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Now that Apache Geronimo has earned Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 1.4 certification and has reached version 1.1.1, many developers will be moving away from building their software on top of more restrictive platforms. Specifically, there have been a number of articles and tutorials written lately describing migrating away from the JBoss application server to Apache Geronimo. This installment of The Geronimo renegade column describes many advantages of doing so.

An XML parser is often the key to a high-performance, robust application. Traditional XML parsing techniques include DOM and SAX, but now there an innovative new parsing technique called Streaming API for XML (StAX). In this installment, learn the benefits of StAX and why the Geronimo team chose Codehaus’ Woodstox as the StAX parser.

The goal of the Geronimo project is to produce a server runtime framework that pulls together the best Open Source alternatives to create runtimes that meet the needs of developers and system administrators. Our most popular distribution is a fully certified J2EE 1.4 application server runtime. We are working on our next version of the server which is based on Java EE 5. Some of our guiding principles are: * Easy to use. * Build servers that are distributed under the Apache Software License. * Provide runtimes that meet the needs of developers, administrators and system integrators. * Integrate with the best open source tooling available like Eclipse. * Provide frequent releases of our software so users can experience the newest features and have access to the latest bug fixes. * Build a community that incorporates multiple disciplines required to create complex runtime and toolable infrastructure.

The ability to install and create plug-ins is one of the most anticipated new features in the Apache Geronimo 1.1 release. This article introduces you to Geronimo plug-ins and shows you how to find them, install them, and create them yourself. Plug-ins open a new world of instant upgrades for Geronimo users. You can now download new applications and services and have them running on your Geronimo server within minutes.

Le 05 octobre sortait le milestone 5 du serveur d'application J2EE de la fondation Apache : Geronimo. La grande nouveauté de cette version, c'est que Sun a enfin accordé la certification J2EE 1.4, ce qui fait que Geronimo est le troisième serveur d'applications Open-Source à obtenir cette certification après Jonas, le serveur du consortium ObjectWeb (obtenu en tout début de l'année) et après JBoss en 2004.