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Release History

Version	Date	Description
1.0RC1	2010-03-01	Release of version 1.0 RC1
0.8.1	2009-09-14	Release of version 0.8.1
0.8	2009-07-16	Release of version 0.8
0.7.1	2009-05-02	Release of version 0.7.1
0.7	2009-01-20	Release of version 0.7
0.6	2008-07-03	Release of version 0.6
0.5	2008-04-21	Release of version 0.5
0.4	2008-01-26	Release of version 0.4
0.3.1	2007-12-26	Release of version 0.3.1
0.3	2007-11-24	Release of version 0.3
0.2	2007-04-26	Release of version 0.2
0.1.1	2007-04-10	Release of version 0.1.1
0.1	2007-04-08	Release of version 0.1

Release 1.0RC1 - 2010-03-01

Changes	By	Date
fixed constructor-arg type attribute was not declared in spring-actionscript-objects-1.0.xsd Fixes 62.	rzwaga	19/09/2009
added unregisterStageProcessor() method to the IStageProcessorRegistry interface	rzwaga	19/09/2009
added DefaultFlexAutowireProcessor that handles binding using the [Autowired(name="objectName",property="property.chain")] metadata	rzwaga	21/09/2009
added PureMVC documentation section	rzwaga	22/09/2009
added autowiring support for injecting external property values using [Autowired(externalProperty="propertyName")]	rzwaga	23/09/2009
added parent context support to IObjectFactory interface and AbstractObjectFactory implementation Fixes 48.	rzwaga	30/09/2009
added skip-postprocessor and skip-metadata support for ObjectDefinition	rzwaga	30/09/2009
added name and value attribute support to the property XML element, for defining external properties directly in the configuration instead of an external properties file	rzwaga	09/10/2009
added parent properties support to XMLObjectFactory	rzwaga	09/10/2009
added IStageProcessorRegistry interface and FlexStageProcessorRegistry implementation to support stage wiring in a multi-module situation (Thanks to Arnoud for helping debug this)	rzwaga	09/10/2009
added extra functionality to the CairngormFrontController that enables to add commands that are being created by the application context (basically using the context as a commandFactory)	rzwaga	10/10/2009
renamed SASCairngormEvent to SASCairngormModuleEvent	rzwaga	18/10/2009
ObjectUtils no longer has a dependency on the Flex framework Fixes 74.	rzwaga	30/10/2009
added core.* package containing the Operation API	cherreman	28/10/2009
added core.event.* package containing the EventBus classes	cherreman	10/11/2009
added EventHandlerMetaDataPostProcessor for automatic handling of EventBus events	cherreman	22/11/2009
added parallel or sequencential execution to CompositeCommand class Fixes 84.	rzwaga	04/12/2009
added core.task.* package	rzwaga	04/12/2009
added support for property chain retrieval in the FieldRetrievingObjectFactory, for example: Application.application.systemManager.stage can now be retrieved.	rzwaga	12/01/2010
added support for compound property names in XML config	cherreman	15/01/2010
added support for factory-object in AbstractObjectFactory Fixes 86.	cherreman	19/01/2010
added TaskNamespaceHandler for core.task.* package	rzwaga	19/01/2010
added createInstance(clazz:Class, constructorArguments:Array = null) method to the IObjectFactory interface to enable a factory to create objects with only annotations and have no object definition.	rzwaga	03/02/2010
added operation and service for remoting via NetConnection	cherreman	8/02/2010
added support for vector type in XML configuration. Fixes 67.	rzwaga	12/02/2010
Allow adding mx.flash.Event items to EventSequence and facilitate custom trigger calculation. (Thanks Jurgen) Fixes 41.	rzwaga	12/02/2010
Added modulePolicy of type ModulePolicy to FlexStageProcessorRegistry that determines how modules will be handled Fixes 70.	rzwaga	12/02/2010
Minor documentation fixes. (Thanks Mark) Fixes 69.	rzwaga	12/02/2010
added RouteEventsMetaDataPostProcessor to re-route events from arbitrary objects through the EventBus	rzwaga	14/02/2010
Added IApplicationDomainAware and ApplicationDomainAwarePostProcessor to automatically inject the context's application domain in objects that need a reference	rzwaga	19/02/2010
Added MethodInvokingFactoryObject to be able to inject method results from other objects	rzwaga	25/02/2010
Added util:invoke element as a configuration shortcut for the MethodInvokingFactoryObject	rzwaga	25/02/2010
Added support for injecting the application context by using ref="this" in the configuration	rzwaga	26/02/2010
Added Maven mojo to generate a flex-config file from an application context (Thanks Ryan)	rzwaga	27/02/2010

