A P A C H E C O C O O N
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What is it?
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Apache Cocoon is a web development framework built around the concepts of
separation of concerns (making sure people can interact and collaborate on a
project, without stepping on each other toes) and component-based web
development.
Cocoon implements these concepts around the notion of 'component pipelines',
each component on the pipeline specializing on a particular operation. This
makes it possible to use a Lego(tm)-like approach in building web solutions,
hooking together components into pipelines without any required programming.
Cocoon is "web glue for your web application development needs". It is a glue
that keeps concerns separate and allows parallel evolution of all aspects of
a web application, improving development pace and reducing the chance of
conflicts.
Requirements
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Cocoon has been designed to coexist and interoperate side-by-side with your
existing J2EE solutions or to give them new functionality without requiring
any change in the existing infrastructure.
Cocoon is implemented both as a Java servlet and a Java command line
application. The following requirements exist for installing it:
o A Java 1.4.2 or later compatible virtual machine for your operating system.
o A Servlet API 2.2 compatible Servlet Engine or J2EE Application Server.
[not required for command line operation]
Installation Instructions and Documentation
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Read the INSTALL.txt file in this directory for the installation instructions.
The documentation is available as a separate download package. Read the INSTALL.txt
for more information.
If you are updating from a previous release of Cocoon, make sure
that you read the installation instructions on updating first.
Look for the most updated documentation on the Apache Cocoon web site
(http://cocoon.apache.org/).
Licensing and legal issues
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Cocoon is licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0
See the files in the top-level of the Cocoon distribution called
LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt and see licenses for accompanying products
in the "legal" directory.
Credits
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For more information on credits and due reference to included software, please
read the CREDITS.txt file in this directory.
Thanks for using Apache Cocoon.
The Apache Cocoon Project
http://cocoon.apache.org/