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History of Changes

Version 4.0-beta-2 (Jul 9 2005)
Version 4.0-beta-1 (Jun 24 2005)
Version 4.0-alpha-3 (May 16 2005)
Version 4.0-alpha-2 (May 5 2005)
Version 3.0.3 (Mar 26 2005)
Version 3.1-alpha-1 (Feb 21 2005)
Version 3.0.2 (Feb 14 2005)
Version 3.0.1 (Oct 16 2004)
Version 3.0 (Apr 18 2004)
Version 3.0-rc-3 (Apr 7 2004)
Version 3.0-rc-2 (Apr 1 2004)
Version 3.0-rc-1 (Mar 15 2004)
Version 3.0-beta-4 (Feb 5 2004)

Version 4.0-beta-2 (Jul 9 2005)

Add blank component reference pages for If and For(HLS)
FormConditional extends BaseComponent but has no template(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-356.
AbstractComponent: getMessages() and format() were removed, but should have been deprecated(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-357.
Using @Asset annotation causes NullPointerException(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-361.
Removed obsolete "format" parameter from DatePicker(PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-367.
Annotations bypass line precise exception reporting(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-355.
Add @Documented annotation to the Tapestry annotations(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-378.
Don't attempt to display source if no line number(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-372.
@Message does not work with parameters(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-370.
Wrong property type on injected assets fails with confusing message(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-388.
asset service: send 304 status code when appropriate(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-389.
Script component is not picking up the symbols parameter(HLS) Thanks to Paul Green. Fixes TAPESTRY-374.
Cannot inject the same bean twice(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-391.
Client Side Validation inconsistent(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-384.
InvokeListener component is not in Framework.library(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-393.

Version 4.0-beta-1 (Jun 24 2005)

Add InvokeListener component.(HLS)
Add getErrorRenderers() method to IValidationDelegate.(HLS)
Add purgeDeletedKeys() method to ListEditMap.(HLS)
Add checks for multiple specification elements "claiming" the same injected property. (HLS)
Add support for validation decoration to TextArea.(HLS)
Add raw parameter to InsertText.(HLS)
Add aliases attribute to <parmeter> element, to allow parameters to be renamed.(HLS)
Add getRequiredParameters() method to IComponentSpecification. (HLS)
Add deprecated attribute to <component-specification> and <parameter>.(HLS)
Add configuration property org.apache.tapestry.accepted-locales, used to limit localization to a finite set of locales.(HLS)
Add page listing the project voting history.(HLS)
Add annotation support (in tapestry-annotation module).(HLS)
Add a command chain for resolving component classes.(HLS)
Add a page explicitly discussing JDK and library dependencies.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-96.
Refactored and expanded validation functionality to include DatePicker, PropertySelection, RadioGroup, Select, TextArea, TextField, Upload, contrib:Palette, and contrib:MultiplePropertySelection.(PF)
Add translator binding prefix.(HLS)
Add cancel and refresh listener parameters to Form.(HLS)
Listener methods may now return a page name, or a page instance, to activate and render the response.(HLS)
Add injection of pages.(HLS)
Add InjectPage annotation.(HLS)
Add validators: binding prefix, which allows validators to be specified as a succinct list.(HLS)
Rename Component annotation to ComponentClass.(HLS)
Add Component, Message, InjectMeta and InjectScript annotations.(HLS)
Change FieldLabel to output a <label> element, and add support for generating a client-side id to form control components.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-314.
Cache specification provided by the specification resolver delegate.(HLS)
Rework form event management to be primarily a client-side concern.(HLS)
Renamed property-name attribute to property in the DTD for consistency.(HLS)
Properly wire the assetFactory property of the tapestry.portlet.services.PortletRenderer service.(HLS)
Fix some missing default bindings for the Table component (and subcomponents).(HLS)
Make inherited bindings (a holdover from the 3.0 DTDs) override (quietly) default parameter bindings.(HLS)
Properly identify when portal mode or window state has changed.(HLS)
Injection uses actual type of injected object, which may not be available (due to AOP, or due to use of JDK Proxies).(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-335.
Add lightweight initialization for managed beans.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-321.
@Parameter does not work for required(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-342.
Incorrect link to Spring integration docs in FAQ(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-337.
Non thread safe documentation example(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-304.
ListEditMap can return null from getDeletedKeys()(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-261.
Fix injection problems; InjectScriptWorker injects a DeferredScript, not an IScript. Add super-verbose exception output when there's a failure instantiating a component class. (HLS)

