Release Notes for XWiki Enterprise 4.0 Release Candidate 1
This is the first and hopefully last release candidate for XWiki Enterprise 4.0 version (Roadmap). This is mostly a polishing release before the final one.
New and Noteworthy (since XWiki Enterprise 4.0 Milestone 2 version)
Extension Manager improvements
The install/uninstall plan and log are now displayed in a tab inside the details section of an extension. We plan to make the new Progress tab display the install/uninstall status in real time in the near future.
New technical content hiding system
The basic support for hidden documents introduced in XWiki Enterprise 1.7 has been extended into a fully usable feature. For advanced users, it is now possible to specify that a document should be hidden when editing the document (only wiki or wysiwyg edit modes):
And now there's a new setting in the user profiles, letting users chose if they want hidden documents to appear in search results or not:
Now when a user doesn't choose "Yes" in the preferences above, he will not be displayed documents marked as "hidden" in the results of queries using the "hidden" filter. More information about the hidden filter in the query guide
For developers
Changes in the ComponentManager API
The new lookupComponent method (which we had introduced in 4.0M1 with the introduction of Generics support) has been renamed to getInstance. New getInstanceList and getInstanceMap has also been introduced to replace lookupList and lookupMap.
Miscellaneous
- There's now a link to the Getting Started Guide on the XWiki Enterprise home page.
Bug fixes and improvements
See the full list of JIRA issues fixed in this release.
Tested Browsers
Here's the list of browsers tested with this version (i.e. browsers that we've tested as working - Check the list of supported browsers):
Tested Databases
Known issues
Test Report
You can check the manual test report to learn about what was tested and the results on various browsers.
Backward Compatibility and Migration Notes
General Notes
You may also want to import the default wiki XAR in order to benefit from all the improvements listed above.
API Breakages
The following APIs were modified since version 3.5:
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public java.io.InputStream getAttachmentContent(org.xwiki.bridge.AttachmentName)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public java.lang.String getAttachmentURL(org.xwiki.bridge.AttachmentName, boolean)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public java.util.List getAttachmentURLs(org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName, boolean)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public java.util.List getAttachments(org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName getCurrentDocumentName()' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public org.xwiki.model.reference.DocumentReference getCurrentUserReference()' has been added to an interface
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentModelBridge getDocument(org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentAccessBridge: Method 'public org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName getDocumentName(java.lang.String)' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentModelBridge: Method 'public org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName getDocumentName()' has been removed
org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName: Class org.xwiki.bridge.DocumentName removed
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyDownHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyPressHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Method 'public void onKeyDown(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyDownEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Method 'public void onKeyPress(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyPressEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox: Method 'public void onKeyUp(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.query.Query: Method 'public org.xwiki.query.QueryFilter getFilter()' has been added to an interface
org.xwiki.query.Query: Method 'public org.xwiki.query.Query setFilter(org.xwiki.query.QueryFilter)' has been added to an interface
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.IELinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyDownHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.IELinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyPressHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.IELinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.IELinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyDownHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyPressHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Removed com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventHandler from the set of implemented interfaces
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Method 'public void onKeyDown(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyDownEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Method 'public void onKeyPress(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyPressEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.line.LinePlugin: Method 'public void onKeyUp(com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.KeyUpEvent)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.list.ListBehaviorAdjuster: In method 'public ListBehaviorAdjuster()' the number of arguments has changed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.list.ListBehaviorAdjuster: Method 'protected void dispatchKey(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget, int, org.xwiki.gwt.dom.client.Event)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.list.ListBehaviorAdjuster: Method 'public org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.rta.RichTextArea getTextArea()' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.list.ListBehaviorAdjuster: Method 'public void setTextArea(org.xwiki.gwt.user.client.ui.rta.RichTextArea)' has been removed
org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.macro.exec.InsertExecutable: In method 'public InsertExecutable(org.xwiki.gwt.wysiwyg.client.plugin.macro.MacroSelector)' the number of arguments has changed
org.xwiki.wysiwyg.server.WysiwygEditorConfiguration: Method 'public java.lang.Integer getHistorySize()' has been added to an interface
