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## Castor change log

Version 0.9.5.4 November 08, 2004
Version 0.9.5.3 March 09, 2004
Version 0.9.5.2 September 28, 2003
Version 0.9.5.1 September 16, 2003
Version 0.9.5 June 03, 2003
Version 0.9.4.3 February 12, 2003
Version 0.9.4.2 January 16, 2003
Version 0.9.4.1 November 04, 2002
Version 0.9.4 October 14, 2002
Version 0.9.3.21 August 12, 2002
Version 0.9.3.19 June 5, 2002
Version 0.9.3.9 December 11, 2001
Version 0.9.3 June 27, 2001
Version 0.9.2 March 28, 2001 - also includes version 0.9.1
Version 0.9 February, 15 2001
Version 0.8.11 December, 15 2000
Version 0.8.10 November, 29 2000
Version 0.8.9 November, 3 2000
Version 0.8.8 July 20, 2000
Version 0.8.7 June 2, 2000
Version 0.8.6 May 24, 2000
Version 0.8.5 May 12, 2000
Version 0.8.4 May 5, 2000
Version 0.8.3 April 28, 2000
Version 0.8.2 April 7, 2000
Version 0.8.1 April 5, 2000
Version 0.8 March 27, 2000

## Version 0.9.5.4 November 08, 2004

    XML:   Added support for namespace to package mappings on the Unmarshaller
           and UnmarshalHandler. This basically fixes issues where Castor
           can't find the right package to look for classes during
           unmarshalling. This is main for those people using generated
           source code, as using a mapping file you must specify the
           packages and namespaces appropriately.
           (kvisco - 20041104)

    XML:   Fixed bug in SourceGenerator where class names for SimpleType
           instances with Enumeration facets were not getting resolved properly.
           (kvisco - 20041104)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1685, A StackOverflowError was occuring at certain times
           during container processing if the input XML was invalid.
           Details: http://bugzilla.exolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1685
           (kvisco - 20041005)

    XML:   Fixed StackOverflowError in FieldValidator which can occur during
           validation of object models with circular references.
           (kvisco - 20041005)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1592: DecimalValidator was not taking into account a leading
           sign ('+' or '-').
           Details: http://bugzilla.exolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1592
           (kvisco - 20041004)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1666: UnmarshalState._markedList Vector is a performance
           bottleneck. Applied patch from David Thal which replaces the
           Vector with a HashSet.
           (kvisco - 20040910)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1658: Handling of whitespace is never preserved for
           container objects. Applied patch from Chris Giordano which
           basically inherits the whitespace preserving state from
           the parent UnmarshalState.
           (kvisco - 20040910)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1634: Whitespace handling while unmarshalling is flawed.
           Updated the whitespace handling logic in UnmarshalHandler#characters
           method and checked in a test case.
           (kvisco - 20040910)

    XML:   Updated the Marshaller to use ContentHandler directly instead
           of wrapping in a ParserAdapter. Users Marshalling to a
           ContentHandler should see a significant speed up when
           Marshalling.
           (kvisco - 20040910)

    XML:   Fixed a bug in the Marshaller with the xsi:type logic not being
           strict enough. Sometimes the Marshaller was not adding xsi:type
           when it was needed. I've modified this logic a bit to make it
           output xsi:type more often in order to preserve round tripping.
           (kvisco - 20040910)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1560 by adding some additional checks for null
           in the XMLClassDescriptorImpl.
           (kvisco - 20040729)

    XML:   Updated the Unmarshaller to make sure it gets the ClassLoader
           from the passed in class if no user specific loader has been
           specified.
           (kvisco - 20040729)

    XML:   Fixed bug with FieldHandlerFactory support in introspector by
           making sure the the type specified by the FieldHandler
           replaces that of the introspection. This allows primitives
           to be correctly handled by the custom FieldHandler.
           (kvisco - 20040720)

    XML:   Fixed java.util.Set support in the introspector.
           (kvisco - 20040713)

    XML:   Fixed a cyclic include bug with the IncludeUnmarshaller, added
           some code to make sure the main schema couldn't include itself.
           (kvisco - 20040624)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1524: Stack Overflow when container elements occur in
           instance document. The problem was primarily due to the
           MarshalFramework#searchInheritence method which was allowing
           the ClassDescriptors for schema groups to be searched.
           (kvisco - 20040608)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1633 XML Date Timezone Not unmarshalled correctly.
           Patch from axia@sonusnet.com.
           (kvisco - 20040527)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1617 using contribution from Patrick vanKann [patrick.vankann@cookie-fortune.com]
           Fixed an incorrectly coded equality check related to global transaction demarcation.
           Details: http://bugzilla.exolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617
           (Werner - 20040516)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1534.
           Added code to allow users to use their own cache implementation with Castor.
           In general, available cache implementations are now specified in castor.properties.
           (Werner - 20040513)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1632. StringValidator.normalize wasn't handling empty
           strings properly. Patch from Ulli Hafner.
           (kvisco - 20040511)

    XML:   Performance change to org.exolab.castor.util.List to demand create internal Object[]
           From various performance improvements contributed by Ian Richards (also CODA)
           (afawcett - 20040510)

    XML:   One fix and various minor enhancements to classes in 'javasource' package.
           (afawcett - 20040510)

    XML:   Performance enhancement to AnyNode2SAX.java (use when processing xsd:any elements)
           from various performance improvements contributed by Ian Richards (also CODA)
           (afawcett - 20040508)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1506 - Enhancement for EnumeratedTypeAccess interface
           using patch contributed by Robert La Ferla.
           (kvisco - 20040505)

    ALL:   Reworked the mailing list guidelines. Added various sections re: cross-posting, etc.
           (Werner - 20040502)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1605 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Brought test setup for SAP DB in-line with test requirements.
           (Werner - 20040429)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1605 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Brought test config file for SAP DB in-line with XML Schema.
           (Werner - 20040429)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1368 using contribution from Tim O'Brien [tobrien@discursive.com].
    	   Small (mostly syntactical) changes to src/doc/jdo-faq.xml. Added a reference
    	   to XPath as well.
           (Werner - 20040428)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1607 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Added test for IdentityKeyGenerator to SAP DB test suite.
           (Werner - 20040428)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1092 using contribution from Rhett Sutphin [rhett-sutphin@uiowa.edu].
    	   Fixed default namespace declaration, changed some small syntax issues.
           (Werner - 20040427)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1606 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Fixed problem with incorrectly quoting non-function names for SAP DB.
           (Werner - 20040427)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1607 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Added support for SAB DB to IdentityKeyGenerator.
           (Werner - 20040427)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1605 using contribution from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           Fixed various problems related to the setup of JDO test data with SAP DB.
           (Werner - 20040427)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1615 using contribution from frric@wmdata.com [frric@wmdata.com]
           Fixed a typo in a debug statement (wrong message resource key used).
           (Werner - 20040426)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1601 using contribution from Tomasz Piontek [piontek@man.poznan.pl]
           Added code to support org.exolab.castor.types.Duration as a native type
           in Castor JDO. Added convertors for type conversion org.exolab.castor.types.Duration
           <--> java.lang.Long.
           (Werner - 20040421)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1554 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no]
           Fixes a memory leak with the linked-list implementation by removing LinkedList
           completely; uses the Hashtable directly, resulting in much better performance.
           ValuesEnumeration no longer use a Vector, but intercepts the initial
           enumeration to provide the values.
           (Werner - 20040420)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1597 using patch from Emir Causevic [emirc@gawab.com]
           (Bruce - 20040408)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1588.
           Introduces various checks and additional exception handling wrt to using TimeStampables.
           (Werner - 20040406)

    ALL:   Fixed bug 1585 adding separate build folders for src/tests and src/examples
           to the Eclipse project files
           (Werner - 20040330)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1573 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no]
           This improves code quality for the complete jdo package (except conf.*)
           by removing unused import statements and local variables.
           (Werner - 20040330)

    ALL:   Fixed bug 1568 using contribution from jpinto@inescporto.pt [João Luis Pinto].
           Streamlines Eclipse related project files.
           (Werner - 20040319)

    JDO:   Added many enhancements to the tx mgr API including code improvements,
           jdo-conf.xsd changes, dynamic code generation using Castor XML as well
           as a refactored Ant build descriptor all from both myself and Werner.
           (Bruce - 20040323)

    ALL:   Fixed bug 1563 using a patch from Keith
           (Bruce - 20040323)

    ALL:   Fixed bug 1566 using contribution from jpinto@inescporto.pt [João Luis Pinto].
           Updates Eclipse related project files.
           (Werner - 20040319)

## Version 0.9.5.3 March 09, 2004

    XML:   Fixed bug with new HashMap handling when dealing with
           references.
           (kvisco - 20040308)

    XML:   Added behavior change in Mapping files...field mappings
           now use parent namespace by default to help ease the
           pain of writing mapping files.
           (kvisco - 20040307)

    XML:   Added patch to prevent introspection of transient fields
           or static final fields.
           (kvisco - 20040305)

    XML:   Updated unmarshalling to handle xml:space attribute.
           Whitespace preserving + stripping can now be controlled
           via the Unmarshaller#setWhitespacePreserve method.
           (kvisco - 20040301)

    XML:   Fixed Bug 1539 Getting java.lang.IllegalStateException:
           Invalid dateTime format
           (kvisco - 20040301)

    XML:   Added Marshaller patch that fixes container attribute
           processing for items in collection. Fixes an
           IllegalArgumentException
           Patch from Balaji Adikesavelu
           (kvisco - 20040223)

    XML:   Added minor enhancement to generated source for boolean
           types to prevent unecessary creation of Boolean instances.
           Enhancement request 1527.
           (kvisco - 20040222)

    XML:   Fixed stack overflow with cyclic mapping imports.
           (kvisco - 20040222)

    XML:   Removed dependency on Apache Commons Logger for Castor XML,
           this will become a dependency again in Castor 0.9.6.
           (kvisco - 20040222)

    XML:   Prevented warning about name conficts from being printed if the
           -f flag is being used.
           (kvisco - 20040221)

    XML:   Fixed SourceGenerator warning with simpleTypes conflicting with
           element names.
           (kvisco - 20040221)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1541, a regression which was causing an endless
           loop and source code that was uncompilable.
           (kvisco - 20040221)

    XML:   Patch for bug 1474 SchemaWriter assigns wrong
           namespace to base complexType.
           Patch from Jackie Paradis
           (kvisco - 20040216)

    XML:   Patch for bug 1461 JakartaRegExpEvaluator issue
           Patch from Johan Van vlerken.
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1475 - removed check for DocumentHandler (which
           prevented wrapping in a ParserAdapter)
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Patch for bug 1449 - Configuration.loadProperties throws
           SecurityException when running under app-server.
           Patch from Joakim Ohlrogge.
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Patch for bug 1471 - unspecified type causing uncompilable source
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1272 - Uncompilable code with boundproperties
           Patch from Brett Randall and Peter Lin
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1245: Nicer variable names for typesafe enumerations
           from Source Generator. Patch from Rhett Sutphin.
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1530 by adding readResolve method when generating enumerations
           to handle deserialization issues. Patch contributed by Thomas De Smedt
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    XML:   Patch to prevent duplicate simpleType class generation. This was causing
           unnecessary warnings during source code generation.
           (kvisco - 20040213)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1514 adding Eclipse related project files.
    	   Added new Ant target 'prepare-eclipse' to copy Eclipse-specific project files
    	   to the base directory.
           (Werner - 20040212)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1521 refactoring the performance cache code.
    	   This introduces a new interface (Cache.java) which all existing cache
    	   implementations implement. This lays the foundation for many additions
    	   as noted in the bug report.
           (Werner - 20040210)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1462 using contribution from Christoph Ernst [christoph.ernst@dit.de]
    	   Fixes a problem with SQL type conversions between java.sql.Timestamp and
    	   java.util.Date and vice versa. Additionally, this fixes a couple of problems
    	   with the use of various resource entries (jdo.store, etc.) and generally
    	   improved code quality by removing unused import statements and local
    	   variables.
           (Werner - 20040206)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1522 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no].
    	   Removed deprecated and unused methods from Database.java and
    	   DatabaseImpl.java.
           (Werner - 20040205)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1499 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no].
    	   DatabaseImpl.finalize() now outputs a warning if the instance about to be
    	   garbage-collected still has valid scope. In addition, improves code
    	   quality in DatabaseImpl.java by removing unused import statements and
    	   local variables.
           (Werner - 20040124)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1417 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no].
    	   Added missing entry for resource string "persist.missingEnd" to
    	   messages.properties.
           (Werner - 20040129)

