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Release notes for Catel 4.0.0
Release date:
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2014/11/17
Added/fixed (BREAKING CHANGES):
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(+) CTL-354 Introduced UserControl.UnloadBehavior to specify the behavior which will be handled when the view is
being unloaded or the data context changes. This defaults to SaveAndCloseViewModel. If other logic is required,
make sure to set the value on the UserControl
(*) CTL-309 Moved Catel.MVVM.Services to Catel.Services namespace so all services in all extensions will now be put
into the same namespace
(*) CTL-328 Fully abstracted away the MVVM logic so they can be used in Xamarin as well. Therefore all view elements
are now implemented as interfaces (mainly IView) and are now located in the Catel.MVVM.Views namespace. This might
be a breaking change for people using the behaviors or implementing custom views
(*) CTL-344 Renamed Catel.Environment class to Catel.CatelEnvironment to prevent name clashing with .NET Environment
(*) CTL-402 DependencyResolver and ServiceLocator now throw TypeNotRegisteredException when a type is being retrieved
that is not yet registered in the ServiceLocator
(*) CTL-428 Simplified navigation on all platforms. This means that Catel will no longer keep viewmodels in memory to
provide a back stack. This is to make the navigation the same on all platforms. If there is a need to keep state,
the developer will be responsible to implement that
(*) CTL-419 Changed license to MIT instead of Ms-PL
(*) CTL-444 Remove Activator.CreateInstance from TypeFactory (it will automatically determine what to use now)
(*) CTL-449 Convert all methods in the IMessageService to async so it works the same on all platforms. Note that this is
a breaking change and users should use await or Task.ContinueWith to await the result
(*) CTL-451 Convert IUIVisualizerService to async implementation
(*) CTL-452 Make it simple to use Catel on 3rd party controls (major changes internally, but it is now much easier
to use Catel on other views)
(*) CTL-461 Change default value of CompositeCommand.AllowPartialExecution to false
(*) CTL-483 UIVisualizerService improvements (moved some methods to extension methods)
(*) CTL-486 Add time to all log listeners. This is a breaking change for classes implementing ILogListener
(*) CTL-488 Convert IViewModel interface to support full async
(*) CTL-506 BatchLogListenerBase.WriteBatch is now async so it won’t block any UI
(*) CTL-507 Use FastViewPropertySelector as default for major performance boost. This is a breaking change if the controls
use the ViewToViewModel mappings. If so, register the ViewPropertySelector class at application startup to get old
behavior
(*) CTL-515 Implement validation members explicitly on ModelBase so clean up most rarely used members
(-) CTL-454 Removed the RemoveInstance methods from the IServiceLocator interface. Use IServiceLocator.RemoveType instead
(-) CTL-458 Removed usage of ICloneable. If one wants to clone an object, simply serialize / deserialize it
(-) CTL-490 Remove parameters from BehaviorBase.OnAssociatedObjectLoaded. This is only a breaking change if there are
custom behaviors
Added/fixed:
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(+) CTL-323 Introduced ApiCop feature which will aid developers with hints and tips
(+) CTL-333 Now NET40 also support the IExceptionService.ProcessAsync
(+) CTL-340 Added LogManager.IgnoreCatelLogging to apply the setting to all ILogListener instances at once
(+) CTL-290 Added UICompositionService for Prism extensions and also marked the Activate and Deactivate methods from
UIVisualizerServiceExtensions as obsolete
(+) CTL-352 Allow Action to be registered besides ICommand in the CommandManager
(+) CTL-353 Add generic overloads for UIVisualizerService.Show and ShowDialog
(+) CTL-358 Add support for XmlRoot in serialization routine
(+) CTL-360 Added design-time support for the LanguageBinding markup extension. This is built in a generic way to
support any initialization code to be ran at design-time using Catel
(+) CTL-367 Add LogExtensions.LogProductInfo and LogExtensions.LogDeviceInfo
(+) CTL-372 IModelEditor interface which allows public SetValue / GetValue of ModelBase
(+) CTL-383 Added support for dependency injection of COM objects in the TypeFactory
(+) CTL-387 Added AutoComplete service and behavior to easily add auto completion to any TextBox
(+) CTL-388 Allow customization of assembly used for logging
