also introduces a simple build system for the binary distribution, making future upgrades less painful. Moreover, the size of the binary distribution has again been significantly decreased.

This release introduces massive API clean-ups and new features. Most noteworthy is the new statistics components for fast and easy Web site statistics generation. The statistics component uses a tracking pixel and can be used for multiple Web sites, no matter if these sites themselves use pulse. Moreover, the library references have been cleaned, so the framework is a lot smaller (~12% in size). The JavaDoc has been further improved, making it easier to get started with pulse.

This preview release includes all enhancements of the previous maintenance releases of the 0.6 beta series. The major change is the restructuring of the authentication process into a separate part of the execution chain.

This is the last maintenance release in the 0.6 series. It fixes issues in the Web site search with queries starting with either * or ?, which caused exceptions in the underlying engine. pulse now supports Web site versions to allow far future expiration dates for static resources as proposed by the YSlow team to be easily configured within globals.xsl. It fully integrates XSL-FO capabilities into pulse, introducing the new PDFOutputEvent. Charting capabilities have been added.

This maintenance release addresses an issue where the ports for HTTP and HTTPS were prevoiusly not configurable, which caused the installation packages to not work on a default Tomcat installation. Moreover it addresses a bug in the Wirecard payment processor, which could not process Maestro debit cards when both start and expiration dates were given. It also includes a few fixes to the demo layout and refinements in the way pulse uses redirects. Upgrades to existing installations are transparent, and no configuration changes are necessary.