It’s been a while since the last release, but why change if users are been generally happy with it … Here’s what’s new:

Highlights:

• Native support for currency values (e.g. $1.23 USD)
• Even simpler JSON generation
• StringDataTypes can now carry a regular expression, which is checked before assignment (e.g. makes it impossible to assign a String that isn’t to a property that must contain an e-mail address)
• Support for cascading delete
• InfoGrid compilation is now reported to work on Windows
• Multi-tenancy support for LID
• More flexible handling of HTTP status codes in Probe framework (e.g. what should happen upon a redirect)
• Extensions to custom JEE tags and HttpShell to make JSP programming with InfoGrid even simpler, e.g. simple tags to create Javascript-based overlay forms
• Improved error reporting
• Additional tests
• Lots of small usability improvements and bug fixes

Here are the gory details:

Core:

• ModuleAdvertisementSerializer to generate relative paths to JARs
• more types of MeshObjectSelector
• added getLocalId to NetMeshObjectIdentifier
• added guessFromExternalForm to IdentifierFactory
• use “” not null for localId of home object
• Augmented set of pre-defined BlobDataTypes
• Improved BlobDataType to check for MIME compatibility with regexes
• added CurrencyValue and CurrencyDataType to represent money as a primitive type
• added convenience method to MeshObject: determine whether the relationship to a neighbor MeshObject is blessed with a certain RoleType
• Moved OnDemandTransaction from HttpShell into utils
• implemented cascading delete support
• added TimeStampValue.earlierOf and TimeStampValue.laterOf for convenience
• Special value NOW for TimeStampValue parsing
• regex can be be specified for StringDataTypes
• added AbstractDelegatingLocalizedRuntimeException for symmetry and completeness
• better error reporting for TransactionActionExceptions
• Explicitly set latin1 character set in MySQL store to avoid key size error when the default character set is multi-byte.
• TransactionAction.execute() now does not take a Transaction parameter any more, but provides it as a member variable
• check raw id even when guessing MeshObjectIdentifier
• when there’s a ParseException during parsing of store content, don’t return null but throw NoSuchElementException
• Added MeshObjectHelper for simpler JSP programming with TypedMeshObjectFacades
• Carry specify exceptions keyed by failed MeshObjectIdentifiers in MeshObjectAccessException, instead of swallowing all exceptions other than the first
• MeshObjectsNotFoundException is not a subclass of MeshObjectAccessException any more
• Correct singular/plural error messages for MeshObjectAccessException and MeshObjectsNotFoundException
• NetMeshObjectAccessException now carries redirect NetMeshObjectAccessSpecifications
• NetMeshObjectAccessSpecification is now an Identifier
• Migrated sweeping functionality from the various MeshBase implementations into Sweeper. The policy functionality of Sweeper became SweepPolicy.
• Better pingpong debugging support
• created MeshObjectSet.hasSameContent
• upgrade to warn if MySQL database cannot be detected/created
• Id column in MySQL needs to be case-sensitive
• don’t report exception in rollback that isn’t an error
• default expiration for UnnecessaryReplicasSweepPolicy
• Allow the sweep of a single MeshObject
• MeshObject.delete and sub-methods have no business to throw NotPermittedException
• Non-semantic “kill” of a ShadowMeshBase
• Kill button in ShadowAwareAllMeshBasesViewlet
• No need for public method initiateCeaseCommunications on Proxy
• Don’t try to talk to Proxies when NetMeshBase is dead
• Tolerate some IsDeadExceptions when dead (duh)
• Use default mime type for BlobValue when none is given when parsing StringRepresentation
• Avoid that IsDeadException kills meaningful error message
• support typefield XML attribute for StringDataTypes as well
• added StringDataType for e-mail
• fixed automatic merge problem
• allow MeshObject.equals( TypedMeshObjectFacade ) for simplicity
• use get_XXX pattern in TypedMeshObjectFacade for non-Properties/non-pseudo-Properties to avoid name clashes with code-generated setters
• use get_XXX pattern in TypedMeshObjectFacade for non-Properties/non-pseudo-Properties to avoid name clashes with code-generated setters
• renamed Rfc3339Util to DateTimeUtil and expanded to W3C timestamps
• DefaultNetMeshBaseIdentifierFactory now uses pluggable “Scheme”s to support identifiers of various protocols, including http, https, file, xri, acct
• renamed UnknownProtocolParseException to UnknownSchemeParseException
• added ability to specify Maps in Resource files
• When parsing NetMeshBaseIdentifiers, turn each String into canonical form as well, e.g. hTTp: and http:
• added toColloquialExternalForm() to Identifier; more sane
• removed IdentifierStringifier.toColloquialIdentifier()
• use guessFromExternalForm in more places for more tolerance (e.g. when reading from Store to be more tolerant of Scheme changes)
• be more tolerant of Exceptions when restarting MeshBases; try best-effort
• Better logging of start / die of InfoGridWebApps
• when resetting PingPong, only increment token by 1
• more defensive programming if Storage layer is corrupt
• refactor message sending framework to always deliver all received messages together instead of singly
• merge two XprisoMessages before processing if possible
• added ByPropertyValueSelector and PropertyComparisonOperator
• NotRelatedException not thrown any more when testing whether two MeshObjects are related by a given RoleType; was counter-intuitive and pedantic
• StringRepresentationParameters must always be given.
• Make it easier to generate MeshObjectIdentifiers with different lengths
• upgraded Postgresql JDBC for 64bit support
• Netbeans 7 support
• Make sure Threadpool is always cleanly shut down. Now Tomcat won’t hang occasionally after undeploy.
• support custom regex violation error messages for PropertyTypes that specify regular expressions
• refactored L10Map into L10PropertyValueMap and L10StringMap, moved to utils package
• more HTML class declarations in BlobValue HTML
• added invert method to most MeshObjectSelectors
• added MeshObjectSet.subset convenience method
• Don’t include dead MeshObjects in MeshObjectSets
• factored out ExternalCommand so invoking an external process becomes simpler
• default MeshObjectIdentifier to contain _ instead of ~

