Spring IDE 2.0 RC1 released

[Torsten Juergeleit]

Dear Spring Community,

we are pleased to announce that Spring IDE 2.0 RC1 has been released. This is the first of two release candidates on our way to 2.0 final, introducing a few new features and fixing a bunch of bugs since M4. The release is available from the Eclipse Update Manager development update site.

Here is a list of the features and improvements:

General

• Added support for Mylin (aka Mylar) #455
• Added support for Spring's Java config #488 #620
• Fixed incompatibilities with Eclipse 3.3 #616
• Updated Spring IDE icon in about dialog

Core

• Refactored SpringProjectBuilder to support wider range of builders #594
• Introduced validator API (extension point "org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validato rs") #171

Beans Support

• Refactored BeansConfigValidator to leverage the new validator API (extension point "org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validato rs") #171

AOP Support

• Added ability to save and restore AOP reference model
• Allow for Spring JavaConfig-created beans to become advised
• Added wizard to create a new Spring BeansConfig file #414

WebFlow Support

• Refactored WebflowConfigValidator to leverage the new validator API (extension point "org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.validato rs") #171
• Added ability to change colors of Web Flow state shapes in the graphical editor #598

We are planning to have another release candidate next week and the final version of Spring IDE 2.0 ready around SpringOne 2007.

Cheers
Torsten & Christian