Version 4.0-alpha-3 (May 16 2005)

Add initial support for the validator: binding prefix.(HLS)
Fix workbench build script so that generated war file will include the required ognl jar.(PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-317.
Store the Registry as a ServletContext attribute, so that it may be accessed from other servlets. (HLS)
Allow control over the ErrorHandler used when building the HiveMind Registry. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-323.
Add meta and script injection types.(HLS)
Add defer parameters parameter to LinkSubmit.(RLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-325.
Add listener parameters to Form submitting components.(RLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-326.
Remove <inject-state>, and add type attribute to <inject>.(HLS)
Allow Submits to defer invoking their listener.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-166.
Properly seperate data from different users stored using the tapestry.persist.ClientPropertyPersistenceStrategy service.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-320.
Fix some problems with the TestRestartService test suite.() Thanks to Richard Hensley.
Make it possible to add behavior before and/or after invoking listener methods. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-294.

Version 4.0-alpha-2 (May 5 2005)

Add lookup mechanism to determine page class from page name. (HLS)
Allow the name of the initial page to be overriden using the org.apache.tapestry.home-page application property. (HLS)
Add asset-encoding that encodes and decodes a friendly URL for the asset service. (HLS)
Add methods to IMarkupWriter that allow filtering to be specified using a parameter. (HLS)
Allow component parameters to have a default binding type. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-291.
Add 'client' property persistence strategy. (HLS)
Enhance listener methods, allowing them to include the request cycle optionally, and also optionally accept listener parameters. (HLS)
Add DirectServiceEncoder. (HLS)
Add cache attribute to <parameter> element.(HLS)
Add Trails as a related project. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-279.
Add AppFuse as a related project. (HLS)
Add methods to IMarkupWriter that allow filtering to be specified using a parameter. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-210.
Add PageAttachListener event interface.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-181.
Coordinate Locale changes with the hivemind.ThreadLocale service. (HLS)
Add an extra level of indirection, so that engine services can be wired together using the engine-service: object provider. (HLS)
Replace references to release 3.1 with release 4.0. (HLS)
Upgrade to Javassist 3.0. (HLS)
Upgrade to HiveMind 1.0-beta-1. (HLS)
Change FieldLabel to pre-render its associated field, so that decorations stay synchronized, even in a loop. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-108.
Include a message digest, as a credential, inside asset URLs. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-281.
Set form name from component id, and disallow name as an informal parameter. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-285, TAPESTRY-293.
Add quotes around attribute values in contrib:Table <table> elements.(EH) Fixes TAPESTRY-303.
Validation error renderers should implement toString. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-259.
Roll IValidationDelegate change, adding getCurrentFieldTracking(), forward from 3.0.2 into 4.0.(HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-246.

Version 3.0.3 (Mar 26 2005)

Build scripts are now Java 1.5 friendly. (PF)
Fix security flaw in asset service. (PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-278.
JanitorThread now terminates explicitly when servlet is destroyed. Interruption properly terminates thread during sweep operation. (PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-230.
Fix bug preventing DatePicker calendar window from closing automatically if onchange event handler is not specified. (PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-238.
DatePicker onchange event now only fires when date changes. (PF) Fixes TAPESTRY-277.
Patch for bad translation in ValidationStrings_zh_TW.properties (PF) Thanks to Xi Ping Wang. Fixes TAPESTRY-255.
Patch for bad translation in ValidationStrings_zh_CN.properties (PF) Thanks to Xi Ping Wang. Fixes TAPESTRY-251.
Fix incorrect test for enabling rendering of element in FormConditional component. (PF) Thanks to Michael Hamilton. Fixes TAPESTRY-1.
Fix missing type attribute of script tag in Body component. (PF) Thanks to Markus Wiederkehr. Fixes TAPESTRY-283.
Fix improper engine cleanup when client aborts a request. (PF) Thanks to Matthew Mead.

