Release Notes - VRaptor - Version 2.5.1

** Bug
    * [VRA-434] - URLManager docs were not removed/updated
    * [VRA-447] - Mydvds new account password field is wrong
    * [VRA-449] - EntityManager not beeing injected in Component
    * [VRA-450] - NoClassDefFoundError
    * [VRA-451] - org.vraptor.interceptor.InterceptorInstantiationException

** Improvement
    * [VRA-68] - pmd: Private field could be made final. It is only initialized in the declaration or constructor.
    * [VRA-256] - Provide an easy way to do common web stuff
    * [VRA-360] - method interceptor documentation
    * [VRA-411] - ControllerFactory must let plugins override default components
    * [VRA-440] - Use Paranamer to identify and properly fill action arguments
    * [VRA-441] - Allow componentization of Method parameter naming
    * [VRA-442] - ParameterInfoProvider docs

** New Feature
    * [VRA-354] - Support ParaNamer
    * [VRA-355] - Support ParaNamer with Ant
    * [VRA-356] - Support ParaNamer with Maven
    * [VRA-436] - Allow end-user to substitute the ViewLocator
    * [VRA-455] - Component Modules

** Task
    * [VRA-255] - move vraptor, mydvds and blankprojects to trunk modules
    * [VRA-368] - Describe how to read multiple checkboxes
    * [VRA-407] - Create doc for flash scope
    * [VRA-437] - Deprecate getURLManager methods
    * [VRA-444] - Remove deprecated proxy plugin
    * [VRA-445] - Remove doc references to vraptor's deprecated testing package
    * [VRA-448] - ParanamerParameterInfoProvider tutorial

Release Notes - VRaptor - Version 2.5

** Bug
    * [VRA-421] - Application work in a linux server, but not work in a windows server
    * [VRA-433] - mvn jetty:run doesn't work for mydvds

** Improvement
    * [VRA-176] - remove all deprecated annotations and features
    * [VRA-409] - Resolve failing test cases
    * [VRA-423] - URLManager should be a pico container injected component
    * [VRA-424] - URLManager should no longer be configured by vraptor.xml but as a normal component through web.xml
    * [VRA-427] - Make the ComponentTypeFactory and LogicMethodFactory pico components configured through web.xml
    * [VRA-429] - Break URLManager into two interfaces: LogicLocator and ViewTypeLocator

** New Feature
    * [VRA-348] - create a taglib like struts html:errors
    * [VRA-418] - allow the validationerrors implementation to be changed

** Task
    * [VRA-416] - completely remove Factory support
    * [VRA-417] - add picocontainer dependency to support internal components
    * [VRA-419] - create doc on how to use waffle taglib
    * [VRA-425] - Update docs on URLManager
    * [VRA-428] - rename SimpleApplicationContext to DefaultApplicationContext
    * [VRA-430] - Remove deprecated basepackage config
    * [VRA-431] - 69% line 84% branch coverage

Release Notes - VRaptor - Version 2.4

** Bug
    * [VRA-28] - validation and common errors
    * [VRA-400] - Link to myDVDs on pt site is broken

** Improvement
    * [VRA-25] - regex view manager should drop $1, $2, $3
    * [VRA-204] - Reorganize VRaptor´s dependencies and contents in vraptor-all.zip
    * [VRA-262] - Improve log with Log4J trace level and better exception messages
    * [VRA-329] - Deprecate @Logic.parameters in favor of a new @Parameters
    * [VRA-351] - do not use capital letters for @Component when class name has no Logic/Command/Action/Controller
    * [VRA-358] - create a plugin which generate vraptor.xml  automatically
    * [VRA-367] - Reduce dependencies, as Hibernate Validator now is a top level project
    * [VRA-378] - Configuration options for SpringPlugin
    * [VRA-398] - Use the jstl message bundle for Hibernate Validator
    * [VRA-402] - Autoregister LocaleBigDecimalConverter

** New Feature
    * [VRA-369] - create tutorial on error handling with vraptor 
    * [VRA-404] - Create new flash scope

** Task
    * [VRA-221] - 70% test coverage

Release Notes - VRaptor - Version 2.3.3

** Bug
    * [VRA-197] - org.vraptor.config.Configuration throws NullPointerException when using TestEngine (won't fix)
    * [VRA-342] - Mydvds demo - Register form must use post instead of get
    * [VRA-389] - ExpressionEvaluator does not support null as its last value
    * [VRA-392] - Hibernate validator plugin does not set the path attribute in FixedMessage when using @Validate(params...)

