[odb-users] ODB 2.0.0 released

Wed May 2 04:20:19 EDT 2012

Hi,

We have released ODB 2.0.0. Besides major new features, this release also
includes a few backwards-incompatible changes (thus the major version
increment; see below for details). The NEWS file entries for this release
are as follows:

  * Support for C++11. The newly supported C++11 standard library components
    include:
      - std::unique_ptr as object pointer or value wrapper
      - odb::lazy_unique_ptr lazy counterpart
      - std::shared_ptr/weak_ptr as object pointer or value wrapper
      - odb::lazy_shared_ptr/lazy_weak_ptr lazy counterparts
      - support for array, forward_list, and unordered containers
      - connection factory can be passed to the database constructor as
        std::unique_ptr instead of std::auto_ptr

    The ODB compiler now recognizes the --std option. Valid values for this
    option are 'c++98' (default) and 'c++11'. In the runtime libraries the
    C++11 support is header-only which means that the same build of a runtime
    library can be used in both the C++98 and C++11 modes. On UNIX, the tests
    and examples can be compiled in the C++11 mode by passing the necessary
    options to turn the C++ compiler into this mode (e.g., -std=c++0x GCC
    option). On Windows, the tests and examples are always built in the C++11
    mode with VC++ 10 and later. The new 'c++11' example in the odb-examples
    package shows ODB support for some of the C++11 features.

  * Support for polymorphism. Now a persistent class hierarchy can be
    declared polymorphic which makes it possible to persist, load, update,
    erase, and query objects of derived classes using their base class
    interfaces. For more information, refer to Chapter 8, "Inheritance" in
    the ODB manual as well as the 'inheritance/polymorphism' example in the
    odb-examples package.

  * Support for composite object ids. Now a composite value type can be used
    to declare an object id member. For more information, refer to Section
    7.2.1, "Composite Object Ids" in the ODB manual as well as the 'composite'
    example in the odb-examples package.

  * Support for the NULL value semantics for composite values. For more
    information, refer to Section 7.3, "Pointers and NULL Value Semantics"
    in the ODB manual.

  * New schema format (--schema-format), 'separate', allows the generation
    of the schema creation code into a separate C++ source file (called
    '<name>-schema.cxx' by default). This value is primarily useful if you
    want to place the schema creation functionality into a separate program
    or library.

  * New namespace-level pragmas: table, pointer. The table pragma specifies
    the table prefix that is added to table names for all the persistent
    classes inside a namespace. The pointer pragma specifies the default
    pointer type to be used for persistent classes and views inside a
    namespace. For more information, refer to Section 12.5.1, "pointer" and
    Section 12.5.2, "table" in the ODB manual.

  * Session support is now optional and is disabled by default. This is a
    backwards-incompatible change. Session support can be enabled on the
    per class basis or at the namespace level using the new session pragma.
    It can also be enabled by default for all the persistent classes using
    the --generate-session ODB compiler option. Thus, to get the old behavior
    where all the objects were session-enabled, simply add --generate-session
    to your ODB compiler command line. For more information, refer to Chapter
    10, "Session" in the ODB manual.

  * The semantics of the database operations callbacks has changed with
    respect to object const-ness. This is a backwards-incompatible change.
    Now the callback function for the *_persist, *_update, and *_erase events
    is always called on the constant object reference while for the *_load
    events -- always on the unrestricted reference. For more information,
    refer to Section 12.1.7, "callback" in the ODB manual.

  * New function, transaction::reset(), allows the reuse of the same
    transaction instance to complete several database transactions. For more
    information, refer to Section 3.4, "Transactions" in the ODB manual.

  * New exception, odb::session_required, is thrown when ODB detects that
    correctly loading a bidirectional object relationship requires a session
    but one is not used. For more information, refer to Section 6.2,
    "Bidirectional Relationships" in the ODB manual.

Additionally, this release includes a number of bug fixes and performance
improvements in the database-specific runtimes. We have also added GCC 4.7
and Clang 3.0 to the list of compilers that we use for testing each release.
Specifically, the ODB compiler has been updated to be compatible with with
the GCC 4.7 series plugin API. For the complete list of compilers that were
used to test this release, refer to the ODB Platforms and Compilers page:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/products/odb/platforms.xhtml

With this release we are also introducing a change to the ODB licensing
terms. In addition to all the licensing options we currently have (open
source and commercial proprietary licenses) we now offer a free proprietary
license for small object models. This license allows you to use ODB in a
proprietary (closed-source) application free of charge and without any of
the GPL restrictions provided that the amount of the generated database
support code does not exceed 10,000 lines. The ODB compiler now includes
the --show-sloc command line option that can be used to show the amount of
code being generated. For more information on the free proprietary license,
including a Q&A section, refer to the ODB Licensing page:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/products/odb/license.xhtml

A more detailed discussion of these features and changes can be found in
the following blog post:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/~boris/blog/2012/05/02/odb-2-0-0-released/

Source code and pre-compiled binary packages for this release are available
from the ODB download page:

http://www.codesynthesis.com/products/odb/download.xhtml

SHA1 checksums for the files in this release are as follows:

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Enjoy,
	Boris