Release 0.8.1 - 2009-09-14

Changes	By	Date
fixed recursive resolve of properties Fixes 60.	cherreman	28/07/2009
added module support to CairngormFrontController	rzwaga	27/07/2009
fixed parsing of empty value nodes Fixes 49.	cherreman	31/07/2009
fixed imports Fixes 50.	cherreman	31/07/2009
fixed error in example code in the documentation Fixes 52.	rzwaga	31/07/2009
fixed Flex dependency in XMLObjectFactory Fixes 51.	rzwaga	31/07/2009
fixed autowiring stage components in modules that are loaded in a different applicationDomain Fixes 57.	rzwaga	31/07/2009
added IStageProcessor and IStageProcessorRegistry interfaces in org.springextensions.actionscript.stage package	rzwaga	20/08/2009
refactored the stage autowiring into separate IStageProcessor implementation called DefaultAutowiringStageProcessor	rzwaga	20/08/2009
stage components are now autowired only once by default, can be optionally turned off in DefaultAutowiringStageProcessor by setting the autowireOnce property to false.	rzwaga	27/08/2009
renamed stage interception schema to stage processing schema	rzwaga	21/08/2009
added org.springextensions.actionscript.localization package and corresponding sample application	rzwaga	24/08/2009
added org.springextensions.actionscript.security package and corresponding sample application	rzwaga	28/08/2009
moved the IObjectSelector interface to org.springextensions.actionscript.stage package	rzwaga	27/08/2009
inner singleton objects are now automatically marked as lazy-init Fixes 59.	rzwaga	02/09/2009
added support for interface definitions, both in XML and MXML configurations	rzwaga	03/09/2009
autowire byType now also works for objects created by an IFactoryObject Fixes 61.	rzwaga	04/09/2009
fixed random suffix on property file URL is now optional, use prevent-cache=false on the import tag (is true by default) Fixes 29.	rzwaga	07/09/2009
changed implementation of method-invocation elements Fixes 43.	cherreman	09/09/2009
changed implementation of MethodInvocations in MXML support to match the new implementation	rzwaga	11/09/2009
added stagewiring sample application	rzwaga	12/09/2009

Release 0.8 - 2009-07-16

Type	Changes	By	Date
	new website at www.springactionscript.org
	factored out common functionality into the AS3Commons projects (www.as3commons.org)
	major update to the documentation
	added autowire support
	added custom namespace handler support
	restructured subversion repository
	updated samples
	various performance improvements
	added IDataTranslator and IDataTranslatorAware interfaces
	added AbstractDataTranslatorAwareBusinessDelegate base class
	added 'batch command' support to CairngormFrontController Fixes 47.
	added entire package for MXML support for application contexts
	moved Enum to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved ICloneable to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved IEquals to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved IllegalArgumentError to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved IllegalStateError to AS3Commons-Lang
	removed RuntimeError
	added "factoryObjectName" property to IObjectDefinition and ObjectDefinition
	added ObjectDefinitionStoreError
	added StageComponentInterceptionPostProcessor
	fixed e4x query to select nodes with Required metadata in RequiredMetadataObjectPostProcessor
	changed "getObject" and "getObjectType" so we can also return Function references from methods in FieldRetrievingFactoryObject
	added "getObjectDefinition" in IConfigurableListableObjectFactory
	added ApplicationPropertiesResolver
	removed "allowObjectDefinitionOverriding" getter and setter from IObjectDefinitionRegistry
	added error is now thrown when overriding an object definition while it is not allowed in DefaultListableObjectFactory
	added support for retrieving factory objects and autowiring in AbstractObjectFactory
	added ObjectDefinitionBuilder
	fixed bug with caching of factory objects in AbstractObjectFactory
	added StageInterceptionNamespaceHandler
	added spring-actionscript-stageinterception-1.0.xsd
	added spring_actionscript_stageinterception namespace
	added RPCNamespaceHandler
	added spring-actionscript-rpc-1.0.xsd
	added spring_actionscript_rpc namespace
	added UtilNamespaceHandler
	added spring-actionscript-util-1.0.xsd
	added spring_actionscript_util namespace
	added MessagingNamespaceHandler
	added spring-actionscript-messaging-1.0.xsd
	added spring_actionscript_messaging namespace
	added "resolveID" to AbstractObjectDefinitionParser method that allow object name lookup and generation
	fixed XMLObjectDefinitionsParser so that abstract definitions are no longer parsed
	fixed XMLObjectDefinitionsParser to support nested custom nodes
	fixed ObjectNodeParser to support nested custom nodes
	added StageInterceptorNodeParser
	fixed parent properties not being overridden by child properties in ParentAttributePreprocessor
	fixed bug with properties replacement
	removed AbstractService
	added IApplicationController
	added AbstractApplicationController
	added ApplicationEvent
	added ApplicationEventDispatcher
	added IApplicationEventListener
	added ApplicationUtils
	moved ArrayUtils to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved Assert to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved DictionaryUtils to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved ObjectUtils to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved StringUtils to AS3Commons-Lang
	moved XMLUtils to AS3Commons-Lang
	removed TypedProxy
	added object-definition-parser-builder sample project