Version 3.1-alpha-1 (Feb 21 2005)

Add <inject-state> element to specifications. (HLS)
Add property attribute to <component>, <bean> and <asset> and add enhancement workers to inject these objects as properties. (HLS)
Add hivemind: binding prefix. (HLS)
Add new ComponentPropertySource service for accessing component meta-data properties. (HLS)
Add LabeledPropertySelectionModel that decorates an IPropertySelectionModel with an label row. (PF)
New ButtonLinkRenderer, an ILinkRenderer implementation that renders a link component as a button. (PF)
Remove dependencies on Jakarta digester, collections and beanutils. Add dependency on Jakarta HiveMind. (HLS)
Remove support for the <service> element in specifications (in favor of the tapestry.services.ApplicationServices configuration point). (HLS)
Significant rework of how Tapestry URLs are formatted. (HLS)
Remove support for the Tapestry JSP taglib. This can now be accomplished using service paths recognized by service encoders. (HLS)
Change Form to prevent collisions between query parameters supplied by services (in an ILink) and form element ids. (HLS)
Change Form (and WML Go) to have the direct and action services injected. (HLS)
Refactoring to move application state object management out of IEngine and generalize it. (HLS)
Make the Body component output initializations in a script block at the end of the page (just before the close tag), rather than in a window.onload event handler. (HLS)
Support more boolean values. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-262.
Inject Messages into components; this means that all Tapestry page and component classes are abstract. (HLS)
Change handling of initial values for properties to be based on injected logic. (HLS)
Inject specification into components. (HLS)
Use enhancement to inject page event registration into components. (HLS)
Split PageRenderListener into PageBeginRenderListener and PageEndRenderListener. (HLS)
Allow namespaces to define localized messages, providing defaults for pages and components within the namespace. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-242.
Fix bad link in UsersGuide/spec.xml. (HLS) Thanks to Michael Frericks. Fixes TAPESTRY-265.
Allow control over attribute name for components in templates. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-165.

Version 3.0.2 (Feb 14 2005)

Fix build settings for JDOM and Jetty. (EH) Fixes TAPESTRY-214, TAPESTRY-216, TAPESTRY-227.
Upgrade OGNL to 2.6.7. This should move to 2.7.0 as soon as it is released. (EH)
Added call to onchange for DatePicker pop-up selections. (EH) Fixes TAPESTRY-238.
Provide localized validation messages for Simplified Chinese (zh_CN). (HLS) Thanks to Xi Ping Wang. Fixes TAPESTRY-249.
Provide localized validation messages for Swedish. (HLS) Thanks to Niklas Ekman. Fixes TAPESTRY-139.
Ignored interruptedException prevents Janitorthread termination. (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-230.
The online Tapestry component reference for 3.0.1 for @Foreach component has an error in the example section. (HLS) Thanks to Morten Holm. Fixes TAPESTRY-248.
Persistent properties can't be set to null. (HLS) Thanks to Michael Frericks. Fixes TAPESTRY-218.
ListEdit component reference should list source and value as required. (HLS) Thanks to Sadanori Ito. Fixes TAPESTRY-200.
FAQ link to Spring integration document is broken. (HLS) Thanks to Wouter de Vaal. Fixes TAPESTRY-189.
[PATCH] ValidationStrings_de.properties (HLS) Thanks to Dominik Kreutz. Fixes TAPESTRY-167.
Have RenderString implement useful toString(). (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-258.
Change ListEditMap to never return null from getDeletedKeys(). (HLS) Fixes TAPESTRY-260.

Version 3.0.1 (Oct 16 2004)

Add PopupLinkRenderer to contrib, this renderer emits javascript to launch the link in a new window. (DS)
Make IMessages smartly expand exceptions into their message, or their class name. (HLS)
Provide a public implementation of ITemplateParserDelegate. (HLS) Fixes 30261.
Added a clearErrors() method to IValidationDelegate. (HLS)
Ensure that the page's requestCycle property is set before finishLoad() is invoked on any component. (HLS) Fixes 29850.
Fix NPE in ValidationDelegate when the form has errors recorded for fields that did not render. (HLS) Fixes 29871.
Palette does not clear its selected list when no selections are made. (HLS) Fixes 30384.
Allow abstract pages/components even if no specified properties (or other enhancements) (HLS) Fixes 26967.
Shell component should allow informal parameters (HLS) Fixes 30086.

