Just shaking out a few of the bug in this release. No new features in this release, but you can check out the GWT Sandbox to see what I have been working on. This is for GWT 1.4 users ONLY.

• Fix for JSGraphicsPanel, was broken in GWT 1.4
• Fix for WTextBox, WHyperLink, WPanel, WImage, WButton, some broken in GWT 1.4
• Fix for ToggleButton.toggle() not changing visual representation (Marc Papper)

I uploaded the next release of the GWT-SL (0.1.4) which requires GWT 1.4 to run. There is also now a proper user manual.

<changelog>

GWT-SL 0.1.4
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• Removed javassist, cglib and the concept of runtime-weaving in general
• Made exception wrapping default for all components
• Duplicated 'mapping' (deprecated) as 'mappings'
• Introduced GWTRPCServiceExporter which publishes real (interface-less) POJOs as RPC services
• Removed the usingInstrumentation property
• Switched entirely to commons logging
• Changed project structure
• Added regular documentation
• Improved building
• Logging more information in debug level
• Refined method inspection
• Rationalised unit tests
• Fixed ReflectionUtils (thanks to Dmitri Shestakov) to compile for 1.4 JDK

</changelog>

NOTE: This release WILL NOT WORK with versions of GWT prior to 1.4

No new widgets at this time, just compatibility changes for GWT 1.4.

• Removed all SVG support, not compatible with GWT 1.4
• Removed deprecated FileUploadField
• Removed deprecated FormPanel
• Removed deprecated GWTSpringController
• Updated GSearch components to work with GWT 1.4
• Deprecated namespace support classes that were used by the SVG widgets: ExtDOM, Namespace, ExtDOMImpl, ExtDOMImplIE6

What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?

The good news is that GWT 1.4 is on it's way with a ton of new features, and you will see a GWT-WL release in the next week or so that is compatible with GWT 1.4.

The bad news is that there are certain features of the GWT-WL that no longer work with GWT 1.4, a notable one being SVG support. We will remove from the GWT-WL any feature that we find to not be compatible with the upcoming version of GWT. We will re-introduce features if workarounds are available, or when a future GWT release allows us to reintroduce them.

For our SVG users, you may want to follow GWT issue 710, and perhaps add a comment. Issue 710 (XHTML support) will need to be resolved before SVG support may be re-introduced.

In addition, we will also take this opportunity to perform some spring cleaning. Widgets that have been deprecated in prior releases are likely to be removed outright. This includes the FormPanel and FileUploadField widgets, and the GWTSpringController which is now part of the GWT-SL.

We hope that during the course of the summer we will get back into the swing of things and start introducing additional widgets to the library. We welcome you to post your suggestions to the See A Need, Fill A Need thread.

*** THIS VERSION FOR USE WITH GWT 1.3 ONLY ***

George Georgovassilis has posted a new release of the GWT-SL to the downloads area, the changelog is below. George has also started a GWT-SL Google group if you are looking for help or have enhancement ideas that you would like to share.

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New features:

• Added GWTController which delegates requests to encapsulated services.
• Reworked the examples
• Reworked the build process
• Added build target which builds java 1.4 jars with 1.5 JDKs
• Added changelog
• Refactored GWTSpringController to use some common code with the new GWTController
• Added ServletUtils helper class which allows access to the invoking thread's ServletRequest and ServletResponse

Changes:

• GWTHandler by default enables now SerializableException translation

Bug fixes

• Added Apache License 2.0 Headers where missing

</changelog>

*** THIS VERSION FOR USE WITH GWT 1.3 ONLY ***

This release includes some enhancements to both the Spring controller and handler tools.

- New static methods in GWTSpringController which allow access to the http request/response through thread locals.

- Added class RequestInjection which facilitates a spring setup to set the current http request/response to services in cases when a compile time dependence on Spring and GWTHandler is not desired.

- Allow plugging into GWTHandler custom implementations of class enhancers

A few new tools have been added in this release, including a number formatting tool (Jason Essington), pagination support (Joe Toth), a wrapper for TinyMCEEditor (Joe Toth), and a new toggle method for the Effect wrapper (Jason Essington).

If you try out the pagination support you should take a look at Joe Toth's article on the new tool.

*** THIS VERSION FOR USE WITH GWT 1.3 ONLY ***

George Georgovassilis has been working on tweaking the Spring integration in the GWT-SL. The fixes concentrate around exception translation for SerializableException instances and correct invocation of proxied services.

For more information on the GWTHandler you can read George's GWTHandler article.

It has been nearly a month since the last release of both libraries, which is the longest we have gone between releases. Because of the long delay, and the fact that we still aren't quite ready to release the new additions, we felt it was time to provide a quick preview of things to come.

Joe Toth has been hard at work creating a pagination widget, and a wrapper for the popular TinyMCEEditor. Jason Essington has provided a NumberFormat class, adding some long needed support for this. And George Georgovassilis has continued his work on the Spring support by adding exception translation and a host of test cases.

Besides this there are a few other odds that will probably make their way into the next version as well. Currently the target for the next release of both libraries is October 23rd.

Mostly bug fixes this release. There are some things in the works, but they aren't quite ready yet.

• Patch GWTSpringController for missing interface (George Georgovassilis)
• Patch LightBox for browser resize issue (Jason Paignigiannes)
• Patch LightBox for GWT 1.1.10 transparancy issue in IE (Robert Hanson)
• New constructors for CalendarPanel which take a date (Robert Hanson)
• New methods for CalendarPanel to set current month (Ilia Pritzker)
• Depricated GWTSpringController, it is now part of the GWT Server Library