Vaadin Framework 8.0.0.rc1

Vaadin Framework 8.0.0.rc1 is a release candidate.

Enhancements introduced in 8.0.0.rc1

Grid API

• Add Grid editor events
• Add selection methods to grid that delegate to its selection model
• Add Grid.addColumn(String, Renderer)
• Make one-arg addColumn use natural sort for mutually comparable values
• Use column id as the default sort order property
• Provide a way to set styles for Header/Footer Cells and Rows in a Grid
• Added missing parametrisation onto the column field of the GridContexClickEvent
• Add shorthands for creating lazy DataProviders
  • This also applies to ComboBox
• Bug fixes for column removal

Binder and Fields

• Add isValid to Binder
• Throw if there are no automatically bound fields via bindInstanceFields
• Binding a null bean should clear the bound field values
• Provide a way to configure bean validation binder to auto set required fields
• Allow configuring how string to number converters handle empty strings

Miscellaneous

• Provide a convenience method to get items set via setItems()
• Fix problem with re-opening the popup
• Use thread-safe collections for VaadinService listeners
• Fix toggling of WeekNumbers for DateTimeField
• Fix keyboard navigation for ListSelect
• Add addComponentsAndExpand to horizontal and vertical layout

Breaking Changes since 8.0.0.beta2

• Default sort order for Grid may differ from beta2
• An exception is thrown if there are no automatically bound fields in Binder.bindInstanceFields
• Binding a null bean clears the bound field values

Full list of changes since 8.0.0.beta2