versions.txt

This file contains a list of all bugfixes, additions and enhancements to NativeXml.

Maintained by Nils Haeck (SimDesign BV)

! = bugfix
* = enhancement
+ = addition

Version 4.07 (03oct2012)
! Improved canonicalization (c14n), now works recursively and
  returns # expanded entities
! Fixed up a rangecheck warning in sdUtf8ToWideBuffer
! cleaned up some compiler directives

Version 4.06 (16aug2012)
+ Added TXmlNode.NodeRemoveEx (allows removal of the line with
  the node instead of just the node itself) - experimental

Version 4.05 (11aug2012)
! Reimplemented/Fixed sdNormaliseEol function
+ Readded (hex) character replacement

Version 4.04 (06aug2012)
! Updated simdesign.inc to add DXE2
! Fixed bug in DirectNodeCount
! Fixed (removed) erratic un-normalisation
! removed erratic $ifdef in NativeXmlObjectStorage.pas

Version 4.03 (13jul2012)
* Core End-Of-Line style is LF, defaults CR-LF, LF and CR for Windows, Linux, Mac
  respectively
! Fixed EOL bug in source (thx Christian)
* TsdChardata.GetCoreValue and .GetPlatformValue

Version 4.02 (05nov2011)
* default end-of-line style now esCRLF (uses CR-LF combination by default for Windows)
+ form storage in editor (both default and XE versions) uses NativeXml itself :)
+ added support for EolStyle = esCR (for use with the Mac)
+ added separator when writing declaration, skip separator when parsing declaration
! fixed problems in binary xml. Consequence: New binary xml version v2. 
* NativeXml (and binary xml) now supports xml-stylesheet correctly
* binary xml now supports doctype correctly
* fixed attribute processing in NativeXmlStorage.pas (thanks RKS)

Version 4.01 (27jul2011)
+ added binary xml to the TNativeXml class itself
+ added methods BinaryMethod and AesKeyHex
* improved FixStructuralErrors.. NativeXml can now load html usually
* improved method sdUnNormalizeEol (faster now)
! fixed property handlers for ExternalEncoding and ExternalCodepage
+ updated DtpEditor XE

Version 4.00 (23jul2011)
+ implemented binary xml (BXM)
+ added ValueAsDate and ValueAsTime besides ValueAsDateTime
+ added SplitSecondDigits parameter (default = 0)
* constructor CreateParentNear instead of CreateParentBefore/After
  to avoid clash with CppBuilder
+ added zlib compression and AES encryption for BXM in the demo

Version 3.32 (07jul2011)
! re-added D5 compatibility
! fixed TNativeXml.New method

Version 3.31 (29jun2011)
! fixed string table (part of lowlevel string processing of NativeXml)
* integrated End-Of-Line normalisation in the XML parser
* placed NativeXmlC14N.pas in NativeXml.pas, TNativeXml.Canonicalize integrated

Version 3.30 (20may2011)
* reimplemented DropCommentsOnParse
* reimplemented AttributesClear
+ added property Charset
! reworked write FExternalEncoding
* readded EncodeBinHex / DecodeBinHex
+ sdNodeList with default Create
* alphabetized NativeXml bool options
+ Linux: allow many codepage conversions, using NativeXmlWin32Compat.pas (largely untested tho)
* added class methods TNativeXml.EncodeBase64 / DecodeBase64 next to the
  global base64 coding methods.
! corrected ranges of arrays in the coders, so rangechecking does not need to be disabled
* slightly more verbose error messages (line + pos instead of just pos)

Version 3.29 (01apr2011)
! fixed last part of the file processing (final chunk) so NormalizeEOL works
  correctly now
! fix: changed boolean value strings 'True' and 'False' to 'true' and 'false'
  according to W3 spec
+ Added some helper functions for Linux (still experimental), this does not affect
  Win32
* Joined TsdBufferParser and TsdXmlParser (now just TsdXmlParser)
* Updated OnProgress and added progress bar in XmlEditor

Version 3.28 (21mar2011)
+ Re-added NodeNewAtIndex
* Verified and fixed demos

Version 3.27 (19mar2011)
! fixed Delphi XE-related bug in sdEscapeString
+ Re-added method NodesClear 
+ Re-added methods ValueUnicode, AttributeValueByNameWide, IndexInParent, SortChildNodes
+ made AttributeIndexByName public
+ Re-added constructors TXmlNode.CreateName, CreateNameValue

Version 3.26 (16mar2011)
* TCustomXml and TNativeXml joined
+ Added property TXmlNode.Document (type TNativeXml)
+ Added ReadUnicodeString / WriteUnicodeString
* Made NodeFindOrCreate public
! Fixed FWriteOnDefault
+ Added ReadAttributeBool, ReadAttributeString, ReadUnicodeString and WriteUnicodeString

Version 3.25 (03mar2011)
* enhanced function sdEscapeString (contributor: Michael Cessna)
! Fixed function sdReplaceString (new implementation)
+ Added Test16 to verify sdEscapeString and sdReplaceString

