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| Commons Digester Package |
| Version 1.8 |
| Release Notes |
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| INTRODUCTION |
| ============ |
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| This is a minor bugfix and maintenance release. A few small features have been added. |
| New projects are encouraged to use this release of digester, but there is no urgency |
| for existing projects to upgrade; Digester 1.7 has proven to be a stable release. |
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| This release is 100% binary and source compatible with the previous release. |
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| IMPORTANT NOTES |
| =============== |
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| none |
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| Dependencies |
| ============= |
| Digester 1.8 works with all sets of dependencies that worked for Digester 1.7. |
| Users should upgrade to the recommended dependency set below where possible. |
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| The Recommended Dependency Set for Digester 1.8 is: |
| Digester 1.8 + Logging 1.1.x + BeanUtils 1.7 |
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| Other Compatible Dependency Sets: |
| Digester 1.8 + Logging 1.1.x + BeanUtils 1.x + Collections 2.x |
| Digester 1.8 + Logging 1.1.x + BeanUtils 1.x + Collections 3.x |
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| It is also possible to use Logging 1.0.x instead. |
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| NEW FEATURES |
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| Kaffe/GNU-Classpath compatibility |
| ------------------- |
| All Digester unit tests now pass with the Kaffe 1.1.6 JVM. It is expected |
| that Digester works with other free Java implementations that also use the |
| GNU Classpath libraries. |
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| Xmlrules Enhancements |
| ---------------------- |
| The xmlrules module has had the following updates to provide access |
| to functionality that was previously accessable only via the digester |
| API: |
| -- node-create-rule tag added to provide access to NodeCreateRule. |
| Patch provided by Kevin Ross; [DIGESTER-75] |
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| Stack Monitoring |
| ---------------- |
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| Method "setStackAction" has been added to the Digester class. This allows user |
| code to monitor all objects pushed onto and popped off digester stacks. In |
| particular, this makes it easier to store source file/line info for all |
| objects created during parsing. |
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| Namespace Access |
| ---------------- |
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| Method "getCurrentNamespaces" has been added to the Digester class. This allows user |
| code to get a snapshot of all the prefix->url mappings applicable at a point in time. |
| This is particularly useful for elements that contain xpath expressions that should |
| be evaluated later using the same namespaces defined for the element. |
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| Maven 2.x build support |
| ----------------------- |
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| This release now comes with a pom.xml file to allow digester to be built using maven 2.x. |
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| APIs that accept URLs |
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| [DIGESTER-110] Digester class now provides alternative public APIs |
| that accept URLs directly. |
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| BUGS FROM PREVIOUS RELEASE |
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| Reports Addressed |
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| * [DIGESTER-29] raises issue with jarfiles being "locked" on Windows machines. |
| A bug in Sun's java libraries can cause a jarfile to become "locked" |
| when a jarfile is the source of an xml or dtd file used by Digester. |
| In particular, this can cause problems when redeploying a J2EE webapp. |
| A workaround for the Sun bug has been added to Digester to resolve this. |
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| Fixes without JIRA entries |
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| * digester-rules.dtd file defined xml attribute "param" for xml element |
| object-param-rule. This has been removed as it wasn't being used. |
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| DEPRECATIONS |
| ============ |
| None |
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