OpenXava Files

OpenXava 5.6 (2016-10-28)
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To start quickly with OpenXava follow the instructions on:
http://www.openxava.org/quick-start

To update your current OpenXava version follow the instructions on:
http://openxava.wikispaces.com/migration_en

New features:
- List remembers filters and ordering done by user to be re-executed choosing from a combo, you can rename the filter/ordering configurations produced.
- New DISCUSSION stereotype to include a discussion thread as a property of an entity.
- New SIMPLE_HTML_TEXT stereotype to edit rich text with a simplified user interface.
- CKEditor look & feel adapted to NaviOX and Liferay 6.1 look & feels.
- CKEditor upgraded to 4.5.9.
- Partial query from FROM allowed in @Tab(baseCondition=) of JPA entities and base-condition of XML components.
- New indexExt.jsp in naviox/web to add elements to the main HTML page that wraps the application.
- 'My reports' action is no longer available by default, though it is still in OpenXava.
- New TypicalExtendedPrint controller that includes 'My report' action.
- The combination XML components + JPA persistence no longer supported. 
- Main window is not refreshed when generating a SimpleHTMLReport.
- New helpAvailable property in xava.properties to enable/disable the help icon in modules.
- Eclipse workspace in distribution upgraded to Eclipse Neon, though it still works with all 4.x versions.
- MetaController.containsMetaAction() receives a not qualified action name as argument.
- New method validateViewValues() in ViewBaseAction.
- New WithRequiredLongName class for using as generic transient class for dialogs.
- New method move() in XArrays utility class.
- New booleanWithSuffixEditor.jsp editor that allows put a suffix label after the field checkbox.
- Some new common use labels to be used in applications.
- New toString(Object [] array) method in Strings utility class.
- ModuleTestBase.setLocale() no longer reset the module.
- New methods selectListConfiguration(), assertListSelectedConfiguration() and assertListAllConfigurations() in ModuleTestBase.
- New method clearCondition() in ModuleTestBase to simulate clicking on the clear list condition button.
- New method anyEqual() in Is utility class.
- New method naturalLabelToIdentifier() in Strings utility class.
- New methods assertDiscussionCommentText(), assertDiscussionCommentsCount() and postDiscussionComment() in ModuleTestBase.
- IExplicitModifyPersistenceProvider to define persistence providers that needs an explicit command to modify data.
- New property connectionRefinerClass in xava.properties for defining an IConnectionRefiner to refine JDBC connections.
- Each component type has its own IPersistenceProvider, there is no longer a unique IPersistenceProvider for the whole application.
- Properties jpaCodeInPOJOs and persistenceProviderClass in xava.properties no longer have effect.
- Methods isEJB2Persistence(), isJPAPersistence(), isJPACodeInPOJOs() and getPersistenceProviderClass() removed from XavaPreferences.
- Pluggable component parser by means of IComponentParser implementations declared in xava.properties.
- Improvements for English, German and French translations of labels and messages.
- New property smtpStartTLSEnable in xava.properties to configure the behavior of Emails. 
- Servlet mapping to generate custom Excel files included by default in web.xml.

Fixes:
- Fix: Labels.getQualified(String id) does not return the qualified label.
- Fix: Changes in custom.css lost when upgrading OpenXava version. 
- Fix: On hover style for default action button does not work.
- Fix: Schema tool does not add schema for CREATE INDEX sentences.
- Fix: The order of subcontrollers in the user interface is not the declared one in controllers.xml.
- Fix: In a module with 'ListOnly' or 'Void' for mode-controller with subcontrollers but no actions, the subcontrollers are not displayed.