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h1. Petals Studio 1.1

Here are the new and noteworthy features of Petals Studio 1.1.

h2. BPEL

It is now possible to directly create a Service-Unit project for BPEL.
BPEL croquis (sketches) remain an alternative.

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The BPEL Designer has a new layout.

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The creation of BPEL processes from a WSDL has been fixed.

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The direct creation of partner links has been fixed.

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h2. Jsr181

The creation for the Petals Jsr181 component was completely changed.
It now directly creates a Java project. It supports WSDL-first and Java-first approaches.
The Java export is similar to the usual Petals export.

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h2. Other wizards

The XSLT wizard supports both the import and the creation of a XSL style-sheet.
It can also generate a default WSDL and validate XSL style-sheets while being edited.

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The XSLT wizard supports both the import and the creation of a XML schema.
It can also generate a default WSDL.

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The user interface and the validation in the EIP wizard was improved.

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h2. SCA support

Service-Unit projects for SCA can directly be created.

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Three creation patterns are proposed: empty composite, simple Petals service and service orchestration.

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The JBI binding editor was replaced by an enhanced tab property section.

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h2. Other features

JBI descriptors can be validated explictely.

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Service Assembly projects have a shortcut to package them.

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It is now possible to refactor Petals projects.
For Service-Unit projects, it can be used to change service names in both the jbi.xml and a WSDL.

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Maven support was drastically improved in this new version of the studio.
Default POM are ready-to-be-used with the Petals Maven plug-in.
POM files can also be customized through templates specified in the preferences (up to a template per Petals component).

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The wizard to import a service assembly was updated.

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