Release 0.7.1 - 2009-05-02

Type	Changes	By	Date
	added random suffix to urlrequest in Properties to avoid caching
	added INamed interface
	added NamedEntity class
	added NamedUtil class
	removed ClassNotFoundError since this is now part of AS3Reflect
	fixed object creation with circular references in AbstractObjectFactory
	fixed lookup of import nodes in XMLObjectFactory
	added "Assert.isTrue"

Release 0.7 - 2009-01-20

Type	Changes	By	Date
	Prana Framework is now Spring ActionScript
	Reflection API is now a separate project (as3reflect: http://code.google.com/p/as3reflect/)
	Cairngorm and PureMVC extensions removed from the core framework sources
	added support for parent objects in XML config
	added support for depends-on attribute in XML config
	fixed issues with object factory post processors
	added Maven build file
	introduced experimental MVCS framework
	added PropertiesParser
	refactored loader complete event to use PropertiesParser in Properties
	added remove methods in EntityCollection
	added auto-registration and invocation of object factory post processors
	added "XMLApplicationContext.invokeObjectFactoryPostProcessor" method
	renamed ValueObject to BaseObject
	added ICloneable, ICopyFrom, IEquals interfaces
	removed IValueObject interface
	added check for simple objects in "BaseObject.cloneField" method
	fixed "BaseObject.copyFrom" method to also copy variables
	fixed "BaseObject.copyFrom" so that it is no longer allowed if the other object is the same instance
	fixed "BaseObject.clonePropertyValue", enums should not be cloned
	"BaseObject.doEquals()" now check for IEquals implementations
	added support for <null/> nodes
	added LogEvent
	added CustomEditorConfigurer
	added LoggingTargetObjectPostProcessor for auto registration of ILoggingTarget objects
	fixed assertion in AbstractObjectFactory
	changed logging of pre-instantiated singletons in DefaultListableObjectFactory
	fixed "getObjectNamesForType" and "getObjectsOfType", did not check correctly for matching objects in DefaultListableObjectFactory
	refactored property assignment to handle custom editor configurers in AbstractObjectFactory
	"AbstractObjectFactory.resolveReference" now return null if passed in property is null
	added "addEmbeddedConfig" method to XMLObjectFactory for embedded XML config
	"XMLObjectFactory.load" method now throws an IllegalStateError when loading a context without config locations or XML
	made "parser" property public in XMLObjectFactory to allow registration of xml preprocessors through application context
	changed order of preprocessors in XMLObjectDefinitionsParser so that id preprocessor is first
	added NullNodeParser
	added ParentAttributePreprocessor
	fixed id assignment of MethodInvokingObject objects in MethodInvocationPreprocessors
	"singleton" attribute is now removed after prepocessing in ScopeAttributePreprocessor
	removed xml serializer because it is no longer supported
	added experimental package for MVCS support
	updated to PureMVC Standard v2.0.4
	automatic initialization of IoC facade is dropped. Immediately after construction IocFacade doesn't support IoC features any more (only standard PureMVC features are available). To enable IoC features one must invoke initializeIocContainer() method. Please look for examples in "PranaSampleAnotherArch101Demo.mxml".
	IocFacade.addConfigSource() method is added. It enables specification of configuration sources for new IocFacade instances in XML, String and Array of strings formats. To be effective, method must be called before invoking of initializeIocContainer() method. Please look for examples in "PranaSampleAnotherArch101Demo.mxml". Addition of this method also enables support for embedded configurations as shown in examples.
	fixed bug with command names map which was not initialized properly during explicit ioc facade initialization.
	added "StringUtils.tokenizeToArray" method
	added "StringUtils.isWhiteSpace" method
	added "StringUtils.isDigit" method
	added "StringUtils.naturalCompare" method
	added ArrayCollectionUtils
	added MultilineString
	fixed "XMLUtils.convertAttributeToNode" to support FP10 (possible bug in playerglobal.swc)
	added "ArrayUtils.getItemsByType" method
	added "StringUtils.removeChars" method
	added "StringUtils.replaceChars" method
	added "StringUtils.nthIndexOf" method
	"StringUtils.hasText" now returns false if an invalid string is passed
	removed "ObjectUtils.getClassInfo" method: had Flex dependency and was not used in the framework anyway