** Improvement
    * [VRA-74] - pmd: Avoid long methods (won't fix)
    * [VRA-198] - mention new MockedServletContext("WebContent") in test plugin tutorial
    * [VRA-371] - Create a simple logic example on blank project for users to know how it works
    * [VRA-376] - JPA Plugin Unit tests
    * [VRA-377] - Update @Out javadoc
    * [VRA-384] - improve VRaptorExecution code
    * [VRA-388] - RemoteViewManager should outject values from any scope 
    * [VRA-390] - update mydvds using jquery for ajax request
    * [VRA-391] - hibernate validator plugin should eject any method parameter on validation error
    * [VRA-393] - recieve the user as method parameter in mydvd's NewUserComponent
    * [VRA-394] - fix file-download tutorial

** New Feature
    * [VRA-23] - different regex strings for different matching paths (won't fix)
    * [VRA-332] - New plugin: outjecter (won't fix)
    * [VRA-379] - properties support for plugin 

** Task
    * [VRA-14] - tutorial on direct context access
    * [VRA-382] - Check SpringPlugin test cases for failing resources (cannot reproduce)
    * [VRA-385] - component and method parameter instantiations refactoring (won't fix)
    * [VRA-386] - API Change Remove LogicContext
    * [VRA-387] - component instantiation can only happen after basic interceptors due to their outjection process

** API Changes

        * RegisterAttributesInterceptor does not register the JavaMethod wrapper and METHOD_PARAMETERS within the LogicContext scope. Use
        flow.getLogicRequest().getLogicDefinition().getLogicMethod instead.

        * LogicContext has been removed

** Bug
    * [VRA-372] - VRaptor does not lookup components if vraptor.xml is not present

** Bug
    * [VRA-260] - @In should create ArrayList for a List if create=true
    * [VRA-343] - VRaptor servlet shout not convert java.lang.Exception to HTTP Status 500 error
    * [VRA-345] - SpringProvider does not correctly call its dependencies
    * [VRA-357] - primtive parameter on a method should be optional
    * [VRA-361] - view redirect fails to carry over request outjected objects
    * [VRA-362] - support GregorianCalendar as the default implementation of the Calendar interface
    * [VRA-364] - InterceptorDealer throws a NullPointerException when using InterceptorStack
    * [VRA-365] - vraptor does not inject ServletContext in Component when using @In

** Improvement
    * [VRA-268] - Improve object instantiation through create=true
    * [VRA-338] - @Parameter with multiple values doesn't work as logic method parameter
    * [VRA-347] - update mydvds using a transaction interceptor
    * [VRA-349] - remove ThreadLocal from mydvds
    * [VRA-352] - Interceptor spring injection
    * [VRA-363] - Joda Time has deprecated YearMonthDay and TimeOfDay classes
    * [VRA-366] - Use the overloaded version of Class.forName() to prevent loading of unnecessary classes
    * [VRA-370] - do not use TRACE level of log4j

** New Feature
    * [VRA-30] - spring ioc integration for @In annotation
    * [VRA-316] - Inject an EntityManager through @PersistenceContext
    * [VRA-344] - allow methods to be intercepted
    * [VRA-350] - Converter to BigDecimal (contributed by Ricardo A. F. da Cruz)
    * [VRA-353] - constructor injection support for interceptors
    * [VRA-359] - Support autoDiscover option on vraptor.xml to disable automatic classes lookup

** Task
    * [VRA-301] - use the BeanProvider interface to provide beans for the basic introspector
    * [VRA-327] - VRaptor .zip assembly should not expose all the optional jars
    * [VRA-346] - Update jars on MyDvds

        632 tests (+28)
        68% coverage (+0.8)

