JNDI Explorer for Eclipse

Release 1.2-β

Andres Camacho <andresfcamacho@yahoo.com> was instrumental in developing this release. Andres implemented the single most-requested feature: it is now possible to control the plug-in's classpath with a preference page, a la Ant plug-in.

Change Log

The "Browse" button works on external (non-workspace) libraries (β4, 7/14/03)
Created new dialog to configure a new service (β3, 7/6/03).
Added "Developer Guide" document.
Preference page to select the plug-in's classpath.

Release 1.1

Released on June 23, 2003, to correct issues discovered in version 1.1-β (see below). This release was tested against Eclipse 2.1. Please refer to the Compatibility Notes for information about specific JNDI providers.

Change Log

Fixed UI bug, thanks to Andres Camacho.
Improved error handling.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to all Eclipse users who sent me their encouragements and feature requests. In no particular order, my sincere thanks to:

Andres Camacho <andresfcamacho@yahoo.com>: Special thanks to Andres, who submitted a patch for a thorny UI bug that was blocking this release.
Nigel Deakin <Nigel.Deakin@spiritsoft.com>: also reported UI bugs.
Johann Burkard <johannburkard@nexgo.de>: contributed the configuration information for the Sun J2EE app server.
Giri Alwar <galwar@nvisia.com> and Rémy Maucherat <remm@apache.org>: established this plug-in cannot be used to explore the Tomcat JNDI. See Compatibility Notes.
Aleksey_Studnev <Aleksey_Studnev@exigengroup.com>: for his excellent ideas for improvement (extension points).
Hans Dockter <mail@dockter-its.de>: requested JBoss IDE integration.
Richard Bair <RBair@dtint.com>: reported a bug against JBoss 3.0.6.
Sean R. Drucker <sean.drucker@opensage.com>, Geert Pante <geertpante@yahoo.com> and Bernhard Schuhmann <Bernhard.Schuhmann@gft.com>: submitted a patch for multi-valued attributes (for LDAP).
Guillaume Compagnon <gcompagnon@hotmail.com> and Dirk V. Schesmer <dirk.schesmer@divos.de>: did some testing on different releases of JBoss and WebSphere.
Chuck Nelson <CNelson@quantumshift.com>: reported a bug against WebLogic Server and suggested some new features.
as well as numerous others: who provided encouragements and bug reports!

Release 1.1-β

Released on March 29, 2003, this is the first release to officially support Eclipse 2.1. It fixes existing defects, and introduces minor new features, mainly a new combo in the "select factory" dialog used to label initial context factories by name.

This is a preview release that contains some known defects; it is made available to users who ran into problems with version 1.0, or wish to live on the bleeding edge. I intend to release a final version at around the time Eclipse 2.1 goes final.

Change Log

Plug-in was renamed "JNDI Explorer" for consistency with other Eclipse views.
User-friendly labels for initial context factories, e.g. "WebLogic", "JBoss", etc.
Better error handling.
All the values of a multi-valued context attribute are displayed in the Properties view. (Only the first value was displayed previously.)
A "busy" cursor is shown when looking up the context.
Documentation updates; integrated user feedback.
Fixed minor GUI inconsistencies; actions are correctly enabled/disabled depending on the current selection.
Plug-in now uses standard workbench icons.
Defined public API for integration with JBoss IDE.

Release 1.0

First released on October 3, 2002, release 1.0 fixes some bugs in 1.0-β without introducing any major functionality. This release works with Eclipse 2.0. See the change log below for more information.

Acknowledgments

The following entities have contributed to this release and deserve credit. Many thanks to:

André de Oliveira Fernandes <andre.oliveira@bcb.gov.br>: who reported an issue with WebSphere 4, which is good, but also provided a workaround, which is better!
Damian O'Neill <Damian.ONeill@aepona.com>: for his stellar bug reports, and ideas for the next release.
Jeff Duncan <jduncan@bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us>: for his positive comments and ideas.
Alan Yost <alanyost@iprimus.com.au>: for his kind words of encouragement.
the Eclipse community: for their interest and continued use of this plug-in.

Change Log

Major doc improvements.
New icons for "remove" and "delete" actions.
Refresh action now works and only refreshes the selected context.
Password field echos stars (suggested by Jeff Duncan).
Added more default initial context factories.
Improved debugging output (set in .options file).

Release 1.0-β

Unleashed upon an innocent world on September 28, 2002, release 1.0-β was the first public release of the JNDI Explorer for Eclipse. A public announcement was broadcast to the eclipse.tools newsgroup.