About

Castor is an open source data binding framework for Java[tm]. It’s the shortest path between Java objects, XML documents and relational tables. Castor provides Java-to-XML binding, Java-to-SQL persistence, and more.

Releases of Castor are available from the Maven Central repository. Snapshots are available (on request) through the users mailing list. Please use Maven’s Central repository’s search feature to inform yourself about available Castor releases.

Contributors are welcome to join this project. Please join us on the mailing lists. We maintain a full list of contributors past and present.

The Castor Project was started and originally developed by Keith Visco and Assaf Arkin of Intalio, Inc.

News

Newsworthy information about the Castor Project itself and any related projects.

New project mailing lists available at freelists.org (Jun 5, 2015; Werner Guttmann)

Please find the new Castor mailing lists available at freelists.org. As already announced, this was necessary after the Codehaus service termination a few days ago.

First SNAPSHOT for Castor 1.3.4 released (Apr 6, 2015; Werner Guttmann)

I’ve made available a first snapshot release of Castor 1.3.4 at the
Sonatype OSS snapshot repository after Castor’s migration to github. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the GitHub issues

Castor 1.3.3 released (Dec 31, 2013; Werner Guttmann)

I’ve made available release 1.3.3 of Castor at the Codehaus distribution repository.

1st release candidate for Castor 1.3.3 released (Apr 18, 2012; Werner Guttmann)

I’ve placed a copy of Castor 1.3.3 RC1 at the Codehaus distribution repository. This is a first release candidate for the upcoming 1.3.3 release.

Castor 1.3.2 released (Mar 29, 2011; Werner Guttmann)

I’ve placed a copy of Castor 1.3.2 at the Codehaus distribution repository. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the release notes.

Castor Maven plugin 2.1 released (Mar 28, 2011; Werner Guttmann)

I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Castor Maven plugin, version 2.1.

Castor 1.3.1 released (Jan 03, 2010; Werner Guttmann)

I’ve placed a copy of Castor 1.3.1 at the Codehaus distribution repository. For details about the features added and the bugs fixed, please have a look at the release notes.

Castor Maven plugin 2.0 released (Nov 16, 2009; Werner Guttmann)

I am very pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Castor Maven plugin, version 2.0.

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