OpenXava 5.1 released: Rapid Development Tool for Java

VALENCIA, Spain - Oct. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- OpenXava is an AJAX Java Framework for Rapid Development of Enterprise Web Applications.

In OpenXava you only have to write the domain classes in plain Java to get a web application ready for production.

This 5.1 release has improved the inline editable collections a lot, in fact now you can do in an element collection most of the things possible in a regular detail view, and with a 10x improvement in performance. OpenXava 5.1 also includes a new editor that allows attach several files to an entity, support for Java 8, and many many more things.

We invite you to download (http://www.openxava.org/downloads) it and upgrade your OpenXava applications. Look at the migration instructions (http://openxava.wikispaces.com/migration_en).

This are the new features in OpenXava 5.1:

- @NoSearch supported for references in embeddable classes of element collections.
- @ReadOnly and @EditOnly supported for @ElementCollection.
- @OnChangeSearch supported for references in embeddable classes of element collections.
- @OnChange supported in embeddable classes of element collections.
- @SearchListCondition supported for references in embeddable classes of element collections.
- @SearchAction supported for references in embeddable classes of element collections.
- Search action for references available in element collections.
- Support for @DescriptionsList references in element collections, including dependent ones.
- @DefaultValueCalculator support in @ElementCollection.
- Improving AJAX behavior for element collection, with x10 improvement in responsiveness.
- Reference data fetching in element collections optimized.
- Searching references by @SearchKey properties in element collections.
- New stereotype FILES for attaching several files to an entity.
- @DefaultValueCalculator is executed each time that the properties in @PropertyValue(from) change.
- Look and feel for totals in lists and collections improved.
- Java 8 support.
- FirstSteps content changed.
- French messages improved.
- Showing messages in log for annotation misuse in element collection.
- Methods assertEditableInCollection() and assertNoEditableInCollection() of ModuleTestBase work for any type of collection.
- New assertValidValuesCountInCollection() and assertValidValuesInCollection() methods in ModuleTestBase.
- Some new common use labels to be used in applications.

Look at the official announce:
http://www.openxava.org/web/guest/blog/openxava-5.1-released