Note that we recommend that you install Catel via NuGet.
Release notes for Catel 5.0.0
Release date:
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2017/07/26
Platform support changes:
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Added support for the following platforms:
* .NET 4.7
Removed support for the following platforms:
* .NET 4.0
* Silverlight 5
* Windows Phone 8.0 (Silverlight)
* Windows Phone 8.1 (Silverlight)
* Windows Phone 8.1 (Runtime)
* Windows 8.1 (Runtime)
Removed support for the following components:
* Catel.Extensions.CSLA
* Catel.Extensions.Controls (moved to Orc.Controls & Orchestra)
* Catel.Extensions.Data
* Catel.Extensions.DynamicObjects (moved to Orc.DynamicObjects)
* Catel.Extensions.EntityFramework (moved to Orc.EntityFramework)
* Catel.Extensions.FluentValidation (moved to Orc.FluentValidation)
* Catel.Extensions.Interception
* Catel.Extensions.Memento (moved to Orc.Memento)
* Catel.Extensions.MVC4
* Catel.Extensions.MVC5
* Catel.Extensions.Prism4
* Catel.Extensions.Prism5 (moved to Orc.Prism)
* Catel.Extensions.Prism6 (moved to Orc.Prism)
* Catel.Extensions.Wcf.Server
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.
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Added/fixed:
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(+) CTL-902 Allow custom management of serializer modifiers in the ISerializerManager
(+) CTL-907 Support classes that implement Parse(string, IFormatProvider) and ToString(IFormatProvider) in the serializers
(+) CTL-929 Add Additional {WorkDir} as FileLogListener Keyword
(+) CTL-953 Create pool manager to re-use objects in a pool (e.g. memory streams in serialization)
(+) CTL-998 JSON Serializer cannot serialize with formatted indents
(+) CTL-1011 Implement IUIVisualizerService for UWP and removed non-async methods for WPF
(+) CTL-1015 Implement IOpenFileService for UWP and make all methods async (also for WPF)
(+) CTL-1016 Implement ISelectDirectoryService for UWP and make all methods async (also for WPF)
(+) CTL-1017 Implement ISaveFileService for UWP and make all methods async (also for WPF)
(+) #603 Add overloads for logging
(+) #912 Add focusFirstControl argument to DataWindow constructor
(+) #1044 Add SupportValidation to ModelAttribute to disable model validation mapping
(*) CTL-903 Only support Frame and not NavigationWindow for WPF navigation
(*) CTL-904 Allow view models to be created on multiple threads (thread-safe view model factory)
(*) CTL-905 Always log Argument logging (even when Catel logging is being ignored)
(*) CTL-911 Refactor UrlHelper to extension methods
(*) CTL-919 Replace parameters in ServiceLocator.ResolveTypeFromKnownContainer by ServiceInfo
(*) CTL-921 TypeFactory optimizations for multi-thread usage
(*) CTL-922 Don’t cache RootFrame in NavigationService to allow dynamic navigation frames
(*) CTL-941 Update to json.net 9.x
(*) CTL-948 Allow setting the status in IPleaseWaitServiceExtensions.PushInScope
(*) CTL-988 Allow view models without model injection to stay alive on DataContext changes
(*) #123 Command CanExecute listeners are referenced with weak references
(*) #135 Use NuGet dependency for System.Windows.Interactivity instead
(*) #807 Exceptions in TaskCommand are now longer swallowed by default. Pre 5.0 behavior can be mimmicked by setting
the TaskCommand.SwallowExceptions property to true
(*) #853 Improve Mixed mode in FastObservableCollection and FastBindingList
(*) #901 Clean up FrameworkElement and DependencyObject extension methods
(*) #988 Set default value of DeferValidationUntilFirstSaveCall to true
(*) #995 Split ModelBase into ModelBase (without validation) and ValidatableModelBase
(*) #998 Remove Catel.Services.Models namespace, use Catel.Services instead
(*) #1003 Migrate xaml uri from catel.codeplex.com => catelproject.com
(*) #1021 Add parameter to create an overload for GetSlug to not make the value lowercase