Release 0.6 - 2008-07-03

Type	Changes	By	Date
	major refactoring of the IoC container, parser and application context to remove dependencies on the Flex framework classes. For ActionScript only projects use the XMLApplicationContext, for Flex/AIR projects use the FlexXMLApplicationContext.
	added new prana/puremvc integration sample - "prana-sample-anotherArch101Demo". Description of new features is given in "prana-sample-anotherArch101Demo/resources/docs/pranaPureMvcIntegration-FurtherDevelopment.txt" document.
	object postprocessors are now automatically instantiated when placed in XML context
	introduced reference resolvers to handle references in application contexts
	introduced node parsers to allow extensibility of the application context parser
	introduced property editors
	refactored package layout
	added abstract business delegate
	added support for command factories in frontcontroller
	introduced domain package for base domain objects
	added Entity, Enum, ValueObject
	added "FlexUnitTestCase.assertLength"
	added "FlexUnitTestCase.assertArrayContains"
	"ObjectDefinitionScope.fromName" now returns SINGLETON if scope was not found
	AbstractObjectFactory now uses configurable reference resolvers
	added FlexXMLApplicationContext
	fixed object creation from static factory method (arguments were not passed)
	fixed bug in XML merging from imports
	refactored XSD to use group for subtypes
	added support for "import" tag in XMLObjectFactory
	added MethodInvocationPreprocessor that handles "method-invocation" elements
	fixed replacement of template parameters in TemplatePreprocessor
	added property editors
	added IIocConfigNameAware and IocConfigNameAwarePostProcessors. This addition enables much more natural usage of configured pure mvc elements (proxies, mediators, commands) in prana/puremvc integration.
	IocProxy, IocMediator, IocSimpleCommand, IocMacroCommand and IocFacade are now extended from theirs puremvc counterparts. Usage patterns are same as before. Classes extended from IocProxy, IocMediator, IocSimpleCommand and IocMacroCommand are now fully compatible with typical "pure" PureMVC applications and can be used there without modification if they are not using IoC specific API.
	added IocManagedMacroCommand
	removed methods retrieveProxyByConfigName(), removeProxyByConfigName(), removeMediatorByConfigName() and retrieveMediatorByConfigName() from IIocFacade and its corresponding default IocFacade implementation. Instead of these methods, "standard" PureMvc method implementations (retrieveProxy(), removeProxy(), retrieveMediator() and removeMediator()) in IocFacade should be used.
	IocFacade can now be constructed without configSource parameter. Now initializeIocContainer() method can be used for IoC container initialization after construction. This can be very useful in scenarios when application needs a control over GUI before IoC container can be initialized. For example, during application startup, when application wants to bring some kind of splash screen or something, controlled by PureMVC elements.
	replaced Map with Object for cache implementation in Type
	added IInvocationHandler to handle invocations on a proxy
	added "Assert.arrayContains"
	renamed "ClassUtils.getParentClasss" to "ClassUtils.getSuperClass"
	added "ClassUtils.getName"
	added "ClassUtils.getNameFromFullyQualifiedName"
	added "ClassUtils.getSuperClassName"
	added "ClassUtils.getFullyQualifiedSuperClassName"
	added "ClassUtils.getImplementedInterfaceNames"
	added "ClassUtils.getFullyQualifiedImplementedInterfaceNames"
	added "ClassUtils.getImplementedInterfaces"
	added "ClassUtils.convertFullyQualifiedName"
	added "ObjectUtils.getNumProperties"
	added "ObjectUtils.getKeys"
	added "DictionaryUtils.getKeys"