(+) CTL-389 Added support for MVC 5 (5.1.1) and updated MVC 4 to 4.0.30506
(+) CTL-406 Added support for Windows Phone 8.1
(+) CTL-410 Add SingleUnloadOthers to TabControl so only a single view model lives in a tabcontrol
(+) CTL-436 Add generic ICatelCommand interfaces
(+) CTL-445 Support command parameters with application-wide commands
(+) CTL-446 Create InteractivityManager to allow events when behaviors are created
(+) CTL-459 Add AutoScroll behavior to automatically scroll ItemsControl lists
(+) CTL-469 Add async methods to the ICacheStorage
(+) CTL-485 Create RollingInMemoryLogListener to be able to query the latest log messages
(+) CTL-489 Allow property unregistration via ModelBase.UnregisterProperty
(+) CTL-505 Allow to stamp LogEntries with date time
(+) CTL-508 Added the SeqLogListener
(+) CTL-509 Added the EventLogListener
(+) CTL-511 Add PlatformToBooleanConverter to know which platform is being used
(+) CTL-515 Add model initialization and uninitialization members availale in ViewModelBase
(+) CTL-552 Create catel:Window that derives from DataWindow with a customized features
(*) CTL-326 Data annotation validation will no longer be invoked for properties with non-public getters to prevent
first chance exceptions the first time such a property is being validated
(*) CTL-334 ViewModelBase now respects SuspendValidation during saving, which means that even if there are validation
errors, the view model can be saved when SuspendValidation is set to true
(*) CTL-337 Allow UserControlLogic to be used on ContentControl in WPF
(*) CTL-342 DebugLogListener also writes to System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine for Silverlight
(*) CTL-343 Improved logging performance by 10 % by small optimalizations
(*) CTL-348 CacheStorage now only enables the expiration timer when it actually contains items that can expire. The
interval is now controllable as well, but still defaults to 1 second
(*) CTL-350 Improved performance of TypeCache, which should noticeable improve startup time (some up to 50 %)
(*) CTL-355 LanguageBindings do not refresh after changing PreferredCulture in ILanguageService
(*) CTL-356 ConverterHelper.DoNothingBindingValue now returns UnsetValue instead of DoNothing in NET40 and NET45 to make
sure it can use the FallbackValue
(*) CTL-359 Improve performance on DependencyObjectExtensions.FindLogicalOrVisualAncestor
(*) CTL-362 Cache result of GetSerializableMembers in SerializerBase
(*) CTL-363 Serialize ModelBase in SerializationManager even when IsSerializable is false
(*) CTL-365 Allow printing of views that are hidden without focus with ViewExportService
(*) CTL-370 Add colors to ConsoleLogListener
(*) CTL-374 SplashScreenService now uses the IExceptionService to handle exceptions so the behavior can be fully customized
(*) CTL-382 Improved the performance of StyleHelper by adding caching and disabling the recreateStylesBasedOnTheme option by
default which decompiles BAML to XAML (which is expensive)
(*) CTL-390 Updated CSLA to 4.5.501
(*) CTL-391 Updated FluentValidation to 5.1.0
(*) CTL-392 Updated Entity Framework to 6.1.0
(*) CTL-393 Automatically load themes when DataWindow / Control is used
(*) CTL-397 Invalidate CommandManagerBindings when command is registered
(*) CTL-400 Don’t handle errors in CommandManager when designer is attached
(*) CTL-413 ModelBase.Clone is now virtual
(*) CTL-425 Introduced IAdvancedEditableObject.CancelEditingCompleted to receive more information on how the IEditableObject
has been canceled (was it canceled at all)
(*) CTL-426 DataWindow automatically use application icon if no icon specified
(*) CTL-440 Support nested view models (parent / child relations) when views are in ContentPresenter
(*) CTL-456 Allow DoubleClickToCommand timeout specific and default to 500ms
(*) CTL-460 Improve TraceOutputControl so it uses Catel logging system
(*) CTL-470 Naming conventions should not strip multiple postfixes
(*) CTL-473 Improve the way loaded views are handled
(*) CTL-479 Make IDataErrorInfo/IDataWarningInfo methods customizable in ModelBase
(*) CTL-481 Share lock for ServiceLocator / TypeFactory / DependencyResolver to prevent memory leaks
(*) CTL-512 FileLogListener should create directory if it doesn’t exist
(*) CTL-521 Catel is now able to handle entities derived from a base class
(*) CTL-522 On exception within constructor of type created with TypeFacotry, information about lines with exception is lost
