BaseX 12.1

Author: ChristianGruen

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+VERSION 12.1 (December 23, 2025) ---------------------------------------
+
+ RESTXQ
+ - improved local locking for resources supplied via arguments
+
+ Storage
+ - PUT operations: replace or ignore existing resources
+
+ XQuery
+ - Cache Functions: Store transient data in main-memory LRU caches
+ - Key/Value Store: All opened stores are now kept in main memory
+ - faster generation and conversion of sequences and arrays
+ - fn:load-xquery-module: retrieve module only once at runtime
+
+ XQuery 4.0
+ - Function declarations: The 'local' prefix can now be omitted
+ - Destructuring: let $($head, $tail) := ...
+ - Map construction generalized: { 1: 2, $map-entries }
+ - Pseudo path function: $xml/get($node-name)
+ - New node comparators (is-not, precedes, follows, ...)
+ - %method annotation replace by =?> operator
+
 VERSION 12.0 (June 26, 2025) -------------------------------------------
 
   🔧 Core Upgrades

basex-api/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.1</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-api/src/main/webapp/dba/editor/editor.xqm

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function dba:editor(
       <td colspan='2'>
         <form autocomplete='off' action='javascript:void(0);'>{
           <datalist id='files'>{ config:editor-files() ! element option { . } }</datalist>,
-          sequence-join((
+          insert-separator((
             <input type='text' id='file' name='file' placeholder='Name of file'
                    list='files' oninput='checkButtons()' onpropertychange='checkButtons()'/>,
             <button type='submit' name='open' id='open' disabled=''

basex-api/src/main/webapp/dba/files/files.xqm

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function dba:files(
               'date': $modified,
               'bytes': $size,
               'action': fn() {
-                sequence-join(
+                insert-separator(
                   if (not($dir)) {
                     html:link('Download', 'file/' || encode-for-uri($name)),
                     if ($size <= $limit) {

basex-core/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.1</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/util/Prop.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public final class Prop {
   /** Project name. */
   public static final String NAME = "BaseX";
   /** Current version (major and minor number, optionally followed by development tag). */
-  private static final String CURRENT_VERSION = "12.1 RC1";
+  private static final String CURRENT_VERSION = "12.1";
 
   /** Name of project in lower case. */
   public static final String PROJECT = NAME.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);

basex-examples/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.1</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-tests/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.1</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- Artifact information -->
   <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
   <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>12.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>12.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <modules>