Version 3.0 (Apr 18 2004)

Workbench/Upload exception when no file specified (HLS) Fixes 28345.
Add FormConditional to Component Reference (DS) Fixes 28396.
Add element parameter to contrib:Choose (DS) Fixes 28422.
Remove a small optimization that compromised storage of mutable objects as persistent page properties. (HLS) Fixes 28454.

Version 3.0-rc-3 (Apr 7 2004)

Add docs on how to report problems. (HLS)
Pass the java.security.ProtectionDomain to the parent class loader when creating an enhanced class, to allow Tapestry operation inside secure environments such as Tomcat. (HLS) Thanks to Mats Forstöf. Fixes 28202.
NPE in org.apache.tapestry.form.LinkSubmit. (DS) Thanks to sito@htf.highway.ne.jp. Fixes 28177.
Make checks for unimplemented abstract methods optional, to work around a bug in IBM JDK 1.3.1 (used with Websphere 4.x). (HLS) Fixes 27956.
Allow more primitive types to be used with parameter direction auto (byte, char, short, float and long) in addition to the previously accepted types (boolean, int, double and objects). (HLS) Fixes 28235.

Version 3.0-rc-2 (Apr 1 2004)

Fix problems in the binary distribution. (HLS) Fixes 28057.
Create proper OGNL context when checking for invariant OGNL expressions (when initializing component properties). (HLS) Fixes 27954.
DataSqueezer: Incorrect exception message (HLS) Fixes 27628.
ExpressionBinding optimizes expressions incorrectly (HLS) Fixes 28010.

Version 3.0-rc-1 (Mar 15 2004)

Update Component Reference to use 3.0 syntax (DS)
Update the license to Apache Software License 2.0. (HLS)
Added 'raw' attribute to FieldLabel component. (EH)
Removed the out-of-date Tutorial. (HLS)
Update DatePicker to use a graphic icon to hide and show the calendar. (HLS)
Dynamically download OGNL and Javassist libraries (in accordance with ASF directives about non-ASL code). Unfortunately, this means that we no longer can distribute precompiled examples that include those libraries. (HLS)
ValidationDelegate.writeLabelPrefix/Suffix does not have IValidator access (EH) Fixes 27656.
Fix javadoc. (DS) Thanks to Michael M. Brzycki. Fixes 27630, 27631.
Incorrect example code. (DS) Fixes 27567.
InspectorButton docs have incorrect links. (DS) Thanks to Michael M. Brzycki. Fixes 27551.
Palette doesn't retain user-specified sort order (HLS) Fixes 18288.
Don't use request.getRemoteHost() since that requires an expensive reverse DNS lookup. (HLS) Fixes 23544.
Fix typos and inaccuracies in the 3.0 DTD comments. (HLS) Thanks to basile.chandesris. Fixes 27071.
Fix logic in client-side validation. (HLS) Thanks to Jamie Orchard-Hays. Fixes 27202, 27203, 27227.
DatePicker doesn't use the current Locale in its formatter (HLS) Thanks to Karel Miarka. Fixes 27110.
Check for duplication of ids between the HTML template and the specification. (HLS) Fixes 20932.
Fix some number conversion problems inside NumberValidator. (HLS)

Version 3.0-beta-4 (Feb 5 2004)