** Bug
    [VRA-266] - accept an arraylist as a method parameter
    [VRA-318] - Update "Filling combo boxes" apt documentation
    [VRA-325] - serious: annotated logics with @Logic  that has not the optional value attribute gets named as "".
    [VRA-330] - Mydvds demo - Ant build is not adding /resources into the war file
    [VRA-336] - fix content-type for ajax requests

** Improvement
        - blank-project log level of vraptor messages changes to INFO as default
        - log level info also shows all found components
    [VRA-156] - add the locale converter to the base converters
    [VRA-174] - add client side redirection with support for expression language to faq
    [VRA-175] - add client side redirection with support for expression language tutorial
    [VRA-229] - Improve VRaptor.xml options
    [VRA-233] - all logic methods should be cached
    [VRA-235] - refactor getter and setter exception
    [VRA-246] - More elegant URL defaults
    [VRA-252] - add faq on how to change user locale with session
    [VRA-253] - subversion
    [VRA-264] - Scan .jars that have vraptor.prorpeties inside it for @Components
    [VRA-280] - error path should be the entire path
    [VRA-288] - logout button on mydvds
    [VRA-315] - Create some shortcuts for redirecting and forwarding to different views, avoiding a big view properties
    [VRA-320] - ajax tutorial corrections
    [VRA-323] - Deprecate @Parameter
    [VRA-328] - DefaultComponentManager has a bizarre logics attribute

** New Feature
    [VRA-47] - sample stats component example
    [VRA-50] - stats page
    [VRA-59] - stats page tutorial
    [VRA-142] - vraptor automatically loads all converters
    [VRA-153] - automatically inject all contexts for constructor injection
    [VRA-154] - automatically inject HttpServletResponse for constructor injection
    [VRA-160] - VRaptor Remoting - AJAX Features
    [VRA-242] - support two parameters of the same type for a logic
    [VRA-245] - normal validation needs to receive the same parameters as its logic
    [VRA-287] - Support stateful session bean interfaces as components
    [VRA-326] - tutorial on radio button
    [VRA-334] - create a tutorial on how to use log4j with vraptor
    [VRA-340] - New Tiles2 Tutorial (in behave of Ricardo Cruz
)

** Task
    [VRA-12] - velocity tutorial
    [VRA-324] - Rewrite entire documentation to prefer the newest ways to do simple things
    [VRA-327] - VRaptor .zip assembly should not expose all the optional jars

        67.2% coverage (+0.8)

** Bug
    [VRA-274] - Logics doesn't work properly with c:import
    [VRA-286] - Logic methods don't accept basic wrapper types nor primitive types as parameters
    [VRA-289] - fix list users page on mydvds
    [VRA-294] - Mydvds demo - List User problem
    [VRA-295] - Mydvds demo - Login error
    [VRA-296] - mydvds should not allows to create two users with the same id
    [VRA-297] - remotable support breaks urls with dots on it
    [VRA-306] - update testproxyplugin to reflect removal of Result interface
    [VRA-308] - ajax example does not work under firefox
    [VRA-309] - vraptor doesnt work with cargo due to problem on automatic loading package including an extra dot
    [VRA-310] - SimpleBooleanConverter converts empty request parameters to Boolean.FALSE

** Improvement
    [VRA-180] - update mydvds app to hibernate validator
    [VRA-250] - create tutorial on interceptor stack use
    [VRA-254] - first example with parameter injection
    [VRA-293] - create commentaries for mydvds classes
    [VRA-299] - MockedRequest should receive a simple HttpSession in its constructor
    [VRA-305] - new tutorial on unitary testing
    [VRA-312] - Rename all logic classes in mydvds and add "Component" to the end of the class name

** New Feature
    [VRA-81] - all scopes should be available for injection
    [VRA-169] - Converters for Joda-Time API
    [VRA-189] - factory annotation and automatically loading of factories
    [VRA-225] - unitary testing
    [VRA-243] - support hibernate validator on method parameters
    [VRA-277] - Config URLManger that will be used in VRaptor.xml
    [VRA-278] - @Logic should help to name method parameters
    [VRA-281] - Add support for XML remote REST requests
    [VRA-284] - Spring Integration
    [VRA-300] - spring ioc integration for constructor injection
    [VRA-303] - spring ioc example app