    ALL:   Fixed bug when using extends of a class from an included mapping.
           (kvisco - 20040128)

    XML:   Fixed bug 1477: Use of fixed value elements fails in choice blocks
           (kvisco - 20040122)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1500 using contribution from Martin Fuchs [martin-fuchs@gmx.net]
    	   Fixes a problem with dereferencing members of Complex that are set to null.
           (Werner - 20040122)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1498 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no]
           This patch improves performance by checking Log.isDebugEnabled() when using
           Log.debug() statements.
           (Werner - 20040119)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1495 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no]
           This improves code quality in the jdo.drivers package by removing
           unused import statements and local variables.
           (Werner - 20040119)

    XML:   bind-xml now allows nesting a class mapping to enable the user
           to map a specific class differently in different situations.
           (kvisco - 20040109)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1439 (improves Hashtable / Map handling)
           (kvisco - 20040109)

    XML:   Fix bug where wrong field descriptor may be returned if the class
           descriptor also supports wildcards.
           (kvisco - 20040108)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1493 using contribution from Stein M. Hugubakken [dulci@start.no]
           This patch improves code quality in the jdo.engine package by removing
           unnecessary import statements in various classes.
           (Werner - 20040118)

    XML:   Patch to make sure cyclic imports/includes on the primary schema
           don't occur.
           (kvisco - 20031216)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1484 as noted by Jon Revie [revie@rhinointernet.com]
           (Bruce - 20031210)

    XML:   Fix for handling built-in attributes such as xml:lang and xml:base
           for XML mapping files.
           (kvisco - 20031208)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1473 as noted by Jon Revie [revie@rhinointernet.com]
           (Bruce - 20031206)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1472 as noted by Jon Revie [revie@rhinointernet.com]
           (Bruce - 20031206)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1466 as noted by [arthurb@cs.uu.nl].
           (Bruce - 20031203)

    JDO:   Fixed the SQLTypes TypeConverters so that each anonymous method
           that calls a getter that wraps DateFormat et al. only does so
           once.
           (Bruce - 20031124)

    XML:   Improved class name conflict detection and reporting
           (kvisco - 20031119)

    XML:   Fix for incorrect descriptor generation for groups that contain
           only optional elements
           (kvisco - 20031118)

    XML:   Added error notification when unresolved references occur during
           unmarshalling.
           (kvisco - 20031117)

    JDO:   Switched the logging mechanism in Castor over to use Jakarta Commons
           Logging with Log4J as the default logging package.
           (Bruce - 20031110)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1391 using contribution from xgard@gmx.de.
           (Bruce - 20031110)

    JDO:   Fixed bug 1452 as noted by Marc Guillemot[mguillemot@yahoo.fr].
           (Bruce - 20031110)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1423 (EnumFieldHandler can't handle nillable element).
           Applied Stephane Pelchat's patch [stephane (at) ofoto.com]
           (kvisco - 20031110)

    XML:   Improved the error messages for the FieldValidator to use the
           xmlName + fieldName to make the message more intuitive.
           (kvisco - 20031110)

    XML:   Added basic support for xs:token (treated as a string)
           (kvisco - 20031110)

    XML:   Added support for FieldHandlerFactory, which allows using
           custom GeneralizedFieldHandler instances per type
           without having to specify them on a per-field basis in the
           mapping file. Currently this must be set through the
           Introspector, but an easier configuration will be available
           in a future release.
           (kvisco - 20031023)

    XML:   Add a new option in the CTF to allow dynamic configuration
           of the marshalling framework by using the java reflection.
           (Arnaud - 20031017)

    XML:   Fix attribute processing when marshalling an AnyNode.
           Namespace handling was not enabled
           (Arnaud - 20031016)

    XML:   Enhance SAX2ANY to be compliant with the use of XML Reader.
           (Arnaud - 20031016)

    XML:   Improvements to the CTF (better error reporting)
           (Arnaud - 20031015)

    XML:   Fixed xsi:type bug when xsi:type appears on the root element.
           (kvisco - 20031010)

    XML:   Fix for 'xml' prefix cannot be declared exception when using
           Xerces 2.x, when using SAX 2.0.
           (kvisco - 20031010)

    XML:   Added the Source Generator command-line option
           '-generateImportedSchemas' that lets you specify
           the automatic generation of Java for imported XML Schemas.
           (Arnaud - 20031010)

    XML:   Fix for unmarshalling primitives as root elements.
           (kvisco - 20031003)

    XML:   Updated FieldValidator to prevent validation of transient fields.
           (kvisco - 20031003)

## Version 0.9.5.2 September 28, 2003

    XML:   Some Unmarshalling performance improvements.
           (kvisco - 20030927)

    XML:   Added SchemaReader#setErrorHandler method. Patch provided
           by Nick Betteridge.
           (kvisco - 20030925)

    XML:   Updated to use XMLReader instead of SAX Parser by
           default.
           (kvisco - 20030925)

    XML:   Added direct support for SAX 2 ContentHandler in the
           UnmarshalHandler.
           (kvisco - 20030925)

    XML:   Added SimpleType#removeFacets method. Patch provided
           by Nick Betteridge.
           (kvisco - 20030925)

    XML:   Fixed NullPointerException when trying to marshal a
           Vector as the root object.
           (kvisco - 20030923)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1322, this is an improved patch for handling
           primitives in the XMLFieldDescriptorImpl#canAccept method.
           Proposed patch from Alan Coleman.
           (kvisco - 20030923)

    XML:   Fix for bug 1407, make sure namespace/package mapping is
           properly set. This fixes the improper include of the "types" package,
           missing the remainder of the package name.
           (kvisco - 20030919)

    XML:   Fix for location paths that contain two or more ancestor paths.
           Fix provided by Scott Schenksj.
           (kvisco - 20030918)

## Version 0.9.5.1 September 16, 2003

    XML:    Fix for bug 1314, make sure we use LocalConfiguration to return
            the proper XMLNaming instance.
            (kvisco - 20030912)

    XML:    Fixed static properties issue when calling the SourceGenerator#main
            method multiple times from another program (instead of on the command
            line).
            (kvisco - 20030912)

    XML:    Fix for bug 1396, updated LocalConfiguration to make sure that
            the local properties are used instead of the default properties
            when loading SAX parser features.
            (kvisco - 20030909)

    XML:    Fixed issue with wildcard introspection; removed an errant "break"
            statement in the XMLClassDescriptorImpl which was causing the
            wildcard descriptor to get in the way of a potential exact match.
            Patch from Dan Christopherson.
            (kvisco - 20030822)

    JDO:    Fixed bug 1376: Accessing the javax.sql.DataSource object from a
            DatabaseRegistry instance
            (bruce - 20030807)

    XML:    Updated XMLInstance2Schema to handle empty elements that contain
            attributes. The attributes were previously being ignored.
            (kvisco - 20030730)

    XML:    Fixed issue when using default XML namespace for special XML
            attributes, such as xml:lang, and xml:base, etc.
            (kvisco - 20030730)

    XML:    Fixed issue with unmarshalling namespace nodes that have the same
            namespace URI as an existing locally declared namespace URI.
            (kvisco - 20030725)

    JDO:    Fixed bug 1355: SAP DB will not execute a function that is quoted.
            (bruce - 20030710)

    XML:    Fix for default wildcard namespace when reading an XML Schema.
            (kvisco and Tom Murray - 20030703)

    XML:    Added support for "merged" locations. If two or more "consecutive" fields
            in a class mapping refer to the same "location" they will be now be
            merged under the same element instead of creating a new element.
            Currently there is no way to specify separate elements (unless you place
            a different field mapping in-between the specified field mappings).
            (kvisco - 20030625)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1334: Incorrect unmarshalling using same name, but different "location".
            (kvisco - 20030625)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1333: <bind-xml> location attribute does not always work.
            This issue had to due with not marshalling attribute fields that use
            the bind-xml location attribute if no element fields used that same
            location.
            (kvisco - 20030625)

    JDO:    Integrated API enhancement to support cache flushing/eviction from
            Vince Adamo [vadamo@vignette.com]. See bug 1091 for details.

    JDO:    Fixed bug 1107. Actually this was fixed in version 0.9.5 by bug 1313
            (Bruce - 20030610)

## Version 0.9.5 June 03, 2003

    XML:    Fixed bug 1319: Incorrect Java inheritance generated by castorBuilder
            with extended complex types in choices. Patch submitted by Alan
            Coleman.
            (kvisco - 20030603)

    XML:    Clear the <package> implementation in the binding file and fix bug
            regarding <namingXML>
            (Arnaud - 20030602)

    XML:    Fixed some issues with UTC offsets with DateFieldHandler when
            timezone had zero offset from UTC during daylight savings.
            patch prodived by Phil Pinel.
            (kvisco - 20030529)

    XML:    Fixed code generation for nested groups that can occur more than once and that
            are the only particle of the group.
            (Arnaud - 20030523)

    JDO:    Fixed bug 1313: Default capacity on count-limited cache type is 30 not 100
            Fix noted by Stein M. Eliassen [stein.m.eliassen@start.no]
            (Bruce - 20030516)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1279: Castor should be JAXP-enabled. I added initial
            JAXP support. To use a JAXP parser instead of Xerces, modify
            the castor.properties file and set the "org.exolab.castor.parser"
            property to empty as such: org.exolab.castor.parser=
            (kvisco - 20030501)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1301: UTC offsets are not output by default. Initial
            patch contributed by Leif Oines. Some changes by myself to remove
            use of SimpleDateFormat.
            (kvisco - 20030428)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1300: UTC offset calculations do not account for Daylight
            Saving time. Initial patch contributed by Leif Oines. Some changes
            by myself to remove use of SimpleDateFormat.
            (kvisco - 20030428)

    XML:    Fixed issue with mapping multiple elements with the same name but
            different namespace to separate fields.
            (kvisco - 20030423)

    XML:    Added support for constructor arguments for attribute mapped fields.
            Information will be added to the documentation soon. See bug 1177
            [http://bugzilla.exolab.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177] for more information.
            (kvisco - 20030422)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1261 and 1253 : In case of CALL SQL binding param inside
            parens results adds extra paren
            (Mickael - 20030415)

    JDO:    Fixed bug 1290: Possible bug in object value rollback of primitive types.
            (Bruce - 20030413)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1106 : JDO mapping with collection="array" does not work
            (Mickael - 20030325)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1045 : date->char[yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss] parameterized type not supported
            (Mickael - 20030325)

    XML:    Added initial support for wrapper elements, which are now supported
            via the bind-xml "location" attribute. More information will be
            available in the docs, hopefully soon.
            (kvisco - 20030313)

    XML:    Applied Edwin Dankert's patch to DatatypeHandler (used by the
            XMLInstance2Schema tool) to support empty string values.
            (kvisco - 20030312)

    XML:    Fixed Bug 1232: The facet 'MinInclusive' was not handle properly for decimal
            datatype.
            (Arnaud - 20030225)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1165 : Castor closes connections too early with global transactions
            (Mickael - 20030221)

## Version 0.9.4.3 February 12, 2003

    XML:    Fixed the handling of include in the binding file. Problem reported
            by Brett Ramdeen [bramdeen@certapay.com]
            (Arnaud - 20030210)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1151 : Use Complex primary key crashed
            (Mickael - 20030207)

    XML:    Fixed issue when processing the annotations of element and attribute
            references for creating Javadoc. If local annoations do not exist,
            then the annotations from the referenced declaration is used.
            (kvisco - 20030206)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1195: support for unbounded XML Schema int types was broken.
            (Arnaud - 20030205)

    XML:    Source Generator: The '-type' command line parameter now allows a fully
            qualified class name as an input. This class must extend FieldInfoFactory.
            (Arnaud - 20030205)

    XML:    Fixed issue with attribute references and AttributeDecl#getUse()
            incorrectly following the reference to obtain the value from the
            referenced AttributeDecl. Attribute references specify the "use"
            value, top-level elements do not.
            (kvisco - 20030204)

    XML:    Fixed bug #1193: Decimal validation was not handling correctly min/maxExclusive.
            Reported by ahoeltje@extensity.com
            (Arnaud - 20030203)

    XML:    Fixed bug #1180: URIResolver wasn't resolving correctly the relative paths.
            Patch submitted by Erik Ostermueller.
            (Arnaud - 20030203)

    XML:    Fixed issue with AttributeDecl#getName not returning an NCName.
            Added AttributeDecl#getReferenceName to return the full QName.
            Also added ElementDecl#getReferenceName.
            (kvisco - 20030129)

    XML:    Fixed bug #1182: Schema with no targetNamespace is producing
            incorrect package information for member variables of enumerated
            types. Reported by [bryan@skyauction.com].
            (kvisco - 20030124)

