Sitemap

### Features

• Added a facility for configuring the XML parser from conf.xml. This allows the user to specify various options. It is suggested to use the commented options in conf.xml to secure the parser from XML external entity attacks. - #2146
• Updated to AspectJ 1.9.2 for improved Java 11 support - #2237
• Added a checksum to the Journal for each entry to detect corruption - #2256
• Added a checksum to the Journal for the content of binary documents - #2265
• Improved the provenance of the XML:DB API dependency #2264
• Improved the provenance of the EXPath Pkg Repo fork dependency - #2286

### Bug fixes

• Fixed a startup failure affecting macOS under Java 11 - #2189
• Fixed an issue affecting mixed types in a subsequence - #2197
• Fixed preemptive authentication in the EXPath HTTP Client - #2209
• Fixed a concurrency issue in ContextUpdateListener #2212
• Fixed map constructor to prevent duplicate keys - #2215
• Fixed thread naming - #2218
• Fixed several journaling and recovery issues for XML and binary documents - #2249
• Fixed an issue with lock lifetime when changing permissions - #2245
• Fixed a regression with loading the XML:DB API jar via bin/startup - #2270
• Fixed a verbose logging regression in ExistSAXParserFactory - #2272
• Fixed a regreesion in the ExportGUI - #2277
• Fixed an issue with RESTXQ not releasing binary file handles - #2290
• Removed the 2GB log file limit for the Journal #2294
• Fixed a signing issue affecting the Bouncy Castle library - #2300

### Backwards Compatibility

eXist-db 5.0.0-RC5 is not binary compatible with previous versions of eXist-db (including earlier 5.0.0 Release Candidates) because of improvements to the on-disk journal format. Before upgrading to this version of eXist-db, you MUST perform a full backup and restore. Users who are upgrading should always consult the Upgrading Guide in the documentation. For details of backwards compatibility with versions of eXist-db prior to 5.0.0-RC1 please see the Backwards Compatibility details of 5.0.0-RC1.

### Features

• Added a facility for configuring the XML parser from conf.xml. This allows the user to specify various options. It is suggested to use the commented options in conf.xml to secure the parser from XML external entity attacks. - #2147
• Updated to AspectJ 1.9.2 for improved Java 11 support - #2236
• Added a checksum to the Journal for each entry to detect corruption - #2255
• Added a checksum to the Journal for the content of binary documents - #2260
• Improved the provenance of the XML:DB API dependency #2263
• Improved the provenance of the EXPath Pkg Repo fork dependency - #2284

### Bug fixes

• Fixed a startup failure affecting macOS under Java 11 - #2187
• Fixed an issue affecting mixed types in a subsequence - #2198
• Fixed preemptive authentication in the EXPath HTTP Client - #2208
• Fixed a concurrency issue in ContextUpdateListener #2211
• Fixed map constructor to prevent duplicate keys - #2214
• Fixed thread naming - #2216
• Fixed an NPE in the range index involving the order by clause - #2221
• Fixed several journaling and recovery issues for XML and binary documents - #2241
• Fixed an issue with lock lifetime when changing permissions - #2251
• Fixed a regression with loading the XML:DB API jar via bin/startup - #2268
• Fixed a verbose logging regression in ExistSAXParserFactory - #2273
• Fixed a regression in the ExportGUI - #2275
• Fixed an issue with RESTXQ not releasing binary file handles - #2289
• Removed the 2GB log file limit for the Journal #2292
• Fixed a signing issue affecting the Bouncy Castle library - #2298

### Backwards Compatibility

• eXist-db v4.5.0 is not binary compatible with previous versions of eXist-db because of improvements to the on-disk journal format. Before upgrading to this version of eXist-db, you MUST perform a full backup and restore. Users who are upgrading should always consult the Upgrading Guide in the documentation.
• NOTE: The version of Dashboard that was installed with eXist-db 3.6.1 (or earlier) is incompatible with eXist-db 4.0.0 and newer. If you plan to migrate your entire database to eXist-db 4.4.0, you MUST take one of the following steps to allow Dashboard to work after the upgrade:
  1. If you have not yet installed eXist-db 4.5.0, open Dashboard > Package Manager, and upgrade Dashboard to 0.4.10, or run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may safely install eXist-db 4.5.0 and use Dashboard.
  2. If you install eXist-db 4.5.0 before upgrading Dashboard, run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps/dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may use Dashboard.

### Downloading This Version

• eXist-db v4.5.0 is available for download from GitHub.
• Docker images are available from DockerHub.
• Maven artifacts are available from our mvn-repo.
• Mac users of the Homebrew package repository may acquire eXist 4.5.0 directly from there.

### Features

• Added a build target for a .tar.bz2 distribution.
• fn:subsequence was optimised for low memory usage. See Preventing Large Range Counts from Crashing eXist-db.
• Various optimizations for range sequences.
• Deflate compression was added to the Compression extension module.
• Added a runtime configuration option to use MultiLock for Documents as well as Collections.
• Updated to the latest version of MultiLock library.
• Password can now be passed via the Command Line to the Java Admin Client.

