Released Roma Meta Framework 2.0.0

Main addictions and improvements:

CORE module:

• Component Aspect: now the IoC is managed by this aspect. Spring impl comes as in bundle.
• New AspectManager to retrieve the right aspect impl + use of cache to speedup the lookup
• Support for multiple aspect implementations that can exist in parallel
• First step to VirtualObjects: refactored all the schema package and created the Reflection implementation
• Improved speed on first class discovering
• New Roma class as entry point for the most common user's functions
• First step to remove Apache XmlBeans to load Roma XML files
• Support for field's events
• Removed the need of BackObject using FlowAspect.back()
• Moved location of Spring files. From WEB-INF to src/META-INF/component
• Removed manual inclusion of Spring files. Now are red all the files under the src/META-INF/component folder
  

VALIDATION aspect:

• Separated from ViewAspect
• Let to validate any POJO, also not rendered as form
  

SERIALIZATION aspect:

• Implemented the new SerializationAspect to marshall/unmarshall objects in different formats (now only JSON and Java binary) and different strategies also pluggable
  

FRONTEND module:

• New RomaFrontend class as entry point for the most common user's functions regarding the frontend (view, session, etc.)
• The new Servlet filter "RomaWebFilter" starts and stops Roma
• New SearchEngine module to build complex queries using a GUI
• New GUI wrappers to handle collections as Select
  

CXF SERVICE module:

• Support to JSON and JSONP protocols
• Updated to use the last version of CXF: 2.1.3

JANICULUM module:

• First version of Janiculum, the alternative to Echo2 View Aspect impl.
• REST Access
• Rendering impls are developed using FreeMarker to make easy to extend the framework with new renderers
  

REPORTING-JASPER module:

• Upgrade to the last official version

ECHO2 module:

• Resolved bugs for components inside a TableEdit rendered component

ADMIN module:

• Fixed management of Base Groups and Base Profiles

USERS module:

• Assigned primary keys to persistent classes
• Login by default let the user to select the language between those installed in the application
  

WIZARDS:

• Changed the syntax of wizards
• Launch of module-install.xml ant file on module installation
  

Modules PERSISTENCE-JPOX, PERSISTENCE-JDO and WORKFLOW-POJO are removed from the official distribution. MAP aspect is renamed in GEO aspect.