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Features & Enhancements:

• Introducing URL mapping configuration with annotations (tutorial + docs)
• Added path and query-parameter validation wth managed bean methods (#50 + r353)
• Added support for JSF2 redirects using ExternalContext (r305)
• Added support for arrays as query parameters (r278)

Regression impact:

• The URL query string is now included in rewrite-rules; this allows for finer control of the rewriting engine (Any prior rewrite rules should be revised and re-tested)
• PrettyContext.getCurrentURL() has been replaced with PrettyContext.getRequestURL() and PrettyContext.getRequestQueryString()

Bugfixes:

• Resolved Mojarra warning “Request path ‘/faces/url.xhtml’ begins with one or more occurrences of the FacesServlet prefix path mapping ‘/faces’.” when using path mapping (#43 + r379)
• Resolved Deployment warning on Geronimo (#58 + r364)
• URL Path Expressions now match correctly when more than one expression is used between path segments (r362)
• Resolved ClassNotFoundException with JSF 1.2 on JBoss6 (#54 + r360)
• Resolved failed deployment due to ClassNotFoundException on Geronimo (#59 + r369)

We’d like to take a moment to introduce you to the OcpSoft Support Forums. These forums will serve as an alternative to the existing User’s Group mailing lists for PrettyFaces, PrettyTime, and SocialPM.

OcpSoft PrettyTime is an open-source time-formatting library for creating human-readable timestamps like, “in 3 minutes,” or “moments ago.” — intuitive, easy, extendable. Visit the home page to download and learn more about using PrettyTime. New features in this release: Thread Safety, Java 1.5 compatibility, extra languages.

PrettyFaces – SEO, Dynamic Parameters, Bookmarks, and Navigation for JSF / JSF2 version 2.0.3 offers a BIG new feature for URL validation, while 1.2.6 is a maintenance release, primarily adding the <p:link anchor=”…”> attribute – it does not include the new validation features.

Coinciding with the JSF2.0 release, OcpSoft will be updating PF1.2.x for maintenance only, however, community participation is still welcome on all versions of the project.

PrettyTime 1.0.4 – Elapsed Timestamp Formatting for Java now supports additional Locales:

Supported locales:

• English – DEFAULT
• French – FR
• German – DE
• Chinese – ZH_CN
• Portugese – PT

If you have a resource bundle for another locale, or would like to create one, please email it to: admin@ocpsoft.com

PrettyFaces:

A new version of PrettyFaces for JSF1.1 (historical support) is now available for download. This version is feature-complete, but we are looking for feedback on compatibility and functionality that may be broken with various implementations, so please post comments!

PrettyFaces:

New versions of PrettyFaces for JSF1.2 and JSF2.0 are now available for download:

PrettyFaces:

Version 1.2.3_GA: binary, source, documentation (stable) Minor Release: 20090415

1. Added optional <action onPostback=”false”> boolean flag to prevent action methods from being called on form postback. Defaults to true;
2. Added optional <query-param decode=”false”> to prevent java.net.URLDecode.decode() from being called on a specific managed query-parameter. Defaults to true;
3. Added unit tests for several critical classes.
4. Minor to moderate refactoring of PrettyFilter/PrettyContext

PrettyFaces:

Version 1.2.3_RC2: binary, source, documentation (stable) Minor Release: 20090331

1. Servlet forwards are working