    XML:    Added new options in the CTF XML to specify a binding file and to allow
            the processing of several XML Schemas. Regenerate the CTF object model.
            (Arnaud - 20030119)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #1184 Unprotected call to potentially null object
            report by Graham Bygrave [Graham.Bygrave@BarclaysGlobal.com]
            (Bruce - 20030122)

    XML:    Improved DateFieldHandler parsing routines. Removed the use
            of SimpleDateFormat.
            (kvisco - 20030119)

## Version 0.9.4.2 January 16, 2003

    JDO:    Added contribution from Thomas Olausson [thomas.olausson@home.se] to
            fix DB2 identity columns.
            (Bruce - 20030114)

    XML:    Added some initial support for xsd:list of xsd:QName
            (kvisco - 20030113)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1115 : Arrays marshalled from Vector are unmarshalled as Vectors
            (kvisco - 20030113)

    XML:    Added support for JavaNaming conventions to be configured to be
            backward compatible with Castor 0.9.3.9
            (kvisco - 20030111)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1169 : Error 'schema.noBuiltInParent' when constructing a
            derivation of a simple type that is a 'list'. Patch provided by
            Gilles Gaillard.
            (kvisco - 20030111)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1167 : getElement wasn't always returning after correct element
            was found. Patch from Gilles Gaillard.
            (kvisco - 20030111)

    XML:    Fixed bug 976 : enums from imported schemas cause compile error
            (kvisco - 20030109)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1138 : Wrong namespaces in generated code
            (kvisco - 20030109)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1174 : Generated code for primitive fields and bound properties
            is incorrect
            (kvisco - 20030109)

    XML:    Fixed enh 1166: Added support for has-method specification in the
            mapping file.
            (kvisco - 20030108)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1077 : Bad handling of enumerated attributes from namespaces
            different than element
            (kvisco - 20030108)

    XML:    Added support to the SourceGenerator for reading the nspackages property
            from the castor.properties instead of only castorbuilder.properties
            (kvisco - 20030108)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1022 : Trouble with deleted items in RelationCollection$IteratorImp
            (Mickael - 20030102)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1020 : Rollback of a transaction duplicates the contents of a container
            (Mickael - 20021231)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 985 : High/Low key generator problem in multi DB environment
            Applied patch provided by Stephane Verlet [stephane@mminternet.com].
            (Mickael - 20021231)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 979 : Reuse of RelationCollection
            Applied patch provided by Martin Renner [m.renner@exxcellent.de].
            (Mickael - 20021230)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1163 : Lock conflict when loading an object present in the cache
            (Mickael - 20021227)

    XML:    Fixed bug 960: Using enumeration in a restriction of <simpleContent> was producing
            code that couldn't compile. This lead to modify the behavior of the Source Generator not
            to extend classes that are representing a simpleContent restriction.
            (Arnaud - 20021223)

    XML:    Removed mapping.xsd_sg!! With the introduction of the binding file code this
            was no longer needed since a binding file can be used. Added mapping-binding.xml
            contributed by Rhett Sutphin! Talk about a fast learner, Rhett became an
            expert with binding files only a few hours after the feature was checked into CVS!
            (kvisco - 20021221)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1049: the reading and writing of restriction under a simpleContent
            element was not handle properly.
            (Arnaud - 20021220)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1139: the minimum allowed size of a list was not set when using
            Java 2 collections in the Source Generator.
            (Arnaud - 20021220)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1117: the generated descriptors now refer to Castor classes by using
            the fully qualified name. This prevent from naming collision when one is using
            Castor class names in an XML Schema
            (Arnaud - 20021220)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1146: generated validation code was not correct for the XML Schema
            datatypes 'normalizedString'.
            (Arnaud - 20021212)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1143: element reference, attribute reference, group reference
            were not handle correctly when resolving the package in which to generate
            the classes.
            (Arnaud - 20021212)

    XML:    Checked in changes to javasource package for supporting inner classes.
            These changes include some long-standing contributions from Gary Shea
            and Martin Skopp. Much thanks to both for their contributions and
            their *extreme* patience with me.
            (kvisco - 20021212)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1030 : OQL query with timestamp comparison fail
            into lexer, also updated doc
            reported by Boris Boucher [boris@vibes.net]
            (Mickael - 20021210)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1055 : SapDbQueryExpression has a problem,
            reported by Clóvis Wichoski
            (Mickael - 20021210)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 944 : mapping filename not relative to correct directory
            (Mickael - 20021210)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #1111: Loading of LOBs
            (Bruce - 20021209)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #1086: HIGH/LOW key-generator name does not pass validation
            (Bruce - 20021206)

    Misc:   Updated the Ant build descriptor to properly construct
            the CLASSPATH for use without the build script, added the
            ability to override properties via a file in ${user.home} named
            castor-build.properties as well as an echo statement if this file
            is found, also added description to all targets for use with
            Ant's -projecthelp option. Some of these changes were provided
            by Michael Beauregard [michael_beauregard@transcanada.com]
            (Bruce - 20021206)

    XML:    Made some changes to the configuration code. Added LocalConfiguration.java
            to handle loading the Configuration. Can now distinguish between jar
            defaults and local defaults. More work needs to be done with respect to
            Configuration, but this was the first step.
            (kvisco - 20021206)

    XML:    Added support for ValidationContext in TypeValidator and FieldValidator,
            Sorry if this causes any issues with people who have written custom
            validators, but the ValidationContext will allow future changes without
            causing additional heartache.
            (kvisco - 20021205)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1109 : Time limited cache is expiring too fast
            (Mickael - 20021205)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1105: wrong validation code generated for xsd:float.
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1050: use fully qualified imports in the generated sources.
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1001: wrong wrapper types used in the generated functions.
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1078: cyclic inheritence in the generated sources.
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    XML:    Fixed bug 973: name collision with reserved SourceGenerator keywords.
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1096: Duration was not handling properly milliseconds.
            Applied patch provided by Dick Lieber [rlieber@spss.com].
            (Arnaud - 20021203)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 942 : Transient fields fail to load in mapping
            (Mickael - 20021203)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 980 : PreparedStatement not closed in SQLEngine.delete
            (Mickael - 20021203)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 935 : Empty <sql/> elements in mapping.xml file
            cause NullPointerException
            (Mickael - 20021129)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 997 : Exception during db.rollback() when db.update() fails
            (Mickael - 20021129)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1119 : All table and field names converted to upper case
            when using SAP DB
            (Mickael - 20021129)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 974 : JDO inheritance and cache conflict
            (Mickael - 20021128)

    XML:    Integrated the Binding File. See bug 882 for more details.
            (Arnaud - 20021128)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug #1046: rollback() destroys lazily loaded collections, thanks
            to Martin Renner [m.renner@exxcellent.de].
            (Bruce - 20021126)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 891 : OQL CALL SQL fails with paren in WHERE clause,
            should also fix Bug 1042, added CallSql test case
            (Mickael - 20021122)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 830 : OQLQueryImpl.finalize() method is unsafe
            (Mickael - 20021120)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 1114 : stack overflow bug with circular references
            (Mickael - 20021119)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1110 : Regression in 0.9.4 when field type is an interface
            (Mickael - 20021114)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug #1066 - OQL Bug and Patch: Non-ASCII characters in OQL queries
            (Mickael - 20021114)

    JDO:    Fix for TC20 failure with mysql :
            Timestamp precision loss after conversion to BigDecimal
            (Mickael - 20021114)

    XML:    Added the '-printStack' command line option for the CTF XML. This option
            allows to dump the stack trace on the System.out when an exception occurs
            during the tests.
            (Arnaud - 20021112)

## Version 0.9.4.1 November 04, 2002

    XML:    Some performance improvements in the marshalling/unmarshalling
            framework.
            (kvisco - 20021103)

    XML:    Integrated the GeneralizedFieldHanlder, to enable generic
            FieldHandler's for a specific class type.
            (kvisco - 20021031)

    XML:    Fixed Schema reader error when an given namespace URI is mapped
            to mulitple prefixes.
            (kvisco - 20021030)

    XML:    Fixed NullPointerException when using the ignore extra elements
            feature.
            (kvisco - 20021022)

    XML:    Fixed the default namespace regression issue with Schema object model
            (kvisco - 20021017)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #973: Dependent objects deletion order problem.
            (Mickael Guessant - 20021028)

    JDO:    Fixed test_item table in postgresql.sql, id column must be NULL,
    	caused TC28 to fail.
            (Mickael Guessant - 20021028)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #1082: Container managed connections are not closed properly
            (Bruce - 20021024)

## Version 0.9.4 October 14, 2002

    XML:    Fixed AnyNode writing: the sibling nodes (except for TEXT nodes) are no longer output
            when writing an AnyNode. The string value of a AnyNode is now conform to XPath 1.0 specification.
            (Arnaud - 20021014)

    XML:    Added option to generate extra collection methods from the source code
            generator. These methods include getter/setter for the actual reference
            to the collection. This makes the generated source code work better
            with Castor JDO.
            (kvisco - 20021013)

    XML:    Added ability to ignore extra elements upon unmarshalling.
            Patch provided by John Weir.
            (kvisco - 20021010)

    XML:    Updated XMLInstance2Schema to support better element/complexType handling
            and improved datatype guessing.
            (kvisco - 20021008)

    XML:    Updated XMLInstance2Schema to support attributes. Sorry for the oversight!
            (kvisco - 20021008)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1052: the XML type resolution has been improved to take into account the targetNamespace
            if any and the XML types defined in no namespace.
            (Arnaud - 20021008)

    XML:    Fixed bug 1047: when resolving elements/types from an imported XML Schema, Castor will now
            look into the XML schemas that are imported in the imported XML Schema.
            (Arnaud - 20021004)

    XML:    Added UnmarshalListener interface provided by Paul Christmann [paul@priorartisans.com]
            (Arnaud - 20021003)

    XML:	Handle 3-digit millisecond in the Time implementation.
            (Arnaud - 20021002)

    XML:    Applied patch by David Cumberland [dcumberl@TRUELINK.com] concerning
            DateTimeValidator
            (Arnaud - 20020926)

    XML:    Added ability to disable xsi:type attributes when marshalling.
            (kvisco - 20020917)

    XML:    Fixed a bug in SAX2ANY, when using SAX1 namespaces weren't correctly processed and added
            to the AnyNode.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Added the support for URIResolver. The user can now specify to the Schema Reader
            a behavior to resolve relative URIs used in the XML Schema being read. The introduction
            of a default URIResolver implementation fixes numerous bugs in paths resolution when using
            include or import.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Added the ability to pass a custom EntityResolver to the Schema Reader.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Fixed a bug in the resolution of XMLTypes in the Schema Object Model. An exception
            was thrown when trying to resolve an XMLType that was not part of the Schema targetNamepace.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Added validation in the Schema Object Model to ensure that element references are
            resolvable.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Fixed a bug that prevented the processing of an unknown type in the Source Generator.
            A NPE was thrown.
            (Arnaud - 20020913)

    XML:    Fixed NullPointerException issue with generated source code when
            using bound properties in conjunction with default primitive values.
            (kvisco - 20020905)

    XML:    NOTATION is no longer treated as a primitive type.
            (Arnaud - 20020828)

    XML:    Added validation in the Schema Object Model to ensure that named complexTypes
            and named groups are only used as top-level components.
            (Arnaud - 20020823)

    XML:    Updated the JNaming class to use Character#isJavaIdentifierPart and
            Character#isJavaIdentifierStart when determining a valid java identifier.
            (kvisco - 20020823)

    XML:    Fixed issue with using add-method in conjunction with Hashtable and
            Maps.
            (kvisco - 20020822)

    XML:    Fixed problem with namespace usage and mapping file. If namespace
            prefixed attributes existed for the root element, then a prefix was
            getting erroneously created for the namespace even if a prefix already
            existed for the namespace from the root element. I solved the issue by
            moving the code for managing namespaces before the processing attributes.
            (kvisco - 20020820)

    XML:    Fixed issue with using references and collections.
            (kvisco - 20020816)

    JDO:    Cleaned up docs with patches Mark Woon (morpheus@SMI.Stanford.EDU)
            and Erwin Bolwidt (erwin@klomp.org)

    JDO:    Updated PostgreSQL jar file to their latest (CVS) version.
            Fixes timestamp bug. (Note: For the DataSouce class, use
            org.postgresql.jdbc2.optional.PoolingDataSource instead of
            org.postgresql.PostgresqlDataSource)
            (Wolpert - 20020812)

