OpenXava 7.7.1 released

This is a maintenance version with many bug fixes and some small improvements.

To update edit the pom.xml file in your project and change the value of the openxava.version property, in this way:

<properties>
    <openxava.version>7.7.1</openxava.version>
    ...
</properties>

Then rebuild your project with mvn clean package

Look at the migration instructions.

Improvements

We have done some improvements:

• All properties of embeddable references are shown by default in the list.
• Some new common use labels to be used in applications.

Upgraded libraries

We have upgraded the following third party libraries:

• Commons Logging upgraded to 1.3.6.
• Groovy upgraded to 4.0.31.
• PDFBox upgraded to 3.0.7.
• Jersey upgraded to 2.48.
• Log4j upgraded to 2.25.4.
• Embedded Tomcat used in development upgraded to 9.0.117.
• Driver version in doc/new projects upgraded for Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Db2 and Firebird.

Documentation

We have been working to improve documentation:

• Hot code reloading documentation updated for use with IntelliJ and recent Java versions (17, 21 and 25).
• Project templates documentation articles updated to use IntelliJ instead of OpenXava Studio.
• Article in the documentation about OpenXava Studio.
• Getting Started video updated to use OpenXava 7.7 and a brief AI chat demo.

Bug fixes

We have done many fixes:

• Fix: Filtering lists by @DescriptionsList columns using AI chat does not work.
• Fix: AI chat does not recognize all properties in embedded references.
• Fix: Exception when cutting a row in a collection after creating a new element with @DescriptionsList.
• Fix: Hovering over an item in a @DescriptionsList combo clears the text typed by the user for filtering.
• Fix: Date in list filter fields changes to current year after filtering via chat.
• Fix: Column resize handles sometimes appear above chat panel.
• Fix: JavaScript error in the browser console when AI chat is unavailable.
• Fix: Adding an element to a @OneToMany breaks the module if it has a @ElementCollection.
• Fix: Maven package fails the first time for projects created from the Spanish invoicing Maven archetype.
• Fix: Blog link incorrectly shown in Javadoc pages.
• Fix: Right side hidden when resizing browser in list mode with @ElementCollection in some cases.
• Fix: Right side of module not shown on initial load when chat panel is visible on large screens.
• Fix: Generate PDF fails if the list contains a @File property with a value pointing to a nonexistent file.