Release Notes for MockEJB 0.6-beta2

This relase adds the support for security as well as bug fixed and improved BMP support.

• MockUser class is added to support EJBContext.getCallerPrincipal() and EJBContext.isCallerInRole(). See FundamentalsTest for an example.
• Aspect framework allows to intercept implementation methods as well as interface methods (previously only interface methods could be intercepted). E.g., now users can define a pointcut for ejbFind... methods of the implementation class.
• MockEJB now automatically calls ejbLoad method for BMP finders.
• EntityDatabase becomes an interface. User can now supply their implementation classes using "mockejb.entity.database" system property.
• EntityDatabase.getInstance() is deleted. Users should use mockContainer.getEntityDatabase() instead.
• JDK 1.3 support.
• Jakarta ORO library is now used for regexp support instead of JDK 1.4 java.util.regexp. The library is packaged with MockEJB distribution.
• setEntityContext is now called on temporary entities used for finders and home methods.
• MockContextFactory.revertSetAsInitial() now clears the content of the JNDI tree to provide for better test isolation.

Release Notes for MockEJB 0.6-beta1

This is the major release of the framework with many new features. The focus of this release is on CMP/BMP entity bean support, as well as JMS.

List of key changes

• Mock JMS implementation.
• Ability to deploy an MDB to JMS destination.
• Fully revamped Interceptor framework.
• CMP entity bean support.
• BMP entity bean support.
• EjbBeanAccess interface allowing to access Bean (implementation) object by casting the business interface of an EJB instance.

Changes that are not compatible with the previous version of MockEJB

• Interceptors APIs have changed almost entirely. Please see Interceptors JavaDoc for more details.
• Many MockEjbObject methods have been deleted because they have been superceded by the new Interceptors framework. The direct use of MockEjbObject is now deprecated.
• All "deploy" methods of MockContainer have become "void".
• Signature of "deploy" methods for MDBs have changed.

Release Notes for MockEJB 0.5

The focus of this release is the improved support for using and running mock EJBs inside the container.

List of all changes

• New OptionalCactusTestCase class can be used as a base class for test classes to switch between standalone and Cactus testing. See this documentation for more details.
• Improved support for mock implementation classes for EJBs. See this documentation for more details.
• MockEJB can now work with any JNDI provider, not only with MockContext. See this documentation for more details.
• MockContext now supports hierarchical names and subcontexts.
• "java:comp/env" is now correctly supported for tests running inside the container.
• MockContextFactory.setAsInitial() and revertSetAsInitial() convenience methods have been added.
• MockContextFactory now supports the delegate JNDI environment instead of just an initial context factory. See this documentation for more details.
• Interceptor API has been changed substantially to make it more generic so it can be used with any dynamic proxy, not just with the ones provided by MockEJB.
• InvocationRecorder interceptor allows preserving the information about the call stack for further inspection by the test class. See this documentation for more details.
• TransactionManager (former TransactionInvoker) no longer uses the static field to store UserTransaction instance.
• Homes are now serializable.
• Updated, more detailed documentation.
• Updated and extended examples. See examples here.
• New build files.

Fixed bugs

• 821272 Problems with the context to lookup a name.
• 832358 Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY only set on deploy.

Changes that are not compatible with the previous version of MockEJB

Non-backward compatible changes have been introduced to streamline MockEJB APIs and improve the overall flexibility of the framework. Given the nature of changes, porting the existing code to the new version should not be difficult.

• MockContainer.deployXXX methods have been changed to instance methods from static methods.
• An instance of javax.naming.Context must be passed to the constructor of MockContainer.
• MockContext and MockContextFactory classes have been moved to "org.mockejb.jndi" package.
• MockContextFactory.setRemoteFactory() has been renamed to MockContextFactory.setDelegateEnvironment()
• MockContainer.isActivate() and MockContainer.deactivate() methods have been deleted. You can now use OptionalCactusTestCase.isAppServer() to check if the test class runs inside the app server.
• MockContext.add() has been removed. You can use MockContext.bind() or MockContext.rebind() methods.
• "Invoker" interface has been renamed to "Interceptor", its "invoke" method has been renamed to "intercept". The method now takes "Object" as a parameter as opposed to "javax.ejb.EnterpriseBean".
• Interceptor framework has been segregated into "org.mockejb.interceptor" package.
• TransactionInvoker has been renamed to TransactionManager.
• ExceptionInvoker has been renamed to ExceptionHandler.