4.0.18

4.0.18 has been released

• Maven Central: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/glassfish/jakarta.faces/4.0.18/
• Milestone: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/milestone/72?closed=1

What's Changed

• Fix #5733: fallback using response encoding when request encoding is by @BalusC in #5734
• Backport of inline js for non-CSP apps by @jasondlee in #5732

Full Changelog: 4.0.17-RELEASE...4.0.18-RELEASE

4.1.9

4.1.9 has been released

• Maven Central: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/glassfish/jakarta.faces/4.1.9/
• Milestone: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/mojarra/milestone/74?closed=1

What's Changed

• Fix #5721 prefer extension fallback for exact mappings by @robertpatrick in #5722
• Fix #5723 restore inline behavior handlers when CSP is not active by @robertpatrick in #5727

New Contributors

• @robertpatrick made their first contribution in #5722

Full Changelog: 4.1.8-RELEASE...4.1.9-RELEASE

4.1.8

What's Changed

• NumberConverter modernization: removed useless reflection hack by @pizzi80 in #5700
• faces.js fetchWindowIdFromURL with URLSearchParams by @pizzi80 in #5701
• ViewHandlingStrategyManager: optimization + clarification + typos by @pizzi80 in #5713
• Backport of CSP-related changes by @jasondlee in #5606
• Make sure CSP backport passes the 4.0 TCK by @BalusC in #5716
• Make sure CSP backport passes the 4.1 TCK by @BalusC in #5717
• Fix #5708: InstanceFactory should not cache the BeanManager responsible for creating managed converters/validators/behaviors by @BalusC in #5714

Full Changelog: 4.1.7-RELEASE...4.1.8-RELEASE

4.0.17

What's Changed

• Backport of CSP-related changes by @jasondlee in #5606
• Make sure CSP backport passes the 4.0 TCK by @BalusC in #5716

Full Changelog: 4.0.15-RELEASE...4.0.17-RELEASE

4.0.16

Update: Do not use this release. It does not pass the TCK test. Wait for 4.0.17.

4.1.7

What's Changed

• Fix #5663 by @BalusC in #5665
• Bugfix IT Test 5596: set locale for converter by @pizzi80 in #5670
• Fix #5662: no feedback when exception is thrown in midst of ajax response writing, it would only cause malformed xml by @BalusC in #5666
• fix #5673: basically revert #5614 and then improve it by @BalusC in #5674
• Add IT for #5676 to prove it works fine by default by @BalusC in #5677
• 4.1 faces js getFormsToUpdate optimization + documentation by @pizzi80 in #5671
• Clean up unit tests by @BalusC in #5688
• Add comprehensive unit test set for faces.js 4.1 by @BalusC in #5690
• Use URLSearchParams instead of encodeURIComponent 4.1 by @BalusC in #5693
• Fix #5694: add missing tags/attributes by @BalusC in #5695
• Fix #5681: improved fallback when missing faces.ajax.addOnError handler by @BalusC in #5682
• #5399: normalize whitespace in input and pattern while parsing in DateTimeConverter and NumberConverter by @BalusC in #5679

Full Changelog: 4.1.6-RELEASE...4.1.7-RELEASE

4.0.15

What's Changed

• Fix #5663 by @BalusC in #5665
• Fix #5662: no feedback when exception is thrown in midst of ajax response writing, it would only cause malformed xml by @BalusC in #5666
• fix #5673: basically revert #5614 and then improve it by @BalusC in #5674
• Add IT for #5676 to prove it works fine by default by @BalusC in #5677
• Fix #5686: catch up faces.js versions by @BalusC in #5687
• Clean up unit tests by @BalusC in #5688
• Add comprehensive unit test set for faces.js by @BalusC in #5689
• Use URLSearchParams instead of encodeURIComponent and catch up tests by @BalusC in #5692
• Fix #5694: add missing tags/attributes by @BalusC in #5695
• Fix #5681: improved fallback when missing faces.ajax.addOnError handler by @BalusC in #5682
• #5399: normalize whitespace in input and pattern while parsing in DateTimeConverter and NumberConverter by @BalusC in #5679

Full Changelog: 4.0.14-RELEASE...4.0.15-RELEASE

5.0.0-M1

Eclipse Mojara 5 is an MVC UI framework, implementing Jakarta Faces 5 under development. This release is corresponding with the Jakarta EE 12 specification, also under development.