Version 3.24 (24feb2011)
+ Added function TCustomXml.InsertDocType to hide the complexity of
  inserting a TsdDocType manually
! fixed small leak in class TsdDocType
+ Added Test15 to diagnose TCustomXml.InsertDocType
! fixed major bug where parser does not use ansi + 65001 codepage but really utf8, so
  the writer also uses utf8 (and added Test14 to check)
* Added speed comparison between old TNativeXml and new TNativeXml: new 
  TNativeXml is ca 3 times faster than old.
+ TNativeXmlObjectStorage: Added storage of TCollectionItem and removed some
  "with" statements and replaced some raise statements by DoDebugOut
* Tested successfully with D5, D7 and DXE 

Version 3.23 (13feb2011)
* Reimplemented TXmlNode.IsEqualTo
+ Added Test12 (to check IsEqualTo)
+ Added D5 compatibility (through sdDebug.pas)
+ Option "FixStructuralErrors" is functional:
  With this option you can fix the structure in HTML 
  files (eg a <meta> tag without closing tag).

Version 3.22 (08feb2011)
! fixed accidental switch of TCustomXml(FOwner).DoNodeLoaded/DoNodeNew;
! fixed attribute handling of values (added sdReplaceString)
+ Added UTF16BE support in SaveToStream
! Renamed WriteToString/WideString to WriteToLocalString/Widestring for
  Utf8 and Utf16, and added generic WriteToString for "string" type
+ Added readonly property TXmlNode.DirectNodeCount
+ Added properties TXmlNode.ChildContainers[i] and TXmlNode.ChildContainerCount
+ Added Test5, Test6 and Test7 functions in XmlTest demo app
* placed sdStringEncoding and sdBufferParser in NativeXml (no longer needs separate units)
+ Minor improvements in writing xml elements with XmlFormat := xfReadable

Version 3.21 (04feb2011)
! Re-added sdStringToDateTime functions instead of non-functional StrToDateTime
! Fixed function sdNormaliseEOL
+ Re-added TXmlNode.Delete
+ Added Test3 and Test4 functions in XmlTest demo app

Version 3.20 (31jan2011)
* Combined NativeXmlEx, NativeXmlNodes, NativeXmlParser and NativeXmlUtils into one new unit NativeXml
- Removed old NativeXml
+ Added WriteToString method for the TXmlNode classes
+ Added Assign and CopyFrom methods for the TXmlNode classes
+ Added a few methods from the old NativeXml (e.g. DeleteEmptyNodes)
* sdStreams no longer needs sdStreamsPlatform
* Generalized include files

Version 3.14 (24jan2011)
+ Added LINQ-like methods and example (contributor: Marius Z)
+ Reimplemented ValueAsXYZ methods in NativeXmlEx
* Added and enhanced XmlFormat = xfPreserve
+ Verified successful working in both D7 and DXE

Version 3.13 (16jan2011)
+ NativeXmlObjectStorage now works with NativeXmlEx
* Many improvements in the writer (NativeXmlNodes)
! Fixed Utf8 to Ansi (sdStringEncoding)
* Dual version of XmlEditorEx demo for D7 and DXE by use of {$ifdef}'s

Version 3.12 (31dec2010)
+ Experimental unit NativeXmlC14n.pas (for canonicalization)
! Many bugfixes in NativeXmlEx parser
+ normalize end-of-line
* NativeXmlEx html online docu
* XmlEditorEx demo with versions for Delphi7 and DelphiXE 

Version 3.11 (28nov2010)
+ Implemented NativeXmlEx: 
    NativeXmlEx.pas (TCustomXmlEx and TNativeXmlEx components)
    NativeXmlNodes.pas (TXmlNode and descendant nodes like TsdAttribute and TsdElement)
    NativeXmlUtils.pas (lowlevel types and consts of nativexml, codepage constants, low-level 
      string handling functions)
    NativeXmlParser.pas (TsdXmlParser and TsdXmlWriter components)
    sdStringTable.pas in /general
    sdStringEncoding.pas in /general
    sdStreams.pas in /general
    sdStreamsPlatform.pas in /general
    sdBufferParser.pas in /general
    sdDebug.pas in /general
    sdSortedLists.pas in /general 
! fixed WriteAttributeInt64 and WriteInt64 (NativeXml.pas)

Version 3.10 (21sep2010)
! fixed local bias in datetime processing (contributor Stefan Glienke)
! XML without encoding should be UTF-8
! default values In ReadAttributeXXX when empty strings instead of exceptions
! Allow multiple defined properties
! fixed bug in varCurrency values when reading variants
! No info stored in stream in procedure ObjectSaveToXmlXXXX
! Problem with saving/reading collections (contributor Adam Siwon)

