HISTORY

1.0 beta 1
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* Compile LSP into Java bytecode for better performance.
* LSP Extension functions implemented as Java methods.


1.0 beta 2
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* Strip whitespace in LSP.
* Search for <import>ed files in multiple directories.


1.0 beta 3
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* Strip more whitespace in LSP.
* More efficient compilation of large LSP pages.


1.0 beta 4
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* Support for Jakarta Struts.
* Show line number in LSP source in stack trace.
* Check version of compiled code against runtime.


1.0 beta 5
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* Check for circular import.
* Add JSR-45 (Debugging Support for Other Languages) information 
  to generated class files.
* Split lsp.jar into lsprt.jar and lspc.jar.


1.0 final
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* disable-output-escaping in <lsp:value-of>
* Removed <lsp:include>. This was almost never used, and you can get the
  same functionallity using an Extension Library.
* Use JFlex for parsing LSP expressions, full support for Unicode in 
  identifiers (according to XPath 1.0).


1.0.1
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* Move to separate project and change packaging a bit.
* xmlutil.jar is no longer needed.


1.1
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* <lsp:output>.
* Allow <lsp:attribute> inside <lsp:if>
* Whitespace stripping after <lsp:attribute>.
* Smart handling of boolean attributes.


1.2
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* Transform LSP output with XSLT stylesheet.
* Improved documentation.


1.2.1
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* Can be compiled and used with both Java 1.4 and 
  Java 1.5 (also known as 5.0).
* Small change in Servlet code to allow for future enhancements.


1.3
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* Servlet extension library with internationalization support.
* New formatting code for XML, HTML, XHTML and Text. 
  UTF-8 encoding is now default for XHTML.
* Rudimentary Struts integration.


1.4
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* Any java.util.Collection can be used as the list type, 
  not only java.util.List.
* int[], long[], short[], double[], float[] and boolean[] 
  can be used as the list type.
* acceptNull parameter.
* Maverick integration.


1.5
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* LSP framework.
* SimpleExtLib for easier extension library implementation.
* encodeURL in Servlet extension library.
* Use Servlet extention functions from XSLT stylesheets.
* Custom XSLT transform factory for Maverick to load stylesheets from
  WEB-INF/classes and use the improved formatting code.
* LSP compiler lower thread priority to be allow other processes to run 
  during compilation.
* Fixed bug in LSP translate function.
* HTML formatter strip namespace prefixes in all cases.
* HTML and XHTML formatter add <meta> with charset declaration.
* isset() function to test if a variable is set.


1.5.2
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* Allow setting parameters to SQL NULL using Java null value in DBConnection.
* Possible to omit SYSTEM component in DOCTYPE in HTML serialization.
* Possbile to force <?xml?> declaration in XHTML serialization.


1.6
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* Fixed formatting of float values.
* Fixed escaping in HTML serialization.
* Fixed bug with & in attribute values in HTML serialization.
* Fixed bug with odd line delimiters.
* New methods for convenience and efficiency in Serializer, 
  send a String/CharSequence directly without converting to char[].
* Enclose feature.


1.6.1
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* Buffering in serialization for better performance.
* html-fragment and xhtml-fragment output methods for AJAX support.
* Change default output type from HTML to XHTML.


1.6.2
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* New method for extension library discovery.


1.7
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* haselement() function.
* Support CharSequence.
* Support ResourceBundle.
* null values can be passed to LSP for use as arguments to extension functions.


1.7.1
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* isUserInRole function in Servlet extlib.
* isnull() function.
* nvl() function.
* rename acceptNull to acceptUnbound since LSP now makes difference between 
null and unbound.


1.7.2
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* ThrowawayService in framework.
* Automatic parsing of request parameters in framework.


1.7.3
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* Date/time formatting functions in Servlet extlib.


1.8
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* Support for RESTful web applications in framework.
* Improved date/time formatting functions in Servlet extlib.


1.9
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* Removed dependency on Apache Commons Collections.
* EasyService.
* ZeroTemplate.