GeoTools, the java GIS toolkit

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 2.5.0

Notes:
The 2.5.0 release marks the first stable release of a number
of exciting developments and features of the 2.5.x series 
including:

  * New feature model based on GeoAPI
  * Java 5
  * Support for units based on JSR-275

And much more. The entire change log can be found here:

http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&fixfor=13698&fixfor=14490&fixfor=14259&fixfor=14258&fixfor=13281&fixfor=13594&pid=10270&sorter/field=issuekey&sorter/order=DESC&sorter/field=resolution&sorter/order=DESC

Other exciting news for the GeoTools community includes
graduation from incubation as a project The OSGeo (Open 
Source Geospatial Foundation). 

Special thanks to everyone who provided feedback and filed 
bugs for this release. As usual a big thanks to Geomatys, 
GeoSolutions, Refractions Research, and OpenGeo, and most 
importantly the user and contributor community for 
continuing to drive GeoTools and make the project a success.

For more information about this release and about the 
GeoTools project in general please visit:

  * http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTDOC
  * http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/2.5.x
  * http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Upgrade+to+2.5
  * http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS

-- 
The GeoTools Community


Changes:
Release Notes - GeoTools - Version 2.5.0


** Bug
    * [GEOT-1508] - PostgisDataStore.createSchema fails with type java.lang.Long
    * [GEOT-1667] - Logger name is null at FactoryRegistry.java:691
    * [GEOT-1720] - CRS 3D to 2D transformations incomplete
    * [GEOT-1792] - ArcGridReader can't read ArcGrid ASCII file without file extension
    * [GEOT-1933] - SelectSampleDimension fails to set destination color model is sample dimension do not have a transformation associated
    * [GEOT-1965] - JDBC*Test classes assume lowercase and mixed case names are valid
    * [GEOT-1966] - PropertyExistsFunction blows up GeoServer shapefile usage on IBM JDK
    * [GEOT-1972] - JDBCFeatureReader should build features, not wrap result sets
    * [GEOT-1974] - JDBCDataStore does not honor Query.getMaxFeatures()
    * [GEOT-1992] - SQL Syntax Error when using IncludeFilter or ExcludeFilter
    * [GEOT-1997] - AttributeTypeBuilder is not setting the userdata for geometry descriptors
    * [GEOT-2006] - StreamingRenderer in 2.5.x+ is forgetting to close feature readers
    * [GEOT-2011] - ContentFeatureSource retypes even when not necessary
    * [GEOT-2012] - Retype feature reader needlessly creates lots of feature builders
    * [GEOT-2017] - PreparedFilterToSql does not turn primary key values into placehoders
    * [GEOT-2018] - Streaming renderer reprojection breaks if Bursa Worlf parameters are missing
    * [GEOT-2019] - Oracle datastore fails to handle bbox filter with no attribute name to compare against
    * [GEOT-2020] - PreparedFilterToSql fails to extract the native srid if the attribute name is not specified
    * [GEOT-2029] - Versioned postgis datastore OOMs on big datasets when performing diff related operations
    * [GEOT-2046] - MolodenskiTransform fails in some cases when the output array overwrites the input array but with an offset
    * [GEOT-2050] - IndexexShapefileDataStore produces inaccurate results with fid filters

** Improvement
    * [GEOT-1491] - Make CoverageCrop  behaves nicely when the grid-to-world transform is not a simple scale and translate
    * [GEOT-1960] - JDBCFeatureStore should simplify filters after splitting them
    * [GEOT-1961] - JDBCDataStore should use prepared statemetns for all database operations
    * [GEOT-1962] - Allow sql dialects to specify their own sql encoder
    * [GEOT-1967] - XMLConverterFactory should avoid doing expensive operations if the target type is not the one it can handle
    * [GEOT-1970] - JDBCDataStore should log sql statements
    * [GEOT-1971] - JDBCDataStore should not encode a WHERE clause if filter equals Filter.INCLUDE
    * [GEOT-1976] - SQLDialect.getMapping needs to provide a sql connection as well
    * [GEOT-1977] - Move filter capabilities from datastore factory to dialect
    * [GEOT-1978] - SQLDialect encode/decode geoemtry methods need improvements
    * [GEOT-1982] - SqlDialect.postCreateTable needs the whole feature type as a parameter
    * [GEOT-1983] - SqlDialect.getMapping needs to privde a connection along with the metadata resultset
    * [GEOT-1984] - JDBCDataStoreAPITest should check for geometry types
    * [GEOT-1986] - Add loose bbox capabilities to Oracle datastore
    * [GEOT-1989] - SqlDialect.setGeometryValue should get the srid among the parameters
    * [GEOT-1990] - JDBCDataStore should not trust the geometry srid, and use the native srid instead
    * [GEOT-1995] - JDBCDataStore/SQLDialect should leverage the native dbms SRS database
    * [GEOT-2014] - JDBCDataStore createConnection should not synchonize for auto commit transactions
    * [GEOT-2021] - Let the data source handle the connection isolation
    * [GEOT-2022] - ContentDataStore should allow for configurable caching of metadata
    * [GEOT-2034] - Shapefile renderer reads all DBF attributes when only a subset is needed
    * [GEOT-2035] - Shapefile renderer needlessly clones style elements
    * [GEOT-2036] - LabelCacheDefault area computation optimization
    * [GEOT-2038] - Shapefile renderer reprojection should use point by point reprojection only in case of failure
    * [GEOT-2040] - ShpFiles should use reader/writer synchrnonization
    * [GEOT-2041] - CoordinateWriter could use more efficient formatting for most real world coordinates
    * [GEOT-2043] - Speed up LiteCoordinateSequence bbox expansion
    * [GEOT-2047] - PreparedFilterToSql fails if visit context is not a Class

** Wish
    * [GEOT-2052] - Make attributes optional in GML Coordinatewriter, for KML reuse