GWT Community, We just launched the first release candidate for GWT 2.1.1! You can download this release from the GWT site here: http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/downloads/list, or as version 2.1.1-rc1 from Maven Central shortly.
Please be aware that in this release candidate we have introduced three breaking changes from GWT 2.1: 1.) Request Factory has undergone a major overhaul based on community feedback. Some highlights include support for value objects, easier integration with existing server code via a service layer, and the promotion of the AutoBean<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/wiki/AutoBean>framework to a top-level package. The full list of features and details on the breaking API changes are outlined here: http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/wiki/RequestFactory_2_1_1 2.) Cell Widgets have been improved with multiple bug fixes, API additions, and new features, including support for multiple selection via the mouse and keyboard. A breaking change has been introduced to the Cell API: a Context object is now passed to most Cell methods and the "key" value is no longer passed. The Context object contains the row and cell index, as well as the "key" value. This change will allow for additional context properties to be passed into Cell methods in the future without breaking API changes. 3.) The gecko user agent, which corresponds to Firefox 1.0, has been removed. The gecko1_8 user agent, which corresponds to Firefox 1.5 and newer, still remains. If you do not manually set the user agent in your gwt.xml file, you should not notice any change (except one less permutation during compilation). If you do set the user agent in your gwt.xml file, you may need to replace "gecko" with "gecko1_8". If you are referencing "gecko", you are almost definitely getting the wrong behavior for your application because it is using very old code bindings. One known issue is that samples/expenses is broken. You can build it byreplacing gwt.version 2.1.0 with 2.1.1-rc1 in the Expenses POM; however, you may still encounter Is<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741> s <http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741>u<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741>e <http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741>54<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741> 7 <http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741>1<http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5741>o r others. Please give it a try and let us know what you think. Thanks, Philip Rogers on behalf of the Google Web Toolkit team -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