Mojarra implemented issues from Jakarta Faces 5.0

Big ticket features

• #1590 CSP support
• #1507 Enhance UIInput events with HTML5 like oninput

API modernization, generics, and enum support

• #206 Make SelectItem#value generic
• #912 FacesMessage.Severity should be Serializable
• #1592 Add new FacesMessage Severity "SUCCESS"
• #1822 Missing Generics in Faces Standard Converters
• #1824 Create TypeLiteral Constants
• #1831 String based context params having fixed set of allowed values should be represented by enums
• #1934 Migrate FacesMessage.Severity to ENUM
• #1938 EnumConverter - try to dynamically extract enum type from ValueExpression
• #1948 5:0 Migrate PhaseId to ENUM
• #1950 5.0: Missing generics in Faces Standard Validators
• #2012 UIComponent getFacesListeners: Class => Class<? extends FacesListener>
• #2026 Better implement generics in Application#createConverter and createValidator
• #2027 Better implement generics in UIData#getDataModel
• #2028 StateHelper: make methods generics aware
• #2033 Add generics to ValueChangeEvent for oldValue and newValue
• #2034 Extend UIComponent#getFacet for using enums

API cleanup, removals, and refactoring

• #1462 Add PartialResponseWriterWrapper
• #1725 Remove UIComponent.bindings field and rename PropertyKeys.bindings to PropertyKeys.valueExpressions
• #1830 Faces 5.0: remove things marked @Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.0")
• #1833 Unify NavigationHandler and ConfigurableNavigationHandler
• #1839 API will be split off from the implementation code - step 1
• #1861 Introduce FacesServletFactory
• #1871 Remove deprecated code (composite:extension, PreDestroyCustomScopeEvent, PostConstructCustomScopeEvent)
• #1937 Remove unused jakarta.faces.event.ScopeContext
• #1972 Consider deprecating and dropping h:form prependId
• #2008 TextHandler should extends FaceletHandler
• #2015 FaceletContext: add static utility methods getCurrentInstance() and getCurrentInstance(FacesContext context)
• #2024 Add StateHelper#computeIfAbsent
• #2031 Should we introduce UIComponent#getFacetNames()?

CDI, EL, Facelets, and event integration

• #1202 cc:attributes type attribute: fallback case: use what the ELResolver returns.
• #1244 Reword requirements for EL expressions inlined in Facelets pages, but outside of components.
• #1368 EL import handler doesn't work
• #1443 CDI: Allow listing to PhaseEvents via @Observes
• #1466 importConstants should be allowed everywhere, not only in f:metadata
• #1501 CDI: Allow non-component Faces events observeable by CDI
• #1564 Clarify EL / CDI integration: implicit object or CDI producer for artifacts without required inject point support (request, session, component, cc)
• #1954 Specify that expression language 6.0 Optional and Record resolvers should be in chain

Lifecycle, view handling, metadata, and state/reset behavior

• #816 ViewHandler.initView() called too late
• #1160 Clarify intended workings of includeViewParams
• #1709 Spec: Missing description of jakarta.faces.AUTOMATIC_EXTENSIONLESS_MAPPING parameter
• #1713 ui:repeat clarification on attributes, such as offset and size
• #1835 Clarification: Firing of PostAddToViewEvent during Restore View Phase
• #1849 Specify what Faces should do when f:metadata is not a direct child of f:view
• #1883 Enhance UIViewRoot#resetValues() to pass VisitHints
• #1936 ResetValues: UIViewRoot#resetValues() Must walk all children components and reset
• #1940 Add clearModel to f:resetValues
• #1999 StateManager#STATE_SAVING_METHOD_PARAM_NAME specifies wrong default

Components, rendering, resources, and validation behavior

• #583 Message/Messages Rendering When No Messages
• #908 StylesheetRenderer RenderKit Docs Request Path Rendering
• #1278 UIInput.validateValue() oversteps its authority
• #1366 Within Resource Identifier, allow resourceName to have path separator
• #1415 Broken link in JSF vdldocs, to "General Notes on Encoding"
• #1791 SelectItems: var attribute is not honored when using f:selectItems
• #1875 UISelectItems: missing method setVar simialr as in class UIData
• #2014 Documentation for group attribute of h:selectOneRadio needs improvement
• #2025 Add placeholder attribute to h:inputText and h:inputTextarea
• #2029 ByteConverter: incorrect error message
• #2032 Allow passthrough on facets
• #2041 BeanValidator should use EL-coerced value as bean property value