Identity-related:

• AccountManager needs a site parameter for determining account to support multi-tenancy
• generate login event even if only the session gets renewed
• XrdsProbe to cache the XRDS file
• added content and content type as parameters to XmlProbe interface; enables XrdsProbe to cache the XRDS file
• added getGroupNames to LidAccount
• check group membership by group identifier as well as group name
• also check group membership by groups set as request attribute
• factored out some symbolic OpenID parameter names
• fix when associations expire
• Better integrated AccessManager and ThreadIdentityManager
• root may do anything in AclBasedAccessManager
• Split AclBasedSecurity into two: an ACL-based AccessManager implementation that does not rely on Guards, and an AccessManager implementation that evaluates Guards but is independent on a particular model (such as the AclBasedSecurity model)
• Eliminated org.infogrid.model.AclBasedSecurity, and instead introduced org.infogrid.meshbase.security.aclbased, which also includes a model
• DelegatingAccessManager now supports delegating to multiple other AccessManagers, all of which must agree
• added ThreadIdentityManager.suExec
• When there isn’t a ProtectionDomain, it’s free for all in AclBasedAccessManager
• moved org.infogrid.model.SecurityTest into the attic; currently not used
• added expiring credentials to AuthenticationStatus
• expired OpenID associations throw OpenIdAssociationExpiredException
• OpenID dumb mode fixes
• Added getCarriedExpiredCredentialTypes to LidClientAuthenticationStatus
• added org.infogrid.lid.model.account/Account_LastLoggedIn which can come in handy
• Removed Account Status value CREATED — not particularly useful and would have needed update logic
• credential values are now separate from LidAccount, e.g. the StoreLidPasswordCredentialType knows where to look for the password
• don’t need LidCredentialType.isRemote any more
• allow password change from StoreLidPasswordCredentialType
• removed realm from LID; never quite used
• better support for multi-tenancy / virtual hosts in LID: carry siteIdentifier around in more places
• distinguish one-time-tokens from other types of credentials in LID
• more methods for setting, checking, resetting password credentials
• support that MeshObject can own itself in AclUtils
• A little helper utility to generate secret keys

