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JDOM 1.1 Released - (Found July 2, 2008 )

I just posted the JDOM 1.1 release for download. This release includes about 20 improvements and bug fixes.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000075.html

Schema Validation in JDOM - (Found July 2, 2008 )

If you're interested in doing schema validation with JDOM, you'll want to check out the new FAQ entry I added...
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000010.html

JDOM Beta8 Release - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Today we released JDOM 1.0 Beta8. The list of improvements over Beta7 is astounding.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000018.html

XPath Class in JDOM - (Found July 2, 2008 )

JDOM now includes build-in XPath support with the org.jdom.xpath.XPath class. Here's how it works.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000019.html

Genesis of JDOM - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Elliotte Rusty Harold asked on jdom-interest today about the "Genesis of JDOM", and I wrote a little history paper. JDOM users may find it interesting.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000021.html

JDOM in Oracle Magazine - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The SeptOct issue of Oracle Magazine has an introductory article on JDOM covering Beta 8. The article is freely available online. It provides good coverage for newbies as well as some historical stories and advanced tricks.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000031.html

JDOM in the Real World - (Found July 2, 2008 )

The MarchApril issue of Oracle Magazine has a new "JDOM in the Real World" article showing how I use JDOM to manage the RSS feeds on Servlets.com, including how I get this entry to show up on the front page.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000039.html

XQuery Q&A - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Johnny Wang asked several good XQuery questions in response to my Oracle article post. Here are my answers.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000046.html

JDOM Hits Beta 10 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Pop the champagne cork, JDOM Beta 10 has been released! Here's a bit on where we're going and how we got here.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000054.html

Pop the Champagne: JDOM 1.0 - (Found July 2, 2008 )

After 4 years, 10 betas, and 152 revisions to org.jdom.Element, I'm proud to announce JDOM 1.0.
http://www.servlets.com/blog/archives/000059.html