The end of life (EOL) date for this module is on 31 January, 2020.

Release Notes

Version 2.3

Release Date: 25th August 2016

OpenSSL library version is upgraded to 1.0.2g version with backport security fixes from OpenSSL 1.0.2h.

Release Date: 8th April 2016

Added an option in Open Access, when enabled will shorten the time it takes for Gateway to connect to a node. See Gateway Connections.

When a valid command is executed by the Open Access client, command returns success.
Open Access self-monitoring dataview now updates when a Gateway is added or removed from the setting.conf

Release Date: 1st February 2016

It is now possible to secure (encrypt) the communication between Open Access node and Gateways. See Secure Communications

Open Access self-monitoring now displays correct Gateway status and state when Gateway connection to Open Access node is dropped
Fixed error with Open Access start script oacluster.sh running on bash version 4.0
Updated Apache commons-collections library in Open Access to version 3.2.2
Active directory setup should no longer encounter incorrect ldap size error

Release Date: April 2015

Gateway ‘hotStandbyRole’ in DataSets now update to ‘Secondary’ when the Open Access node connection fails over to the secondary.
You can now change a gateway in settings.conf from stand alone to hot standby without having to restart a node.

Release Date: March 2015

It is now possible to connect to multiple clusters from a client. See Multiple cluster addresses.
Added the diagnostic tool. See /diagnostics/requirements.
Gateway distributions is now configurable. See /cluster/gateway_distribution.
Added snoozedDescendant property to DataSet properties. See DataSet properties.
DataView queries will now call the error callback if the query cannot return dataviews.
The assigned gateways self monitoring view was enhanced to include more state information. See: Assigned gateways.

Connecting to a secondary hot standby gateway no longer forwards data.
Setting OAC_CONFIG_HOME in .oacluster.rc will now work for settings.conf. See Use case: Changing directories and file names.
com.itrsgroup.openaccess.connection.TransportException now includes the hosts and ports of the connection in error.
Fixed a bug which would mean some changes to settings.conf were not observed by the node.

Release Date: 6th May 2014

Added self monitoring. See Self-Monitoring.
‘ORB2’ (aka multi threaded comms) is now enabled by default for cluster nodes.
It is now possible to specify multiple nodes in a client connection request, thus providing additional protection against node failure. See Multiple node addresses.
Added utility to perform synchronous snapshot style requests. See Synchronous Requests (Snapshots).
Added extra system information to the cluster node log on startup.
Added the ability to blacklist certain xpaths. See Black Lists.
Added more specific exceptions for the ErrorCallback passed to OpenAccess.connect. See TimeoutException, UnauthorisedException and UnexpectedDisconnectException.
Added query ErrorCallback call when parent connection is closed before a query is closed.
New cluster control script for Linux and Solaris. Run oacluster.sh--help for details. See /cluster/oacluster_script.
Added constants for property keys to the public API. See DataSetProperties and DataViewProperties for details.
Various performance improvements.

Calling DataViewCell.getId on a cell from a ROW_ADDED event now returns the correct ID.
User roles containing spaces no longer cause issues.
Repeated CLOSE events are no longer fired if SSL used in client connection URL but not configured (or vice versa).

Release Date: 4th February 2014

Type specific properties in DataSet. See DataSet properties.
Type specific properties in DataView. See DataView properties.
CommandArguments now have choice names. See JavaDoc.
Commands can be returned in the order they are sent from the gateway. See JavaDoc and FAQ.
Commands that return URLs now have MIME type of text/uri-list (for example the Licensing Information command on gateways).
Knowledge Base support using the Commands API. See Knowledge Base Commands.
DataSet and DataView XPath validation has been added. If an invalid path is supplied the error callback is invoked.
Individual gateway passwords can now be obfuscated in cluster config. See Obfuscated Password.

CommandSet now calls error callback when malformed/invalid path is passed.
Fixed exception that was thrown when duplicate row was added to a DataView.
Row ID for ‘Gateway-includesData’ gateway plugin is no longer blank.
Fixed intermittent error (akka.remote.ResendUnfulfillableException) that would cause a node to fail.
Exceptions thrown by client implementations of ErrorCallback.error are now caught and logged.
Commands with ‘Client’ run location are not shown or accepted for execution.

Release Date: 4th November 2013

First production release