(*) #1029 Check for existing values and only raise changed event in ConfigurationService
(*) #1045 Clean up IViewModel interface (remove HasDirtyModel, ViewModelConstructionTime & ValidateViewModel)
(*) #1046 Remove IsInitializing & IsInitialized from ModelBase so it can be used by ViewModelBase
(*) #1050 Replace ISavableModel.SerializationMode with ISerializer and remove some overloads
(*) #1052 Move property value change notifications wrappers (for child objects & collections) from ModelBase
to ChildAwareModelBase
(*) #986 Replace (Validatable0ModelBase.SuspendValidation by SuspendValidations method
(*) #1062 Add ValidationContext.Add() methods and mark AddFieldValidationResult and AddBusinessRuleValidationResult
as obsolete
(*) #1067 WeakEventListener now supports Action delegates (even the ones on a DisplayClass instance)
(*) Improve ShowWindowAsync implementation at UIVisualizerService
(x) #815 MessageMediator registers new recipients after previous registration of same type of recipient were
garbage collected
(x) CTL-899 Navigation in WPF is not working when using custom frame
(x) CTL-906 Clear current navigation context when (re)navigating to the same view in WPF
(x) CTL-910 Introduce special lock for null keys in CacheStorage to prevent ArgumentNullException
(x) CTL-925 LanguageBinding markup now uses weak events to allow specific controls (such as the ComboBox with ComboBoxItem
elements) to be updated after they have been collapsed
(x) CTL-991 Equals method in ServiceLocator.ServiceInfo class returns false positives
(x) CTL-1000 NumericTextBox behavior doesn’t allow some values (e.g. 2.05)
(x) CTL-1010 MessageMediator.Unregister has a bug when method names are the same
(x) #950 TaskCommand binding to IsExecuting does not reflect the right state when using the Executing event
(x) #1006 TypeFactory does not respect scope when checking whether types can be resolved
(x) #1038 Stack overflow when ViewModel class also implements ISavableModel
(x) #1071 Mono 5.0.x, stops Catel.Core (TypeCache) from working
(x) #1073 Serialization of generics fails for XmlSerializer (The ‘`’ character, hexadecimal value 0x60, cannot be
included in a name)
(-) CTL-935 Remove InterestedIn attributes because services are a better way to communicate
(-) CTL-975 Remove EventHandlerExtensions.SplitInvoke and use regular event invocation
(-) CTL-987 Delete MVVM logic behaviors (should only be available as logic)
(-) #129 Remove MediaElementThreadInfo since it was only used by PleaseWaitHelper
(-) #131 Remove ISplashScreenService
(-) #776 Remove implementation of ModelBase.Equals and ModelBase.GetHashCode to improve out-of-the-box performance of
the ModelBase. To implement comparison, one has to override it manually or derive from ComparableModelBase
(-) #916 Remove IXmlSerializer.OptimalizationMode in favor of ISerializationConfiguration.OptimalizationMode
(-) #974 Remove DynamicEventListener in favor of WeakEventListener
(-) #983 Remove INotifyPropertyChanging and only support INotifyPropertyChanged
(-) #1010 Remove PleaseWaitHelper and use busy indicator instead
(-) #1016 Remove CountCollapsedConverter since we already have CollectionToVisibilityConverter
(-) #1030 Remove CommandLineHelper in favor of Orc.CommandLine
(-) #1031 Remove EffectsHelper & VisualTargetPresentationSource
(-) #1032 Remove TransferStylesAndTransitions – use special wrapper grid name instead
(-) #1043 Remove validation summaries in the view model
(-) #1047 Remove ViewModelBase.HasDirtyModels
(-) #1051 Remove IParent interface & Parent / Children elements from ModelBase
(-) #1059 Remove ISerializable.Serialized & ISerializable.Deserialized events
(-) #1060 Remove ModelBase.LeanAndMean (models should be lean by design now)
(-) Remove test implementations of services
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
