Skip to content

Release notes

Here you can find the release notes of all CrossGenerate releases up till the release this documentation applies to. Click on the header of a version number to go to the documentation of that specific version.

Version 3.0

  • 3.0.0 13-08-2021

    New features

    • Config
      • Model
        • Added ValueMappings support in ModelAttributeInjection in order to perform a translation on a model node.

    Enhanced features

    • Application config
      • Removed license configuration part, since CrossGenerate is open-source and free now.

Version 2.6

  • 2.6.0 24-05-2019

    New features

    • Commandline options
      • Option to enable progress screen

    Enhanced features

    • Config
      • Text sections
        • When no single or multiline comment prefix or suffix markers have been specified in the FileFormat a log message is given (INFO level) to support troubleshooting.
        • Added 'all' prefix and suffix style.
      • Model
        • Added support for model XML files with namespaces. Namespaces needed for section model binding, model attribute injection and model node removal can now be specified in the model config.

    Bug fixes

    • Template
      • Text template
        • Fixed issue where end of a section could also be found in the begin part of a section.
        • Fixed issue where a section can't be created inside a comment.

Version 2.5

  • 2.5.0 04-01-2019

    Enhanced features

    • Template
      • Text and XML template section annotations
        • Within a section annotation, the placeholderName from the ModelSectionBinding can be overridden with a specific placeholderName for the section.
        • Within a section annotation, the placeholderName from the ModelSectionBinding can be overridden with a specific placeholderName for the section.
    • Config
      • Config re-use
        • Include directive in config now better supports relative includes (relative to the referencing file instead of application folder)
        • Include directive in config supports including parts of another config file with the xpointer function
      • Text and XML sections
        • A section can be marked as optional. When the section is not found in the template, an informational message will be given instead of a warning.

    Bug fixes

    • Config
      • Text and XML sections
        • Reduced severity of sections defined in config but not found in template to warning or informational. This can be a result of applying a more generic config, in which case it is intended behaviour.

Version 2.4

  • 2.4.0 07-11-2018

    New features

    • Binding
      • Bind a model element on a template section (SectionModelBinding)
        • Specify a variable name for the current element within a SectionModelBinding (variableName)
      • Define a placeholder for a model element within a section binding (Placeholder)
        • Specify a variable name for the element the modelXPath of the placeholder points to (variableName)
      • Define a literal (placeholder) for a model element within a section binding (Literal)

    Enhanced features

    • Improved error message on XPath parse error for Model & XML Template XPath expressions

    Bug fixes

    • Model
      • Model Attribute injection
        • Error message when applying incorrect XPath in targetXPath attribute was misleading, suggesting incorrect modelXPath instead of targetXPath
    • Template
      • Text template
        • With sections with a prefix the leading whitespace was included twice for first repetition
        • Carriage return with line-feed (CRLF) in template were converted into LF and removed from placeholder value

Version 2.3

  • 2.3.1 11-09-2018

    Bug fixes

    • Template
      • XML Template
        • TemplatePlaceholderInjection ignored namespace part of template node

  • 2.3 25-07-2018

    New features

    • Template
      • XML Template
        • Remove a node from the template (TemplateNodeRemoval)

    Bug fixes

    • Template
      • XML Template
        • Wrong section bounds found for XML nodes when template contained special characters

Version 2.2

  • 2.2 25-06-2018

    New features

    • Model
      • Remove a node from the model (ModelNodeRemoval)

Version 2.1

  • 2.1 03-06-2018

    New features

    • Commandline options
      • Enable debug mode
      • Specify log level and destination
    • Template
      • XML Template
        • Support text template in XML templates (TextTemplate)

    Bug fixes

    • Template
      • Text Template
        • Adjecant placeholders were not resolved in section based template
        • Suffix was on next line when section includes newline
      • XML Template
        • XML Output formatting was not same as input

Version 2.0

  • 2.0 22-02-2018

    New features

    • Commandline options
      • Specify Model - Template - Config combinations
    • Application config
      • Specify folder locations (config, model, output & template)
    • Generation config
      • Configure whether output is a single or multiple files (Output)
    • Model
      • Support for a XML model file
      • Inject an attribute into a model element (ModelAttributeInjection)
    • Template
      • Text Template
        • Define a section in text template
        • Define a section in the config for text templates (TextSection)
        • Support for prefixes and suffixes in a Section (TextSection.prefix & TextSection.suffix)
        • Add template comments to a text template (Comment annotation)
        • Specify annotation format for a text template (FileFormat)
        • Specify placeholder format for a text template (FileFormat)
        • Specify comment format for a text template (FileFormat)
      • XML Template
        • Define a section in a XML template
        • Define a section in the config for XML templates (XmlSection)
        • Add template comments to a XML template (Comment annotation)
        • Inject an attribute into a XML template element (TemplateAttributeInjection)
        • Inject a placeholder in an existing XML node (element or attribute) (TemplatePlaceholderInjection)
        • Specify annotation format for a xml template (FileFormat)
        • Specify placeholder format for a xml template (FileFormat)
        • Specify comment format for a xml template (FileFormat)
    • Binding
      • Bind a model element on a template section (SectionModelBinding)
      • Define a placeholder for a model element within a section binding (Placeholder)