iBATIS.NET DataMapper

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Release Name: DataAccess 1.5 GENERAL AVAILABILITY

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Changes: - Added explicit open/close connection for DataAccess framework. - Added support for NHibernate in DataAccess framework - Added optional tag 'daoSessionHandlers' in dao.config to support new session handler (NHibernate) - Changed 'name' attribut on 'context' tag to 'id' (dao.config) - Changed 'name' attribut on 'daoSessionHandler' tag to 'id' (dao.config) - Added support for C# using syntax in DataAccess/DataMapper * using ( IDalSession session = daoManager.OpenConnection() ) { ...db operations... } * using ( IDalSession session = daoManager.BeginTransaction() ) { ...db operations... session.Complete(); // Commit } * using ( IDalSession session = sqlMap.OpenConnection() ) { ...db operations... } * using ( IDalSession session = sqlMap.BeginTransaction() ) { ...db operations... session.Complete(); // Commit } - Added support for Distributed Transaction à la Indigo with TransactionScope object in iBATIS.Common.Transaction (see Unit test in CommonTests.Transaction for usage) using (TransactionScope tx = new TransactionScope()) { // Open connection to database 1 // Transaction will be automatically enlist into it // Execute update in database 1 // Open connection to database 2 // Transaction will be automatically enlist into it // Execute update in database 2 // Open a MessageQueue // Transaction will be automatically enlist into it // Post message // the following code will be executed only if no exception // occured in the above code; since we got here ok, let's vote for commit; // in most if not all of the cases, this last line will be the same as below tx.Complete(); } // when “using” call Dispose on the transaction scope at the end // of the “using” code block, the "ambient" transaction will be commited only and only if // the Complete method have been called. Only supported in - XP SP2 (or higher) - Windows Server 2003 - XP SP1 + Hotfix 828741 and only in .Net 1.1. It CAN'T be used on Windows 2000. Don't support nested TransactionScope. - Removed 'assembly' attribut on <daoFactory> element of Dao.Config the implementation structure attribut of <dao> element become the namespace-qualified name of the class is specified, followed by a comma, followed by (at a bare minimum) the name of the assembly that contains the class.