We are finally there! Glassfish v2 is released and so is the Metro 1.0  - the Glassfish Web Services Stack, along with it comes JAX-WS RI 2.1.2 a.k.a Metro Core. See Kohsuke's blog on Metro 1.0 highlights and key features and Harold's blog on the Metro users and Tango.

There are some new features and lots of bug fixes went in to JAX-WS RI 2.1.3. Here are some of the highlights:

• GZIP compression support, see Jitu's blog
• Woodstox support
  • Tested to work with Woodstox 3.2.1. See Bhkati's and Santiago's blog for detail on how to enable Woodstox.
• SOAPAction Based Dispatching
• .Net 2.0/WSE 3.0 MTOM Interop support
• JAXB RI 2.1.5

The JAX-WS RI 2.1.2 bits are integrated in to Glassfish v2 release via Metro 1.0. Go ahead and download JAX-WS RI 2.1.2 or Metro 1.0 or just get Glassfish v2 which has everything with it.

Now what is next? We are working on JAX-WS.next roadmap and how it ties up with Metro releases. The plan is to have a consistent and frequent release cycle, maybe 8 weeks or so. The biggest challenge is automation of tests and speedy releases. We are working on the plan and the good thing is there is a consensus among various group here so most likely it will happen.

On the next version of JAX-WS RI, it is going to be JAX-WS RI 2.1.3, we are looking for a Nov release and the corresponding Metro 1.1 release at the same time. I will go over what are the new things coming up in JAX-WS RI 2.1.3 and Metro 1.1 in another blog.

Send your feedback to our forum or to user alias and report any issues to the IssueTracker.