** Task
    [VRA-298] - Broken VRapor web unit test : no more Results are returned
    [VRA-302] - spring ioc tutorial on constructor injection
    [VRA-304] - update tutorials on functional testing about selenium
    [VRA-314] - 66% test coverage

        585 tests (+31)

    66.4% coverage (+1.9)

** Bug
    [VRA-269] - getURLocationXpto should be mapped to ${URLocationXpto} and not ${uRLocationXpto}
    [VRA-275] - Logics doesn't work properly with c:import

** Improvement
    [VRA-219] - Refactor the basic interceptor stack: InjectionInterceptor, OutjectionInterceptor, and so on
    [VRA-257] - @Out a getter to change key value
    [VRA-258] - Deprecate @Factory for further remove
    [VRA-263] - Deprecate unused stuff
    [VRA-265] - cache getters for outjection
    [VRA-270] - rename blank-project to eclipse-blank-project and provide a readme
    [VRA-271] - Simplify lookup for ComponentType, Object and LogicMethod encapsulating them

** New Feature
    [VRA-109] - VRaptor remoting features: easy AJAX

** Task
    [VRA-272] - ajax tutorial

        554 tests (+35)

    64.5% coverage (+1.7)

** Bug

    [VRA-239] - static logic and outjection getter are exported

** Improvement

    [VRA-34] - List all default validation messages on the system
    [VRA-104] - contexts with method for constructor injection
    [VRA-213] - improve freemarker example and update extension
    [VRA-224] - migrate mydvds project to maven
    [VRA-227] - LogicRequest should incoporate methods only exposed on its SimpleLogicRequest subinterface
    [VRA-228] - ComponentType and CURRENT_COMPONENT dependencies refactoring
    [VRA-232] - improved hibernate validator plugin
    [VRA-236] - cleanup useless exception constructors
    [VRA-237] - Support logic method parameters
    [VRA-238] - Component default name
    [VRA-249] - Possibility to annotate method parameters with @Parameter

** New Feature

    [VRA-18] - support logic method parameters
    [VRA-58] - hibernate validator tutorial
    [VRA-161] - enhance faq

** Task

    [VRA-165] - put away those packages that should generate javadoc and those which shouldn't
    [VRA-231] - 60% test coverage
    [VRA-244] - tutorial on how to use method parameters
    [VRA-247] - link to vraptor eclipse plugin
    [VRA-240] - create forum for english speaking user

        519 tests (+37)

        62.8% coverage (+3.1)

** Bug

    [VRA-196] - simple get() method within logic class causes exception when executing vraptor 2.2
    [VRA-199] - Fix encoding for pt_BR version of the site
    [VRA-201] - Error in page Request parameter lists on website
    [VRA-205] - application key should map to the ServletContext, not the Response
    [VRA-211] - MockedServletContext causes NullPointerException when creating with TestEngine
    [VRA-214] - RegisterAttributesInterceptor register request instead of servletContext
    [VRA-223] - Unnecessary dependencies added by Maven
    [VRA-226] - multipartinterceptor should write to tmp directory

** Improvement

    [VRA-73] - pmd code improvement
    [VRA-130] - update xstream to version 1.2
    [VRA-145] - Remove ScopeLocator, creating an abstract method at ScopeType to do this job
    [VRA-200] - hibernate tutorial on messages i18n
    [VRA-204] - Reorganize VRaptor´s dependencies and contents in vraptor-all.zip
    [VRA-206] - Auto injection of basic scopes for constructor injection
    [VRA-207] - improved faq on direct access to http objects
    [VRA-212] - Offer an easy way to have lots of interceptors: InterceptorStack a la WebWork
    [VRA-216] - Eliminate interceptor-inteceptor class parallels, improve InterceptorDealer
    [VRA-217] - Refactor and test the important classes: BasicLogicFlow and VRaptorExecution
    [VRA-218] - Deprecate LogicFlow.redirect for a simpler approach
    [VRA-222] - Remove all sort of references to VRaptorExecution: making stuff testable
    [VRA-230] - Avoid log-and-throw antipattern

