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@@ -1,10 +1,61 @@ -Version 4.1.0 +Version 4.2.0 + + * In this version we have switched to the build2 build system. For the + step-by-step instructions on how to build XSD from source on all the + major platforms, see: + + https://codesynthesis.com/products/xsd/doc/install-build2.xhtml + + * In this version we have changed the default C++ standard that is used + by the generated code from C++98 to C++11. While you can still request + C++98 with the --std=c++98 option, note that this is the last release + that supports the C++98 standard and the next release will require C++11 + or later (in fact, building the XSD compiler itself already requires + C++11 or later). Note also that the --std option now recognizes the + c++14, c++17, c++20, and c++23 additional values. + + * This version will be the last release that supports Xerces-C++ earlier + than 3.1.0 and the next release will require Xerces-C++ 3.1.0 or later. + + * New --file-list-only option that allows only writing the list of C++ + files that would be generated without actually generating them. + + * The --file-list option now recognize the `-` value as a request to write + to stdout. + + * New --dep-file option that allows specifying the dependency file name. + It also allows writing the dependency information to stdout by specifying + `-` as this option's value. + + * This version contains a large number of bug fixes and minor improvements + that have accumulated over the years. C++/Tree - * Support for abstract XML Schema types. The corresponding C++ classes - now have _clone() declared pure virtual which prevents construction - of their instances. + * Support for abstract XML Schema types. The corresponding C++ classes now + have the _clone() member function declared pure virtual which prevents + the construction of instances of such types. + + Note that if after upgrading to this version you start getting C++ + compile errors in the generated code with diagnostics saying that a + type cannot be instantiated because _clone() is pure virtual, then + it's a strong indication that this type (or its base) is polymorphic + and needs to be marked as such (see --polymorphic-type* options). + + * New base_string() accessors in the xml_schema::{string,uri} types that + return the underlying string. + + * Support for `ucc` (upper-camel-case) value in the --function-naming + option. + + * New C++/Tree `secure` example (xsd-examples/cxx/tree/secure/) shows how + to perform more secure XML parsing by disabling the XML External Entity + (XXE) Processing. See the accompanying README file for details. + +Version 4.1.0 + + * This version was never released. It was skipped due to a minor versioning + scheme adjustment in the pre-release component when migrating to build2. Version 4.0.0 @@ -608,7 +659,7 @@ Version 2.3.1 include the GPL banner in each generated file. Instead a short notice about a required proprietary license is generated. You should not use this option unless you have obtained a proprietary - license from Code Synthesis Tools CC. + license from Code Synthesis. * The default encoding for the 'char' character type is now UTF-8. To get the previous behavior (local code page via the Xerces-C++ @@ -879,7 +930,7 @@ Version 2.0.0 * MSVC 7.1 has a limit on the length of the "if else if" chain. This results in ICE when compiling generated code for enumerations with a large number of values. This version addresses this issue. Thanks - to Cyrille Chépélov <cyrille at chepelov.org> for reporting this and + to Cyrille Chépélov <cyrille at chepelov.org> for reporting this and suggesting a fix. |