MySQL Connector/MXJ 1.0.9 is available for download. (However, it can take a couple hours for some mirrors to catch up.)

MySQL Connector/MXJ is a JMX MBean for deploying and managing a MySQL database. This makes it easy for Java developers to deploy applications which require a database by reducing installation barriers for their end-users.

Connector/MXJ requires a JMX v1.2 compliant MBean container, such as JBoss version 4.

As a JMX MBean, Connector/MXJ makes the MySQL database appear to be a java-based component. It does this by determining what platform the system is running on, selecting the appropriate binary, and launching the executable. It will also optionally deploy an initial database, and via standard JMX management APIs present (and allow the setting of) parameters which are appropriate for that platform.

Included are instructions for deploying to JBoss. Please, be sure to read the "README" and the "GettingStarted.txt" files.

New in the 1.0.9 version are MySQL 4.1.8 resources for the following platforms: * Linux x86 * Mac OS X 10.3 * Windows XP/2K/NT x86 * SunOS sparc

If you're using JBoss, we've taken advantage of the JBoss life-cycle extension methods so that the database will gracefully shut down when JBoss is shutdown.

You can download sources and binaries from:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/mxj/1.0.html

Remember, feedback is welcome and encouraged. Please send questions/comments to ja...@lists.mysql.com.

Cheers, Eric

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