Release Notes Sitevision 5.2

Sitevision 5.2 is here. The release includes timer events and global app data, as well as many other improvements and bug fixes.

Infrastructure

Upgrades

[SV-27624] Rhino (JavaScript engine) is upgraded to 1.7.11

Improvements

[SV-27774] OpenID Connect as single sign on option. Guides for configuration with different providers:

Public API

Improvements

[SV-28275] Addressing portlets with '.json' suffix should automatically set Content-Type to application/json
[SV-28286] Introduce 'name'-property for sv:commentField and sv:orderItem

Bug fixes

[SV-28267] Unexpected value when retrieving 'description'-property from sv:scriptField
[SV-28405] 'displayName'-property should use context locale when resolved for system nodes (sv:trashcan etc)
[SV-28431] Sandbox issues in AuthenticationUtil
[SV-28442] Sandbox issues for Map.Entry-objects when iterated from Map.entrySet().iterator()

See the Public API Change Log for full details

WebApps

Improvements

[SV-28341] Introduce globalAppData - app configuration that is shared among all instances of a WebApp

Bug fixes

[SV-28218] Exception is incorrectly thrown when using an empy template

RESTApps

Improvements

[SV-28172] Timer events - system events that are emitted periodically
[SV-28314] Visualize which events a RESTApp is listening to in the editor

WebApps and RESTApps

Improvements

[SV-28325] Make appData, globalAppData and appResource requirable in app configuration (config/index.js)

Bugs

[SV-28319] Config template (app-config.html) is returned with no Content-Type (when config/index.js is missing)
[SV-28361] appData.getArray returns id-string for non resolvable nodes (no permission, not published etc). Non resolvable nodes should be omitted

Data Storage

Improvements

[SV-28214] Simplified callback-free API. Reads and writes are always executed synchronously.