## Version 0.9.3.21 August 12, 2002

    XML:    Fixed bug 990. Applied patch submitted
            by Paul Noenning [Paul.Noennig@AndersenCorp.com]
            (Arnaud - 20020809)

    XML:    Added support for clearing collections upon initial use. This
            allows for removing default values, etc.  To enable this
            option, simply use Unmarshaller#setClearCollections.
            (kvisco - 20020809)

    XML:    Added support for java.math.BigInteger.
            (kvisco - 20020808)

    XML:    Patched issue with auto-naming and auto-complete in mapping file.
            (kvisco - 20020808)

    XML:	Fixed bugs 969, 929, 910, 837
            (Arnaud - 20020806)

    XML:    Fixed NullPointerException when importing a schema with no targetNamespace.
            (kvisco - 20020806)

    JDO:	Updated MaxKeyGenerator so PostgreSQL (and MySQL) use quoted
    	sequence table/column names. (Patch submitted by user)
    	(Wolpert - 20020803)

    JDO:    Add type convertors for java.lang.Long<->java.util.Date. Patch
            submitted by Mark Woon (morpheus@SMI.Stanford.EDU)
            (Bruce - 20020802)

    XML:    Fixed issue with using elements as the identity field for HashMaps
            and Hashtables.
            (kvisco - 20020801)

    XML:    Enhancements in the SchemaWriter.
            (Arnaud - 20020801)

    JDO:    Improved error reporting for malformed OQL queries.
            (Bruce - 20020801)

    XML:    Better error reporting while reading an XML Schema.
            (Arnaud - 20020801)

    XML:    Fixed issue with unmarshalling Hashtables and Maps when using element
            fields as the identity.
            (kvisco - 20020801)

    XML:    Added some initial patches to support unions. Not yet complete, but
            better than nothing.
            (kvisco - 20020731)

    JDO:    (doc) Improved JDO documentation by adding a doc on JDO Mapping
            and by fixing numerous errors and clarifying statments throughout
            many docs
            (Bruce)

    XML:	Fixed bug 987. AnyType was wrongly processed when used in a complexType
            restriction.
            (Arnaud - 20020730)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #861 so that RelationCollection iterates correctly over
            items marked for deletion. Fix submitted by Todd Rader [trader@saltare.com]
            (Bruce - 20020712)

    XML:    Fix for binary (byte[]) errors when using node="text".
            (kvisco - 20020712)

    XML:    Added Jim Moore's patch to fix an NPE in the MappingLoader and
            throw instead a MappingException when the fieldType has not
            been specified for array collections.
            (kvisco - 20020709)

    XML:    Synchronized part of the Mapping#getResolver method for
            thread-safety issues.
            (kvisco - 20020708)

    JDO:    Fixed bug #995 to add support for multiple occurrences of the AS keyword
            in an OQL query. Fix submitted by Shaun Kelly [shaun.kelly@bigpond.com]
            (Bruce - 20020626)

    JDO:    Added SQL Server support to the JDO test. Ports submitted by
            Patrick van Kaan [patrick.vankann@fortune-cookie.com]
            (Bruce - 20020622)

    XML:    Report error when namespace URI cannot be resolved during
            attribute processing (UnmarshalHandler).
            (kvisco - 20020612)

    XML:    Checked in NullPointerException fix from Zsolt Kovacs for the
            XMLInstance2SchemaHandler class. The fix makes sure the buffer
            isn't null before we attempt to use it for guessing the type
            for the element.
            (kvisco - 20020612)

## Version 0.9.3.19 June 5, 2002

    XML:    Fixed bug 890
            (Arnaud - 20020604)

    XML:    Fixed xml:lang support in mapping file
            (kvisco - 20020603)

    XML:    Added support for mapping the type-safe enumerations that are
            generated by Castor's SourceGenerator.
            (kvisco - 20020528)

    XML:    SAX2 is used by default in the SourceGenerator. Added the sax1 option for
            using SAX1
            (Arnaud - 20020528)

    XML:    Fixed bug 896 ClassDescriptor inheritence issue
            (kvisco - 20020521)

    XML:    Enhancements in Schema Reader / Writer
            (Arnaud - 20020517)

    XML:    Added Glenn Nielsen's Patch for loading the Castor configuration
            files in the proper order.
            (kvisco - 20020429)

    XML:    Fixed problem with introspection of primitive arrays.
            (kvisco - 20020427)

    XML:    Added support for saving and retrieving namespace node mappings from
            the object model. Only applies when using a mapping file.
            (kvisco - 20020419)

    XML:    Fixed bug 916 and other problems in the Validation code related to
            generated classes.
            (Arnaud - 20020418)

    XML:    Fixed bug 879: The generated classes now reflect the 'Restriction' inheritence
            model for complexType as defined by W3C XML Schema
            (Arnaud - 20020405)

    XML:    Added Unmarshaller#setAllowExtraAttributes method to allow control
            over whether or not extra (non-matched) attributes should be flagged
            as an error when using mapping files.
            (kvisco - 20020325)

    XML:    Fixed null encoding issue in Configuration.java reported by Thomas Paradies.
            (kvisco - 20020325)

    XML:    Removed unintentional filtering of 'xmlns' attributes.
            (Andrew Fawcett  20020318)

    XML:    Added methods to Marshaller for setting schemaLocation and
            nonNamespaceSchemaLocation.
            (kvisco - 20020313)

    XML:    Added some support for SAX 2 in Marshalling Framework.
            (kvisco - 20020309)

    XML:    Refactored the entire container support. A lot of changes have been
            made during the Unmarshalling process and a method (canAccept) has
            been added to the XMLClassDescriptor interface. These changes fix
            bug #884 (and potentially many others)
            (Arnaud - 20020306)

    XML:    Added initial support for Unmarshaller#setReuseObjects.
            (kvisco - 20020227)

    XML:    Allowed to set the encoding of the serializer via the Marshaller
            (Arnaud - 20020301)

    XML:    Fix bug# 886
            (Arnaud - 20020219)

    XML:	Fix namespaces issue in the marhalling process
            (Arnaud - 20020211)

    ALL:    Upgraded Jakarta Ant to version 1.4
            (kvisco - 20020205)

    ALL:    Updated build system to Adaptx, removed XSL:P. Adaptx is the Exolab
            version of my old XSL:P processor
            (kvisco - 20020205)

    XML:    Fix bug with Namespaces and QName resolving in the Marshaller, the namespace
            URI was not being properly declared.
            (kvisco - 20020202)

    XML:    A number of small fixes to the Schema Object Model and SchemaWriter
            (kvisco - 20020201)

    XML:	Added code to remove the xsi-type attribute when a mapping file is used
            (Arnaud - 20020131)

    XML:    Make sure we marshal namespace prefixes for attributes when necessary
            (kvisco - 20020130)

    XML:    Fix for contructor of Unmarshaller which takes a Mapping object, default
            validate value was not getting set properly. (kvisco - 20020130)

    XML:	Fixed a bug that generated classes for "simpleContent" element
            (Arnaud - 20020125)

    XML:    Added Rick Hogge's patch to the source generator that makes
            java.lang.Object fully qualified to prevent errors when an element name
            is "object" or "Object". (kvisco - 20020124)

    XML:    Improved Javadoc support - method names now use the Schema annotations for
            their respective fields. (kvisco - 20020117)

    XML:    Added support for marshalling xsi:type using only Schema name, instead
            of Java classname. (kvisco - 20020115)

    XML:    Added support in the Schema Object Model for 'union'. Union is not
            yet integrated with the source generator. (kvisco - 20011217)

    XML:	Refactored the handling of wildcard in the Schema Object Model and
            Source Generator (Arnaud)

    XML:	Added support in the Schema Object Model for 'remove' methods (Arnaud)

    XML:    Added support for timeZone in Marshaller and Unmarshaller (Andy Fawcett)

    JDO:    Fixed CALL SQL select parenthesis bug. (yip - 20020212)
            Fix submitted by Glenn Nielsen [glenn@voyager.apg.more.net]

    JDO:    Fixed bug 870. ResultSet and PreparedStatement is not closed if interested
            object is not found. Finally block is added to close the statement and rs.
            (yip - 20020208)
            Bug reported and solution is suggested by Jeffrey Wescott[jeff@saltare.com])

    JDO:    Added InstanceFactory. This interface defines custom instance
            factory. If custom factory is set, instead of using java reflection,
            Castor obtains an instance of data object using the set custom factory,
            if needed during loading. (yip - 20020124)
            Submitted by Alan Cabrera [adc@multex.com]

## Version 0.9.3.9 December 11, 2001

    XML:    Added support to the Schema Object Model for a number of XML Schema
            attributes / properties such as elementFormDefault, form,
            attributeFormDefault, abstract, id...etc that were previously not
            read in from the XML Schema. Validation still needs to be updated,
            as well as the source code generator (kvisco - 20011129, 20011205)

    XML:    Added support for the extremely powerful 'handler' attribute on
            the field element for the mapping (kvisco - 20011205)

    XML:    Patch to XMLMappingLoader to fix dropped multiple id fields. This is a
            actually a patch to fix bugs which occur in MappingLoader and an errant
            implementation of ClassDescriptor (ClassDescriptorImpl). This fix should
            be moved once we have consensus from both JDO + XML teams (kvisco - 20011204).

    XML:    Support for Identity-Constraints in the Schema Object Model and
            SchemaWriter. Not yet supported in SourceGenerator (kvisco) 20011120

    XML:    Applied Nathan Green's patch to allow "all" option when prompting
            to overwrite files during source code generation. (kvisco) 20011113

    XML:    A number of improvements to SchemaWriter (kvisco) 20011112

    XML:    Applied Glenn Nielsen's patch to allow double qoutes in default/fixed
            schema values (kvisco) 20011111.

    XML:    Fixed bug that prevented elements that reference each other to generate
            classes. It removes the StackOverFlow Exception. (Arnaud)

    XML:    Added code from Matt Small [msmall@clickability.com] that improves the SchemaWriter support (Arnaud)

    XML:    Fixed bug in the generated descriptors to correctly generate validation code when collections are used.
            (Reported by Dr. Louis Coetzee [lcoetzee@subversion.icomtek.csir.co.za]) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Added QName support in the marshalling framework (when used via the mapping or via
            the Source Code Generator) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Added special code to prevent creating a default XML name when using the "matches"
            attribute for bind-xml element in the mapping file. (kvisco) 20010815

    XML:    Fixed bug with introspector...first character of field name was not being
            decapitalized. This caused a bug in the "auto-complete" feature.
            (kvisco) 20010815

    XML:    Fixed bug with "auto-complete" when specifying an identity field, the field
            descriptor was not being set. (kvisco) 20010814

    XML:    Added support for specifying that a field is a reference using the mapping file.
            (kvisco) 20010814

    XML:    Fixed bug in the generated classes: the attributes of complexTypes which contained
            nested groups were wrongly located.
            (Reported by Joseph Campolongo [jvc@cascadeworks.com]) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Fixed bug that prevented string-to-primitive conversion code from being
            executed for identity fields (kvisco) 20010808
             - Bug reported by Patric Bechtel

    XML:    Fixed bug which prevented IDREFS from working properly (kvisco) 20010807
             - Applied patches sent in from Steve Vaughan

    XML:    Added code to Source Code Generator to create 'add(index, object)' method for list fields.
            (andrew.fawcett@coda.com, Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Fixed bug with 'equals' implementation not being generated for classes representing <xsd:complexType>'s
            (andrew.fawcett@coda.com, Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Fixed bug in 'equals' implementation, not calling super.equals(...) when approprite
            (andrew.fawcett@coda.com, Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Fixed problem in Schema unmarshalling (when using both xsd:include and xsd:import),
            allowing a given schema to be  parsed a second time, resulting in duplicate type errors.
            (andrew.fawcett@coda.com, Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Added an option (default is off) to expose the names of each attribute and element described in the class descriptor.
            Use org.exolab.castor.builder.classdescfieldnames=true in castorbuilder.properties to enable
            (andrew.fawcett@coda.com, Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Fix a bug in SimpleTypeFactory.
            (Reported by Risheng Lin [rlin@eng.utoledo.edu]) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Add an option in the Source Generator that allows to use wrapper objects instead of primitives
            (Eg java.lang.Double instead of double) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Fix a bug when handling attibutes in the UnMarshallerHandler (bug reported and
            patch submitted by Marcin Chalotowski [Marcin.Chalotowski@3dart.com]) (Arnaud)

    JDO:    Fixed a old values appears in new result problem.
            (reported by Jim Branecki [Jim_Branecki@sparta.com]
             and Steven Lee [steven@lee-home.com])

    JDO:    Added setAutoStore to JDO and DataObjects (necessary for use in EJB environment). (oleg)

