h1. Camel 1.4.0 release (TODO: Not release yet)

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h2. New and Noteworthy
 
Welcome to the 1.4.0 release which includes TODO: 164 new features, improvements and bug fixes such as...

* major improvements in [JMS] and [Mail] components
* major improvements in Camel [JMX] management (enabled by default)
* various improvements in [CXF], [File], [FTP], [Velocity], [Stream] components
* various improvements in the Java and Spring DSL
* refinements to run in OSGi containers
* some internal refactorings of package structure to avoid cycle dependencies
* @deprecated some core classes, that will be removed in Camel 2.0
* improved feedback for misconfiguration of camel routes such as mistypes of parameters
* introduced [ExceptionPolicyStrategy|Dead Letter Channel] as strategy for exception clause selection during error handling (much improved default strategy in Camel)
* overall improved wiki documentation
* improved javadoc for camel-core
* attachment support for [Message]
* introduced [Debugger] interceptor to track message etc.

h3. New [Components]

* [Atom] for consuming atom feeds
* [SpringIntegration] for integration with Spring Integration

h3. New [Data Formats|Data Format]

* [String] data format

h3. New [Languages]

* [Scala] (work in progress, not fully feature complete)

h3. New [Enterprise Integration Patterns]

* None

h3. New Examples

* ANT build files for running the examples
* camel-example-loan-broker
* camel-example-spring-jms

h2. API breakings

There can be a few API breakings when upgrading from Camel 1.3 or older. We are sorry for this and will try to refrain from such API breakings in the future Camel 1.x releases. An API overhaul is scheduled for Camel 2.0.

h2. Known Issues

CamelTemplate has been marked as @deprecated and you should use ProducerTemplate instead.
From Camel 1.4.0 on the ProducerTemplate must be retrieved from the CamelContext. You can then use it the same way as before.
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ProducerTemplate camelTemplate = camelContext.createProducerTemplate();
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Bean component sets a reference to the bean that is being invoked as a property on the Exchange. This property has change its key from "CamelBean" to "org.apache.camel.bean.BeanHolder" and the type is now a BeanHolder.
 
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h2. Getting the Distributions

h3. Binary Distributions

||Description||Download Link||PGP Signature file of download
|Windows Distribution| [apache-camel-1.4.0.zip|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.zip]| [apache-camel-1.4.0.zip.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.zip.asc]|
|Unix/Linux/Cygwin Distribution| [apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz]| [apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0.tar.gz.asc]|

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h3. Source Distributions

||Description||Download Link||PGP Signature file of download
|Source for Windows| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip]| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.zip.asc]|
|Source for Unix/Linux/Cygwin| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz|http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz]| [apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.asc|http://www.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-camel/1.4.0/apache-camel-1.4.0-src.tar.gz.asc]|

h3. Getting the Binaries using Maven 2

To use this release in your maven project, the proper dependency configuration that you should use in your [Maven POM|http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html] is:

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<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
  <artifactId>camel-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.4.0</version>
</dependency>
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h3. SVN Tag Checkout

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svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/activemq/camel/tags/camel-1.4.0
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h2. Changelog
For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the [release notes|http://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=11020&styleName=Html&version=11849]

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