OpenXava Files

OpenXava 5.7 (2017-5-16)
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http://www.openxava.org/quick-start

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

New features:
- It's possible to go directly to the detail of an entity with ?detail=entityId in the module URL.
- It's possible going to a module executing an action adding ?action=Controller.action in the URL.
- When the user navigates among records or executes actions the browser URL is modified to be a valid permalink.
- Cards format for list available in all modules by default.
- New attribute editors in @Tab to define a group of editors to be used for list formats.
- Editors for list formats defining several <for-tabs/> editors in editors.xml.
- New attribute editors in tab of tabs-default-values.xml to set the default editors (Charts, List, etc) for lists.
- Responsive layout with flowLayout=true in xava.properties.
- @Calculation to declare an arithmetic expression for a property.
- <calculation/> in <property/> of XML components to declare an arithmetic expression.
- It's possible to create new elements from a regular @OneToMany collection even if it has no cascade REMOVE.
- It's possible to modify elements in a regular @OneToMany collection.
- You can define 'subcontroller' in a collection using @ListSubcontroller.
- Rounded corners changed by squared corners in all the UI.
- The last list format (chart or list) is remembered between sessions by user.
- The user can remove any query from the combo of recent queries in list mode.
- It's possible to remove Charts from all the modules of the application, using editors of tab in tabs-default-values.xml.
- Better default values for list and collection properties when @Tab and @ListProperties are omitted.
- Added font size and format to SIMPLE_HTML_TEXT and removing some rarely used options to keep it simple.
- Labels for properties of references in list use the reference label if the property is name, description or title.
- Delete selected action not available for Charts.
- Formatter for HTML_TEXT in list mode, now uses the plain text until 200 characters.
- New method executeAction() in BaseAction to execute actions from an action.
- New attribute selectable-items in editor of editors.xml for list editors that allows selecting items.
- New attribute process-selected-items in action of controllers.xml to hide the action when selecting item is not available. 
- @NewAction no longer define the action for adding new elements from existing one, now it's only to create new elements.  
- New @AddAction annotation allowed for collections, to define the action to add elements from existing ones.
- New <add-action/> element in <collection-view/> for XML components.
- Chunk size to get data from database for list mode now is 120 records, it was 50. 
- Japanese translation of labels and messages.
- Mail API available for using in your project.
- New multiline() method in Strings to create platform independent multiline string. 
- Default size for stereotypes IMAGES_GALLERY, GALERIA_IMAGENES, FILES and ARCHIVOS.
- New method waitAJAX() in ModuleTestBase to wait until the current AJAX request is done.
- New method assertValidValueNotExists() in ModuleTestBase.
- Some new common use labels to be used in applications.
- New get/assertValueInList() methods without column param in ModuleTestBase to work with values of list elements in columnless formats. 
- SessionData class to access session data from any part of your application: actions, calculators, validators, even from entities.
- Logging of time of each AJAX request, in debug level.
- New methods getDiscussionCommentText(), getDiscussionCommentContentText() and assertDiscussionCommentContentText() in ModuleTestBase.
- More intuitive messages in English.
- New method toMap() in Maps utility to create a Map from a varargs of objects.
- Library jsoup to manage HTML included. 

Fixes:
- Fix: Clicking New from Charts with calculated collections breaks the module.
- Fix: SchemaTool fails with entities with @Table(schema=).
- Fix: "Yes" is shown besides the check symbol in list for boolean values with column resizing disable. 
- Fix: Error "Action ... not available" on refresh after session lost.
- Fix: Permanlink does not work if the user is not already logged. 
- Fix: List customization not saved in some cases.
- Fix: ModuleTestBase.assertDiscussionCommentText() only works for row 0.