    JDO:    Fixed the rs.next() called more than one problem. (yip)

    JDO:    Fixed IllegalStateException when TransactionManager calls
            afterComplete( Status.ROLLEDBACK ), without calling
            beforeComplete() first. According to the JTA specification,
            rollback can be one-phase.
            (reported by Richard Monson-Haefel [Richard@intalio.com]
             and Matthew Jensen [mmj@ceg.net])

    JDO:    Made the BatchUpdateSQL utility to take small letter "go" as end
            tokens of a statements. (yip)

    JDO:    Added special care for Double/Float type to workaround a oracle's problem. (yip)

    JDO:    Splitted create() phase into two phases: markCreate() and create().
            In the markCreate() phase, the object to be created is walked and all
            objects that should be created are marked. Then, the marked object is
            created in the order that is determined by getPriority(). After the
            creation, object cache that related to other is updated.
            (similar changes was made to update())
            - The change is introduced to solve several problems related object creation.
              (The old apporach try to delay the creation of dependent object to preStore
              state, so that the master object is always created first. The master generated
              key would be ready when dependent object are created at transaction prepare.)
              bug 1: dependent's related object is not automatically created,
                     even if autStore set true. (with key gen used both side)
              bug 2: 1:1 dependent relationship is not always done right, depends on which
                     side is the foreign key placed. (with key gen used both side)
              bug 3: in some tricky suituation, created object cache is not updated. (yip)

    JDO:    Fixed a bug in the FieldMolder.isStored() method. (yip)

    JDO:    Fixed the problem with two 1:N relations between the same two tables (reported
            by CORMONT Cedric [cedric.cormont@softeam.fr]). The solution is to use aliases
            (when needed) in outer joins generated by SQLEngine. (oleg)

    JDO:    Restricted JDO to eat only ObjectNotFoundException now to workaround
            inconsistent reference in database. (yip)

    JDO:    Fixed a NPE in TransactionContext.load().
            (reported by Naveen Sharma [sharmn@sdd.comsat.com])

    JDO:    Fixed bug in JDBCQueryExpression.getSelect() that previously
            was hidden in ancestors. (oleg)

    JDO:    Fixed a bug that caused PersistenceException("persis.typeMismatch")
            to be thrown in ClassMolder.
            (Bug reported by (Naveen Sharma [sharmn@sdd.comsat.com]))

    JDO:    Added type convertor of BigDecimal<-->Short and BigDecimal<-->Byte. (yip)

    JDO:    Fixed a deadlock problem.
            (Reported and submitted by Holger Krug [hkrug@rationalizer.com])

    JDO:    Treated an SQL generation issue temporarily. When users write an OQL
            contains two or more conditions on the same one-to-many relation,
            s/he expects OQL to return the union of the two conditions, but it
            is returning the intersection now.
            (Patch submitted by Rehor Petr [petr.rehor@decros.cz])

    JDO:    Fixed a StackOverflowException. The Exception was caused by an infinite
            loop in getPrority().
            (Submitted by Mark Lamb [Mark.Lamb@spirent.com])

    JDO:    Fixed a problem causing unexpected ObjectModifiedException being thrown
            when an object in one side of 1:1 relationship is being added via a long
            transaction. (yip)
            (Reported by Sharma, Naveen [Naveen.Sharma@lmco.com])

    JDO:    Fixed the default value not being used for primitives bug. (yip) 20011025

    JDO:    Fixed the 1:1 dependent object not being created when the it is newly
            link, or replaced to the master object in both long and short
            transaction. (yip) 20011025

    JDO:    Added support of read-only field for Castor JDO. Read only can be
            enable setting read-only attribute to true inside sql element in
            the mapping file. (eg. <field><sql read-only="true".../></field> )
            20011029
            (Patch submitted by Jakob Braeuchi [jbraeuchi@hotmail.com])

    JDO:    Enabled sql function in the "Order By" clause of an OQL. 20011029
            (Patch submitted by Low Heng Sin [lowhs@comline.com.my])

    JDO:    Made compilable with javac 1.2.
            [reported by BEDNARIK,LASLO laslo_bednarik@hp.com]

    JDO:    Fixed a problem that causes Castor JDO always requesting writeLock for a
            data object with a lazy-loaded collection. (yip) 20011126
            (bug reported by Dominik Baranowski [dbaranowski@saltare.com] and
            Ned Wolpert [ned.wolpert@knowledgenet.com])

    JDO:    Fixed a problem that causes <field set-method="..."/> doesn't work.
            20011130
            (reported by Matthew Baird [matthew_baird@againtech.com]
            patch submitted by Jakob Braeuchi [jbraeuchi@hotmail.com])

    JDO:    Fixed the integrity problem with many-to-many relationship.
            (reported by many users...) (yip) 20011130

    JDO:    Made TxDatbaseMap implementing Serializable.
            TxDatabaseMap must implement Serializable.
            TxDatabaseMap is a member of JDO. (bug 792) 20011203
            (Reported by Guenter Gartner[guenter.gartner@gillardon.de])

    JDO:    Fixed bug 801(b): bugs in RelationCollection.clear().
            (yip) 20011203
            (Bug reported by tysonsinger@metatv.com)

    JDO:    Fixed bug 801(a): bugs in RelationCollection.addAll() 20011203
            (Bug reported and fixed by tysonsinger@metatv.com)

    JDO:    Fixed Bug 579: dirty="ignore" on sql fields in the mapping
            file does not work. 20011203
            (Bug reported and fix submitted by ryoder@q-markets.com)

    JDO:    Fixed a potential problem with lazy collection consistency.

            If an object is removed from database, and the lazy collection
            still link to it at the end of transaction, the cache would
            still "think" the object is in the database in the next
            transaction.

            Although the test can detect that in some case, it is not
            recommended to depends on this behavior. Always dis-link it,
            before calling db.remove(). (yip) 20011204

    JDO:    Added sqldate and sqltime as supported field type. (yip) 20011204

    JDO:    Added timestamp as supported java field type. 20011204
            (submitted by Markus Fritz [mfritz@justis.de])

    JDO:    Added try/catch to clear the _creating flag, which conserves the
            internal consistency when exception was thrown. 20011204
            (bug reported and fixed by Todd Rader [trader@saltare.com]
            and Dominik Baranowski [dbaranowski@saltare.com])

    JDO:    Fixed a NPE which occurs when removing an data object with empty many-many
            relationship. (yip) 20011205
            (bug reported Jan Kanzleiter [mailto:idefix@tfh-berlin.de])

    JDO:    Fixed a problem which occurs when two long-transactional objects
            are linked together in a many-many relationship. (yip) 20011205
            (bug reported by Toni Charlot [toni@fdplus.com])

    JDO:    Fixed accessor not found problem for collection. (yip) 20011211
            (reported by Patric Bechtel [bechtel@ipcon.de] and
             Matthew Baird [matthew.baird@motiva.com])

    JDO:    (doc) Added FAQs for OQL and data model issues.

    JDO:    (doc) Corrected the PostgreSQL configuration example.
            (Submitted by Todd V. Jonker [tjonker@inpathsol.com])

    JDO:    (doc) Added a FAQ for pass-thru SQL.

    JDO:    (test) Added a 2 second sleep in between the creation of the first
            and second object. This is needed to make the test case run properly.
            Because, some database stored time in less precision, and it causes
            the test to fail. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Used a new SQL connection in the inner class of the test to
            workaround a problem in Solaris. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Added test cases for dependent relationship where each of the data object
            identity is key-generated. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Enhanced error reporting for the Deadlock test case. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Added test cases for more TypeConvertor. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Added a test for 1:1 dependent relationship. (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Added a soak test for Castor JDO. (todo: adds build.xml entry) (yip)

    JDO:    (test) Added a test case for depedent objects with
            key-generator used in long transaction. (yip)

    XML and JDO:  (doc) Fixed most of the javadoc warnings. (yip)

    DSML:   Fixed a NPE. 20011205
            (bug reported and fixed by Gilbert Pilz [gilbert.pilz@e2open.com])

## Version 0.9.3 June 27, 2001

    XML:    Added fix to CollectionInfoJ2 for unbounded collections. (kvisco)
               - reported by Julien Viet

    XML:    Added nested Exception support for SimpleTypesFactory (kvisco)

    XML:    Added nested Exception support for FieldHandlerImpl (kvisco)

    XML:    Fixed CollectionInfoODMG30,  applied patch by Bernd Deichmann (kvisco)

    XML:    Added the auto-complete feature and transient field support to
            the mapping file. (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Fix a bug that creates infinite loop when cross-importing
            (or including) schemas(Arnaud).

    XML:    Added the support for the facets min/max Ex/Inclusive for the date/time
            types and added complete implementation of date/time W3C XML Schema
            datatypes (Arnaud).

    XML:    Added new supports for XML Schema Recommendation datatypes and remove
            old references to the Candidate Recommendation document (Arnaud).

    XML:    Added push behavior for the unmarshaller with SAX producer. Made some
            functions public and UnmarshalHandler final.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Remove the xsi:type when using the generated descriptors.(Arnaud)

    XML:    Support for the <any> element in the Marshalling Framework.(Arnaud)

    XML:    Added setRootElement method to Marshaller.java to override default root
            element name for document. Usefull when using classes generated via
            'type' mapping, as the root element name is not known.
            (Andrew Fawcett, andrew.fawcett@coda.com)

    XML:    Fix the Marshaller to handle correctly Vector by keeping the
            xsi:type information (Bug reported by Eric Kaplan
            (eric.kaplan@armanta.com) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Fix the SourceGenerator to handle correctly the 'types' package
            when a Date/Time type is used as an attribute.(thanks to
            Maria Gray <maria.gray@datalex.ie>,
            Christopher P. van Buskirk <Chris.vanBuskirk@vanderbilt.edu> and
            Dean Thompson <dthompson@medebiz.net> for their proposed solutions) (Arnaud)

    XML:    Removed a dependency to xerces jar in Configuration.java
            (Patch submitted by Marc-Antoine Parent <Marc-Antoine_Parent@Mitel.COM>
            and committed by Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Fix a bug in the validation framework. (Arnaud)

    XML:    Supports the <any> element in the Source Generator.(Arnaud)

    XML:    Support the wildcards <any> and <anyAttribute> in the Schema Object Model.
            (Arnaud)

    XML:    Improved grouping support....now handles maxOccurs > 1. Nested groups
            are no longer simply flattened. (kvisco)

    XML:    Added object container support. Handle element and attributes, as
            well as container in container. Object container are object that
            exist in the object model, but will not appear directly in the XML
            document. There will be no element associated to this object, but
            its child will appear in its parent element.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed a problem in HypersonicSQL driver in which it creates invalid
            statements in case when there are mixture of outer joins and regular
            joins. The problem relates to the table aliassing.
            (Kesha Sibilev <ksibilev@powernetinc.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed an ObjectNotPersistentException in ClassMolder.preStore().
            This method is trying to obtain write lock on the collection
            instance instead of doing that on the actual object.
            (Kesha Sibilev <ksibilev@powernetinc.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed when deleting an object which participates in the many-to-many
            relationship the corresponding record in the relation table is not
            being deleted problem. (Kesha Sibilev <ksibilev@powernetinc.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed the addMethod is not cloned for mutliple class loader enviorment
            problem. (Ralf Purnhagen <purnhar@gmx.net>)

    JDO:    Fixed identity name in complex identities not being recongnized problem
            by an OQLQuery. (Ted X. Toth <tedx@elegiant.com>)

    JDO:    Added support for aliases in generated SQL queries.
            Before in some cases OQL queries were incorrectly translated into SQL.
            (Thorsten Thielen <thorsten@ipcon.de>)

    JDO:    Shortened the name for aliases in generated SQL queries to
            support database that allows limited columns name length.
            (Thorsten Thielen <thorsten@ipcon.de>)

    JDO:    Added support for SQL functions in OQL queries.
            (Thorsten Thielen <thorsten@ipcon.de>)

    JDO:    Fixed a bug which cause "remove(Object)" always return false.
            (Steve Vaughan <snmvaughan92@yahoo.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed a problem that Castor JDO is trying to creates an related object
            on the m side of a 1:m relationship when the object should be updated.
            (Kim Madsen <kim.madsen@inceptor.com>)

    JDO:    Added SQL Direct Interface. Syntax:
            "CALL SQL <sql expression> AS classname". The fields that are returned
            with you sql query must be the same, as the equivalent OQL Query would do.
            Tip: you may turn on Castor logging and study the generated SQL
            statements. (Thorsten Mauch <mauch@imkenberg.de>)

    JDO:    Added the overdued <sql many-key="??"/> and <sql many-table="??"/>
            attributes into the mapping.dtd file.
            (reported by Vladimir Tsichevski <wowa@jet.msk.su>)

    JDO:    Fixed a AOBException in RelationCollection used by lazy loaoding.
            (submitted by Steve Bate <mail@technoetic.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed a "too many open cursor" errors caused by JDBC statement not
            released. (Submitted by Steve Bate [mail@technoetic.com])

    JDO:    Fixed an IllegalArgumentException being thrown the second time a value
            or function query was bound.
            (Submitted by Steve Bate [mail@technoetic.com])

    JDO:    Added IdentityKeyGenerator support for Informix.
            (Submitted by David Tinker [david@hemtech.co.za])

    JDO:    Fixed an ArrayOutOfBoundsException occurs in lazy loaded collection's
            iterator. (Submitted by Georg Schneider [h8825037@obelix.wu-wien.ac.at])

    JDO:    Fixed: Loading with "db-locked" mode is now always load from the
            Database. (yip)

    JDO:    Moved the callback of storing(...) into TransactionContext.java. (yip)

    JDO:    Added the option for custom CallbackInterceptor. (yip)

    JDO:    Added an option to let users specify the instance of object to be
            loaded into, in the Database.load(...) method. (note, only for
            simple object with no persistence relationship) (yip)

    JDO:    Reduced the number of TimeThread used by Time-limited cache.

