Chapter 1. What's New
Abstract
This section describes the main features and changes in version 6.2.
1.1. New Features
The main features in version 6.2 are:
- Both Java 7 and Java 8 are now supported. See Red Hat JBoss A-MQ Supported Configurations for detailed information about supported JVMs on different architectures.
- HP UX 11i is now a supported operating system for running Red Hat JBoss Fuse. See Red Hat JBoss A-MQ Supported Configurations for full information.
- Fuse Tooling, which is now delivered as part of Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio Integration Stack, has been enhanced with various functionality and usability improvements. See Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio Integration Stack 8.0.2 Release Notes for more details.
- New Camel connectors have been added for Box, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, OData, and SalesForce APEX API. See the Apache Camel Component Reference for more details.
- New diagnostics tooling has been added to Fuse Management Console. See the Diagnostic Tool Plug-in part of the Management Console User Guide for more details.
- New Insight plugin has been added to Fuse Management Console for better management of logs and metrics of Fabric containers. See the Log Management with Insight part of the Management Console User Guide for more details.
- A REST domain specific language (REST DSL) has been added to allow developers define REST services using REST style expressions such as GET, POST, and DELETE, regardless of the underlying implementation such as camel-jetty, camel-restlet, camel-servlet, or camel-spark-rest. See The API Component Framework in the Apache Camel Development Guide for more details.
- The Camel API Component Framework has been added. It allows creation of Camel components from published WSDL and WADL APIs. See Defining REST Services in the Apache Camel Development Guide for more details.
- Role Based Access Control (RBAC) has been implemented in Fuse CLI (Karaf Console) and Fuse Management Console (Hawtio). See the Role-Based Access Control chapter of the Security Guide for more details.
- New messaging clients and client APIs have been added for JMS, Python and .NET. See Red Hat JBoss A-MQ Client Connectivity Guide for detailed information about the clients and client APIs.
- The logging level can now be changed at runtime using the JConsole. See Change Logging Level at Runtime using JConsole in the Managing and Monitoring a Broker guide for detailed information on how the logging level can be changed.
- JMS messages can now be edited and resent in the Management Console. For detailed information, see Managing JMS Queues and Messages in the Management Console User Guide.
- The MQ Gateway, AMQP protocol stack and MQTT protocol stack have undergone more complex testing compared to the previous release.
- A separately downloadable Integration Package will be delivered post-release. It will enable integration of Red Hat JBoss Fuse applications with Red Hat JBoss BRMS applications.