The Stylus Scoop published an interview with me today, where I talk about XQuery, XQJ, Stylus Studio, Mark Logic, and JDOM. Check it out.

Pop the champagne! I just released JDOM 1.0.

Man this feels good. I'm gonna go out with some friends to party tonight, then heading to FOO Camp for the weekend. Ahh. A great moment in life.

It took four years to get here. We should have arrived three years ago. Beta 7 from the fall of 2001 was definitely worthy of being a 1.0 release. Stable, robust, useful. We just didn't call it 1.0 because there were some API changes we wanted to make that would break backward compatibility. We kept the Beta name not for the sake of quality but as a way to warn people about API shifts we saw coming. Was it right to wait? Perhaps not. We could have used 2.0 to indicate an API change like most commercial software.

The good news is we've made the API changes already, we've gotten them widely tested, and we're confident enough in this API that we don't see any reason to break backward compatibility in future releases. So if the Beta moniker kept you from JDOM in the past, it's time to jump on board.

Thanks to everyone who's been involved in the project over the years. It's been an amazing collaborative effort with people the world over contributing code and ideas. I've learned a lot, and met (virtually and in the real world) a lot of great people.

Sorry it took so long. You can't say I don't test my work, though!

I've been known to make fun of Tomcat's long stack trace. Never again! Not after I received a problem report today with the following WebSphere Portal Server stack trace. It just keeps going, and going, and going...

Nested Exception is java.lang.IllegalStateException
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.impl.PortletRequestImpl.getInputStream(PortletRequestImpl.java:221)
at com.oreilly.servlet.multipart.MultipartParser.(MultipartParser.java:183)
at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:222)
at com.oreilly.servlet.MultipartRequest.(MultipartRequest.java:109)
at resume.ResumePortlet.doView(ResumePortlet.java:166)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.PortletAdapter.service(PortletAdapter.java:154)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet._dispatch(Portlet.java:744)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet.access$100(Portlet.java:88)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet$Context.callPortlet(Portlet.java:899)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.cmpf.impl.PortletFilterManager.doFilter(PortletFilterManager.java:253)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet.dispatch(Portlet.java:636)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet.doPost(Portlet.java:516)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.jetspeed.portlet.Portlet.service(Portlet.java:491)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:972)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.callMethod(PortletInvokerImpl.java:474)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.invoker.impl.PortletInvokerImpl.render(PortletInvokerImpl.java:144)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.PortletContainerImpl.callPortletMethod(PortletContainerImpl.java:1372)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.legacy.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:380)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.doRenderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:413)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainerImpl.renderPortlet(PortletContainerImpl.java:98)
at com.ibm.wps.pe.pc.PortletContainer.renderPortlet(PortletContainer.java:95)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.PortletHolder.render(PortletHolder.java:87)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.PortletRenderTag.doStartTag(PortletRenderTag.java:151)
at org.apache.jsp._Control._jspService(Control.jsp :176)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:357)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:675)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:773)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:333)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:967)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:89)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:50)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:44)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:70)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:75)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:906)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Control.render(Control.java:210)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.Composition.render(Composition.java:2745)
at org.apache.jsp._UnlayeredContainer_2D_V._jspService(UnlayeredContainer-V.jsp :12)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:357)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:675)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:773)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:333)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:967)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:89)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:50)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:44)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:70)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:75)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:906)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.SingleEntryContainer.render(SingleEntryContainer.java:207)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.CompositionRenderTag.doStartTag(CompositionRenderTag.java:318)
at org.apache.jsp._LayeredContainer._jspService(LayeredContainer.jsp
:176)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:357)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:675)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:773)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:333)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:967)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:89)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:50)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:44)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.skins.Default.render(Default.java:70)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.SkinTemplate.render(SkinTemplate.java:75)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.Component.render(Component.java:906)
at com.ibm.wps.composition.elements.SingleEntryContainer.render(SingleEntryContainer.java:207)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.CompositionRenderTag.doStartTag(CompositionRenderTag.java:318)
at org.apache.jsp._Home._jspService(Home.jsp :2)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:357)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:675)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:773)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServicingServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:333)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:967)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:89)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:50)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:44)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.screens.Default.render(Default.java:73)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.ScreenTemplate.render(ScreenTemplate.java:64)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.tags.ScreenRenderTag.doStartTag(ScreenRenderTag.java:69)
at org.apache.jsp._Default._jspService(Default.jsp :572)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:89)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service(JspServlet.java:357)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:675)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.jsp.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:773)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:967)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.include(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:246)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.handleRequest(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:89)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.DispatcherServiceImpl.include(DispatcherServiceImpl.java:50)
at com.ibm.wps.services.dispatcher.Dispatcher.include(Dispatcher.java:44)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.themes.Default.render(Default.java:129)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.templates.ThemeTemplate.render(ThemeTemplate.java:71)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.callPortal(Servlet.java:770)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.doGet(Servlet.java:465)
at com.ibm.wps.engine.Servlet.doPost(Servlet.java:801)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:76)
at com.ibm.wps.mappingurl.impl.URLAnalyzer.doFilter(URLAnalyzer.java:185)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.FilterInstanceWrapper.doFilter(FilterInstanceWrapper.java:132)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.filter.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:71)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:963)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:554)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:198)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:79)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:201)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CacheableInvocationContext.invoke(CacheableInvocationContext.java:114)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:186)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:334)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:610)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:431)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:593)