Release 1.1

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Qi4j SDK

The QI4j SDK 1.1 has not been created yet.

Release Notes

Improvement
[QI-244 external link ] - JSON serialization is less than optimal
[QI-250] - Replace CGLIB with ASM
[QI-251] - Reduce class generation and model duplication

Bug
[QI-243 external link ] - Repeated uow.apply() with loaded entities will cause concurrency check exception
[QI-245] - "Not a Number" : Having Byte-type property creates exception
[QI-246] - Having null values in collections causes JSONEntityState to throw exception

Sub-task
[QI-135 external link ] - Make all EntityStores into OSGi bundles.

Development Status

The tables below are the developers' self-assessment of the stability/suitability of the many individual components. This assessement tend to err on the side of conservative, and many are used in production deployments at the moment.

Core Module	Code	Tests	Docs	Licenses
Qi4j Core - API	stable	good	good	ALv2
Qi4j Core - Bootstrap	stable	good	brief	ALv2
Qi4j Core - Runtime	stable	good	brief	ALv2
Qi4j Core - SPI	stable	good	brief	ALv2
Qi4j Core - Test Support	stable	none	brief	ALv2

Extension	Code	Tests	Docs	Licenses
Ehcache Cache	early	some	brief	ALv2
File System Entity Store	early	none	none	ALv2
Google AppEngine Store	early	none	none	ALv2
Hazelcast Store	beta	some	none	ALv2
JDBM Store	beta	some	none	ALv2
Neo4j Store	early	some	none	ALv2 AGPLv3
Preferences Entity Store	beta	some	none	ALv2
QRM Store	early	some	none	ALv2
REST Interface	early	some	none	ALv2
SQL Store	early	some	none	ALv2
Entity Store - Project Voldemort	early	some	none	ALv2
RDF Indexing	beta	some	none	ALv2
SQL Indexing	early	some	none	ALv2
EntityStore Data Migration	beta	some	none	ALv2
Reindexer	early	none	none	ALv2

Library	Code	Tests	Docs	Licenses
Authentication/Authorization	early	none	none	ALv2
Cache	early	none	none	ALv2
Constraints	early	some	none	ALv2
Http Service	early	none	none	ALv2
Locking	early	none	none	ALv2
Logging	early	some	brief	ALv2
RDF	early	none	none	ALv2
Servlet	early	none	none	ALv2
Apache Shiro	beta	good	none	ALv2
Spring integration	early	some	brief	ALv2
SQL	early	none	none	ALv2
UID	early	some	brief	ALv2

Maven Artifacts

The Maven artifacts of Qi4j is available from http://repository.ops4j.org/maven2 external link

. To setup your Qi4j projects with Maven, you will (for now) be required to add the following in your pom.xml.

<project>
:
<repositories>

    <repository>
      <id>qi4j-official</id>
      <url>http://repository.ops4j.org/maven2</url>
      <releases>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
      </releases>
      <snapshots>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
      </snapshots>
    </repository>

</repositories>
:
</project>

The following table shows the artifacts available.

Core Module	Declaration
Qi4j Core - API	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.core</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-core-api</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Qi4j Core - Bootstrap	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.core</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-core-bootstrap</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Qi4j Core - Runtime	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.core</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-core-runtime</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Qi4j Core - SPI	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.core</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-core-spi</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Qi4j Core - Test Support	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.core</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-core-testsupport</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`

Extension	Declaration
Google AppEngine Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-gae</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Hazelcast Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-hazelcast</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
JDBM Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-jdbm</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Neo4j Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-neo4j</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Preferences Entity Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-preferences</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
QRM Store	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-qrm</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
REST Interface	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-entitystore-rest</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
RDF Indexing	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-indexing-rdf</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
EntityStore Data Migration	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-migration</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Reindexer	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.extension</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-reindexer</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`

Library	Declaration
Authentication/Authorization	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-auth</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Cache	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-cache</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Constraints	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-constraints</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Http Service	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-http</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Locking	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-locking</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Logging	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-logging</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
RDF	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-rdf</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
Spring integration	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-spring</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`
UID	`<dependency> <groupId>org.qi4j.library</groupId> <artifactId>qi4j-lib-uid</artifactId> <version>1.1</version> </dependency>`

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