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eXist-db v3.3.0

by admin at 2017/07/02 at 23:45:00 CEST

Release Notes

v3.3.0 - July 2, 2017

We are happy to announce the release of eXist-db v3.3.0. This is a minor release, which introduces a few small features and addresses a number of issues.

New Features

  • Adaptive serialization mode as defined by XQuery 3.1.
  • A DSL which simplifies the definition of functions, function signatures and their parameters for building extension functions.
  • An extension mechanism for extension modules to provide valid XPath/XQuery error codes.
  • An eXist-db TestKit (exist-testkit.jar) which can be used by other projects (e.g. extension module) to execute tests against eXist-db.
  • Added `ExistOutputKeys.JSONIGNOREWHITESPACETEXTNODES` to discard white-space text nodes when serializing XML/XDM to JSON.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the XQuery lookup operator ? to return the correct result with regards to empty values.
  • WebDAV now uses the default configuration for serializing XML.
  • Fixed a regression in the xmldb:restore Ant task.
  • xs:base64Binary and xs:hexBinary previously now set the correct srcOffset in the underlying stream when calling CachingFilterInputStream#skip.
  • fn:replace arguments not now correctly cleared when dynamically called.
  • Fixed Lucene inline elements in case of not yet applied white-space.
  • Improved the AppBundler for the MacOS .app package.
    • Now requires Java 8.
    • Renamed the running process from "JavaAppLauncher" to "eXist-JavaAppLauncher" to make things clearer.

Clean Up and Refactoring

  • Update to the Java Admin Client to use the latest version of RSyntaxArea (2.6.1).
  • Update Ant from 1.9.7 to 1.10.1.
  • ... and many more

Backwards Compatibility

  • eXist-db v3.3.0 is backwards binary-compatible as far as v3.0, but not with earlier versions. Users upgrading from previous versions should perform a full backup and restore to migrate their data.

Downloading This Version

eXist-db v3.3.0 is available for download from Bintray. Maven artifacts for eXist-db v3.3.0 are available from our mvn-repo. Mac users of the Homebrew package repository will be able to install and upgrade shortly; an announcement will be made on the exist-open mailing list.