Very glad to announce a new 4.0 milestone release. It was a great collaborative effort that includes a number of important things. So thanks to everybody who was involved in it. So M4...
* Stabilizes database reverse-engineering tools for DB-first ORM flow. * Plugs holes and omissions in the fluent query API. * Expands encryption capabilities to all data types. * Improves transaction management API. * Provides alternative binary protocols for ROP, greatly improving its performance. * Includes a new Modeler welcome screen. * Fixes numerous bugs, updates docs, etc., etc. We are hoping to squash any potential scope creep and turn the next release into a "beta". In the meantime everyone is welcome to use M4. We use it in production ourselves, so you can do too :) Links: 1. Full release announcement: http://cayenne.apache.org/2016/12/cayenne-40M4-released.html 2. Get the latest Cayenne: http://cayenne.apache.org/download.html (and of course it is in Maven Central too) 3. Upgrade instructions: https://github.com/apache/cayenne/blob/4.0.M4/docs/doc/src/main/resources/UPGRADE.txt (what's not mentioned there is that you need to reopen your projects in the new CayenneModeler to let it do a few minor XML upgrades). Enjoy! Andrus
