This release contains some major improvements, in particular to the way the object graph is mapped to and from the web. Download or browse documentation here.

General:

• improved stability and error reporting
• lots of bug fixes
• more tests
• removed symbolic links from SVN; was an endless source of frustration

Core:

• renamed TraversalDictionary to TraversalTranslator: it can be much more dynamic than a dictionary
• implemented KeywordTraversalTranslator with fixed translation keywords
• implemented XpathTraversalTranslator with a pseudo-subset of Xpath
• introduced AllNeighborsTraversalSpecification instead of null TraversalSpecification; introduced StayRightHereTraversalSpecification
• MeshObject’s userVisibleName now always returns value of a Property called “Name” if the MeshObject has one; this seems a sensible default for many applications
• MeshObjectIdentifierFactory now has a pointer back to the MeshBase to which it belongs. Downside is one cannot use the same instance of MeshObjectIdentifierFactory for multiple MeshBases any more.
• got rid of MeshStringRepresentationContext, which partially overlapped with the purpose of MeshStringRepresentationParameters; only historical reasons can explain why we had both
• removed title/target/additionalParameters argument from HasStringRepresentation.toStringRepresentationLinkStart; now handled as parameters in StringRepresentationParameters
• simplified StringRepresentation of PropertyValues and related
• additional pre-defined StringRepresentations e.g. HttpPost
• distinguish between formatting Properties (which may be null) and PropertyValues; no more muddling with funny MeshObject context parameters; formatting is now performed via DataType
• use correct ClassLoader to load ResourceHelper default properties file during Module initialization
• correct initialization of ResourceHelper in module.adv
• expanded MeshObjectSet and MeshObjectSetFactory API

Identity-related:

• refactored LID implementation to use an “instructions” based approach to the pipeline, instead of an exceptions-based approach. This is more flexible for users of the module.
• fixed typo about credential vs. credtype.
• renamed LidPersona to LidAccount; more natural to talk about it using that name
• added LidAccountStatus and SiteIdentifier to LidAccount for multi-tenancy
• factored account and session-related concepts from org.infogrid.lid.model.lid into new SubjectArea org.infogrid.lid.model.account.
• new custom tag library that deals with identity

Model-related:

• fixed code generation bug for descriptions of values in EnumeratedDataTypes
• code generator to generate static constants for all EnumeratedValues.
• added AccountCollection to account LID model
• expanded TestModel to cover both optional and mandatory PropertyTypes; renamed PropertyTypes correspondingly
• improved Test model for more comprehensive testing
• better user-visible strings for EntityTypes Bookmark, Account and WebResource

Viewlet/GUI-related:

• Viewlet framework and tag library extensions for including Viewlets in Viewlets; updated Viewlets accordingly; now allows in-context editing, change of viewlet types etc. for included JeeViewlets; no contiguous TraversalPath from top required
• support REST-ful URLs on hierarchical Viewlets e.g. GraphTreeViewlet with multiple Viewlet alternatives in contained Viewlet
• removed iframe in (Net)MeshWorld; hierarchical Viewlets is better approach
• various HTML fixes and improvements related to the rendering and editing of PropertyValues
• removed rootPath on all custom tags; not needed or used
• sanitized formatting of Identifiers; it’s still not totally sane but a lot more so
• eliminated PropertyValueTag.{css,js} and replaced with PropertyTag.{css,js}
• removed -moz-opacity CSS value per recent Firefox updates
• fix HTML doctype to make IE more happy
• BlobViewlet to get its PropertyType from URL argument not POST argument
• footer element for MeshObjectSetIterate tag
• do not print iterateHeader and iterateFooter when set has no content in MeshObjectSetIterateTags
• default POST behavior is now redirect-to-GET on same URL, so browser refresh is not as awful
• added missing setter methods on StructuredResponse
• created SetSizeTag to print the size of a MeshObjectSet in JSP
• slight changes how MeshObjects are shown on screen by default (dropped annotation in which non-standard MeshBase they are)
• overflow: auto; to support long CSS floats
• added orderBy property to setIterate JSP tags
• added ability to sort in the inverse direction
• created propertymeter JSP tag for bar graphs or temperature graphs based on Properties
• default sorting in JSP MeshObjectSet tags is by user-visible String
• don’t set domains on cookies when run from localhost; makes life of developers hard
• generate Javascript for PropertyValues
• eliminating unnecessary projects by moving their code into other projects:
  • org.infogrid.jee.rest -> org.infogrid.jee.viewlet
  • org.infogrid.jee.rest.net -> org.infogrid.jee.viewlet.net
• renaming projects:
• org.infogrid.jee.rest.net.local -> org.infogrid.jee.viewlet.net.local
• org.infogrid.jee.rest.net.local.store -> org.infogrid.jee.viewlet.net.local.store
• org.infogrid.jee.rest.store -> org.infogrid.jee.viewlet.store
• renamed meshObjectLoopVar to loopVar in custom tags
• added arrivedAt property to Viewlet
• enctype attribute on safeForm is all lowercase
• created SaneUrl, new supertype of SaneRequest that allows to reuse API for URLs and servlet requests; slight API naming changes httpHost vs. server; allows us to get rid of OverridingSaneRequest nonsense
• DEFAULT_LINK_START/END_ENTRY now consistently on StringRepresentation
• removed RestfulRequest, replaced with a MeshObjectsToViewFactory that directly translates SaneRequest into MeshObjectsToView
• an instance of MeshObjectsToViewFactory must now reside in Context
• removed NetViewletDispatcherServlet; not needed any more
• removed most redundant methods on Viewlet; better have one clear way how to do it only
• upgraded ViewletFactoryChoice: now HasStringRepresentation and contains MeshObjectsToView; this means unfortunately that ViewletFactory setup in applications needs to pass MeshObjectsToView to their choices()
• ViewedMeshObjects now keeps reference to MeshObjectsToView that it took its data from
• removed unnecessary request attributes like JeeViewlet.VIEWLET_STATE_TRANSITION_NAME: can be obtained via Viewlet
• made MeshObjectsToView an interface and subtyped to JeeMeshObjectsToView and NetMeshObjectsToView for cleaner model
• renamed getMeshObjects to getViewedMeshObjects for consistency
• ViewletState has moved from JeeViewlet to JeeViewedMeshObjects; added isDefaultState