Version 3.09 (21jul2010)
! allow "utf-8" as well as "UTF-8" as encodingstring (NativeXml.pas)
! trim string values in normal elements (NativeXml.pas hack)
! RawByteString instead of UTF8String in TsdXmlObjectWriter (NativeXmlObjectStorage)
+ exception 'Unregistered classtype encountered in nodename' instead of general exception
  (NativeXmlObjectStorage)
! Local bias (daylightsaving) and time zone designator in date/time conversion (contributor
  Stefan Glienke)

Version 3.08 (25jun2010)
! do not write BOM when encoding="UTF-8"

Version 3.07 (10Mar2010)
! fixed TXmlNode.SetValueAsInt64

Version 3.06 (03Feb2010)
* Added compiler directives for NativeXmlStorage.pas
! Fixed "implicit string conversion" warnings in examples

Version 3.05 (19Dec2009)
* Added some compiler directives for D2009/D2010

Version 3.04  (28Nov2009)
* Changed license of NativeXml to very liberal and comprehensible BSD-Style Open-Source

Version 3.03
! Added {$ELSE} directive and declarations for UnicodeChar and PUnicodeChar

Version 3.02
! Bugfix in attribute value code

Version 3.00 (20Sep2009)
* Made compatible with D2009 and its convention that string is unicode (2bytes/char)

Version 2.39
* Replaced all widestring by WideString (conform to case used in Delphi)

Version 2.38 (07March2008)
+ Added TXmlNode.ReadAttributeDateTime
+ Added TXmlNode.WriteAttributeDateTime
+ Support for D2007-NET (version 190)
! ReadFromStream now first clears subnodes

Version 2.37 (18Dec2007)
+ Added ByAttribute function to TXmlNodeList
! Fixed problem with NodeAdd from another tree (Document reference gets updated now)
! Fixed deletion of empty attributes

Version 2.36 (11Nov2007)
! Do not save empty encoding (e.g. encoding="").
* Renamed some local variables
* Code re-formatted

Version 2.35 (17Aug2007)
* Bugfix in sdWriteNumber

Version 2.34 (31May2007)
+ Added WriteAttributeInt64
! Made check for UTF-8 case insensitive
* Fixed bug with stringtable (removed "gaps")
+ Added AttributeValueDirect prop

Version 2.31 (03May2007)
* Verified compatibility with Delphi2 and 3 
* Fixed 2 harmless compiler warnings 

Version 2.30 (30Apr2007)
+ Added stringbuilder class for faster creation of strings. This should make NativeXml parse documents with large value strings faster. 
+ Patches to allow compilation under freepascal 
! Fixed bug with ' and " inside quotes (now "bla'bla'bla" is allowed) 
* ReadAttributeBool/WriteAttributeBool allow empty elements 
* Made changes to assure NativeXml works well with "boolean evaluation" compile flag on 
! Fixed bug in WriteWidestrProp 
! Fixed bug in SetValueAsFloat 
! Fixed bug in SetAttributeByNameWide 

Version 2.26 (05Dec2006)
+ Added ReadAttributeInt64 property 
! Fixed bugs with StrToInt which should be StrToInt64. 
! Fixed bug with tag parsing where tags like "bla>bla" caused the parser to stop on the ">". 

Version 2.23 (02Dec2005)
! Fixed bug in entity resolving for attributes 
! Bugfix: Take into account default value in WriteAttributeString/-Integer 
! Bugfix: Never write empty attributes to the XML file 
+ Added TotalNodeCount property 
* Removed TNativeXml.StyleSheetString, replaced by TNativeXml.StyleSheetNode 
* WriteFloat now uses proprietary routine (threadsafe), always using a dot as decimal separator and settings from NativeXml.FloatSignificantDigits and FloatAllowScientific 

Version 2.20 (19Sep2005)
+ Added SortAttributes property 
+ Added ParserWarnings property 
* Added RootNodeList property, to allow easier access to XML nodes in the header, and removed ExtraNodes and Comments properties. 
+ Added TXmlNode.IsEqualTo function to compare nodes in documents 
! Fixed bug in FullPath property (one slash too much at start) 
* FindNodes can now also be used with full paths 
! Bugfix: no longer adds CRLF after ENTITY declarations 
! Bugfix: AttributeName[] setter now no longer strips quotes from attribute value. 
+ Added AttributeValueAsWidestring[] property 
+ Added AttributeValueAsInteger[] property 

Version 2.13 (25Jul2005)
! Fixed bug with begin-tag reading (only seldom, with <?..?> nodes) 

Version 2.12 (25Jul2005)
* Changed order of DoNodeLoaded and DoProgress, to avoid bug when freeing in OnNodeLoaded. 
+ Added SortAttributes property 
+ Added ParserWarnings property 
* Added RootNodeList property, to allow easier access to XML nodes in the header 
- Removed ExtraNodes and Comments properties 
* Changed Assign methods (faster now) 
+ Added function TXmlNode.NodeByElementType 
+ Added boolean property TNativeXml.AbortParsing 
! Fixed bug with end-tag reading (when reading CDATA sections with \"]\" in the data string) 


<snip: many versions before this>

Version 1.00 (01Apr2003)
- Initial release