formproc-announce — Project announcements

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 1.3.1 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 1.3.1 is now available at http://www.formproc.org/ .

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and 
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a 
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through 
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported 
scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: REValidator now supports 
value arrays.  Fixed ExampleApp so that is loads the form manager 
configuration.  Fixed path so that it never attempts to resolve relative 
to the formproc.xml configuration.  Changed Form.java to handle non-null 
FormValue objects with null value.

For more information please visit http://www.formproc.org/ .

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 1.1 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 1.1 is now available at http://www.formproc.org/ .

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported
scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: FormConfiguration,
FormElement and FormElementGroup are now interfaces. Added abstract base
classes for new interfaces. Moved default FormConfiguration
implementation to  org.formproc.config.XMLConfiguration.  Created
default implementations of the FormElement and FormElementGroup
interfaces in the org.formproc.form package.  Added
setFormConfiguration() method to FormManager.  Added BasicFormElement
and BasicFormElementGroup classes which provide a means for configuring
elements and groups programmatically.  Added REValidator constructor
which takes a pattern string as an argument.  Added support for handling
parameter arrays in HttpServletRequest parameters.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

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[FormProc-announce] FormProc 1.0 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 1.0 is now available at http://www.formproc.org/ .

Thank you to all who have contributed to FormProc.  This release is largely due to the valuable feedback provided by
FormProc users and contributors.

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as
objects which manage a collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through several mechanisms
including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: Improved handling of null and empty values.  Conversion skipped if value is
null while the store mechanism will try to handle null values.  Added optional flag to FormElement.  Added
ValidationResult.getValidator() method.  Added originalData Map to FormResult.  Added getOriginalValue() and
getOriginalValueAsString() to FormResult.  Added methods for getting messages for specific fields.  Fixed NPE in
IsIntRule.  Fixed error on null in PasswordValidator.py.  Fixed potential NPE in Form class.  Added LongConverter
implementation.  Added missing JavaDoc comments.  Removed ant libraries and build scripts.  You must now have ant
installed to build FormProc from source.

For more information please visit http://www.formproc.org/ .  You can also join the FormProc mailing list at
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/formproc-developer .

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 1.0b2 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 1.0b2 is now available at http://www.formproc.org/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as
objects which manage a collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through several mechanisms
including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: Added pluggable message providers for FormElement messages and validator
error messages.  Provided two implementations which support previous message types (inline and ResourceBundles).  Added
support for default values in form elements.  If no value is submitted the default value will be used instead.  Added
annotated configuration files to the documentation.  Added comments to DTDs.  Added and improved more JavaDoc comments.
Updated Guide with new features.  Updated Overview.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 1.0b1 Released

[Anthony E. <ae...@si...>]

FormProc version 1.0b1 is now available at http://www.formproc.org/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as
objects which manage a collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through several mechanisms
including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: Improved localization support.  Default validator, storer and type can be
specified in each form's configuration.  TypeConverter.loadConfiguration() and Storer.loadConfiguration() methods are
now executed when the TypeConverter or Storer is loaded.  Configuration formproc.xml now supports an include tag for
including other configuration files.  Shared validators are now cloned when FormElements are configured so that
overriding works properly.  Error and message lang attribute no longer required.  Validator error tag and element
message tag both support resource bundles.  Error and messages which use the inline message form (i.e. the message is
defined in the configuration) will fall back to the messages defined without a lang attribute if the given language is
not found.

For more information please visit http://www.formproc.org/ or contact Anthony Eden [me...@an...].  You can also
join the FormProc mailing list at http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/formproc-developer

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.9 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.9 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported
scripting languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: Complete rewrite of
validation interface to simplify creation and configuration of
validators.  Mechanism for storing field values in a form's target
object is now pluggable through the Storer interface.  Created two
storers: ReflectionStorer and MapStorer.  Class validator's now
configured properly.  Added ErrorDialog to example application.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.8 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.8 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting
languages and custom Java classes.

This release includes the following changes: Added support for FormElement
groups and validators which are applied to these groups. Renamed classes to
provide more accurate names. Form.process() now returns a FormResult object.
Added TypeConverter classes for converting types before calling the target
object's write methods. Upgraded to EdenLib 1.0b4.  Removed xerces.jar and
jdom.jar.  Now using JAXP and Crimson for configuration parsing. Updated
examples and documentation to demonstrate new features.

For more information please visit http://formproc.sf.net/ or contact Anthony
Eden [me...@an...].  You can also join the FormProc mailing list at
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/formproc-developer

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.7 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.7 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting
languages and custom Java classes.

Added shared validators.  Validators can now have locale sensitive error
messages.  Removed FormElement level error messages in favor of validator
error messages.  FormValidator is now an abstract base class.  Removed
AbstractFormValidator.  All FormValidator implementations now extend from
FormValidator.  FormValidator.configure() method now final; implementations
should override configureInternal() to do implementation-specific
configuration.  FormValidator instances can now be aquired from a single
location: FormManager.getValidator().  Updated examples to demonstrate how
shared validators work.

Sincerely,
Anthony Eden

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.6 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.6 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/  This
release includes fixes for a large number of bugs in the 0.5 and 0.5.1
releases.

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting
languages and custom Java classes.

Removed XMLConstants interface which is no longer required.  Removed
references to this interface in all classes.  Fixed numerous bugs from the
0.5.1 release.  Replaced configuration with classes from EdenLib config
package.  Example of web app now packaged as a WAR for easy deployment.
Example application now packaged as an executable JAR.  Added
script-root-type property to the ScriptFormValidator which can have a value
of 'file' or 'classpath'.  If file then the script-root is a file.  If
classpath then the script-root is relative to the classpath.  Example apps
both use ClassPathResourceLoader from EdenLib to load their configuration
files.  Changed age example field to use group validator with two nested
validators.  Fixed FormElement configuration bug (was sending wrong config
object).

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.5.1 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.5.1 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/.

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported scripting
languages and custom Java classes.

Added note to README about removal of formproc namespace from configuration
files.  Fixed error in example-form.xml configuration file.

For more information please visit http://formproc.sf.net/ or contact Anthony
Eden [me...@an...].

[FormProc-announce] FormProc 0.5 Released

[Anthony E. <me...@an...>]

FormProc version 0.5 is now available at http://formproc.sf.net/

FormProc is an open source Java library designed to make handling and
validating forms easy.  Forms are represented as objects which manage a
collection of form elements.  Submitted data can be validated through
several mechanisms including regular expressions, BSF supported
scripting languages and custom Java classes.

Added constructors to HttpForm with the same signatures as the Form
constructors.  Form elements can now be defined without a validator.  If
no form element for a particular form field is found, then the form data
is considered valid.  Added a FormValidatorGroup class which is
collection of FormValidator objects which must all evaluate to true in
order for the field data to be valid.  Removed formproc name space from
all XML configuration files.  Added Configuration class which replaces
the use of JDOM Element objects for configuration in Validators.  Form
configuration paths can be relative to main form configuration file
(contributed by JD Evora).

For more information please visit http://formproc.sf.net/ or contact
Anthony Eden [me...@an...].