Release 0.5 - 2008-04-21

Type	Changes	By	Date
	improved documentation
	added support for loading property files in application context
	removed modified Cairngorm Store by Renaun Erickson
	added updated Cairngorm Store that uses AMF3 and Mock data
	prana-sample-puremvcArch101Demo updated to match PureMVC 2.0.3 related change (thanks to Ryan Gardner for supplying a patch)
	project layout refactored for all Prana's projects
	build system added and refactored for all Prana's projects
	prana-install project introduced to ease configuration of Prana's projects for Eclipse/Flex Builder and Ant environments
	prana-tools project added with initial version of template based project creation tool
	"sample" template added in prana-tools
	prana-tools-internal project added to host internal utilities (i.e. release build script)
	XSD is now available for xml object definition files - http://www.pranaframework.org/schema/objects/prana-objects-0.5.xsd
	added namespace support for xml object definition files
	introduced Application Context concept as an XMLObjectFactory extension
	fixed changewatcher for property chain in EventSequence (thx Tony Hillerson)
	"responder" property now has a public setter
	added IResponderAware that defines a "responder" setter
	made the responder argument optional in AbstractRemoteObjectDelegate
	changed order of constructor arguments AbstractRemoteObjectDelegate
	added Properties
	added IApplicationContext
	added IApplicationContextAware
	added IConfigurableApplicationContext
	added ApplicationContextAwareProcessor
	added XMLApplicationContext
	XmlObjectDefinitionsLoader handles loading of property files
	added IConfigurableListableObjectFactory
	added IConfigurableObjectFactory
	added IObjectFactoryPostProcessor
	replaced ObjectFactory with AbstractObjectFactory
	"parse" method in XmlObjectDefinitionsParser now gets an optional Properties collection
	fixed parsing of inline Dictionary entries
	added PropertiesPreprocessor to apply properties to object definitions
	added DictionaryUtils for working with Dictionary objects
	added PropertiesUtils for working with Properties objects
	added XMLUtils for working with XML objects
	added "ObjectUtils.getClassInfo" which is the same as ObjectUtil.getClassInfo() in the Flex framework but adds support for primitive types
	fixed "ObjectUtils.forInstance" to support primitive types
	added support for Application Domains in "ClassUtils.forName" and "ClassUtils.forInstance"
	updated dependencies to PureMVC 2.0.3 (thanks to Ryan Gardner for supplying a patch)
	support for multiple configuration files added in PureMvc integration

Release 0.4 - 2008-01-26

Type	Changes	By	Date
	introduction of PureMVC support
	added PureMVC sample application
	nightly builds available at http://prana.herrodius.com
	fixed config.xsl to ignore _svn folders
	fixed early dispatching of events in EventSequence
	added "remove" method to IMap and Map
	changed "size" and "values" methods to getters
	Map now extends Dictionary instead of Proxy
	AppSettings now extends Proxy instead of Map
	added check for valid IList before creating cursor
	added "isLazyInit" and "initMethod" properties to IObjectDefinition and ObjectDefinition
	added support for init method in ObjectContainer
	added "removeObjectFromInternalCache" method
	enhancements to "getObject"
	added post processing capabilities to ObjectContainer
	added IObjectContainerAware
	added ObjectContainerAwarePostProcessor
	added LoggingTargetFactoryObject
	added support for lazy init and init method in XmlObjectDefinitionsParser
	fixed "parseProperties" because of Map refactoring, keys were not strings in XmlObjectDefinitionsParser
	initial release of org.pranaframework.puremvc package
	added Parse port from the Fit framework
	added HtmlUtils utility methods for working with html
	added "isExplicitInstanceOf" method to ObjectUtils