    JDO:    Fixed a bug that cause ObjectDeletedException being thrown at commit
            time, for one-many and many-many relationship when an object on the
            many side is deleted. (yip)
            (reported by many people)

    JDO:    Fixed a many-many relationship update (long-trasaction) problem. (yip)

    JDO:    Rewritten a major part of ClassMolder.update(...) to better handle
            one-many and many-many relationship with key-generator and update. (yip)

    JDO:    As part of the rewritten mentioned above, update is now behavior like
            create if the TimeStampable.jdoGetTimeStamp return NO_TIMESTAMP if
            autoStore is set true. (yip)

    JDO:    Added a final static variable TimeStampable NO_TIMESTAMP. (yip)

    JDO:    Added database to transaction association pooling.
            This option only affects JDO if transactionManager is set and
            a transaction is associated with the thread that call
            getDatabase(). If jdo Database pooling is enabled, JDO will
            first search in the pool to see if there is already a Database
            for the current transaction. If found, it returns the database;
            if not, it create a new one, associates it will the transaction
            and return the newly created Database. (yip)

    JDO:    (misc) Added a BatchUpdateSQL utility to helps executing a batch
            of sql create statements in the jdo test directory. (yip)

    JDO:    (misc) Ported test cases and test harness framework from JTF to
            JUnit (yip)

    JDO:    (misc) Javadoc to test cases (yip)

## Version 0.9.2 March 28, 2001 - also includes version 0.9.1

    XML:    Added fix for collections, reported by Ozgur Balsoy. This bug was introduced
            on March 8th, in the version 1.45 of DescriptorSourceFactory. (kvisco)

    XML:    Added fix for enumerated simpleTypes. When a simpleType restricted another
            simpleType, if both types defined an enumertion facet with the same value
            Castor wouldn't handle this properly. Bug reported by Stephan Goetter.
            (kvisco)

    XML:    Added fix for generating source code using the element-method. Classes
            were no longer extending their abstract type definitions. (kvisco)

    XML: 	Add a command line property for the Source Generator to use the generated files in
            the Castor Testing Framework(Arnaud)

    XML: 	Add a property in castorbuilder.properties to generate a clean 'equals' method (Arnaud)

    XML:	Fix a bug concerning the handling of 'Enumeration' in inner elements (Arnaud)

    JDO:    Fixed some problems when two key generated related (or dependent) object creating in
            the same transaction. (Thomas)

    JDO:    Relaxed the restriction so that a data object class can now extends one class and
            depends another. (Suggested by Rimac, Ivica <ivica.rimac@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de>)

    JDO:	Fixed NPEs in TransactionContext, and ClassMolder in update(...). (Thomas)

    JDO:	Edited the New features document for Castor JDO. (Submited by Rick Horowitz <rickhoro@yahoo.com>)

    JDO:	Updated the oqlQuery tools. (Submited by Thorsten Mauch <mauch@imkenberg.de>)

    JDO:	Encapsulated and nested runtime exceptions generated while accessing the data object
            into DataObjectAccessException. (suggested by Christian Sell <christian.sell@netcologne.de>)

    JDO:	Fixed a few bugs which some variables are mixed up in ClassMolder.
            (submitted by Eldad Zamler<eldad314@netvision.net.il>)

    JDO:    Fixed NPEs introduced by autoStore. (reported by Steve Vaughan <snmvaughan92@yahoo.com>
            and Patric Bechtel <bechtel@ipcon.de>)

    JDO:    Fixed bug: 1:1-dependent objects with key generator were not created on creation of master object.
            (oleg)

    JDO:    Fixed bug: dependent collections with key generator where updated incorrectly
            (reported by Ivica Rimac <ivica.rimac@KOM.tu-darmstadt.de>)

    JDO:    Added possibility to use in a query condition object references that correspond to sql field.
            In this case the object of a persistence capable class should be bound as a parameter. (oleg)

    JDO:    Fixed bug: SQL types and order of fields in multi-column identities were handled incorrectly
            (reported by Geoff Jacobsen <geoffj@casquet.inet.net.nz>)

    JDO:    Fixed bugs: readonly locking mode didn't work properly in some cases
            (Damon Maria <damon@mahu-ika.com>, David J Snowsill <david.snowsill@calibreft.com.au>)

    JDO:    Fixed bug: conversions defined in a mapping configuration were not applied to OQL query parameters.
            (oleg)

    JDO:    Added support for table names such as "user.tablename".
            (Andrew Ballanger <AWBALLAN@smumn.edu>)

    JDO:    Fixed bug: object modifications were determined incorrectly in some cases.
            (David J Snowsill <david.snowsill@calibreft.com.au>, oleg)

## Version 0.9 February, 15 2001

    XML:   Adding a new feature for handling all types of content and not only TEXT content (Arnaud)

    XML:   Change the read method name for arrays (Arnaud)
           (bug reported by thebuledirt@yahoo.com)

    XML:   Several bug fixes in the SourceGenerator concerning the attribute string value (Arnaud)

    XML:   Added improved grouping support. Grouping support is not finished,
           but is definately improved over Castor 0.8.11. 1st-level choice is
           now supported. (kvisco)

    XML:   Added enumerate() method to generated enumeration types. (kvisco)

    XML:   Added support for specifying certain properties of the Introspector, such
           as whether primitives should be treated as attributes or elements, and
           default naming conventions. (kvisco)

    XML:   Updated mapping.xsd_sg to be compliant with latest XML Schema. (kvisco)

    XML:   Added support for DOM in Marshaller.java and Unmarshaller.java
              (Andrew Fawcett andrew.fawcett@coda.com)

    XML:   Added setPolymorph method to Marshaller.java. This can be used to force all field values
              to be marshalled as their field types rather than their instance types.
              (Andrew Fawcett andrew.fawcett@coda.com)

    XML:    Changed the default behavior of the Xerces Serializer to preserve space
            by default.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:	Added support for restriction in simpleContent and enhanced complexType support
    	(Arnaud <blandin@intalio.com>)

    XML: 	Added the command-line option '-nomarshall' which aims at preventing the
    	generation of the marshalling framework specific methods (marshall, unmarshall, validate)
    	(Arnaud <blandin@intalio.com>)

    XML:   Added setNSPrefixAtRoot method. When used in conjunction with setNamespaceMapping this
    	will insert the namepsace declarations at the root node.
    	(Andrew Fawcett, andrew.fawcett@coda.com)

    XML:    Fixed collection handling for introspected class.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Bug fix for using addXxx methods.
            (Fix submitted by Michael Thyen <mthyen@excite.com>)

    XML:    Bug fix in the handling of 'Map' collection. Now we use the abstract
            'Map' interface rather than 'HashMap'.
            (Fix submitted by Ron Smith <rsmith7209@yahoo.com>)

    XML:    Added some logic to avoid unnecessary use of 'xsi:type' when
            marshalling. The logic check if Castor is able to find the proper java
            class to instantiate from the mapping file information.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Solved a performance bug for unmarshalling of primitive type. We don't
            try anymore to generate a Class Descriptor for primitive type as we know
            that not only it fails but it is deadly slow (due to getMethods()
            call). Now, unmarhsalling speed is nearly only bounded by the speed of
            the parser.
            (Sebastien Gignoux <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML & JDO:
            Check that an XML mapping file do not declare more identity attributes
            for a given class than there are field elementsdefined for that
            class.
            (Patch submitted by Gabriel Richard Pack <gpack@electroneconomy.com>)

    XML & JDO:
    	Regenerated data objects in the org.exolab.castor.mapping.xml package,
    	using an updated version of schema (Nov 2000).

    XML & JDO:
            Now the return type of get-method must be a super-class of or equal to
    	the class declared in mapping.xml (was: sub-class).
    	Note, that now "arraylist" can be used as a value of "collection"
    	attribute in mapping.xml

    JDO:    Bug fix when castor closed Connection during db.close() (before the end of
            transaction) and the got new Connection during beforeCompletion(),
            which remains open after the end of transaction.
            (Solution submitted by Terry Child <tmchild@gmx.net>)

    JDO:    Castor JDO should now behave shamelessly in a multi classloader context.
            This is especially relevant when used in a BMP/CMP environment where the
            EJB container might assign a ClassLoader instance per set of Beans, or
            might attach a different classloader for each new transaction.
            (Sebastien Sahuc <ssahuc@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Added an AutoStore option to JDO. Method of setAutoStore and isAutoStore
    	are added into the jdo.Database interface. If autoStore is set, Castor
    	will try to create or update** all reachable object if it is not
    	exist in the transaction, and store all reachable modified object at the
    	commit time. If autoStore is not set, Castor will only create/update/store
    	dependent object, and related objects must be created/update explicitly.
    	(* update is used for long transaction only, all modified object
    	created/loaded from the short transaction will be store properly
    	at commit time)

    JDO:    Added "trigger" mode for SEQUENCE key generator.
            (Vitaly Shishakov <vitaly.shishakov@novalumen.com>)

    JDO:    Added support for MySQL auto_increment columns in IDENTITY key generator
            (Oleg Nitz, thanks to Alain RAVET <aravet@cirb.irisnet.be> for idea
            and to George Stewart <georgestewartiv@yahoo.com> for help).

    JDO:    Improved support for BLOB and CLOB values. Now you can get them as
            java.io.InputStream and java.sql.Clob, respectively, see "types.html"
            for details (oleg).

    JDO:    Solved problem of NULL dirty checking with Oracle (oleg).

    JDO:    Added support for BIGINT sql type in key generators (oleg).

    JDO:    Bug fix in the handling of classloader in the mapping loader (reported
            by brian rogers <brian@freya.bianca.com>).

    JDO:    Added "serializable" as a supported field type. Require BLOB support in the
    	database. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged JDO branch, "castorone", into the main branch.

    JDO:    Merged: Store cycle during transaction "prepare" state is split into
    	preStore and store cycles. With the new addition cycle, dependent object
    	using key-generator is stored properly. It also avoid unnecessary update
    	SQL statements execution. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Added markModification in TransactionContext. It enable a
    	more flexible way to mark an object dirty. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: RemoveRelated is added in LockEngine. It automatically removes the
    	reference of the deleted object in other related object. It protect
    	cache consistency and avoid some ObjectNotFoundException due to
    	users' errors. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Added Multiple Primary Keys support. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Added Many-to-Many relationship support. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Added Lazy loading for "collection" support. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Improved dependent object support. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Improved the in-memory locking architecture and stablity. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Cleaned up excessive ExceptionImpl classes. (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Support of Object[] as a collection type is temporarily removed.
    	(Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:    Merged: Support of custom ClassDescriptor for JDO side is no longer supported.
    	(Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    DAX:    Merged: Tempoarily removed DAX. To be reworked and merged into JDO
    	(as new type of data-store).  (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    DSML:   Add a more detailed policies :
            * NewAttrOnly, which implies that new attributes are created according
            to the DSML, but attributes that already have a value in the ldap are
            not updated;
            * UpdateOnly, which mean that DSML attributes that do not already exist
            in the Ldap are not created.
            Submitted by Marc-Antoine Parent <Marc-Antoine_Parent@Mitel.COM>

    DSML:   An ASCII string encoding bug is fixed.
    	Submiited by Marc-Antoine Parent <Marc-Antoine_Parent@Mitel.COM>

## Version 0.8.11 December, 15 2000

    XML:    Updated Schema syntax and some of the Schema Object Model to support
            the W3C XML Schema Candidate Release. (kvisco)

    XML:    Allow the use of uninitialized collection. Castor will instiate a new
            collection of the proper type when necessary. (seb)

    XML:    Added #setResolver method to Marshaller, thanks to George Stewart for
            pointing out to me that I neglected to add this method. (kvisco)

    XML:    Changed name of xml element in the mapping.dtd to bind-xml. This change
            won't effect any existing mappings yet, because I've added backward
            compatibility support. (kvisco)

    JDO:    For HIGH/LOW key generator the paramater "global" has been added, it gives possibility
            to generate globally unique keys (Oleg Nitz).

