Release 1.4
Dispatch
- Split out REST and RPC hooks.
- Introduction of Interceptors. Interceptors can be used to change request and response payloads.
REST
- Explicitly set empty request body to null. Fixes an issue with IE.
- Introduction of a
gwtp-dispatch-rest-sharedartifact to have a better control over classes that can be accessed by a server. - Complete rewrite of the code generators. The new structure support the registration of third-party extensions.
- Using this extension mechanisms, we introduced our first official extension: Resource Delegates
- This extension will allow you to get rid of
RestAction<>as a return type. More details on the wiki.
- This extension will allow you to get rid of
- Correctly format
@QueryParam,@FormParamand@HeaderParamwhen a collection is passed.
MVP
- Rewrite of the slot mechanism. The usage is the same, but the API should be more stable and predictive.
- PopupPresenter now accept a PopupPositioner to set their initial position.
- Add registerVisibleHandler to PresenterWidget.
- Make PlaceManagerImpl use Historian instead of History.
- Changed the signature of ViewImpl.initWidget() to accept the more generic IsWidget.
- Added onAttach() and onDetach() methods that can be overridden in ViewImpl to reduce common boilerplate.
- Introduction of a
@CustomProviderannotation for proxies. This annotation can be used to customize how presenters are created and handed to a proxy.
Various
- Improve stability of version checker when used in SDM or tests
- Fixed various resource leak in generators.
- Removed Guava from most artifacts, except for Dispatch-REST.
Deprecations
- Analytics: the recommended replacement is located in a different artifact at https://github.com/ArcBees/universal-analytics
- Client Action Handlers: You are recommended to use the more flexible Interceptors.
- Removed GinUiBinder from the project. The library has been moved here https://github.com/ArcBees/gwtp-extensions/tree/master/ginuibinder.
PresenterWidget.addToPopupSlot(child, center): center has no effect anymore, callPresenterWidget.addToPopupSlot(child)PopupView.setPosition()andPopupView.center(): Use aPopupPositionerinstead.
Thanks to our contributors!