Model-related:

• Code-generate an entry for the SubjectArea itself, too
• exactly one SubjectArea element is expected in each model element in the model XML
• Added HTTP status code and location properties to WebResource
• minor rename of SubjectArea user-visible name

Probe-related:

• Handle HTTP redirects better when encountered by Probes; existing behavior should be unchanged however
• Do not throw FactoryException as a direct cause of NetMeshObjectAccessException but its cause instead
• Introduced ProbeException.HttpRedirectResponse
• Added NetMeshBaseRedirectException, so ProbeException.HttpRedirectResponse does not need to be moved up to module org.infogrid.kernel.net
• Introduced HttpMappingPolicy that enables different policies for mapping HTTP non-OK status codes into InfoGrid; default remains the same behavior
• Change in API to set up ProbeManagers etc.: ProbeDirectory passed to ProbeManager instead of ShadowMeshBaseFactory, then ShadowMeshBaseFactory is notified where ProbeManager can be found
• ProbeException.HttpErrorResponse not needed any more
• Support HTTP redirects that give relative URLs as Location, against the HTTP spec (I’m looking at you, Google)
• HttpMappingPolicy has moved from ProbeManager to ProbeDirectory
• Fixes issue where wrong HttpMappingPolicy was set upon restore of Shadow from disk
• Throw exception if ProbeManager is configured without a ProbeDirectory
• added basic XRD support to InfoGrid
• added acct: as one of the basic protocols supported by NetMeshBaseIdentifier
• added Webfinger support
• Don’t throw ProbeException.DontHaveNonXmlStreamProbe if the found content is of length zero

Viewlet/GUI-related:

