XORM

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Release Name: Beta 6

Notes:


Changes:
    * General:
          o Upgraded to JDOM beta 9.
          o Upgraded to CGLIB 1.1pre1 dev version.
          o Added ASM to distribution as this is what is now used by CGLIB.
          o Added open source jta.jar and redistributable jdo.jar -- now no additional packages are required to run XORM.
          o Updated to JDO 1.0.1 API. PersistenceManager.getObjectById() will correctly throw JDOObjectNotFoundException if validate=true.
          o Changes to better support running some JDO TCK tests.
          o Changes to better support standard JDO enhanced objects.
          o Hollow state is now used to provide lazy loading where possible.
          o java.sql.Time and java.sql.Timestamp are recognized as non-user types.
          o Support for indexed properties added to FieldDescriptor utility class.
          o More and better error messages and warnings.
          o toString() now correctly identifies PERSISTENT_NONTRANSACTIONAL objects.
    * Configuration:
          o Factory methods on XORM helper class now look for resources in the current thread's ContextClassLoader.
          o Added fail-fast logic to detect classes mapped to tables without primary keys.
    * Cache:
          o Removed SoftReferenceCache. Made LRUCache the default.
          o For performance, XORM now tries to avoid clone() operations on Rows wherever possible.
    * JDOQL:
          o Support "this == parameter" and "this != parameter" expressions.
          o Support underscore ('_') characters in identifier names.
          o Fix handling of some uncommon whitespace characters.
          o Allow ordering statements to use references to objects not explicitly included in the filter condition.
          o CodeQuery better supports evaluate() methods with complex parameter types.
    * SQL Datastore:
          o Added optional "org.xorm.datastore.sql.IdleCheckSQL" property to specify a SQL command to run against the database to test connection integrity.
          o Added ability to use JNDI ("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionFactoryName" property) to acquire a DataSource.
          o Introduced a default HeapDatastore and HeapConnectionInfo implementation that is aimed at allowing a developer to test an app without a physical datastore.
          o PersistenceManagerFactory.close() will cause connections to be released from the connection pool.
    * XML Datastore:
          o Fixed TypeConverter method that was not properly converting java.util.Date to java.lang.String.