Versions

• 4.0.15

• 4.0.14

• 4.0.13.1

• 4.0.13

• 4.0.12

• 4.0.11

• 4.0.10

• 4.0.9

• 4.0.8

• 4.0.7

• 4.0.6

• 4.0.5

• 4.0.4

• 4.0.3

• 4.0.2

• 4.0.1

• 4.0.0

• 4.0.0-RC2

• 4.0.0-RC1
  
  

Overview

Requirements

• JDK 1.6.0_26 or newer

• Servlet API 2.5 or newer

Release Notes

Below is a summary of all the high-level improvements and new features in uPortal 4.0

Portlet 2.0 Support

• Inter-Portlet Communication via Events

• Resource request support for AJAX and binary content delivery

• ETag based caching support including browser-side ETag pass-through for resource URLs

• IChannel support has been removed

Administrative Tools

• New user interface for groups and permissions administration

• Delegate administration of groups and permissions

• Unified user management tool that integrates attribute management for local users, swapper utilities, and limited password-reset support.

UI Improvements

• New unified layout management interface

• Users may subscribe to optional pre-packaged tabs

• Default skin updated with a clean, modern look and feel

• Provides a better starting point for custom skin development

Internationalization

• New unified message file for all view types

• Minor i18n support improvements all over the framework

Mobile Support

• Updated mobile theme with jQuery Mobile support

• uMobile native app framework connection features included out of the box

Integration

• New Grouper group service implementation allows use of Grouper groups within uPortal

• CAS Clearpass features and sample implementation included in build

• Portlet Event based searching allowing any portlet to contribute search results to the uPortal Search dialog

New portlets bundled with uPortal

• News/RSS

• Google Gadgets

Data Import/Export

• Portal data file formats defined by XML Schemas

• Simplified import/export code using JAXB

Rendering Pipeline

• Using StAX and XSLTc for improved performance

• Broken out into bite-size components which can be mixed, matched, and quickly customized

• Allows for multiple pipelines with different uses. Two are included, the primary pipeline and a JSON pipeline used by uMobile

Portlet Execution Management

• Stack trace of a portlet is logged when it times out

• The current portlet fname and request type is included in the thread name during portlet execution

• Background cleanup of hung portlets to prevent resource leaks

Hangups – Changes in 4.0 that might trip you up

• Requires Servlet API 2.5 to run. Tomcat 6.0 is the first version of Tomcat to support Servlet 2.5

• Requires JDK 6.0

• Data export and import is required when upgrading.