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

uPortal 4.0 supports version 2.0 of the Portlet specification (JSR-286), removes IChannel support, includes a new customization UI and updated UIs for groups, permissions and user management. New 'under the hood' features such as a refactored rendering pipeline also improve speed and memory usage of the portal.

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.