Finally, after much work for almost a year, we released a new version of JavaLite!
JUnit 5 has been out for some time, so there were a number or requests to add its support to JavaLite, which we did. However, in the spirit of the backwards compatibility, we retained support for JUnit 4, which means that you can use JUnit 4 and 5 in the same project if you like.
As you know, ActiveJDBC uses Runtime Discovery for its dynamic configuration of model attributes, tables as well as relationships. This means that whenever you use any model for the first time, your program needs access to the database so that the metadata could be pulled out.
This approach works well, as the database is the only place of reference. However, it does not work well for all cases, so a Static Metadata Generation was implemented.
Please see Static Metadata Generation for more information.
The rest of the changes can be found on the Realse Notes 2.3 page.
We set our sites on Java11 and beyond. In the process we will be maintaining compatibility to Java 8 as we grind into Java11. Here is how branching and versioning will work:
All important bug fixes and new features will be implemented on master and then cherry-picked to the java8 branch.
Version 2.3.1 is for Java 8 maintenance. The next version 3.0 will start supporting Java version 11 and later.