    JDO:    SAP DB driver, improved support for MySQL (Oleg Nitz)

    JDO:    Added possibility to close OQL queries in order to release resources (Oleg Nitz)

## Version 0.8.10 November, 29 2000

    XML:    Made the collection name in the mapping file NOT case sensitive. (Seb)

    XML:	Added new validation flag for the marshalling framework in castor.properties
    	Changed the parser validation property to og.exolab.castor.parser.validation
    	(Arnaud)

    XML:    Added fix to Marshaller#isPrimitive to support BigDecimal, submitted
            by Don Kleppinger. (kvisco)

    XML:    Added "-nodesc" flag to source generater to disable generation of
            class descriptors. Suggested by George Stewart. (kvisco)

    XML:    Fixed a bug in the unmarshalling of array of primitive type when using mapping.
            (Seb <gignoux@intalio.com>)

    XML:    Added feature to castorbuilder.properties to allow specifying a super
            class of generated types (kvisco)

## Version 0.8.9 November, 3 2000

    JDO:    SEQUENCE key generator for Interbase (contributed by Nic Wise <nicw@xerxes.co.nz>).

    JDO:    MySQL driver (contributed by Leonardo Souza Mario Bueno <leonardo@itera.com.br>).

    JDO:    Annoying type conversion problems solved:
            - integer SQL type for Oracle now can be used for dependent objects
              identities - before this caused type conversion error;
            - timestamp SQL type can be used with Sybase - before dirty checking
              failed;
            - Database.load() now accepts identity value of the field type,
              type conversion is performed correctly - before it was needed
              to use the SQL type for Database.load(), but the field type
              for OQLQuery.bind(). (Oleg Nitz)

    JDO:    Interbase driver (contributed by Terry Child <tmchild@gmx.net>).

    JDO:    Added UUID key generator.
            (contributed by Thomas Fach <thomas.fach@publica.de>)

    JDO:    jdoBeforeCreate() callback method has been added to Persistent
            interface. It is called during db.create() just before creating
            object in the persistent storage (Oleg Nitz).

    JDO:    InstantDB driver (contributed by I. Burak Ozyurt <bozyurt@san.rr.com>).

    JDO:    Replacing of extended object in the cache on load of extending object
            implemented. jdoLoad signature changed. Now in jdoLoad you can request
            reloading the object instance as an instance of an extending class.
            You need some "type" field in the extended class, which determines
            the correct extending class, see example in
            src\examples\myapp\Product.java. (Oleg Nitz)

    JDO:    Now IdentityKeyGenerator works with Hypersonic SQL identities
            (idea by Mark Delanoy <mdelanoy@niku.com>)

    JDO:    Fixed bugs (contributed by Bill Reynolds <bill@leastsquares.com>)
            - same OID for parent class instance and subclass instance
              with the same identities causes cache corruption
            - it is possible for a subclassed object to be reported as
              non-persistable even if it has a legal mapping
            - if you're using a class with the identity key generators and
              no member fields, you get bad sql generated

    JDO:    Added support for LIMIT clause in OQL queries, currently for
            PostrgeSQL only (contributed by Alexey Snisarenko <alex@plesk.com>)

    JDO:    Added JDO.setClassLoader(). (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:    Fixed problem with Float/BigDecimal and Double/BigDecimal
            type conversions. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:    Implemented algorithm of "bounded" dirty checking for long
            transactions, it uses local timestamps and is works only
            if the object is still in the cache at the end of the transaction.
            See interface TimeStampable and Database.update().
            (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:    Changed HIGH/LOW key generator implementation: now holds lock
            on the record in the sequence table until the end of the transaction
            and doesn't use updatable ResultSets. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)
            Fixed a gap in HIGH/LOW key generator implementation: with databases
            that don't support "SELECT FOR UPDATE" (like Hypersonic SQL and
            InstantDB) it was possible to get the same key values in two concurrent
            transactions (Reported by George Stewart <georgestewartiv@yahoo.com>)
            Now works in a separate connection, and commits changes to the sequence
            table immediately.

    JDO:    Temporary fix to ClassLoader problem in EJB environment: application
            classes are loaded using context classloader of the current thread.
            (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    Misc:   JDK 1.1 compatibility is back. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    XML:    Support for Bound Properties

    XML:    Added support for Pattern Facet
             - currently works for string, integer, and long
            (kvisco)

    XML:    Updated the Schema Object model to support the new Grouping syntax
            - Groups are still not supported by the source code generator.
            (kvisco)

    XML:    Updated Unmarshaller to support "empty" strings (kvisco)

    XML:    Added support for direct public field access for the Marshalling
            Framework when no accessor methods exist. (kvisco)

    XML:    Fixed Marshaller#setMarshalAsDocument so that XML fragment marshalling
            works again. This used to work, but changes to the serializers had
            prevented this from working properly. Reported by Phil Grida. (kvisco)

    XML:    Fixed endless recursion bug when processing recursive element
            declarations, reported by Chris Schaefer (kvisco).

    XML:    Added George Stewarts changes to give mappings higher priority than
            generated descriptors

    XML:    Added Patrick Higgins changes to the javasource package to fix
            support for abstract methods (kvisco)

    XML:    Added support for in-lines SimpleTypes (anonymous) for
            attribute declarations (kvisco)

    XML:    Added support for in-lined SimpleTypes (anonymous) for
            element declarations. (kvisco)

    XML:    Added Luis Arias upgrade for the maxOccurs attribute of elements
            for the April xML Schema draft (kvisco)

    XML:    Added support for top-level annotations (kvisco)

    XML:    Made some changes in Unmarshalling code to handle "null" primitives.
        Based on suggestions from Fabrice Gomez. (kvisco)

    XML:    Fixed a bug when Unmarshalling/Marshalling primitive Object wrappers
        using dynamic-introspection. (kvisco)

    XML:    Changed some case-sensitive issues with the below mentioned Schema
            syntax upgrade (kvisco)

    XML:    Update of the XML Schema syntax to the April 7th draft
               (Remy Maucherat <remm@apache.org>)

            The following things in the April draft are supported :
              - datatype -> simpleType
              - type -> complexType
              - the "source" attribute has been replaced by "base"
              - the "fixed" attribute in an attribute element now is
                part of the "use" attribute
              - the "default" attribute, which is used to specify the default
                value of an attribute, now is "value"
              - the "minOccurs" attribute of an attribute element has been removed,
                the attribute "use" has to be used instead. "use" can have the
                following values : default, optional, required, fixed and
                prohibited
              - Info element is now Documentation
              - maxOccurs = "*" is replaced by maxOccurs="unbounded"
                (Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Java 2 types compatibility (Patrick Higgins)

    XML:    <include> element support (Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    decimal type support (Andrew Fawcett)

    XML:    Support xsi:type from XML Schema for Instances
        (Remy Maucherat <remm@apache.org>)

## Version 0.8.8 July 20, 2000

    XML:     Added support for the Unmarshaller to automatically determine the Class of the
             root element, based on a given Mapping, or ClassDescriptorResolver

    XML:     Added support for the "has" method for primitives in the generated source

    XML:     Added support for specifying the destination output directory for the
             generated source code

    XML:     Added support for fixed attributes, this currently works for string
             or integer values

    JDO:     Fixed bug: NULL value in database was read as 0 for Java wrappers
             of primitive types (Long, Integer, etc.), now they are read as "null".
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Changed the inner SELECT syntax in MaxKeyGenerator to make it work
             with Hypersonic SQL.
             (Contributed by Santiago Arriaga <santiago@catnet.com.mx>)

    JDO:     Hypersonic SQL driver.
             (Contributed by Santiago Arriaga <santiago.arriaga@catnet.com.mx>)

    JDO:     Changed KeyGeneratorFactory interface for better perfomance:
             now the target primary key SQL type is passed to the key generator,
             and no type conversions are performed after the key is generated.
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Added support for attributes of application type and for nested
             attributes. Assume that you have an attribute "balance" of
             applicatation type "Balance" which has methods "getBigDecimal"
             and "setBigDecimal", then you can write in mapping.xml
               <field name="balance.bigDecimal"...
             and Castor will get and set the attribute value as
             getBalance().getBigDecimal() and getBalance().setBigDecimal(value).
             Note, that getBalance() may be null, in this case when setting
             a non-null value Castor will first do setBalance(new Balance()),
             and then getBalance().setBigDecimal(value).
             Another example of usage of the this feature is attribute "address"
             with nested attributes "country", "zipCode", etc.
             These attributes also may be of application type or nested, e.g.
               <field name="address.country.string"...
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Small fix: now fields in mapping.xml may have no "sql" sub-element,
             e.g. the field may be only for XML marshalling, other fields
             may be persisted through JDO. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     "CALL" OQL queries now work with Oracle stored functions
             returning REF CURSOR (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)
             and PostgreSQL stored functions returning instance
             (contributed by Rostislav Beloff <ros@domainforfree.com>)

    JDO:     Added type convertors BigDecimal <-> Boolean
             (contributed by Markus Fritz <mfritz@justis.de>)

    JDO:     Fixes multiple request of same object with DBLocked
         (Oleg Nitz and Markus Fritz)

    JDO:     Changes to Persistent interface enable developer to use database
         operations inside jdoStore, jdoCreate, jdoRemove.
         (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Cache control at JDO configuration and mapping file specification -
         no-cache option, cache count limit, cache time limit, LRU removal
         deamon (Thomas Yip <yip@intalio.com>)

    JDO:     Bug fix: for created objects fetch() returned oid instead of object
         (contributed by Chris Stevenson <chris@ssabsa.sa.gov.au>)

    JDO:     SQL Date types handling is improved.
         (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Bug fix: small bugs w/ BETWEEN in parser...reported by Vladmir Sekissov.
         (<nissim@panix.com>)

    JDO:     fix string conversion to surround with ' and escape internal ' fix for
         bug with like. (<nissim@panix.com>)

## Version 0.8.7 June 2, 2000

    JDO:     Informix JDBC driver. (Contributed by Santiago Arriaga
             <santiago.arriaga@catnet.com.mx>)

    JDO:     SEQUENCE key generator now works with Oracle. It has a special
             RETURNING mode for Oracle8i which is more efficient because
             obtains the identity during INSERT, without any additional SQL queries.
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Added three paramaterized type convertors: Date<->Integer,
             Date<->BigDecimal and Date<->String. The latter uses the SimpleDateFormat
             patterns (e.g. char[MMM d, yyyy]). The others uses similar
             but shortened patterns (e.g. numeric[YMDhmsS], which is equivalent
             to "yyyyMMddhhmmssSSS" SimpleDateFormat pattern).
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Fixes to handling of dependent objects create/delete/modify during
             transaction commit. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Added convertor from byte to short/integer. (Contributed by Harindranath P. R. Nair
             <hari.nair@alopa.com>)

    XML:     Identity field will now use XML name provided in mapping file.

    XML:     Marshaller will now accept both primitive and non-primitive types and apply the
             proper conversion; no dropped in convertor used, so Date/byte conversion should
             work as expected; added test case for type handling of XML. (Bug reported by
             Eitan Suez <eitan@uptodata.com>)

    Misc:    Fixed security bug when running as an Applet. (Reported by Remus Pereni
             <remus@nolimits.ro>).

    Misc:    Added support for Java 1.2 Collection by running the source generator with the
             option '-types j2'. Vectors are used with 'j1' and ODMG 3.0 DArray with 'odmg'.

## Version 0.8.6 May 24, 2000

    XML:     Added support in the Marshaller to specify whether or not to marshal
             as an XML document, or just an XML fragment (default). Currently
             the only difference is the XML declaration is printed when marshalling
             as a document. I will add support for specifying the DOCTYPE. Of course
             since a SAX 1.0 DocumentHandler doesn't allow this, DOCTYPE and
             XML declarations will only be printed when a Writer is used.