Added new validator, Pattern Validator (HK)
Change direction of parameter model for WML components, SelectionField and PropertySelection (DS)
Convert the Tapestry home page to build using Forrest. (HLS) Thanks to Tetsuya Kitahata.
Updated javadoc build target to link to JDK 1.3 () Thanks to Michael M. Brzycki.
Updated Component Reference for WML components (DS)
Made DateValidator's getEffectiveFormat()/getEffectiveDisplayFormat() public (RLS)
Updated to use DocBook 1.62.4 XSL stylesheets for documentation generation (RLS)
Moved info priority logging to debug priority (RLS)
Custom parameter binding properties only enhanced if abstract (RLS)
Updated the Table components to have an easier interface, similar to that of Foreach. (MB)
current OGNL 2.6.3 needs to be used (MB) Fixes 23870.
Changed code to no longer invoke StringUtils.isEmpty() / isNonEmpty() (this is because the behavior of the method is changing between jakarta-commons 1.0 and 2.0). (HLS)
Add an implementation of toString() to RequestCycle. (HLS)
Update all copyrights for 2004. (HLS)
Remove unncessary constructor from test case classes. (HLS)
Changed mock unit tests to redirect System.out and System.err to log files rather than the console. (HLS)
Improve the documentation for the Palette component, providing a real example of CSS styles used with the component. (HLS) Thanks to Glen Stampoultzis.
Added Servlet API 2.4 from Tomcat 5 and ejb.jar from Geronimo. Made the mock objects compatible with Servlet API 2.4. (MB)
Evaluate the string 'false' as Boolean.FALSE. All other non-empty strings continue to be evaluated as Boolean.TRUE. (MB)
Automatically download external dependencies (such as Forrest and McKoi DB). (MB)
Fixed the byte[] mapping in org.apache.tapestry.enhance.JavaClassMapping (DS)
Fixed the null pointer exception from FieldLabel when not enclosed by Form or when IValidationDelegate is not provided (HK)
The key attribute of the script foreach is changed to not be a required attribute (HK)
Added support for OGNL TypeConverter in expression bindings (EH)
build.properties.sample does not include jython.dir (MB) Fixes 21833.
Table component doesn't sort fine when there are null values (MB) Fixes 22840.
Wrong Package in link (MB) Fixes 22640.
JavaDoc: should IField be IFieldTracking?? (MB) Fixes 22641.
contrib:PopupLink ignores informal parameters (MB) Fixes 23668.
Wrong Package in link (MB) Fixes 22635.
Typo: "In a IListenerBindingSpecification" (MB) Fixes 22634.
Add url parameter to Shell component (MB) Fixes 22694.
Problem with URL encodings at EngineServiceLink.java (MB) Fixes 23511.
The source parameter of Foreach should be required (MB) Fixes 23227.
tests failing under JDK 1.3 (MB) Fixes 20252.
Name attribute gets duplicated in TextField (MB) Fixes 23500.
DateField component throws an ApplicationRuntimeException (MB) Fixes 22835.
NumericField component throws an ApplicationRuntimeException (MB) Fixes 22836.
Using NumericField cause a ClassCastException (MB) Fixes 22837.
Compatibility of the AbstractEngine to servlet-api 2.2 (MB) Fixes 24467.
patch to allow workbench to work with JDK 1.4.2 and current Jetty (MB) Thanks to Colin Sampaleanu. Fixes 24298.
race condition in class enhancement (MB) Fixes 24425.
The Dates tab in the Workbench contains an empty popup link (MB) Fixes 23916.
ApplicationRuntime Exception loses root cause... (MB) Fixes 24008.
NumberValidator forces to input a value (MB) Fixes 22958.
junit.jar needed to build junit subproject (MB) Fixes 21871.
JUnit XML tests broken under JDK with no XML parser (eg. 1.3) (MB) Fixes 20253.
No JVM requirements mentioned in docs (MB) Fixes 24393.
[PATCH]ValidationStrings_zh_TW.properties (MB) Thanks to Zhenbang Wei. Fixes 24874.
PageService.getLink throws ClassCastException if parameters arg is Object[] (EH) Fixes 25117.
NumericField does not pass on its type parameter (RLS) Fixes 25462.
ValidationDelegate throws NPE for some new FieldLabel/ValidField (RLS) Fixes 25585.
properties cannot be of complex array types (MB) Fixes 25642.
fixed broken links in doc\src\common\TapestryLinks.xml (EH) Fixes 25766.
Inherited parameters do not pick up default values (MB) Fixes 26395.
Add download links. (HLS)
Component parameters with direction 'form' should not allow static bindings. (HLS) Fixes 26416.
Fixed NPE in PatternValidator.toString(). (HK) Fixes 26599.
Fix TestMocks to not use JDK 1.4 API. (HLS)
Fixing property initializers to be evaluated every time (unless they are invariant) (MB)
DatePicker positioning problem fixed. (HK) Thanks to Anatol Pomazau.
Automatic rendering of the maxlength and size attributes have been removed. DatePicker now allows informal attributes that will be applied to the field. (HK) Fixes 24336.
Fixed one more place where the encoding needs to be set (MB) Fixes 25611.