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5 This is the release notes for [[XWiki Commons>>http://commons.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Rendering>>http://rendering.xwiki.org]], [[XWiki Platform>>http://platform.xwiki.org]] and [[XWiki Enterprise>>http://enterprise.xwiki.org]]. They share the same release notes as they are released together and have the same version.
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7 This introduce new script APIs related to logging, security, rendering and continue the work on new Flamingo skin.
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9 = New and Noteworthy (since XWiki 6.1 milestone 2) =
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11 [[Full list of issues fixed and Dashboard for 6.1>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=12290]].
12
13 == Flamingo Skin ==
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15 * The preview action has been implemented:(((
16 {{image reference="preview.png" width="60%"/}}
17 )))
18 * The user's avatar is now displayed in the main menu:(((
19 {{image reference="navbar.png" width="60%"/}}
20 )))
21 * 'Share by email' menu entry is moved from 'Page' submenu to 'More actions' submenu:(((
22 {{image reference="moreActions.png"/}}
23 )))
24 * Buttons have now gradients:(((
25 {{image reference="gradients.png"/}}
26 )))
27 * Annotations are back!(((
28 {{image reference="flamingo-annotations.png" width="60%"/}}
29 )))
30 * A lot of polishing have been made too, in order to have a skin usable in production.
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32 See the [[full list of JIRA issues>>https://jira.xwiki.org/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-printable/temp/SearchRequest.html?jqlQuery=project+in+%28XCOMMONS%2C+XRENDERING%2C+XWIKI%2C+XE%29+and+status+%3D+Closed+and+resolution+%3D+Fixed+and+fixVersion+%3D+%226.1-rc-1%22&tempMax=1000]] fixed in this release.
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34 = For Developers =
35
36 == Log from a script ==
37
38 A new API to get a SLF4J Logger has been added to the ##logging## script service.
39
40 {{code language="velocity"}}
41 $services.logging.getLogger('My script').info('Hello {}', 'world')
42 {{/code}}
43
44 == New contextual authorization manager role ==
45
46 A new role is now available to ease the replacement of the old Right Service (com.xpn.xwiki.user.api.XWikiRightService).
47 Compared to the old service, the component does not manage authentication which should have been ensured previously if needed. (No redirection to login is ever done)
48 The new component has a similar interface to the AuthorizationManager, but it take care of all external context aspects, like the currently executed macro block, the rendering context restrictions, the dropping of rights, etc...
49 This new role should be used from now on by any component that needs to check rights for the current user, in the current context.
50
51 == New security authorization script service ==
52
53 A new script service is now available to access the default AuthorizationManager and the ContextualAuthorizationManager.
54
55 Here is some sample:
56
57 {{code language="velocity"}}
58 #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit"))
59 ... show some UI that require edit access on the current document by the current user ...
60 #end
61 #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit", "xwiki:Sandbox.TestPage1"))
62 ... show some UI that require edit access on Sandbox.TestPage1 document by the current user ...
63 #end
64 #if ($services.security.authorization.hasAccess("edit", "xwiki:XWiki.User1", "xwiki:Sandbox.TestPage1"))
65 ... show some UI that require edit access on Sandbox.TestPage1 document by XWiki.User1 ...
66 #end
67 {{/code}}
68
69 {{code language="velocity"}}
70 $services.security.authorization.checkAccess("edit")
71 ... do some task that require edit access ...
72 {{/code}}
73
74 In this second sample, the macro will fail with an AccessDeniedException if the right is not allowed.
75
76 == Access to BlockMatchers from velocity scripts ==
77
78 To be able to use the ##Block.getBlocks(BlockMatcher, Block.Axes)## method on the rendering blocks in the documents XDOM from velocity, a converter has been introduced that maps string expressions to BlockMatcher objects. The current implementation only supports mapping to ClassBlockMatchers, and allows to get all blocks of a given type from the XDOM.
79
80 {{code language="velocity"}}
81 #foreach($headerBlock in $doc.getDocument().getXDOM().getBlocks("class:HeaderBlock", "DESCENDANT"))
82 ... do something with the header block ...
83 {{/code}}
84
85 == Upgrades ==
86
87 The following dependencies have been upgraded:
88
89 * [[commons-collections 4.0>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-605]]
90 * [[httpclient 4.3.4>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-606]]
91 * [[commons-beanutils 1.9.2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-607]]
92 * [[reflections 0.9.9-RC2>>https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XCOMMONS-608]]
93
94 == Miscellaneous ==
95
96 * The [[Mail Sender API>>extensions:Extension.Mail Sender API]] now allows to send Mails from a Template. This is achieved with 2 calls:
97 ** One for setting the Subject from the Template. The following will generate a ##MimeMessage## with the subject pre-filled. The value will be that of the ##subject## xproperty from an ##XWiki.Mail## xobject in the Document pointed to by the passed ##documentReference##:(((
98 {{code language="none"}}
99 #set ($message = $services.mailsender.createMessage("template", documentReference, parameters))
100 {{/code}}
101 )))
102 ** One for setting the Body Part content from the Template:(((
103 {{code language="none"}}
104 $message.addPart("xwiki/template", $documentReference, {"velocityVariables" : { "var1" : "value1" }})
105 $message.addPart("xwiki/template", $documentReference, {"velocityVariables" : { "var1" : "value1" }, "attachments" : $attachments})
106 {{/code}}
107 )))
108
109 = Translations =
110
111 The following translations have been updated:
112
113 {{language codes="da, de, fr"/}}
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115 = Tested Browsers & Databases =
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117 {{include reference="TestReports.ManualTestReportXWiki61RC1Summary"/}}
118
119 = Known issues =
120
121 * [[Bugs we know about>>https://jira.xwiki.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=category+%3D+%22Top+Level+Projects%22+AND+issuetype+%3D+Bug+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+updated+DESC]]
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123 = Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes =
124
125 == General Notes ==
126
127 When upgrading make sure you compare your ##xwiki.cfg##, ##xwiki.properties## and ##web.xml## files with the newest version since some configuration parameters may have been modified or added. Note that you should add ##xwiki.store.migration=1## so that XWiki will attempt to automatically migrate your current database to the new schema. Make sure you backup your Database before doing anything.
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129 == API Breakages ==
130
131 The following APIs were modified since XWiki 6.0:
132
133 * Young APIs
134
135 {{code language="none"}}
136 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public com.google.gson.JsonObject countInstalls(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)' has been added to an interface
137 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public long getInstallCount(java.lang.String)' has been removed
138 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.DataManager: Method 'public com.google.gson.JsonObject searchInstalls(java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.util.Map)' has been added to an interface
139 org.xwiki.activeinstalls.server.script.ActiveInstallsScriptService: Method 'public long getInstallCount(java.lang.String)' has been removed
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142 {{code language="none"}}
143 org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStore: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStore removed
144 org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStoreException: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.CertificateStoreException removed
145 org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStore: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStore removed
146 org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStoreException: Class org.xwiki.crypto.store.KeyStoreException removed
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148
149 * Not supposed to be public
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152 com.xpn.xwiki.store.XWikiHibernateBaseStore: In method 'protected void createHibernateSequenceIfRequired(java.lang.String, org.hibernate.Session)' the number of arguments has changed
153 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Removed org.xwiki.observation.EventListener from the set of implemented interfaces
154 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public java.util.List getEvents()' has been removed
155 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public java.lang.String getName()' has been removed
156 com.xpn.xwiki.render.XWikiMacrosMappingRenderer: Method 'public void onEvent(org.xwiki.observation.event.Event, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)' has been removed
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