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GSF 11.6.2 Released!

May 3, 2016 - Version 11.6.2 of the GSF is now generally available. This version is built for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1 (11.1.1.8). It contains important fixes to the controller infrastructure that greatly simplify creating your own custom actions - along with a number of bug fixes. Some quick links:

GSF 11.6.1 Released!

October 4, 2013 - Version 11.6.1 of the GSF is now generally available. This version is built for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1 (11.1.1.8). It contains important fixes to the controller infrastructure that greatly simplify creating your own custom actions - along with a number of bug fixes. Some quick links:

GSF 11.6.0 Released!

June 10, 2013 - Version 11.6.0 of the GSF is now generally available. This version is built for Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1 BP1 (11.1.1.6.1). Some quick links:

GSF 11.x reaches release candidate stage

November 15, 2012 - The version 11.x of the GSF has now reached release candidate stage. Too many features to describe here, but if you are running WebCenter Sites 11gR1 this is the kit you are looking for.

Also, this website is currently moving towards being consumed by the github site, so don't be surprised if you see gradual updates over the next little while.

GSF 1.3.1 released

August 3, 2012 - Version 1.3.1 was released today. It includes some minor installation improvements relating to site assignment of the GST/Dispatcher. Also properly positions web artifacts in the gsf folder. No functional changes.

GSF 1.3 is out!

August 1, 2012 - The GST Site Foundation version 1.3 is now generally available. It contains a number of bug fixes and new features, including a new installer. It's available as a single download here. GSF 1.3 is designed for WebCenter Sites 7.6, and is compatible with 11gR1 (see below for details about this).

GST Site Foundation 1.3.0 Release

The 1.3.0 release is currently being prepared and will be ready for download by 9am EDT on Wednesday, August 1, 2012.

GST Site Foundation 1.3-SNAPSHOT Compatibility with Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1

Tony Field has written a blog post on the topic of compatibility of the 1.3 version of the GSF on OWCS 11gR1. Essentially, GSF 1.3 is compatible with Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1 for sites built with the 7.6 / GST 1.0.3 architecture specificaiton

Installing GST Site Foundation 1.3-SNAPSHOT on Oracle WebCenter Sites 11gR1

Here are some very brief instructions on installing GSF 1.3 on OWCS 11gR1.

7.6.2 Compatibility Alert

In Oracle WebCenter Sites (Content Server) 7.6.2, the COM.FutureTense.Util.ftErrors class was changed so that it no longer extends java.lang.Exception. (FatWire Content Server 7.6 Release Notes (February 3, 2012): (#25446) Since ftErrors objects are created frequently, there is a performance impact since it inherits from java.lang.Exception. Break that inheritance chain)

This caused an effective change to the signature of the 13-year old COM.FutureTense.Interfaces.ICS.GetComplexError() method, which was not documented. The GSF makes use of this API in the Facades module. If you are using GSF version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3-SNAPSHOT (dated March 2012 or earlier), you must upgrade to the current 1.3-SNAPSHOT (dated March 29) to ensure that GSF will continue to operate with version 7.6.2 of Oracle WebCenter Sites. You can confirm that you are experiencing this compatibility issue by looking for the following snippet in your application server log file, immediately before the application server crashes (the JVM will exit immediately upon encountering this error): java.lang.VerifyError: (class: com/fatwire/gst/foundation/CSRuntimeException, method: signature: (Ljava/lang/String;LCOM/FutureTense/Util/ftErrors;I)V) Incompatible argument to function at com.fatwire.gst.foundation.facade.runtag.render.CallTemplate.handleError(CallTemplate.java:349). GSF Version 1.3 (GA) is expected to be released by the end of June, 2012.

For more information, please contact Tony Field.