Downloadable Files
The following files are available for download:
Core Distribution
The core distribution consists of the actual Cactus framework for server-side unit tests, as well as documentation, examples and the Cactus Ant tasks.
- jakarta-cactus-12-<version>.zip
The main binary distribution of Cactus for J2EE 1.2. Includes the Cactus framework, the complete set of documentation, the Cactus Ant tasks and the examples.
- jakarta-cactus-13-<version>.zip
The main binary distribution of Cactus for J2EE 1.3. Includes the Cactus framework, the complete set of documentation, the Cactus Ant tasks and the examples.
- jakarta-cactus-<version>-src.zip (or jakarta-cactus-src-<version>.zip)
The source distribution of Cactus. This corresponds to a clean CVS checkout of the Cactus sources at the time the version was released.
- jakarta-cactus-ant-*.zip
A distribution of Ant that has been pre-configured to run Cactus tests. This archive is no longer being made available as of Cactus 1.5. See the documentation about the Ant integration for information on how to setup Ant for use with Cactus.
Eclipse Plugins
Early versions of an Eclipse plugin for Cactus are available from the nightly builds area.
- jakarta-cactus-integration-eclipse-runner-12-<version>.zip
The Cactus Runner plugin for J2EE 1.2.
- jakarta-cactus-integration-eclipse-runner-13-<version>.zip
The Cactus Runner plugin for J2EE 1.3.
- jakarta-cactus-integration-eclipse-webapp-<version>.zip
The Web Application plugin.
<version>
represents the version number for releases and the date stamp for nightly builds.
Releases
Click here for Cactus releases.
Nightly builds
Click here for Cactus nightly builds.
You can also check the Build result page, which contains information on the status of the Cactus nightly builds (yes, they fail from time to time).