Help the Apache Wicket team to determine the future of your Wicket based web application development. We have released our second milestone release of our Java 5 based web framework and are anxious to receive feedback on our use of generics. Download Wicket 1.4-m2 now and help us decide whether to tone down, remove or increase the application of Java 5 generics to our API. We have started the discussion on the user mailing list: [http://www.nabble.com/users%2C-please-give-us-your-opinion%3A-what-is-your-take-on-generics-with-Wicket-td17589984.html] In this announcement: {toc:minLevel=3|maxLevel=3} Eager people click here to download the distribution, others can read further: [http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4-m2] We thank you for your patience and support. The Wicket Team h3. Apache Wicket Apache Wicket is a component oriented Java web application framework. With proper mark-up/logic separation, a POJO data model, and a refreshing lack of XML, Apache Wicket makes developing web-apps simple and enjoyable again. Swap the boilerplate, complex debugging and brittle code for powerful, reusable components written with plain Java and HTML. You can find out more about Apache Wicket on our website: [http://wicket.apache.org] h3. This release The Apache Wicket team is proud to announce the availability of the first milestone release of our first java 1.5 Wicket version: Apache Wicket 1.4-m2. This is the first release with java 1.5 as a minimum. Not everything has been converted to java 1.5 yet but we are getting there. h3. Migrating from 1.3 If you are coming from Wicket 1.3, you really want to read our migration guide, found on the wiki: [http://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/migrate-14.html] h3. Downloading the release You can download the release from the official Apache mirror system, and you can find it through the following link: [http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/wicket/1.4-m2/] For the Maven and Ivy fans out there: update your pom's to the following, and everything will be downloaded automatically: {code:xml} org.apache.wicket wicket 1.4-m2 {code} Substitute the artifact ID with the projects of your liking to get the other projects. Please note that we don't prescribe a Logging implementation for SLF4J. You need to specify yourself which one you prefer. Read more about SLF4J here: [http://slf4j.org] h3. Validating the release The release has been signed by Frank Bille, your release manager for today. The public key can be found in the KEYS file in the download area. Download the KEYS file only from the Apache website. [http://www.apache.org/dist/wicket/1.4-m2/KEYS] Instructions on how to validate the release can be found here: [http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#check-integrity] h3. Reporting bugs In case you do encounter a bug, we would appreciate a report in our JIRA: [http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET] h3. The distribution In the distribution you will find a README. The README contains instructions on how to build from source yourself. You also find a CHANEGELOG-1.4 which contains a list of all things that have been fixed, added and/or removed since the first release in the 1.4 branch. h3. Release Notes - Wicket - Version 1.4-M2 h4. Bug * [WICKET-1152|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1152] - MetaDataRoleAuthorizationStrategy.unauthorize() doesn't work * [WICKET-1292|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1292] - WicketTester continueToOriginalDestination() uses application home page instead of original redictor * [WICKET-1366|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1366] - "ava.lang.IllegalStateException: No Page found for component" when collapsing nodes in a LinkTree * [WICKET-1507|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1507] - MarkupCache style/variation/locale support broken * [WICKET-1521|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1521] - ClassCastException in MixedUrlCodingStrategy * [WICKET-1527|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1527] - WicketTester can not deal with null values in page parameters * [WICKET-1541|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1541] - PopupSettings' windowName fixes for IE * [WICKET-1549|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1549] - Memory leak with PropertyResolver (in running test suites) * [WICKET-1560|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1560] - MarkupFragmentFinder fails on transparent resolvers within Repeaters * [WICKET-1569|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1569] - AjaxButton break form data when IRequestSettings.#getResponseRequestEncoding is not UTF-8. * [WICKET-1574|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1574] - Palette does not support ajax behavior * [WICKET-1575|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1575] - AjaxEventBehavior does not check for component.isEnableAllowed before adding the ajax event to the tag * [WICKET-1581|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1581] - AjaxEditableLabel cancel broken on Safari * [WICKET-1598|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1598] - Typos in JavaDoc of IMarkupResourceStreamProvider.java * [WICKET-1607|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1607] - addDomReadyEvent unreliable for Safari * [WICKET-1626|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1626] - Typo in src/main/java/org/apache/wicket/protocol/http/WebApplication.java * [WICKET-1635|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1635] - Stripping javascript comments and whitespace breaks application when using prototype library * [WICKET-1649|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1649] - Manifests use incorrect Dynamic-ImportPackage header h4. Improvement * [WICKET-433|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-433] - improved reporting on locked page maps * [WICKET-1559|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1559] - Widening Generics... * [WICKET-1568|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1568] - contribution for wicket 1.4 generics (IConverter) * [WICKET-1588|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1588] - Generics for Quickstart archetype * [WICKET-1590|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1590] - AjaxEditableChoiceLabel ignores ChoiceRenderer in newLabel(...) * [WICKET-1595|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1595] - AutoCompleteTextField: Scrolling down the Choice Menu Only When the Bottom of the Menu Is Reached * [WICKET-1596|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1596] - New convenience methods for ValueMap (code and tests included!) * [WICKET-1608|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1608] - make AutoCompleteBehavior's configuration more flexible * [WICKET-1618|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1618] - Localizer API should be enhanced so that the cache implementation can be overwritten * [WICKET-1656|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1656] - serialVersionUID Errors in Eclipse * [WICKET-1660|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1660] - Add isVisible() method to ITab h4. New Feature * [WICKET-1603|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1603] - pass through url coding strategy * [WICKET-1609|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1609] - add RedirectToExternalException * [WICKET-1641|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1641] - provide OSGi metadata h4. Wish * [WICKET-1562|https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WICKET-1562] - Autocomplete should display the selection list even if the input field is empty