• Renamed NotIfViewletState to NotIfViewletStateTag for consistency
• throw correct error message if no subject
• fix status in AbstractSetIterateTag
• colloquial=true by default
• by default, sort alphabetically in TreeIterateTag
• fix display of <HOME> for home object broken in last checkin
• added potentiallyShorten to WebContextAwareMeshObjectIdentifierStringifier
• instrument to track HTTP client-side calls
• trim strings first to deal with sloppy JSP writing
• added request property to JeeMeshObjectsToView
• change default app server to Tomcat6
• pass SaneUrl through to ViewletFactory, so it can access request attributes
• created org.infogrid.jee.security.aclbased tag library for AclBasedSecurity Subject Area
• added TextStructuredResponseSection.containsContent
• replaced ViewletAlternativesTag.js with more general-purpose ToggleCssClass.js
• support redirect to newly created object in HttpShell
• Created BracketTags, which allow conditional generation of, say, <ul> and </ul> tags depending on whether or not the content tag has any non-whitespace content.
• factored out AbstractSaneRequest.urlWithoutMatchingArguments for easier reusability
• trim entered identifiers before trying to resolve them in HttpShellFilter
• Better error reporting for HttpShell
• IncludeViewletTag more robust if path not specified
• Removed the List<Throwable> in request attribute for collecting processing exceptions; now abstracted into new interface ProblemReporter
• Allow null identifiers for create access verb in HttpShell again
• hyperlink on UnsafePostException’s message
• TitleTag to use a separate section in the StructuredResponse
• default mechanism for TitleTag with Viewlet name and app name, can be overridden with TitleTag
• <tmpl:title> tag prints <title> tags itself
• fixed userVisibleName on Viewlet
• JeeViewlets’ default POST URL used to sometimes leave out reached MeshObjects, which would list all found-by-traversal MeshObjects after post, which was very confusing. Removed traversal spec in case there are no reached MeshObjects
• Pass subject’s userVisibleString into default Viewlet title construction.
• Created InvalidViewletActionException.
• enable logging of when InfoGridWebApps start and stop
• added HttpShellHandler to HttpShell
• rollback Transaction if there is an exception during execution by HttpShell
• support for radiobox-driven “which MeshObject should I be related to” relate/unrelate from the HttpShell
• Added sweep and accessLocally to HttpShell HTML
• Created ProxyTag in analogy to emitting other objects like MeshObjects etc.
• Sweep support for the HttpShell
• Added limit parameter to SetIterateTags in analogy to SQL limit
• Added MeshObjectSetIterateBeyondLimitTag that gets invoked when a MeshObjectSet iteration stops due to a limit parameter so the JSP can display a “more” link or something like that
• display trailing slash on URLs even if isColloquial; if not, user cannot distinguish URLs with and without trailing slashes
• added IfNullTag and NotIfNull tag
• allow to set properties via the HttpShell at the same time the MeshObject is only being created
• working on allowing to set properties via the HttpShell at the same time the MeshObject is only being created
• added allowNull attribute to PropertyTag to remove “remove” label for optional properties when so needed
• fix ignore=”true” bug in MeshObjectTag
• implemented a “JSP subroutine” set of custom tags
• allow TypedMeshObjectFacade in place of any MeshObject for JSP custom tags; makes life simpler
• use ‘block’ instead of ‘inline’ for create label in PropertyTags, so CSS can be used to move label vertically
• added the just-completed Transactions to the invocation of HttpShellHandler, so implementations have a chance to understand what happened
• added deleted MeshObjects to variable map passed to HttpShellHandler
• tag to easily report a problem into the error log
• tags to safeguard JSPs against inadvertent invocation by the wrong user or with the group user groups
• support AccountStatus APPLIEDFOR and REFUSED
• change default HTML title if Viewlet reports error; that way we don’t accidentially leak information if there is an access control problem
• Re-implemented CSRF remedy: now match cookie and form instead of issuing form tokens
• use lowercase cookie names
• Added NotIfErrorsTag and NotIfInfoMessagesTag
• Use StringRepresentation framework to format the label String for null PropertyValues
• augmented HttpShellHandler to have invocable method before, after, at the beginning and at the end of Transactions
• MeshType may be given directly in PropertyIterateTag
• Change where <HOME> special identifier is defined. Stringifying MeshObjectIdentifier for HomeObject now produces “”, while stringifying MeshObject produces <HOME>
• HttpShell now recognizes “not set” value because “” is now a valid value for a MeshObjectIdentifier
• added JspoXXXTags
• removed now unnecessary org.infogrid.jee.store project
• carry incoming request in DefaultJeeNetMeshObjectsToView
• Allow both bean and identifiers in AbstractRelatedTag and subclasses
• always use multi-part encoding for Jspo forms so file uploads are always possible
• make JSP tags more consistent that use MeshObjects: can now specify MeshObject directly, MeshObjectIdentifier (direct and as String), or name of bean
• added MeshObjectBlessedByTag
• allow optional parameters on Jspo and Jspf tags
• Support $1.23 in addition to 1.23 USD for CurrencyValue
• support different capitalizations for MeshObjectBlessedByTag
• SingleMemberTraversalTag for convenience
• additional keywords for HttpShell
• allow HttpShell to override/specify direction of a redirect after shell execution
• additional callback afterAccess for HttpShell
• allow immediate activation of called JspoTag through property on call
• Added Json viewlet. New viewlet that will write a direct acyclic object graph in Json to level n.
• added custom tag that makes it easy to iterate over the intersection of two traversal sets
• allow MeshObjectBlessedByTag to write to a variable instead of to stdout
• rollback transaction when HttpShellHandler throws HttpShellException
• added MissingArgumentException that turns out to be generally useful
• Created custom tags to help matching URL arguments easily
• fixed incorrect processing of RuntimeException in HttpShell (particularly from HttpShellHandlers)
• DataType would sometimes invalidly truncate HTML output with maxLength specified. Hope this implementation is better.
• slight refactoring of JeeViewlet-internal API to make it easier to remove URL parameters from Viewlet’s default Post URL

MeshWorld/NetMeshWorld-related:

