This release candidate contains the latest features and improvements as described below.
Note that the documentation has not yet been fully updated, but will be completed for the final version.

Release 2.0 rc6 (service release 12/2010)
- Improved service model (provided/required services)
- Simplified service programming through automatic thread correction
- Dynamic (lazy) component creation based on provided services
- Simplified support for remote GUIs (see e.g. cleaner in cleanerworld)
- New mandelbrot application (micro) showing the use of dynamic services
- New disaster management application (BDI)
- New helpline application (micro)
- Support for ADF checker eclipse plugin
- Numerous bug fixes

This release candidate contains the latest features and improvements as described below.
Note that the documentation has not yet been fully updated, but will be completed for the final version.

Release 2.0 rc5 (Bugfix release 09/2010)
- Minor bug fixes

This release candidate contains the latest features and improvements as described below.
Note that the documentation has not yet been fully updated, but will be completed for the final version.

Release 2.0 rc4 (Awareness release 09/2010)
- Unified model of active components with services
- Platform bootstraps as root component
- Remote access for services and components
- Awareness for detection of other platforms in the network
- Shop example illustrating the use of services
- Improved component tree in JCC
- Tool support custom service and component guis

This release candidate contains the latest features and improvements as described below.
Note that the documentation has not yet been updated, but will be completed for the final version.
Release 2.0 rc1 (Active components release 03/2010)
- Generic active components infrastructure for agents and other active elements
- Support for BPMN workflow modelling and execution
- Support for BPMN workflows as BDI plans
- Newly introduced component result (start a component and wait for its completion and results)
- Cross-component type tool support (tools work with all types of components)
- Enhanced Jadex Java condition language (JCL) support (similar condition description as in V1)

This beta release contains the latest features and improvements as described below. Note that the documentation has not yet been updated, but will be completed for the final version.

Release 2.0 beta3 (Environment support release 06/2009)
- Jadex V1 Java condition language (JCL) support
- New application descriptor XML for defining whole agent applications
- Generic environment support for simulation examples
- New environment versions of example plus new game of life example

The rule engine inside Jadex V2 is now available as a separate project. Jadex Rules is very small and intended to be used as component of other software. A separate SourceForge project and website has been created. Check it out at: http://jadex-rules.sourceforge.net/

The Jadex website has been relaunched at:
http://jadex.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

The new page is based on Wiki technology
and allows people to contribute, e.g. by
posting descriptions of their projects
or links to teaching material.

This beta release contains the latest features and improvements as described below. Note that the documentation has not yet been updated, but will be completed for the final version soon.

Release 2.0 beta2 (V2 Beta-Release 01/2009)
- Adds Jade adapter for also running on the JADE platform
- Some minor bugfixes

This beta release contains the latest features and improvements as described below. Note that the documentation has not yet been updated, but will be completed for the final version soon.

Release 2.0 beta1 (V2 Beta-Release 12/2008)
- Complete rebuilt of the BDI-kernel, on based on a rule engine
- Exchangeable agent kernels for different agent architectures
- New micro agent kernel (minimal features for minimal resources)
- Initial simulation support allowing event- and time-driven simulation runs
- Restructured service-based standalone platform
- Multiple platforms can be started in the same Java VM
- New comanalyzer tool for observing message exchanges
- New library service for managing the classpath at runtime via the JCC
- New examples (alarmclock, watchdog)
- Enhanced platform and agent efficiency

This release contains all the features and improvements from earlier betas as described below.
In addition it comes with a complete set of updated documentation material.

- New protocols capability: request, (iterated) contract net, dutch/english auctions
- New support for agent-level unit-testing including new TestCenter plugin
- New plugin for JadexDoc for easy documentation generation
- New DFBrowser plugin for inspecting registered agents
- New booktrading example
- Added end-states allowing for executing BDI-relevant actions before an agent dies
- Added agent listeners that enable listening on BDI-elements
- Added custom match expressions for message events and plan triggers
- Numerous bugfixes and improvements