ModeShape 2.1.0.Final provides a very capable JCR implementation with powerful and unique features not matched by other implementations. This release moves ModeShape to the JCR 2.0 API, implements several new features, and includes fixes and improvements.

ModeShape now implements all of the required JCR 2.0 features:

and implements most of the optional JCR 2.0 features:

ModeShape supports the JCR-SQL2 and JQOM query languages defined in JSR-283, plus the XPath and JCR-SQL languages defined in JSR-170 but deprecated in JSR-283.

At this point, ModeShape passes virtually all of the JCR Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) tests, except for a few known issues with ModeShape as well as bugs in the TCK tests. As soon as these are fixed, we'll start the process of attaining JCR 2.0 certification for ModeShape.

What's next for ModeShape? We also plan to add support for clustering multiple ModeShape engines spread across multiple JVM processes. And each expect to introduce more connectors and sequencers to our library. Other items on our roadmap include a JDBC driver for ModeShape, a web user interface, Seam integration, and integration with even more kinds of information systems and repositories.

We're always looking for suggestions and contributors. If you'd like to get involved on ModeShape, the first step is joining the mailing lists or hopping into our chat room on IRC (at irc.freenode.net#jbossmodeshape). You can also download the code and get it building, and start looking for simple issues or bugs in our JIRA issue management system.

But if nothing else, please contact us and let us know how you're using ModeShape and what we can do to make it even better.

And, if you haven't already, check out our Getting Started guide, which has examples that you can build and run to see ModeShape in action.