Wicket in Action

Wicket Security: WASP and SWARM 1.4 released!

We are proud to release Wicket Security 1.4 final.

Wicket Security is an attempt to create an out of the box reusable authenticating and authorization framework for Apache Wicket. It contains several projects which can be used standalone or in conjunction with each other.

After testing the codebase for a while we did not find any issues.

Differences between the 1.4-rc1 release:

• upgraded dependencies to newest working versions (JUnit 4.x does not work with Spring)
• versioned maven plugins to appease the Maven 3 gods.

Many thanks go to Olger Warnier for the initial port of Wicket Security to Wicket 1.4.

The release is available from the Wicket Stuff maven repository.

If you already depend on Wicket Security, all you need to do is modify the version of your dependencies in your Maven poms:

	<repository>
		<id>wicketstuff</id>
		<url>http://wicketstuff.org/maven/repository</url>
		<snapshots>
			<enabled>true</enabled>
		</snapshots>
		<releases>
			<enabled>true</enabled>
		</releases>
	</repository>
 
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.wicket.wicket-security</groupId>
		<artifactId>swarm</artifactId>
		<version>1.4</version>
		<scope>compile</scope>
	</dependency>

Note that with future releases we will move to a new groupId and package name (since org.apache.wicket is reserved for Apache Wicket, and not 3rd party projects).

The future of the Wicket Security project is to remain a standalone project (it will not be adopted by Apache Wicket), and will continue to be maintained by Topicus. If you wish to join please let us know!

Emond & Martijn

Wicket 1.4.1 supports Ajax file uploads

The Apache Wicket project is proud to announce the first maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.4.1. The most notable change in this release is the transparent support for multipart form submissions via Ajax. Wicket is now smart enough to submit a form using a hidden iframe rather then the standard XMLHttpRequest if the form contains file upload fields.

You can download the release here:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4.1

Or use this in your Maven pom’s to upgrade to the new version:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupId>
    <artifactId>wicket</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.1</version>
</dependency>

A complete list of changes can be found in our Jira instance.

We thank you for your patience and support.

The Wicket Team

Apache Wicket 1.4 takes type safety to the next level

The Apache Wicket project is proud to announce the release of Apache Wicket 1.4. Apache Wicket is an open source, component oriented Java web application framework. With overwhelming support from the user community, this release marks a departure from the past where we leave Java 1.4 behind and we require Java 5 as the minimum JDK version. By moving to Java 5 as the required minimum platform, we were able to utilize Java 5 idioms and increase the type safety of our APIs. Using Java generics you can now write typesafe web applications and create typesafe, self documenting, reusable custom components.

Download Apache Wicket 1.4

You can download the release here: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4.0

Or use this in your Maven pom’s to upgrade to the new version:

<dependency>
  <groupid>org.apache.wicket</groupid>
  <artifactid>wicket</artifactid>
  <version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>

You will need to upgrade all modules (i.e. wicket, wicket-extensions) to their 1.4 counterparts. It is not possible to mix Wicket 1.3 libraries with 1.4 libraries due to API changes.

Most notable changes

From all the changes that went into this release, the following are the most important ones:

• Generified IModel interface and implementations increases type safety in your Wicket applications
• Component#getModel() and Component#setModel() have been renamed to getDefaultModel() and setDefaultModel() to better support generified models
• The Spring modules have been merged (wicket-spring-annot is now obsolete, all you need is wicket-spring)
• Many API’s have been altered to better work with Java 5′s idioms
• Wicket jars are now packaged with metadata that makes them OSGI bundles

Apart from these changes, the release is mostly compatible with Wicket 1.3 and upgrading shouldn’t take too long. Early adopters report about a days work to upgrade medium to large applications to Wicket 1.4. Read the migration guide to learn more about the changes in our APIs. To learn more about all the improvements and new features that went into this release, check the solved issue list in our JIRA instance.
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Apache Wicket 1.3.7 marks end of life for Wicket 1.3

The Apache Wicket team is proud to present the release of Apache Wicket 1.3.7. This will be the last feature release for the 1.3.x branch. Going forward, only security fixes will be released in the 1.3.x branch – meaning that 1.3.7 may be the last release in this branch. All users are encouraged to upgrade to 1.4.0 as soon as possible. As work begins on 1.5 in the near future, we will be supporting 1.4.x and 1.5.x.

Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read the release notes. We thank you for your patience and support.

The Wicket Team

Apache Wicket 1.3.6 released!

The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the sixth maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.6. A lot of bugs have been squashed and several improvements implemented. It is recommended you update to Wicket 1.3.6 at your earliest convenience.

Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further:

• http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.6

We thank you for your patience and support.

- The Wicket Team

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Apache Wicket 1.3.5 released!

The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the fifth maintenance release: Apache Wicket 1.3.5. A lot of bugs have been squashed and several improvements implemented. It is recommended you update to Wicket 1.3.5 at your earliest convenience.

Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further:

• http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.3.5

We thank you for your patience and support.

- The Wicket Team

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