Qore 2.2.0

Release Summary

Minor new features and minor bugfixes; see below for more information

New Features in Qore

• ProviderIndex module
  added to allow for on-demand initialization of data providers (issue 4960)
• ProviderIndexUtil module
  added to allow for on-demand initialization of data providers (issue 4960)
• Util added:
  • Util::is_ip_private()
  • Util::is_ip_private_ex()
  • Util::ip_address_type()
  • Util::ip_address_type_ex()
  • issue 4966
• Class objects from the reflection module are now serializable
• new functions:
  • get_module_context_name()
  • get_module_context_name_ex()
  • get_module_context_path()
  • get_module_context_path_ex()
• new variants
  • Program::importGlobalVariable()

Bug Fixes in Qore

• ConnectionProvider module
  • make the original connection status available when pings are made so that status changes can be detected (issue 4957)
• DataProvider module
  • fixed setting the mandatory flag for hashes with dynamic fields (issue 4992)
  • fixed returning dynamic options for data-dependent action options (issue 4985)
  • default values are no longer generated for optional hash types based on their fields (issue 4972)
  • fixed typos in DataProviderActionCatalog::getTypeForActionOptions() (issue 4971)
• DiscordWebSocketClient module
  • fixed a bug handling HELLO messages (issue 4986)
  • allow for a clean shutdown of background threads when disconnecting (issue 4965)
• HttpServer module
  • mark the context as handling file data in the authentication method to enable authentication errors to be redirected for handlers handling UI file data (issue 4970)
• HttpServerUtil module
  • mark the context as handling file data in the authentication method to enable authentication errors to be redirected for handlers handling UI file data (issue 4970)
• RestClient module
  • fixed acqquiring OAuth2 tokens when the oauth2_token_use_basic_auth option is set (issue 4991)
  • fixed an infinite loop bug handling token request errors with the client_credentials grant (issue 4990)
  • fixed support for PKCE (issue 4820)
• RestClientDataProvider module
  • fixed REST action body types (issue 4982)
• RestHandler module
  • fixed handling multiple Accept headers in requests (issue 4969)
• ServerSentEventHandler module
  • added supoprt for customizable heartbeat messages to support JSON-RPC requests as heartbeat message in MCP server handlers (issue 4958)
• SqlUtil module
  • fixed support for orderby with a matching unique index (issue 4977)
  • added support for complex expressions and field reference in update operations (issue 4959)
• WebSocketClient module
  fixed bugs handling UTF-8 data (issue 4984)
• WebSocketHandler module
  fixed bugs handling UTF-8 data (issue 4984)
• WebUtil module
  • mark the context as handling file data in the authentication method to enable authentication errors to be redirected for handlers handling UI file data (issue 4970)
  • always encode double quotes in URL strings (issue 4989)
  • do not send "Content-Length: 0" in HTTP requests for methods that cannot have a message body (GET, HEAD, and TRACE) (issue 4983)
• fixed a descriptor leak in non-blocking Socket connect operations (issue 4981)
• fixed a crash when creating a LoggerEvent with a missing categoryName in the logger_bin module (issue 4979)
• fixed parse_url() logic for paths with @ chars (issue 4978)
• fixed a memory error handling typed hash data exported from deleted containers (issue 4976)
• check functional domains of method calls on constant objects in sandboxed containers at parse time to ensure that errors related to accessing restricted functionality are raised immediately (issue 4975)
• ensure that methods of classes tagged with functional domains also reflect the restrictions of the class (issue 4974)
• fixed a memory leak in static class variable declarations when the class is deleted (issue 4973)
• fixed a bug calling static method references with arguments that are normal method references (issue 4964)
• fixed overly-aggressive constant initialization that resulted in spurious recursive constant definition errors (issue 4967)
• fixed a deadlock in a complex condition in the logger_bin module related to logging in one thread while dynamically loading a - module using the same appender in another thread; note that that fix also improves logging performance (issue 4963)
• fixed sending headers assigned list values as multiple header lines in HTTP and REST clients (issue 4962)
• fixed a bug setting the implicit argument type when parsing on_error Statements (issue 4961)