Release Notes for Plumtree JSR-168 Consumer 1.0

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0 SP5 - released December 2005

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0 SP4 - released September 2005

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0.3 - released September 2004

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0.2.143983 - released July 2004

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0.2 - released June 2004

JSR-168 Consumer 1.0 - released September 2003

Version 1.0 SP5

Supported Operating Systems and Application Servers

For the most recent support matrix, see the Interoperability page of the Plumtree Support Center.

• Plumtree JSR-168 Consumer is certified with JSR-168 TCK Acceptance Test on the following application servers and operating systems:
• Application Servers: BEA Weblogic 8.1, Apache Tomcat 5.0.28, IBM Websphere 6.0.1
• Operating Systems: Windows 2003, Red Hat Linux ES 3, SUSE Linux ES 9, Sun Solaris 8, IBM AIX 5.2

Issues Addressed

• Sample portlets (GooglePortlet, RSSPortlet, JspPortlet) are supported on all listed application and platforms.

Known Issues

• TCK test PORTLETCONTEXT:GetRequestDispatcherNullTest fails with container Websphere 6.0.1. (Issue # 49037)
• When JSR-168 Consumer is set up on Remote Container (instead of container running portal) the following tests fail on all application servers:
• ACTIONREQUEST: CheckActionRequestParameterTest
• ACTIONREQUEST: CheckIsPortletModeAllowedTest
• ACTIONREQUEST: GetContextPathTest
• PORTLETSESSION: InvalidatePortletAndServletSessionTest
• RENDERREQUEST: GetContextPathTest

Version 1.0 SP4

Issues Addressed

• Added support for sharing portlets across a session.
• Certified with JSR-168 TCK acceptance test completion.

• Including HTML pages in a PortletRequestDispacher fails on WebLogic. (Issue #37784)
• The portal and a JSR-168 portlet cannot be on the same application server if the portlet uses a period (.) as the gateway space. (Issue #37786)
  
  Workaround: Use the servlet context (web app name) as the gateway space for the portlet.
• The JSR-168 Consumer has not been tested using non-English locales. (Issue #37787)
• Render parameters are not stored between requests. This specifically fails the Sun TCK tests using WebLogic on Unix. (Issue #37783)
• The User Preferences for a user in Portal 4.5WS must be set in an external source and imported into the portal.

• JSR 168 is certified on Solaris 8 and 9.
• JSR 168 is certified on Windows Server 2003.

• Portlets on a page do not share sessions. The portlet specification assumes that portlets on the same page share the same session, whereas portlets on the Plumtree portal always have their own session. (Issue #32217)
  
  Workaround: If a developer wants to share information between portlets in a web application, use Portlet Context.
• Including HTML pages in a PortletRequestDispacher fails on Weblogic. (Issue #37784)
• The portal and a JSR-168 portlet cannot be on the same application server if the portlet uses a period (.) as the gateway space. (Issue #37786)
  
  Workaround: Use the servlet context (web app name) as the gateway space for the portlet.
• The JSR-168 Consumer has not been tested using non-English locales. (Issue #37787)
• Render parameters are not stored between requests. This specifically fails the Sun TCK tests using WebLogic on Unix. (Issue #37783)
• The scope of exported variables (var) for renderURL and actionURL tags has been incorrectly set to javax.portlet.PortletURL instead of String. (Issue #37785).
• The User Preferences for a user in the Portal 4.5WS, must be set in an external source and imported into the portal.

• This release fixes an issue where user information was not being read. (Issue #33247)
• GetRemoteUser returning null issue corrected. (Issue #35424)

• Portlets on a page do not share sessions. The portlet specification assumes that portlets on the same page share the same session, whereas portlets on the Plumtree portal always have their own session. (Issue #32217)
  
  Workaround: If a developer wants to share information between portlets in a Web application, use Portlet Context.
• Including html pages in a PortletRequestDispacher fails on Weblogic. (Issue #37784)
• The Portal and JSR-168 portlet cannot be on the same application server if the portlet uses a period (.) as the gateway space. (Issue #37786)
  
  Workaround: Use the servlet context (web app name) as the gateway space for the portlet.
• The JSR-168 Consumer has not been tested using non-English locales. (Issue #37787)
• Render parameters are not stored between requests. This specifically fails the Sun TCK tests using WebLogic on Unix. (Issue #37783)

• getInputStream and getReader methods fixed.
• Final 1.0 version of the Portlet API supported.

• Portlets on a page do not share sessions. The portlet specification assumes that portlets on the same page share the same session, whereas portlets on the Plumtree portal always have their own session. (Issue #32217)
  
  Workaround: If a developer wants to share information between portlets in a Web application, use Portlet Context.
• Including html pages in a PortletRequestDispacher fails on Weblogic.(Issue #37784)
• The Portal and JSR-168 portlet cannot be on the same application server if the portlet uses a period (.) as the gateway space. (Issue #37786)
  
  Workaround: Use the servlet context (web app name) as the gateway space for the portlet.
• The JSR-168 Consumer has not been tested using non-English locales. (Issue #37787)