    XML:     Added support in the unmarshaller for better inheritence checking.
             If a FieldDescriptor is not found for an element, an attempt to
             obtain ClassDescriptor will occur for the given element. If found,
             another check will be performed to find a FieldDescriptor that
             describes a field which is a superclass of type described by the
             class descriptor. (see src/tests/xml/Inheritence.java)

    JDO:     Added support for paramaterized type convertors. Currently supported is boolean
             to char convertor using T/F character values (e.g. char.01 or char.TF). More
             convertors and parameter specification will be added in 0.8.7. (Oleg Nitz
             <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Fixed bug when related object is null and SQL_OTHER type is passed to JDBC
             driver; now properly passes type of identity field. (Reported by
             Eitan Suez <eitan@uptodata.com>).

    JDO:     Fixed bug with dirty checking that caused lock to not be acquired and object
             to be deleted if modified, and now properly reporting modified value of object.

    JDO:     Fixed the way in which null fields are handled, so has/delete methods are called
             if available, default value is used otherwise, setNull/wasNull are used on the
             JDBC record.

    JDO:     Changed callback sequence. jdoRemove is now called on deleted objects,
             unsetDatabase on objects that become transient (including those removes).
             setDatabase is called whenever the object becomes persistent (that is,
             used in a transaction) and passes the database to support lazy loading.

    JDO:     Fixed SQLTypes to pick up proper SQL type form field of type java.util.Date.
             Fixed SQLEngine to use SQL type in some calls to setObject.
             (Contributed by Donald Ball <balld@webslingerz.com>)

    JDO:     Added quoting to column and table names to support white spaces and keywords
             (Only Postgres, Sybase and SQL Server).

    Mapping: Added a match attribute for the xml element, this is used for allowing
             better inheritence support. Setting this match attribute will restrict,
             or extend the xml names matched by a given XMLFieldDescriptor.

    Mapping: Added resetValue() method to field handler. This generally resets a field to
             it's default value or empties a collection field.

    Mapping: Date type no longer defaults to new date() when field is null, field is no
             longer set to default when null. (Reported by Lincoln Spiteri
             <Lincoln.Spiteri@mobisle.com>)

    Mapping: Fixed mapping loader to complain if get/set methods are not found. Both are
             required to be present, unless a collection field is used which only requires
             a get method. (Reported by Lincoln Spiteri <Lincoln.Spiteri@mobisle.com>)

    Mapping: Added convertor between String and character. (Reported by Donald Ball
             <balld@webslingerz.com>)

    Mapping: To fix problem with compiled class descriptors for XML and mapping file for
             JDO not working together, mapping loading will not attempt to load class
             descriptors. A permanent fix will be included in 0.9 or 1.0.
             (Patiently reported by Andrew Ikon <aikon@niku.com>).

    Mapping: Fixed collection handler to work with arrays of any object type (e.g. strings).

## Version 0.8.5 May 12, 2000

    JDO:     Remove enumerate collection type. Only get method is required to support
             java.util collections, get/set methods to support arrays. Extended the
             CollectionHandler interface with size() method to assist in validation.

    JDO:     Revised the CacheEngine towards dependency support, adding FIFO list to
             determine order of object removal, simplifying the prepare stage. Objects
             will now be removed from the database in the same order they were removed
             by calling Database.remove().

    JDO:     Fixes to outer query expressions:
             - JDBCQueryExpression fixed and tested with Access (Christopher
               Elkins <celkins@scardini.com>)
             - OracleQueryExpression fixed not tested with Oracle
               (Sebastien Sahuc <ssahuc@imediation.com>)

    JDO:     Now using new OQL parser by default. Added support for is_defined/
             is_undefined (IS NULL), BETWEEN and DISTINCT. (Nissim
             <nissim@panix.com>)

    JDO:     Added convertor between java.sql.Date and java.util.Date
             (reported by <Lincoln.Spiteri@mobisle.com>).

    JDO:     Improved type convertion for key generators. MAX key generator now
             should work with PostgreSQL. (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    JDO:     Added support for stored procedures in OQLQuery. Now it is possible to
             create queries of the form "CALL sp_something($) AS myapp.Product",
             where sp_something is a stored procedure returning one or more
             ResultSets with the same sequence of fields as Castor-generated SELECT
             for the OQL query "SELECT p FROM myapp.Product p" (for objects without
             relations the sequence is: identity, then all other fields in the same
             order as in mapping.xml). (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    XML:     Support for ODMG 3.0 DArray collection in the XML source code generator.
             When running the source code generator with the FieldInfoFactoryODMG30
             collection fields will use org.odmg.DArray as the collection type for
             interoperability with OODBMS using the ODMG 3.0.
             (Contributed by Frank Thelen <frank.thelen@poet.de>)

    XML:     Added some namespace support to the XML Schema reader. It currently doesn't
             properly handle namespace scoping as you go down the tree, so if you are
             changing your namespace declarations for some reason on sub-elements it
             probably won't work properly and you'll need to wait until Monday when I
             finish it up.

    XML:     Fixed problem when using attributes that are of enumerated datatypes,
             the types subpackage was not getting imported (reported by markd@lutris.com)

    XML:     Fixed problem when using enumerated datatypes with enumeration values
             that contained Java keywords (reported by markd@lutris.com)

    Misc:    Support for Java 1.2 collections: Collection, Set, Map. Requires Java 1.2
             to compile, but using reflection can be made to work on Java 1.1.

## Version 0.8.4 May 5, 2000

    XML:     Fixed a ClassLoader issue with the ClassDescriptorResolver

    XML:     Added validation back into the generator sources

    XML:     Added some changes from Frank Thelen to allow subclassing FieldInfoFactory

    XML:     Fixed bug that occured when an enumeration uses uppercase values

    XML:     Fixed bug with using datatype

    JDO:     Where clause now supports:
             - unary operators: +, -, abs, not
             - binary operators: +, -, *, /, mod, ||, LIKE, >, >=, <, <=, =, !=, and,
             - parenthesis: passed through to SQL as in OQL
             - numbered parameters including user specified type support
             (Nissim <nissim@panix.com>)

    JDO:     Fixed bug in Database when used as sychronized resource in a J2EE environment.
             Calling close() will not rollback the transaction until the J2EE server has
             completed two-phase commit and notified it. Database must be registerd with
             a JTA transaction manager using the setTransactionManager option.

    JDO:     Fixed bug in key generator when using non-primitive value (e.g. Integer, String).
             Previously SQLEngine create was never called, now it is called and object properly
             recorded in transaction.

    Mapping: Fixed bug that caused exception with inheritance, now inheritance works
             correctly if classes are specified in proper order in the mapping file.
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>)

    Tests:   Updated test cases, now includes test cases for key generators.
             (Oleg Nitz <on@ibis.odessa.ua>, Arkin <arkin@exoffice.com>)

## Version 0.8.3 April 28, 2000

    JDO:     New OQL query engine. Not used by default, see new methods in OQLQueryImpl
             and package org.exolab.castor.jdo.oql.

    JDO:     Added support for null fields by calling the relevant setNull() method
             when setting a null field. Does not apply to query parameters yet, does
             not apply to identity fields.

    JDO:     Added key generators support. Implemented four algorithms:
             "MAX" - generic "MAX(pk) + 1" algorithm;
             "HIGH/LOW" - generic "HIGH/LOW" algorithm (extendible);
             "IDENTITY" - "SELECT @@identity" for Sybase and SQL Server;
             "SEQUENCE" - "SELECT nextval('..._seq')" for Oracle and PosgreSQL;

    JDO:     Added package org.exolab.castor.jdo.drivers which includes RDBMS specific
             factories, query expressions and key generators. Added factories for DB2,
             and SQL Server.

    Misc:    Added support for hasXXX()/deleteXXX() methods to determine if a value
             exists when the value is a primitive (thus, cannot be null). Used by both
             JDO and XML.

    Misc:    Fixed null pointer exception with collection handler. Deprecated
             checkValidity on field handler (new validation code from XML will come
             shortly).

    JDO:     Added and tested outer joins.

    Persist: Added getIdentity() method to TransactionContext().

    Misc:    Modified the test harness to run from an XML test file. Added test case
             for type handling (only null fields at the moment) and outer joins.

## Version 0.8.2 April 7, 2000

    JDO:     Added experimental update() method to Database interface.

    JDO:     Fixed some minor glitches in support for exclusive and db-locked
             access, documented the available access modes.

    JDO:     Fixed synchronization support, disabled checkpoint method.
             Fixed bugs in handling of default field values.

    JDO:     Fixed circular exception problem in ObjectLock.release.
             (Contributed by Jason Weistein <jasonw@reticular.com>)

    Misc:    Documented the locking options in Castor and concurrency support.
             Added the three locking mode to all the test cases.

## Version 0.8.1 April 5, 2000

    XML:     Fixed long->object conversion which suffered from a cut and paste bug
             from the integer type.

    XML:     Added back inheritence support inside XMLClassDescriptor,
             which was in MarshalInfo, but removed during the upgrade.

    XML:     Fixed bug with creating default XML name in XMLClassDescriptorImpl

    XML:     Fixed bug with unmarshalling primitive String types.
                -- reported by Remy Maucherat and Kevin Burton

    XML:     Fixed bug with namespace support during marshalling of primitive
             and immutable types

    XML:     Added back namespace support, which was temporarily removed during
             the upgrade

    JDO:     Added Locked mode to provide locking at the database level, as
             opposed to Exclusive mode which provides locking at the cache
             level. Added support for loading/querying with a given access mode.

    JDO:     Improved concurrency for shared mode by eliminating write locks when
             modified field is not marked as dirty.

    JDO:     Added isOpen method to database. Deprecated checkpoint.

    JDO:     Added preliminary support for controlling cache size and removing
             objects from cache.

    JDO:     Fixed bug in bind( String) method of OQLQuery.

    JDO:     Fixed bug with modified exception not removing copy from cache.

    JDO:     Fixed bug with reusing queries.

    Misc:    Upgraded test cases to run inside JTF as a test harness.

## Version 0.8 March 27, 2000

    XML:     support for IDREF/ID has been added back in

    XML:     fixed circular reference bug
               -  This was an indirect bug caused by a bug
                  in org.exolab.castor.util.Stack

    XML:     fixed bug in method naming when type is "ID"

    XML:     Updated the Source code generator to work with new Framework
             - Note I currently removed validation support, this will be
               back ASAP
             - There is a known bug with using "binary" type...I'll have
               this fixed ASAP also

    XML:     We are now one step closer to using the mapping files with
             Castor XML. A lot of changes have gone into sharing the "descriptor"
             framework between Castor XML and Castor JDO...I can't enumerate all
             the changes in this log, but here are a few:

             - MarshalInfo and MarshalDescriptor have been changed to
               XMLClassDescriptor, and XMLFieldDescriptor respectively, and the
               interfaces have changed so be careful
             - We added the XMLFieldHandler
             - Changed MarshalInfoResolver to ClassDescriptorResolver

    JDO:     Placed the ODMG API in the org.exolab.castor.jdo package,
             to be included in the JavaDocs and to enable the introduction
             of Castor (RDBMS) specific features.

    JDO:     Moved transaction handling into the Database interface, queries
             are now created from the Database object, JDO servers at the
             implementation factory.

    JDO:     Added preliminary support for many-many relations, improved
             support for one-many relations, fixed bug in isModified with
             relations.

    JDO:     Added support for pluggable SQL engines (PersistenceFactory),
             listed in the Castor properties file and referenced from the
             JDO configuration file, allowing each database configuration
             file to select the most suitable engine.

    JDO:     Extended JDO configuration file to include engine name, plus
             minor modifications to element and attribute names in DTD/Schema,
             and documentation of the configuration file.

    JDO:     Upgraded to use QueryExpression to construct SQL query statements
             in database specific syntax.

    JDO:     Implemented dirty checking on objects loaded with a shared lock.
         Dirty checking performed on fields within UPDATE statement requiring
         a single SQL operation to update/check dirtyness.

    SPI:     Added QueryExpression and KeyGenerator to the SPI. QueryExpression
             is generated from PersistenceFactory. Added way to load factories
             from the Castor properties file.

    Persist: No longer supports identity changes.

    Persist: Rollback of transaction no longer reverts object to their previous
             state due to lock race condition that hampers efficiency. Eliminating
             this feature improves concurrency with optimistic locks.

    Misc:    Documentation distribution includes API JavaDocs and JavaDocs for
             all Java classes. Tarball/zip include just the API JavaDocs.
             Web site has been revised accordingly and some links moved around.

    Misc:    Updated build.xml file now includes documentation in tarball and
             zip, builds both API JavaDocs and all classes JavaDocs, and does
             not include package.html files in JARs.

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