Ehcache 3.0.0.Alpha release

First Alpha release

Ehcache3 is a brand new API for the well known caching library for Java, which was first released 10 years ago. This first alpha release focuses on providing the feature set necessary for first class support of JSR-107, aka JCache, and a few additional items:

• Support for JSR-107
• XML configuration support
• Cache templates to enhance existing JSR-107 deployments
• New Core Ehcache3 APIs (work in progress)
• New modular core, with extension points

Getting started

Ehcache 3.0.0.Alpha has been released to maven central under the following coordinates:

<groupId>org.ehcache</groupId>
<artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0.Alpha</version>

Or can be downloaded below.
Note that if you download Ehcache jar you will need one additional jar in your classpath:

• slf4j-api-1.7.7.jar

You'll also need the javax.cache API on your classpath:

<groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
<artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0</version>

Further reading

• Ehcache 3
• Ehcache 3's JCache support
• Ehcache 3's XML Configuration