This page is listing updates and enhancements added since 1.3.x version, and that will be available for the 1.4 version.

Release date: still in development

• new jApp::config() method, to retrieve the configuration. $gJConfig is deprecated.
• new jApp::coord() method, to retrieve the coordinator. $gJCoord is deprecated.
• new autoload system. Classes to autoload can be indicated into module.xml file of your modules. the autoload system support the PSR0 specification
• virtual templates
• new API to support HTTP cache
• new classes to read Atom and RSS feeds
• new class, jPref, to set and get dynamic/functionnal configuration options. An interface is available to allow a webmaster to manage these preferences.
• modules can provide their own response object and indicate them directly into the configuration

• READ THE MIGRATION TUTORIAL. (not available yet)

• your entrypoints should be changed:
  • the coordinator should be set into the jApp object.
  • the configuration file should be intidacted to the jApp object too instead of the coordinator.
  • See a template in lib/jelix-scripts/templates/www/index.php.tpl
• you are encouraged to replace all your $gJConfig/$gJCoord use by jApp::config() and jApp::coord().

• Core
  • the global variable $gJConfig is now deprecated. You should use jApp::config() instead, to retrieve the configuration.
  • the global variable $gJCoord is now deprecated. You should use jApp::coord() instead, to retrieve the coordinator.
  • New HTTP cache API on response object: cleanCacheHeaders(), setExpires(), setLifetime(), isValidCache(). @FlorianLB
  • jXmlResponse allow now to specify your own mime type. @Thomas PT
  • in the configuration, we can indicate a response class which is in a module. Syntax: {responsetype}=module:{modulename}:{classname}. And the response class should be store into a {modulename}/responses/{classname}.class.php.
• jUrl
  • new method getRootUrl($keyword) (and a jTpl plugin) to associate some urls to keywords. @bricet #1073
• jTpl:
  • virtual templates. You can use jTpl with simple strings (not readed from files): jTpl::fetchFromString(). @doubleface, @laurentj, #545
  • new meta instructions: meta_if, meta_else, meta_endif. @bricet
  • plugins: added support of IE8 and IE9 in meta_html
• jAuth:
  • new hash function bcrypt() using blowfish algorithm. @FlorianLB
• jAcl, jAclDb and jAcl2Db use the new autoload system. All jAclDb* and jAcl2Db* classes, and coord plugins acl and acl2, have been moved into their respective modules.
• Utils:
  • new classes to retrieve and parse Atom and RSS feeds: jAtom10Reader and jRSS20Reader. Compatible with responses that generates Atom and RSS feeds. @FlorianLB #23
• new class jPref : a system to store dynamic configuration options (not system options for the framework). An interface is available to allow a webmaster to manage these preferences. It uses jKVDb as storage backend.

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