The Velocity developers are pleased to announce the second beta release of Velocity 1.5. Downloads are available here.
This beta version is one of the final steps before the long-awaited version 1.5. Since Beta 1 we have added a new InvalidReferenceEventHandler (to catch invalid references), the SecureUberspector (to prevent introspection on "dangerous objects"), and a StringResourceLoader. We've also fixed some critical bugs, including a subtle synchronization problem causing page generation to fail under heavy loads.
Some of the other new features since Velocity 1.4 include:
- floating point number arithmetic
- new event handlers for altering #include/#parse behavior
- literal map syntax
A complete list of changes is available at our issue tracker. You may also want to check out the draft release notes on the Wiki. Please report any additional bugs in the issue tracker, especially those that need to be fixed before our final release. (use 1.5 beta 2 as the version).