** New Feature

    [VRA-31] - Integrate with JSF
    [VRA-61] - Create LogicFlow.getRequest
    [VRA-84] - client redirect support with expression language
    [VRA-108] - injecting SessionContext in logic
    [VRA-123] - hibernate validator tutorial
    [VRA-133] - proxy toys
    [VRA-136] - New localized, wrapped, double and float converters
    [VRA-143] - Deprecate the <package> usage in favor of auto Component discovery
    [VRA-146] - Auto injection of request, response, servletContext and session in ScopeType.REQUEST
    [VRA-147] - @In can read also from the request.parameters if scope=REQUEST, deprecating @Read, shriking the number of annotations
    [VRA-181] - new plugin tutorial
    [VRA-203] - ignore getter methods as business logic methods
    [VRA-215] - RegisterAttributesInterceptor should also use the full class names to inject

** Task

    [VRA-183] - move jira to new server
    [VRA-187] - update site.xml to reflect new portuguese forum and jira site
    [VRA-202] - Add sourceforge logo to mydvds app
    [VRA-210] - change first example printf to println

** Tests

        482 tests (+48)

        59.7% coverage (+2.9)

** Improvement

    [VRA-168] - improve converter documentation
    [VRA-170] - faq: how to get/put objects from/to session
    [VRA-173] - add client side redirection to faq
    [VRA-191] - site link to mydvds application

** New Feature

    [VRA-83] - client redirect support
    [VRA-85] - tutorial on client redirect support
    [VRA-123] - hibernate validator tutorial
    [VRA-144] - Scan web-inf/classes to load all @Components, making the XML not mandatory
    [VRA-148] - Outjection can be automatically done through getters
    [VRA-172] - create a tutorial on getter outjection
    [VRA-177] - automatically loading tutorial
    [VRA-179] - @Parameter annotation
    [VRA-188] - create vraptor's forum

** Task

    [VRA-184] - create new website
    [VRA-185] - deploy maven website on new server
    [VRA-186] - Update the POM to upload generated site to the new dedicated server
    [VRA-190] - new logo
    [VRA-193] - rollback mydvds validation
    [VRA-194] - google analytics mydvds

** Tests

        434 tests (+29)

        56.8% coverage (+1.3)

** Bug

    [VRA-80] - test two annotations on same field type
    [VRA-135] - locale converters are not looking at all contexts
    [VRA-141] - Website-Link to ScopeTypes broken
    [VRA-152] - Link to JIRA in website is broken

** Improvement

    [VRA-110] - better exception handling through interceptors
    [VRA-125] - mention FixedMessage on docs
    [VRA-127] - hibernate validator tutorial
    [VRA-139] - mydvds persistence
    [VRA-140] - german messages in MyDVD App
    [VRA-166] - Proper documentation for the Locale based converters

** New Feature

    [VRA-54] - component/logic not found should be a 404
    [VRA-119] - package tag automatically registers converters
    [VRA-131] - release mydvds without hibernate but using xstreams persistence api
    [VRA-137] - update view manager tutorial to describe the new supported styles: ${component} etc
    [VRA-149] - translate mydvd app to portuguese
    [VRA-150] - mydvds option to switch languages
    [VRA-151] - demo install tutorial
    [VRA-155] - bad written urls should be a 404
    [VRA-158] - new locale converter
    [VRA-159] - add a simple faq
    [VRA-163] - deploy vraptor 2.1.1 to maven repository
    [VRA-167] - new apt file describing all converters in detail

** Task

    [VRA-162] - generate clover report
    [VRA-164] - add counter to site

** Tests

        405 tests (+34)

        55.5% coverage

** Bug

    [VRA-29] - invalid configuration doesn't startup vraptor
    [VRA-37] - class not found exception in vraptor.xml
    [VRA-100] - test classes should end with test
    [VRA-103] - package tag causes a NullPointerException when using TestEngine
    [VRA-112] - LocaleBasedCalendarConverter should accept null/empty string as null
    [VRA-114] - new tests for null conversion
    [VRA-115] - @In required=false should not override property with null if key is not found in the requested scope

