04 March 2016

Griffon 2.6.0 Released

The Griffon team is happy to announce the release of Griffon 2.6.0!

The following list summarizes the changes brought by this release:

  • [Build] Additional key/values may be set in application.properties.

  • [Runtime] @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy are guaranteed to be invoked when an artifact is created/destroyed.

  • [Runtime] EventRouter can now be queried for its listeners.

  • [Runtime] Provide ThreadFactory for all internal Thread producers, such as EventRouter and ExecutorServiceProvider.

  • [Runtime] Fields annotated with @Contextual will use field name first for key resolution; then @Named, followed by field type.

  • [Testing] TestModule providers can now be identified with @TestModules and @TestModuleOverrides.

  • [Testing] Functional TestFX testcases can participate in members injection.

  • [Testing] Added a Window matcher for TestFX testcases.

  • [Testing] Enforce test execution order in functional TestFX testcases.

  • [Testing] Carry over state between test methods in functional TestFX testcases.

  • [JavaFX] Added an UI Thread proxy ObservableList; all of its updates will be triggered inside the UI thread.

  • [JavaFX] Action properties will trigger their updates inside the UI Thread.

A more detailed description of the changes and compatibility issues can be found at the release notes.

We look forward to your feedback. Please report any problems you find to the Griffon User list, or better yet, file a bug at http://github.com/griffon/griffon/issues

Remember you can also contact the team on Twitter: @theaviary.

Many thanks to all who contributed to this release!

The Griffon Team