[ANN] Apache Felix iPOJO 1.11.0 released

[Clement Escoffier <cl...@gmail.com>]

The Felix team is pleased to announce the release of iPOJO Manipulator and Runtime 1.11.0. The documentation is available on: http://felix.apache.org/documentation/subprojects/apache-felix-ipojo.html

This release is available from
http://felix.apache.org/downloads.cgi and Maven Central

Release Notes:

Manipulator project (1.11.0):

** Bug
    * [FELIX-4021] - maven-ipojo-plugin fails on WAR packaging
    * [FELIX-4219] - Variables named not stored in bytecode for constructors during manipulation
    * [FELIX-4247] - Memory leak with ServiceUsage and inner class (Listener style)

** Improvement
    * [FELIX-4112] - Add meta annotations for handler description
    * [FELIX-4269] - Introduce an enumeration to configure binding policy from the annotation

** Task
    * [FELIX-4134] - Move integration-tests to the reactor
    * [FELIX-4151] - Fix mistakes in the javadoc tags
    * [FELIX-4155] - Update bnd-ipojo-plugin for bndlib 2.x
    * [FELIX-4156] - Fix versions of maven plugins
    * [FELIX-4270] - Bump iPOJO package version to 1.11.0

** Sub-task
    * [FELIX-4253] - Add methods from inner classes in the metadata collected during the manipulation
    * [FELIX-4254] - Specify the method id of methods from inner class
    * [FELIX-4255] - Extend the inner class manipulation to allow method interception
    * [FELIX-4256] - Avoid manipulation native and static methods from inner classes


Runtime project (1.11.0):

** Bug
    * [FELIX-4115] - NPE in DependencyModel.getService() when @Bind method throws an exception
    * [FELIX-4132] - @Modified not working on Equinox
    * [FELIX-4138] - TypeDeclaration calls factory.dispose() even if it already has been disposed (externally)
    * [FELIX-4139] - package conflict with ipojo-annotations and ipojo-runtime
    * [FELIX-4164] - Instance / Component matching regression
    * [FELIX-4172] - Updated method called twice at the bundle start
    * [FELIX-4183] - Wrong Javadoc of TrackerCustomizer addingService method
    * [FELIX-4199] - The filter based service tracking interceptor should always be created
    * [FELIX-4200] - Only the last iPOJO Tracking interceptor is modifying the reference
    * [FELIX-4204] - Service Dependencies with a callback without a type attribute must be rejected
    * [FELIX-4207] - ipojo @Component with propagation set to true doesn't propagate properties
    * [FELIX-4218] - NPE with field annotated with both @Property and @ServiceProperty
    * [FELIX-4236] - Unvalued properties should be part of the instance's architecture
    * [FELIX-4247] - Memory leak with ServiceUsage and inner class (Listener style)
    * [FELIX-4248] - ServiceUsage ThreadLocal removal
    * [FELIX-4250] - Specification deduction broken when the method does not start with the 'bind' prefix
    * [FELIX-4251] - The @Bind annotation should use Class instead of String
    * [FELIX-4261] - NPE when an instance is declared without a configuration using the @ConfigurationTracker
    * [FELIX-4268] - Duplicated name errors always happen when there are 2 factories with the same name

** Improvement
    * [FELIX-4143] - Improve @Configuration management performances
    * [FELIX-4216] - Allow @Property without name in constructors
    * [FELIX-4228] - Improve dependency identification in log messages and exceptions
    * [FELIX-4232] - Service Dependency Interceptors should be part of the instance architecture
    * [FELIX-4252] - Make Extender's ThreadPool size configurable
    * [FELIX-4262] - QueueServices should be observable
    * [FELIX-4263] - iPOJO Core should use ranged imports
    * [FELIX-4264] - JobInfo should provide a way to identify the kind of task

** New Feature
    * [FELIX-4146] - Add getInstances and getInstanceNames in the Factory interface
    * [FELIX-4147] - Add getProvidedService in ProvidedServiceDescription and allow external service management
    * [FELIX-4215] - Extend manipulation metadata with argument names
    * [FELIX-4231] - Provide service binding interceptors
    * [FELIX-4265] - Provides a recorder for startup events
    * [FELIX-4267] - Define Apache Karaf features for iPOJO

** Task
    * [FELIX-3925] - Merge the temporal dependency handler within the service dependency handler
    * [FELIX-4133] - Add distribution creation in the iPOJO runtime build
    * [FELIX-4134] - Move integration-tests to the reactor
    * [FELIX-4136] - Document service dependency interceptors
    * [FELIX-4151] - Fix mistakes in the javadoc tags
    * [FELIX-4156] - Fix versions of maven plugins
    * [FELIX-4217] - Ensure compatibility between Aries Blueprint and iPOJO
    * [FELIX-4245] - Deadlock in Dependency
    * [FELIX-4270] - Bump iPOJO package version to 1.11.0

** Sub-task
    * [FELIX-4239] - Extend service dependency documentation with the 'exception' attribute.
    * [FELIX-4240] - Support the 'exception' attribute in service dependencies
    * [FELIX-4242] - Support the 'timeout' attribute in service dependencies
    * [FELIX-4243] - Define the dependency configuration matrix and improve error detection
    * [FELIX-4244] - Extend the service dependency documentation with the timeout attribute
    * [FELIX-4257] - Allow the dependency handler to track the entry and exit of inner class methods

Enjoy!

 The Felix team