eXist-db 4.11.0

eXist-db 4.11.0 Release Notes

Version 4.11.0 includes critical fixes for defects found in version 4.10.0. It is recommended that all users of eXist-db 4.x.x upgrade to version 4.11.0 or newer.

Features and Improvements

  • request:get-data#0 should support Chunked Transfer Encoding by @adamretter in #4342
  • Improve performance of JAC Query Dialog by @adamretter in #4358
  • Improve XSLT errors by @adamretter in #4374
  • Allow BigDecimal and BigInteger values to be declared via XML:DB API by @adamretter in #4420
  • Improve out-of-scope detection for binary variables by @adamretter in #4408
  • Report null results instead of throwing NPE by @adamretter in #4490
  • Fail the build if the .xar.zip file that was downloaded was invalid by @adamretter in #4465
  • Change URL for two unparsed-text tests by @adamretter in #4552
  • Prevent OutOfMemory on JDK 17 when loading EXPath Modules by @ohumbel in #4617
  • Add missing entity-resolver elements to the Schema for collection.xconf by @adamretter in #4364
  • Limit the number of hardware threads to a max of 16 in some tests by @adamretter in #4371
  • Do not override Bearer Authentication with Basic Authentication by @adamretter in #4377
  • Fix the Node Test for document-node(element(name)) by @adamretter in #4397
  • Fix numerous bugs in numeric operations by @adamretter in #4437
  • Fix the use of Function Reference from with a Predicate by @adamretter in #4416
  • Ensure that spaces in Windows paths for startup.sh and server.sh are correctly quoted by @adamretter in #4460
  • Avoid an NPE when disposing Binary Values by @adamretter in #4464
  • Import the ErrorCodes class by @mcmeeking in #4494
  • fix resource leak (and file lock) by @adamretter in #4525
  • Fix issues with document-node lookups on various axis by @adamretter in #4550
  • Jetty dtd references must now use https instead of http by @StephanMa in #4616

Bug Fixes

  • Fix regression in util:document-id by @adamretter in #4272
  • Fix a security privilege escalation issue with XQueryTrigger by @adamretter in #4276
  • Fix XQuery Trigger chaining by @adamretter in #4284
  • Send a valid HTTP Accept Header by @adamretter in #4300
  • Fix XML Catalogue Resolution by @adamretter in #4320
  • Reinstate code for a historical Jetty bugfix by @adamretter in #4344
  • Fix catalog uris when using Windows Paths by @adamretter in #4340
  • Capture xs:anyURI error details in XMLDB Module by @adamretter in #4354

Updated Dependencies

  • Update from Xerces 2.11.0 to 2.12.2 by @adamretter in #4308
  • Update Jing from version 20151127 to 20181222 by @adamretter in #4323
  • Update EXPath HTTP Client from 1.1.0 to 1.1.4 by @adamretter in #4491

New Contributors

  • @mcmeeking made their first contribution in #4494

Full Changelog: https://github.com/eXist-db/exist/compare/eXist-4.10.0...eXist-4.11.0