enhancements. Below is a list of the most notable changes:</p>
<ul>
- <li>Server push based on Atmosphere</li>
- <li>CSS injection through a <b>Styles</b> object from <tt>Page.getCurrent().getStyles()</tt></li>
- <li>Enhanced Debug Window</li>
- <li><b>Calendar</b> is now included in the core
- framework</li>
- <li>The <b>VaadinServlet</b>/-<b>Portlet</b> and <b>-Service</b>
- have been refactored
+ <li>Server push (Use the <b>@Push</b> annotation to
+ enable push for a UI)
+ </li>
+ <li>Server polling using <b>UI</b>.<tt>setPollInterval()</tt></li>
+ <li>Enhanced debug window</li>
+ <li>Internet Explorer 10 support</li>
+ <li>Sass compiler improvements: arithmetics, @content</li>
+ <li>Dynamic CSS injection</li>
+ <li>Support for SCSS/CSS files in all add-ons (Use <tt>Vaadin-Stylesheet</tt>
+ in the manifest)
+ </li>
+ <li><b>Calendar</b> is included in the core framework</li>
+ <li><b>ProgressBar</b> provides progress indication
+ without polling (separated from <b>ProgressIndicator</b>)</li>
+ <li>Tooltip and loading indicator delays configurable
+ on server side</li>
+ <li>The range of a <b>DateField</b> can be limited
+ </li>
+ <li><b>Window</b> has maximize/restore controls</li>
+ <li><b>UI</b> and <b>VaadinSession</b> provide <tt>access()</tt>
+ to access the UI and session while holding the needed
+ lock</li>
+ <li>A new <b>@VaadinServletConfiguration</b> annotation
+ for configuring servlet parameters
</li>
- <li><b>DateField</b> can now have a range</li>
- <li><b>Window</b> has Maximize/Restore controls</li>
<li>WAI-ARIA support for form fields, <b>Button</b>,
and <b>Tree</b></li>
- <li>The page can be reloaded programmatically with <tt>Page.reload()</tt></li>
- <li>The legacy behavior of Property.toString() can be
+ <li>The behavior of <b>Property</b>.toString() can be
toggled using the <tt>legacyPropertyToString</tt> init
parameter
</li>
- <li>Sass compiler now supports arithmetics</li>
- <li>Sass compiler now supports <tt>@content</tt></li>
- <li>Tooltip delays can be configured</li>
- <li>Loading indicator delays can be configured</li>
- <li>Layout components have a default alignment</li>
- <li><b>DefaultFieldGroupFieldFactory</b> supports date
- fields</li>
-
- <li>Add-ons containing a theme should specify it with a
- <tt>Vaadin-Stylesheet</tt> attribute in the manifest
+ <li>Default alignment can be set for layout components</li>
+ <li><b>FieldGroup</b> supports SQL date fields and date
+ field creation</li>
+ <li><b>Converter</b>.<tt>convertToModel</tt>/<tt>convertFromModel</tt>
+ now gets an additional parameter describing the target
+ type</li>
+ <li>The browser page can be reloaded programmatically
+ using <tt>Page.reload()</tt>
+ </li>
+ <li>The <b>VaadinServlet</b>/<b>VaadinPortlet</b> and <b>VaadinService</b>
+ classes have been refactored
+ </li>
+ <li>Several locking related fixes</li>
+ <li>Client compiler dependencies are packaged as a
+ separate jar</li>
+ <li>DefaultWidgetSet is even more optimized (using
+ compiler parameter <tt>-XenableClosureCompiler</tt>)
+ </li>
+ <li>Java <tt>assert</tt> statements have been added to
+ critical code sections. Start JVM with <tt>-ea</tt> to
+ use.
</li>
+ <li><b>StateChangeEvent</b>.<tt>isInitialState()</tt>
+ indicates if event is the first for a connector</li>
+ <li><b>ClientConnector</b>.<tt>isAttached()</tt>
+ indicates if connector is attached</li>
+ <li><b>Container.Filterable</b> now contains a <tt>getContainerFilters()</tt>
+ method</li>
+ <li><b>TableQuery</b> now supports schemas and catalogs</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>Tools have been updated for Vaadin @vaadin-minor@ with
+ the following changes:</p>
- <li>Native support for Internet Explorer 10</li>
- <li>Many locking fixes</li>
- <li>Java <tt>assert</tt> statements added to critical
- code sections. Start JVM with <tt>-ea</tt> to use.
+ <ul>
+ <li>Maven
+ <ul>
+ <li>Theme compilation support using <tt>vaadin:update-theme</tt>
+ and <tt>vaadin:compile-theme</tt></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li>Eclipse
+ <ul>
+ <li>Theme compilation support using the
+ provided button</li>
+ <li>New projects are by default generated using
+ Servlet 3.0 API</li>
+ <li>Additional GWT compiler parameters can be
+ specified</li>
+ </ul>
</li>
</ul>
with <tt>em</tt> (<a
href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/10634">#10634</a>)
</li>
- <li>Push using streaming does not work in Opera (<a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/11642">#11642</a>)
+ <li>Push is currently not supported in portals (See <a
+ href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/11493">#11493</a>)
+ </li>
+ <li>HTTP session can not be invalidated while using
+ push (<a href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/11721">#11721</a>)
</li>
- <li>Some debug console features such as analyze layouts
- do not work when push is enabled (<a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/11536">#11536</a>)
+ <li>Cookies are not available while using push (<a
+ href="http://dev.vaadin.com/ticket/11808">#11808</a>)
</li>
+ <li>Not all proxies are compatible with websockets. If
+ you are using push with an incompatible proxy you might
+ have to force the transport mode to streaming. Some
+ proxies have problems with streaming also - you need to
+ ensure that the proxy does not buffer responses for HTTP
+ streaming to work.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="changelog">ChangeLog</h3>
<p>
The <a
- href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=Vaadin+@version@&order=priority">full
+ href="http://dev.vaadin.com/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=Vaadin+7.1.0.beta1&milestone=Vaadin+7.1.0&order=id">full
list of the closed issues</a> can also be found at
<tt>dev.vaadin.com</tt>
.
<h2 id="supportedversions">Supported Technologies</h2>
<p>
- Vaadin 7 is compatible with <b>Java 6</b>. Vaadin 7 is
- especially supported on the following <b>operating
+ Vaadin 7 is compatible with <b>Java 6</b> and newer. Vaadin
+ 7 is especially supported on the following <b>operating
systems</b>:
</p>
</ul>
<p>
- Vaadin 7 supports the JSR-286 Portlet specification. All
- portals that implement either of the portlet specifications
- should work. The following <b>portals</b> are supported:
+ Vaadin 7 supports the JSR-286 Portlet specification and all
+ portals that implement the specification should work. The
+ following <b>portals</b> are supported:
</p>
<ul>
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Mozilla Firefox 18-20</li>
+ <li>Mozilla Firefox 18-21</li>
<li>Mozilla Firefox 17 ESR</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 8-10</li>
<li>Safari 6</li>
<li>Opera 12</li>
- <li>Google Chrome 23-26</li>
+ <li>Google Chrome 23-27</li>
</ul>
<p>
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