Release 0.3.1 - 2007-12-26

Type	Changes	By	Date
	improved documentation
	build file now handles releases
	IMap and Map now have "get" and "put" methods to support data binding
	IMap now implements ICollectionView
	added MapViewCursor
	AppSettings no longer implements IEventDispatcher because Map now does
	added support for factory objects in ObjectContainer through IFactoryObject interface
	added ObjectDefinitionScope enum
	IObjectDefinition now has "scope" getter and setter
	added "scope" getter and setter to ObjectDefinition
	"isSingleton" in ObjectDefinition now alters scope property instead of having a private member
	ObjectContainer.getObject() is now able to return singleton or prototype objects
	added "isSingleton" getter to IFactoryObject
	added AbstractFactoryObject base class for factory objects
	added RandomNumberFactoryObject to return random numbers
	added FieldRetrievingFactoryObject to retrieve static or non-static fields from an object
	added scopeAttributePreprocessor to XmlObjectDefintionsParser to set up scope attributes on object definitions
	added singleton and scope attributes to Constants
	added Field as a base class for all fields
	Accessor now extends Field instead of AbstractMember
	Constant now extends Field instead of AbstractMember
	Type now extends Field instead of AbstractMember
	Variable now extends Field instead of AbstractMember
	TypeConverter.execute() can now return a class

Release 0.3 - 2007-11-24

Type	Changes	By	Date
	added Movie sample application based on article by Martin Fowler
	improved documentation
	moved Cairngorm related classes to org.pranaframework.cairngorm
	Cairngorm Store sample now has different configuration of service locator
	added support for event sequencing
	CairngormFrontController now checks for commands implementing the ICommands interface
	implementation of CairngormServiceLocator
	added ClassNotFoundError for retrieving a class by name when class was not found
	added serializer to create an application context from an object
	added support for initializing object with IInitializingObject
	added support for templates in application context
	added support for <map> definitions, parsed to Dictionary
	added support for <list> definitions, parsed to ArrayList
	made container spring context compliant
	improved error handling when creating object from object definitions
	rewrote preprocessing of xml application context, now using chain of preprocessors
	fixed creation of object without id, id is now auto generated
	fixed order for object definitions so that they no longer need to be chronological
	added metadata introspection
	added "getFullName" method to Method class
	changed arguments in "invoke" method from ... to array
	added "forName" method in ClassUtils for retrieving Class objects via class names
	added "getParentClass" method in ClassUtils that returns the parent class of a given class
	added "isSubclassOf" method in ClassUtils that returns if a class extends another class
	added StringUtils
	added DisplayObjectContainerUtils
	added MethodInvoker to support initializing objects from application context
	added "state" method to Assert class
	changed TypeConverter so that it can return Class objects

Release 0.2 - 2007-04-26

Type	Changes	By	Date
	changed general classpath from be.indiegroup.prana to org.pranaframework
	added first implementation of a Reflection API
	improved documentation
	added XMLSocketEvent with eventname enum
	added SOSTarget for SOS console logging
	first implementation of the org.pranaframework.reflection package
	added ClassUtils which provides general utilities for working with Class objects

Release 0.1.1 - 2007-04-10

Type	Changes	By	Date
	improved documentation
	added IFactoryObject interface
	added AbstractFactoryObject class
	added CairngormFrontController

Release 0.1 - 2007-04-08

Type	Changes	By	Date
	initial release: basic implementation of an Inversion of Control (IoC) container

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Release History

Release 1.0RC1 - 2010-03-01

Release 0.8.1 - 2009-09-14

Release 0.8 - 2009-07-16

Release 0.7.1 - 2009-05-02

Release 0.7 - 2009-01-20

Release 0.6 - 2008-07-03

Release 0.5 - 2008-04-21

Release 0.4 - 2008-01-26

Release 0.3.1 - 2007-12-26

Release 0.3 - 2007-11-24

Release 0.2 - 2007-04-26

Release 0.1.1 - 2007-04-10

Release 0.1 - 2007-04-08