• Show number of MeshObjects in the MeshBase in AllMeshObjectsViewlet
• round borders for webkit-based browsers too
• NetMeshWorld has no business depending on AclBasedSecurity at this time
• introduced property AnetMeshBase.ALLOW_NON_LOCAL_MESHOBJECT_CREATION to allow non-local NetMeshObject creation — useful for test instrumentation, for example
• created ModuleInventoryViewlet
• added app resource file to MeshWorld and NetMeshWorld
• Added Sweeping button into NetMeshWorld.
• Added ability to filter MeshBase content in AllMeshObjectsViewlet
• Enable AllMeshObjectsViewlet to view empty sets.
• Added properties file for Log4jConfigurationViewlet
• add direct link to PropertySheetViewlet from AllMeshObjectsViewlet
• Added filtering by home proxy to AllNetMeshObjectsViewlet
• NetMeshWorld uses AllNetMeshObjectsViewlet, not AllMeshObjectsViewlet now
• added “requires Javascript” via <noscript> to templates in example and test apps
• Sort EntityTypes alphabetically in AllMeshObjectsViewlet

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

Building on the recent InfoGrid FirstStep example, here is another: FirstStepWithMySQL.

Using the same bookmarking/tagging application as FirstStep, it shows how to persist the same MeshObjectGraph using MySQL as a key-value store. It consists of two apps:

• the first app initializes the store, and creates a graph of objects
• the second app retrieves the graph from the store, and traverses the graph to retrieve information.

It’s of course a trivial example, but it illustrates:

• how easy it is in InfoGrid to keep the same application running against different storage backends with minimal code changes (in the initialization only)
• some of the advantages of graph databases compared to other types of storage technologies: note how simple it is to traverse the graph in all directions.

Annotated source code is here.

Available for download here. This is mainly an incremental improvement/bug fix release, except:

1. new capabilities in the ig-lid project related to what Randy Farmer called the tripartite identity pattern.
2. new example application: FirstStepWithMySQL (see separate post).

Summary of changes:

• fixed endless loop when Transaction open at MeshBase die time
• Moved (Net)MeshObjectIdentifierFactory to .mesh.net packages. That allows is to tighten permissions a bit.
• Check that localIds are at least 4 chars long. Not having this check created confusing results for users of MeshWorld where the GUI assumes this, but not the graph db.
• Replaced StringRepresentationParseException with java.text.ParseException in most places.
• More specific subclasses of LidInvalidCredentialException for better error reporting
• More resilient when Gpg home dir cannot be created
• Better TimeStampValue.toString()
• Make it easier to create “su” Transactions with elevated privileges
• collect all outgoing data into the same XprisoMessage; this prevents sending more than one message in response to a single incoming message
• improved abilities to freshen Replicas
• added ForwardReferenceTest9
• added DelegatingNetMeshObjectIdentifierFactory as a convenience class
• Major refactoring in module ig-lid to implement what Randy Farmer called the tripartite identity pattern. Nickname is what he calls Public ID. HasIdentifier is used to represent Login ID. LidPersona represents what he calls Account and also manages the relationships to the other items. There is a corresponding Model.
• Added identifier-as-entered to LidAuthenticationStatus for better error reporting
• Re-introduced LidPersona as a major concept
• TransactionAction now carries a few member variables (MeshBase, MeshBaseLifecycleManager, MeshObjectIdentifierFactory) in order to make the writing of transactional code more concise
• Split org.infogrid.probe.test into several test modules; makes it better manageable
• removed a bunch of unnecessary files from ig-vendors; they only take up space and bandwidth
• fixed multiple ModelBase bug
• failed to load model under some circumstances when not running under the Module framework
• added isIdentifiedBy method to org.infogrid.util.HasIdentifier
• changed MeshObjectSet.contains( MeshObjectIdentifier ) to MeshObjectSet.contains( Identifier )
• added FirstStepWithMySQL
• localization for LidAbortProcessingPipelineException

InfoGrid 2.9.2 is focused on the new project layout of the code base. This new layout has also been documented on the wiki, starting with the front page and continuing to the projects page.

