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Release notes for Catel 4.5.0
Release date:
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2016/07/01
Added/fixed (BREAKING CHANGES):
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No breaking changes, but made a lot of preparations for the “async big bang” that will happen in Catel 5.0. We are
currently trying to index all members that might need async members in the future. Most of these members are now
marked as obsolete and have an async handler which must be used in the future.
Platform support changes:
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[none]
Classes / members marked as obsolete:
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Our mission is to make Catel easier to maintain in the future. One way to achieve this is to remove unused
features and components. We are actively removing features by marking them obsolete. If nobody complains,
we will remove the features in the next major release.
* CTL-671 Marked Catel.Extensions.CSLA as obsolete to minimize maintenance costs of Catel
* CTL-672 Marked Catel.Extensions.Wcf.Server as obsolete to minimize maintenance costs of Catel
* CTL-740 Marked IMessageMediator.SendMessageAsync as obsolete because it’s not truly async
* CTL-755 Marked Catel.Windows.Controls.ScrollViewerProperties as obsolete to minimize maintenance costs of Catel
* CTL-756 Marked Catel.Windows.Controls.RichToolTip as obsolete to minimize maintenance costs of Catel
* CTL-784 Marked AttributeHelper as obsolete, use reflection extensions instead
* CTL-808 Marked AsynchronousCommand as obsolete, use TaskCommand instead
* CTL-810 Marked QueryableExtensions.Include(Expression) as obsolete for EF6 and higher, use the default EF implementation
* CTL-849 Marked ExpressionUtil obsolete, use ExpressionHelper instead
Added/fixed:
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(+) CTL-622 Add check type sorting and expression filter on ExceptionService
(+) CTL-788 Added new LogEvent called Status which can be used for status updates
(+) CTL-796 Add Activate existing window methods in IUIVisualizerService
(+) CTL-803 Add RegisterHandler method on IExceptionService
(+) CTL-805 Add IExceptionHandler<T> to make implementation of custom exception handlers easier
(+) CTL-809 Add CreateTaskCommand method on CommandHelper
(+) CTL-817 Add DynamicObservableObject implementation
(+) CTL-832 Added ProgressContext to easily allow progress calculation
(+) CTL-745 Allow DataWindowButton to be bindable (both text and visibility)
(+) CTL-842 Add events to ICacheStorage when items are removed from the cache
(+) CTL-843 Add ToString implementation for ValidationContext and ValidationSummary
(+) CTL-844 Create Enum<TEnum>.Flags.GetValues(TEnum enum) to retrieve list of flags
(+) CTL-848 CacheStorage – automatically dispose item on removing
(+) CTL-861 Add tag overload to IViewModelFactory to allow resolving of dependencies using tags
(+) CTL-873 Allow ConfigurationService to store values in separate containers (local and roaming)
(+) CTL-883 Create magic “ViewModelContainer” name so you can define your own view model grid
(*) CTL-785 Support expressions in validation result static members so you can now write
FieldValidationResult.CreateWarning(() => MyProperty, “This field is required”);
(*) CTL-789 Improve property handling in the context of RegisterProperties
(*) CTL-792 Improve property editing performance
(*) CTL-794 Allow application-wide commands to be executed when child windows have a focus
(*) CTL-797 Only set owner window for modal dialogs in UIVisualizerService
(*) CTL-800 UpdatableMarkupExtension should expose IServiceProvider in the ProvideDynamicValue method
(*) CTL-802 Add async version of OnOkExecute to DataWindow
(*) CTL-806 Allow ValueConverterGroup to contain System.Windows.IValueConverter objects
(*) CTL-807 Support enum values in ConfigurationService (and StringToObjectHelper)
(*) CTL-810 Marked QueryableExtensions.Include(Expression) as obsolete for EF6 and higher
(*) CTL-814 Improve Argument.IsValid implementation to allow more options
(*) CTL-819 Prevent unnecessary creation of event args in .SafeInvoke when handler is null
(*) CTL-824 ModelBase.editableobject should check for duplicated BeginEdit(), EndEdit(), CancelEdit()
(*) CTL-825 Use NuGet package for behaviors SDK instead of local reference for UWP
(*) CTL-828 Prevent unneccessary creation of empty dictionary entries in ModelBase
(*) CTL-846 ObjectConverterService (and thus ConfigurationService) should respect culture on UWP
(*) CTL-850 Don’t set AssociatedObject to null in IBehavior.Detach for UWP
(*) CTL-856 Improved FastObservableCollection to have concrete suspension modes for change notifications
(*) CTL-859 When resolving types from the service locator (for dependency injection), prefer registered
types with the right scope
(*) CTL-886 Support AsyncLock in CacheStorage so async retrieval is covered by locks as well
(*) CTL-895 Removing CurrentDispatcher property from IDispatcherService interface. Adding methods to IDispatcher
that ensures backward capability
(x) CTL-791 Types with the same FullName from different assemblies will cause issues with the TypeFactory cache
(x) CTL-793 CompositeCommand.CheckCanExecuteOfAllCommandsToDetermineCanExecuteForCompositeCommand not respected
(x) CTL-798 Prevent MissingResourceException when resolving strings for Catel.Core
(x) CTL-811 Fixed thread racing against IsLockAcquired property
(x) CTL-813 BehaviorBase – AssociatedObject.Unloaded can be called multiple times
(x) CTL-823 Enum<TEnum>.TryParse with case insensitive does not work
(x) CTL-839 Windows not exposing the Closed event (such as MahApps ContentDialog) don’t close the view model
(x) CTL-877 TypeCache.InitializeTypes with force & assembly should only invalidate specified assembly
(x) CTL-878 Fix for FileLogListener causes UnauthorizedAccessException in web applications
(x) CTL-880 Sometimes (very rarely) fails to set view model when switching views (loaded, unloaded, loaded) very fast
(x) CTL-887 GetString in LanguageService does not correctly resolve resources for non-neutral cultures in metro apps
(x) CTL-891 Prevent duplicate view model creation in nested user controls when the data context hasn’t really changed
(x) CTL-892 Fixed NullReferenceException when using the GetErrorMessage() or GetWarningMessage() extension
methods for ModelBase
(x) CTL-893 ThemeHelper should not cache too aggressive, it could result in full refresh of all DataWindows each
time a new DataWindow is openened
(x) CTL-896 BehaviorBase could get into a negative loaded count prevent the next load event from being noticed
Roadmap:
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See https://www.catelproject.com/support/issue-tracker
Known issues:
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See https://www.catelproject.com/support/issue-tracker
