OpenXava 7.7.3 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>7.7.3</openxava.version>
    ...
</properties>

Then rebuild your project with mvn clean package

Look at the migration instructions.

Improvements

We have done some improvements:

• Completed French and German translations for labels and messages.
• Some new common use labels to be used in applications.

Upgraded libraries

We have upgraded the following third party libraries:

• Groovy upgraded to 4.0.32.
• json upgraded to 20260522.
• Embedded Tomcat used in development upgraded to 9.0.118.
• Driver version in doc/new projects upgraded for MySQL, Oracle and Informix.

Documentation

We have been working to improve documentation:

• Spring Boot integration article rewritten to be simpler and use the latest versions.
• Added extra headers to README.md to make specific archetypes easier to find.
• Moved the Project Templates article to the Quick Start section of the documentation.

Bug fixes

We have done many fixes:

• Fixed 7 security vulnerabilities in dependencies, 3 of them critical.
• Fix: Search missing for references in @ElementCollection when the referenced entity hidden id is shown.
• Fix: Uploading a file fails if acceptFileTypes declares an extension with no known MIME type.
• Fix: Saving fails for @Money @Calculation property with @Digits(fraction=0) because of trailing decimals.
• Fix: Keystrokes for standard actions conflict with modern browsers and OS shortcuts.
• Fix: Chat panel disappears, leaving an empty space after resizing the browser window.
• Fix: In card-format, cards do not use all available space, leaving too much blank space on the right.
• Fix: Misaligned totals in calculated, @ManyToMany, and @OrderColumn collections with several references.
• Fix: Refresh action does not refresh collections.
• Fix: Setting planificadoPara date does not start Quartz job in Spanish Project Management archetype.
• Fix: Missing labels in newly created standard projects before any code is added.
• Fix: Chat panel overlaps the rightmost cards in card-format list view.
• Fix: Collection changes via chat are not immediately reflected in the UI.