** Improvement

    [VRA-26] - ConversionException constructor which receives a Message
    [VRA-52] - default stats page should come with data ordered
    [VRA-72] - pmd: Avoid if (x != y) ..; else ..;
    [VRA-94] - convert vraptor2 tests to junit asserts
    [VRA-101] - check all converter tests
    [VRA-102] - break each converter test in a sepparate method
    [VRA-105] - remove fileupload from blankproject
    [VRA-106] - xml tags should trim their text elements
    [VRA-118] - testsession throws vraptorexception
    [VRA-120] - portuguese translation of first tutorial
    [VRA-121] - portuguese translation of documentation
    [VRA-126] - hibernate validator plugin should generate already localized messages

** New Feature

    [VRA-16] - component scope
    [VRA-45] - sample stats component
    [VRA-51] - interceptorclass should make the class name available for stats page
    [VRA-60] - File upload tutorial
    [VRA-111] - role support through a interceptor/plugin
    [VRA-116] - @Destroy annotation allows to override the default destroy method
    [VRA-117] - support for java.util.Date conversion by default
    [VRA-124] - add support for non i18n messages

** Tests

        371 tests (+53)

** Bug

    [VRA-95] - file upload is not handling parameters correctly
    [VRA-99] - vraptor should register only public classes

** Improvement

    [VRA-67] - pmd: Avoid using if statements without curly braces
    [VRA-71] - Avoid using implementation types like 'TreeSet'; use the interface instead
    [VRA-93] - base package loading should log if logics directory does not exist
    [VRA-96] - multipartrequestinterceptor should go ok if the request is not multipart
    [VRA-97] - invalid converter registration should not stop vraptor's initialization
    [VRA-98] - add application context to the request scope for injection

** New Feature

    [VRA-75] - create a stats component tutorial
    [VRA-90] - tutorial on redirection
    [VRA-92] - vraptor should log how long it took to initialize

** Tests

        318 tests (+49)

** Bug

    [VRA-64] - change old assertions to new ones
    [VRA-87] - vraptor should leave messages.properties as an optional feature
    [VRA-91] - injection should not call our object toString method

** Improvement

    [VRA-63] - isolate Injection in a separate interceptor
    [VRA-65] - generate pmd report
    [VRA-66] - pmd: Avoid modifiers which are implied by the context
    [VRA-69] - pmd: No need to check for null before an instanceof
    [VRA-70] - Position literals first in String comparisons

** New Feature

    [VRA-55] - constructor injection
    [VRA-57] - base package
    [VRA-76] - base package tutorial and update tutorials
    [VRA-77] - make the logiccontext available to injection and adapt the mydvds example
    [VRA-78] - constructor injection tutorial
    [VRA-79] - uploaded files should be deleted on exit
    [VRA-88] - support for view redirection
    [VRA-89] - support for expression language on view redirection

** Tests

        269 tests (+37)

** Bug

    [VRA-38] - validation fails --> outjection should happen
    [VRA-39] - basicintrospector is calling my objects toString
    [VRA-40] - include test support for empty parameters
    [VRA-41] - change test plugin assertion type to junit's one
    [VRA-42] - test assertion order is changed

** Improvement

    [VRA-44] - test engine should have a getApplicationContext method
    [VRA-46] - webApplication should be in application scope

** New Feature

    [VRA-19] - file upload interceptor
    [VRA-32] - Integrate with Hibernate Validator
    [VRA-43] and [VRA-49] - TestSession should have a method to grab the session
    [VRA-56] - component lookup interceptor

** Tests

        232 tests (removed old and +12)

** Bug

    [VRA-7] - logiccontext has attribute throws StackOverflow
    [VRA-9] - optional @In field throws a RuntimeException if not filled
    [VRA-10] - parameter order is important
    [VRA-20] - validation tutorial problem
    [VRA-21] - conversion exceptions is actually a collection of errors instead of validationerrors


** New Feature

    [VRA-11] - mydvds example application using hibernate

** Bug

        [VRA-1] - parameter accessing array as first element
        [VRA-2] - ScopeLocator problem when accessing other types of scopes
        [VRA-5] - file download tutorial does not work (@Before annotation does not exist)

** New Feature

        [VRA-3] - conversion exception tutorial

** Task

        [VRA-6] - make javadoc available