(*) CTL-524 Allow dynamic configuration for NET implementation of IConfigurationService. The implementation for NET no longer
uses the ConfigurationManager.AppSettings but the DynamicConfiguration object so it’s always reliable
(*) CTL-529 ViewModel should invalidate Command and CanExecute when child view model property changes
(*) CTL-530 Improve TypeCache so it can return array types
(-) CTL-453 Remove CommandManager code from Command
(x) CTL-327 ListCollectionView not supported in ChangeNotificationWrapper (causes InvalidCastException)
(x) CTL-329 VisualStateManager doesn’t change state in WP8 in UserControl => introduced option to transfer styles and
transitions: UserControl.TransferStylesAndTransitionsToViewModelGrid (default value is true)
(x) CTL-330 ViewModel gets unloaded before the view is actually unloaded in Windows Phone. The view models are now
being closed in the Navigated event so it will be after the navigation transition has completed
(x) CTL-331 Fixed issue where validation errors in models where not cleared in the ValidationContext when the value
was changed directly on the model
(x) CTL-332 Fixed StackOverflow in TypeHelper.IsBasicType for Nullable<> implementations
(x) CTL-335 Minus sign not working in Catel:NumericTextBox is NegativeAllowed=”True”
(x) CTL-338 ViewModelManager gets double instance when it is injected before any ViewModel is used
(x) CTL-339 Serialization of protected Catel properties in non-WPF environment are being serialized even when they
are decorated with the ExcludeFromSerialization attribute
(x) CTL-351 CommandManager throws NullReferenceException on KeyDown when no KeyGesture is registered
(x) CTL-357 NavigationContext is empty in Silverlight
(x) CTL-364 DbContextExtensions.GetEntitySet throws InvalidCastException in EF6
(x) CTL-368 XmlSerializer does not correctly serialize ICollection<AbstractClass>
(x) CTL-369 Catel should ignore resetting of LeanAndMeanModel during serialization
(x) CTL-371 HideValidationResults must also hide HasErrors and HasWarnings
(x) CTL-375 Views and view models don’t detect DesignTime correctly
(x) CTL-378 Catel PleaseWaitHelper doesn’t work in WinForms application
(x) CTL-381 LanguageService.GetResourceManager() method retrieves wrong assembly and therefore cannot find resource
(x) CTL-384 WarningAndErrorValidator should hide ValidationAdorner
(x) CTL-385 XmlAttribute values are not respected without explicit name
(x) CTL-395 IValidationSummary property is null and this prevents command execution in case there are no errors
(x) CTL-405 NullReferenceException is thrown in AutoCompletionBehavior when _availableSuggestions is null
(x) CTL-409 Fixed SplashScreenService implementation to be used in the Application.OnStartup method context
(x) CTL-416 Checking for for a binding IsSentinalBindingObject doesn’t check for ‘{DisconnectedItem}’
(x) CTL-418 ConsoleLogListener doesn’t reset colors after logging
(x) CTL-421 UserControl doesn’t refresh on DataContextChanged when used as data template
(x) CTL-422 ViewLoadedManager does not release strong reference to views
(x) CTL-429 Call to StyleHelper.CreateStyleForwardersForDefaultStyles(); leads to exception
(x) CTL-437 Possible deadlock in ServiceLocator.ResolveType
(x) CTL-439 Catch up of property validation validates the same propery multiple times
(x) CTL-443 PleaseWaitService Displays “Please wait” instead of the message
(x) CTL-447 TabControl LoadItems=”AllOnStartup” not working
(x) CTL-462 Memory Leaks using Language Binding
(x) CTL-463 Its not possible to register a CustomViewModelFactory
(x) CTL-464 Fixed SplashScreenService (due to Asynchronisity of UIVisualizerService)
(x) CTL-465 DebugLogListener SL throws InvalidOperationException on disabled html bridge
(x) CTL-466 Catel and Microsoft Fakes does not work because of reflection on explicit interface properties
(x) CTL-467 Async MessageService does not show MessageBox (Task gets never started)
(x) CTL-476 Exception in BootstrapperBase.RunWithSplashScreen<>()
(x) CTL-478 InfoBarMessageControl does not respect Horizontal/Vertical- (Content)Alignment
(x) CTL-487 TypeHelper doesn’t always return the right typename / assemblyname
(x) CTL-504 Catel.Fody GenerateXmlSchema and WeaveProperties Bug where web service models were not being
deserialized correctly
(x) CTL-512 Closing a window via CloseViewModel in the view model does not work
(x) CTL-517 Fixed possible NullReferenceException in AutoScroll behavior
(x) CTL-543 App crash on startup with CLR Assert Failure – mscorlib recursive resource lookup bug ReflectionTypeLoad_LoadFailed
