Release Notes -- Apache Geronimo Eclipse Plugin -- Version 2.1.8 -- 20120105165246


Helpful URLs
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Geronimo Devtools:                          http://geronimo.apache.org/development-tools.html
Geronimo Eclipse Update Site:               http://www.apache.org/dist/geronimo/eclipse/updates
Bug Tracking:                               http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMODEVTOOLS
Quick start - fast and easy development:    http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC21/quick-start-fast-and-easy-development.html
5-minute Tutorial using GEP:                http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC21/5-minute-tutorial-on-enterprise-application-development-with-eclipse-and-geronimo.html


System Requirements
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1. Java J2SE 1.5.0 or greater, and a platform that supports it

2. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (Helios or Indigo), which is platform-specific

   -- Get Eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

3. Geronimo server (2.0.x or 2.1.x)

   -- Get a Geronimo server from http://geronimo.apache.org/downloads.html



Notes
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You will likely need to increase the default setting for maximum PermGen size
for your Eclipse installation (especially for Sun's JDK 1.5.0_x on the Windows
platform) to prevent "java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen" errors. From the
command line you can use:

        eclipse -vmargs -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m

Or you can edit your eclipse.ini file. An example is shown below but remember
that each argument has to be on seperate lines:

        -vmargs
        -Xms128m
        -Xmx512m
        -XX:MaxPermSize=128m



Geronimo Eclipse Plugin Version 2.1.8 Enhancements
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1. Support Geronimo Server 2.1.8

2. Support Eclipse Helios and Indigo


Installation Instructions
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See https://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC21/how-to-install-geronimo-eclipse-plugin-v218.html

Bug Fixes and New Features
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GERONIMODEVTOOLS-689 NullPointerException when publishing with Geronimo Eclipse Plugin v2.1.7
GERONIMODEVTOOLS-690 NullpointerException occurs if one adds a "Utility Project" to the EAR 
GERONIMODEVTOOLS-692 Can not build GEP on Mac
GERONIMODEVTOOLS-774 java.lang.NullPointerException error happened for web application automatically redeploying after renamed the name of the project 
GERONIMODEVTOOLS-776 Using excluds in rat-maven-plugin to exclude the file whoes license header is not required
GERONIMODEVTOOLS-778 Using GEP3.0.X's eclipse/build.xml to replace the GEP2.1.X's

Release Notes -- Apache Geronimo Eclipse Plugin -- Version 2.1.8 -- 20120105165246

@version $Rev: 1227520 $ $Date: 2012-01-05 15:53:54 +0800 (Thu, 05 Jan 2012) $