### Bug fixes

• Fixed a data-loss issue when reindexing documents which have more than one document-node child.
• Consistency Check now correctly checks all child nodes of the document not just the document element.
• Numerous fixes for the XPath preceding-sibling and following-sibling axes.
• Fixed a problem with incorrect selection on XPath self axis.
• Numerous fixes for addressing nodes which are direct children of the Document Node.
• Fixed a problem where XQuery modules could only be loaded from xmldb: style URIs.
• Fixed a +1 bug in XQuery range expressions.
• Fixed JMX Output, eXist-db information was previously missed.
• Fixed an issue with JMX option parsing in Bash start-up scripts.
• Fixed a bug in the Image extension module's crop function.
• Fixed various problems in the SQL extension module:
  • Fixed problems with null handling.
  • Resolved several NullPointerException cases.
  • Fixed an issue with empty parameter handling.
• Removed unnecessary buffering with ByteArrayInputStream.
• XML:DB Remote API #getContentAsDOM() now returns the correct node type, not just elements.
• DOM API fixes for #previousSibling(), #nextSibling(), and #getNode().

### Features

• Added a build target for a .tar.bz2 distribution.
• fn:subsequence was optimised for low memory usage. See Preventing Large Range Counts from Crashing eXist-db.
• Various optimizations for range sequences.
• Deflate compression was added to the Compression extension module.
• Password can now be passed via the Command Line to the Java Admin Client.

### Bug fixes

• Fixed a data-loss issue when reindexing documents which have more than one document-node child.
• Consistency Check now correctly checks all child nodes of the document not just the document element.
• Numerous fixes for the XPath preceding-sibling and following-sibling axes.
• Fixed a problem with incorrect selection on XPath self axis.
• Numerous fixes for addressing nodes which are direct children of the Document Node.
• Fixed a problem where XQuery modules could only be loaded from xmldb: style URIs.
• Fixed a +1 bug in XQuery range expressions.
• Fixed JMX Output, eXist-db information was previously missed.
• Fixed an issue with JMX option parsing in Bash start-up scripts.
• Fixed a bug in the Image extension module's crop function.
• Fixed various problems in the SQL extension module:
  • Fixed problems with null handling.
  • Resolved several NullPointerException cases.
  • Fixed an issue with empty parameter handling.
• Removed unnecessary buffering with ByteArrayInputStream.
• XML:DB Remote API #getContentAsDOM() now returns the correct node type, not just elements.
• DOM API fixes for #previousSibling(), #nextSibling(), and #getNode().
• Updated the XQuery scheduling functions documentation.
• Fixed a further issue with quotation of Windows paths in the IzPack installer.

### Backwards Compatibility

• eXist-db v4.4.0 is backwards binary-compatible as far as eXist-db v3.0, but not with earlier versions. Users who are upgrading should always consult the Upgrading Guide in the documentation.
• NOTE: The version of Dashboard that was installed with eXist-db 3.6.1 (or earlier) is incompatible with eXist-db 4.0.0 and newer. If you plan to migrate your entire database to eXist-db 4.4.0, you MUST take one of the following steps to allow Dashboard to work after the upgrade:
  1. If you have not yet installed eXist-db 4.4.0, open Dashboard > Package Manager, and upgrade Dashboard to 0.4.10, or run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may safely install eXist-db 4.4.0 and use Dashboard.
  2. If you install eXist-db 4.4.0 before upgrading Dashboard, run this script in eXide or the Java Admin Client: repo:install-and-deploy("http://exist-db.org/apps/dashboard", "http://demo.exist-db.org/exist/apps/public-repo/modules/find.xql"). Then you may use Dashboard.

Features

• Added a build target for a .tar.bz2 distribution.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a problem with Backups performed via the XML:DB Remote API.
• Fixed a problem where Shutdown on Windows was prevented by the Lock Table event processor.
• Fixed a problem with variables used by the IzPack installer for the Java Service Wrapper.
• Fixed a problem with quotes in Windows paths used in the IzPack installer.
• Made sure that the IzPack installer checks for Java 8.
• Updated the function documentation for scheduling jobs via XQuery to reflect that they are not persistent across database restarts.
• Fixed the IzPack description in build.properties.
• Improved the logging in the Plugins Manager.

Backwards Compatibility

eXist-db 5.0.0-RC3 is backwards compatible up to eXist-db 5.0.0-RC1. For details of backwards compatibility with versions of eXist-db prior to 5.0.0-RC1 please see the Backwards Compatibility details of 5.0.0-RC1.

Downloading this Version

• eXist-db v5.0.0-RC3 is available for download from GitHub.
• Docker images for are available from eXist-db's DockerHub.
• Maven artifacts are available from our mvn-repo.
• Mac users of the Homebrew package repository may acquire eXist 5.0.0-RC3 directly from there via. the exist-db-rc cask.