Security, configuration, compatibility, and specification/documentation fixes

• #1112 Security bug with FacesContext in application startup
• #1201 Require that the cookie used to store the Flash key is setHttpOnly(true)
• #1457 11.4.6 should specify "search-expression-context-factory" rather than "search-expression-context-kit-factory"
• #1460 JSF 2.3 spec section 2.5.2.1 typo
• #2097 Add EXCEPTION_TYPES_TO_IGNORE_IN_LOGGING context param
• #2105 Remove support for old xml namespaces

What's Changed

• Remove things marked @deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.0") by @BalusC in #5284
• Fixes #5298 - Mark 2.3 as EOL by @mnriem in #5302
• Useless cast to T inside DataModelIterator by @pizzi80 in #5300
• UIComponentBase internal data structure typo by @pizzi80 in #5301
• Fixes #5316 - ClientWindow: Custom PrimeClientWindowFactory not being respected by @mnriem in #5322
• Fixes #5000 - Change Mojarra implementation artifactId to mojarra by @mnriem in #5320
• Faces 5.0: add UIInput.ValidateEmptyFields enum by @BalusC in #5336
• Faces 5.0: add StateManager.StateSavingMethod enum by @BalusC in #5334
• Faces 4.1: Spec 1739 - Require firing events for @initialized, @BeforeDestroyed, and @DESTROYED for build-in scopes by @volosied in #5340
• ui:repeat clarification on attributes, such as offset and size by @ba...

4.1.6

What's Changed

• Do not log an exception on connection closed by client (infamous Broken pipe error) - into 4.0.x branch by @OndroMih in #5583
• VariableMapperWrapper: typo + generics + code clarification by @pizzi80 in #5520
• 4.0 Backport of some Faces Util optimizations by @pizzi80 in #5439
• #5626: migrate javax to jakarta by @BalusC in #5628
• #5625: improved fix for #5059 by @BalusC in #5627
• #5527: also check for Undertow in German in isConnectionAbort by @BalusC in #5629
• #5632: make Classpath.searchDir Windows-compatible by @BalusC in #5633
• #5637: f:selectItems var unavailable in passthrough attributes by @BalusC in #5638
• #5639: @FacesComponent unavailable when its xmlns is defined in taglib.xml by @BalusC in #5640
• #3366: ImportHandler#resolveClass not consulted in EL by @BalusC in #5641
• #3359: fix NPE when f:param of h:link has null value by @BalusC in #5642
• #5538: add com.sun.faces.exceptionTypesToIgnoreInLogging by @BalusC in #5630
• fix compilation error on #5637 by @BalusC in #5645
• #5655: refresh period was misinterpreted in DefaultFaceletCache by @BalusC in #5656

Full Changelog: 4.1.5-RELEASE...4.1.6-RELEASE

4.0.14

What's Changed

• Do not log an exception on connection closed by client (infamous Broken pipe error) - into 4.0.x branch by @OndroMih in #5583
• VariableMapperWrapper: typo + generics + code clarification by @pizzi80 in #5520
• 4.0 Backport of some Faces Util optimizations by @pizzi80 in #5439
• #5626: migrate javax to jakarta by @BalusC in #5628
• #5625: improved fix for #5059 by @BalusC in #5627
• #5527: also check for Undertow in German in isConnectionAbort by @BalusC in #5629
• #5632: make Classpath.searchDir Windows-compatible by @BalusC in #5633
• #5637: f:selectItems var unavailable in passthrough attributes by @BalusC in #5638
• #5639: @FacesComponent unavailable when its xmlns is defined in taglib.xml by @BalusC in #5640
• #3366: ImportHandler#resolveClass not consulted in EL by @BalusC in #5641
• #3359: fix NPE when f:param of h:link has null value by @BalusC in #5642
• #5538: add com.sun.faces.exceptionTypesToIgnoreInLogging by @BalusC in #5630
• fix compilation error on #5637 by @BalusC in #5645
• #5655: refresh period was misinterpreted in DefaultFaceletCache by @BalusC in #5656

Full Changelog: 4.0.13-RELEASE...4.0.14-RELEASE