The new layout will make it easier for newcomers to find their way around InfoGrid, and to selectively include only those parts of InfoGrid required for a given application. It’s top-level structure is as follows:

• ig-graphdb: The InfoGrid Graph Database Project develops the GraphDatabase at the heart of InfoGrid.
• ig-graphdb-grid: The InfoGrid Graph Database (Grid) Project augments the GraphDatabase with a replication protocol, so that many distributed GraphDatabases can collaborate in managing very large graphs.
• ig-lid: The InfoGrid Light-Weight Identity Project implements user-centric identity technologies such as LID and OpenID.
• ig-model-library: The InfoGrid Model Library Project defines a library of reusable object models that can be used as schemas for InfoGrid applications.
• ig-probe: The InfoGrid Probe Project implements the Probe Framework, which enables application developers to treat any data source on the internet as a graph of objects. This project also implements a library of Probes for common data formats.
• ig-stores: The InfoGrid Stores Project provides an abstract common interface to storage technologies such as SQL databases and distributed NoSQL hashtables. This enables an InfoGrid GraphDatabase to persist its data using any of several different storage technologies but with the same API for application developers.
• ig-ui: The InfoGrid User Interface Project REST-fully maps the content of a GraphDatabase to browser-accessible URLs. Viewlets allow developers to define how individual objects and sub-graphs are rendered. The project also implements a library of Viewlets, and the MeshWorld and NetMeshWorld example applications.
• ig-utils: The InfoGrid Utilities Project collects utility code used throughout InfoGrid.

Below, you find directories such as:

• modules: contains the functionality of the project
• tests: automated tests for the project
• testapps: web applications testing the project
• etc.

Enjoy!

This is an incremental release focusing on bug fixes and minor enhancements that make life easier for the developer. To download, go to http://infogrid.org/wiki/Docs/Downloads.

Summary of changes:

• support for reverse proxies (e.g. Apache in front of Tomcat) with corresponding changes of http/s, port, host and path
• CommandLineBootLoader now deactivates Modules
• allow ResourceHelper initialization from Module initialization
• added traceMethodCallExit with return value to Log
• added identifierSuffix to enable giving an LDAP domain for authentication
• attempt LDAP reconnect when communication exception
• many LID/OpenID fixes and improvements, including ability to run behind reverse Proxy
• all JDBC and database names all-lowercase; too many funny issues on some platforms
• LidProcessingPipeline sets request attributes org_infogrid_lid_RequestingClient and org_infogrid_lid_RequestedResource instead of something less straightforward
• support for page-wise scrolling in Viewlets, e.g. the AllMeshObjectsViewlet
• added InstrumentedThread.advanceTo with a timeout
• Simplified TransactionAction Exception signatures to make invocation code shorter
• Split org.infogrid.mesh.TypedMeshObjectFacade into an interface and a class — all generated interfaces now inherit from org.infogrid.mesh.TypedMeshObjectFacade
• Treat localhost as resolvable global identifier
• Derive theDefaultMeshBaseIdentifier from first incoming HTTP request if not given in web.xml
• Less of the mystifying error messages when undeploying on Tomcat
• added ProbeUpdateSpecification_LastRunUsedProbeClass to Probe model
• Allow custom HostnameVerifier to deal with non-official SSL certs
• removed Test model from MeshWorld, NetMeshWorld
• added Tagging model to MeshWorld, NetMeshWorld
• changed cookie value encoding
• clean up cookie values that may have been double-quoted
• renamed LID cookies to use hyphens not periods, makes interop with PHP easier (which uncomprehensively changes all periods in cookie names to underscores)
• refactored and expanded session management and related code in LID modules
• Generic mechanism to add HTTP headers instead of one limited to Yadis
• moved default gpg working directory to /var/run
• made SaneRequest more sane: separate URL and POST’d arguments cleanly.
• added SaneRequest.getAbsoluteFullUriWithoutMatchingArguments
• moved to NetBeans 2.8
• various bug fixes, including those found in a static analysis run
• more tests
• some API extensions
• some improved formatting in HTML output