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Release Notes -- Apache Jackrabbit -- Version 2.7.3

Introduction
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This is Apache Jackrabbit(TM) 2.7, a fully compliant implementation of the
Content Repository for Java(TM) Technology API, version 2.0 (JCR 2.0) as
specified in the Java Specification Request 283 (JSR 283).

Apache Jackrabbit 2.7 is an unstable series of releases cut directly from
Jackrabbit trunk, with a focus on new features and other improvements.
For production use we recommend the latest stable 2.6 release.

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.7.3
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Improvements

  [JCR-3690] Allow Node Type Registry subclasses to check for conflicting content

Bug fixes

  [JCR-3691] Search index consistency check logs unnecessary warnings for repairable errors
  [JCR-3692] MoveAtRootTest fails and is not included in test suite
  [JCR-3697] UserManager not supported error when trying to remove Node in 2.7.2
  [JCR-3702] NPE if user w/o read permission on admin user node removes any node

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.7.2
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New features

  [JCR-3641] AccessControl: provide ability to create JackrabbitAccessControlEntry with multi-valued restrictions

Improvements

  [JCR-3675] test cases for "similarly" named nodes, diagnostics for names not in NFC
  [JCR-3686] Prevent removal/move of admin node
  [JCR-3687] Backport improvements made to token based auth in OAK

Bug fixes

  [JCR-1880] Same name sibling: Jackrabbit behaves differently when calling Node.getPath()
  [JCR-3364] Moving of nodes requires read access to all parent nodes of the destination node
  [JCR-3582] Unable to create nodes with whitespace chars != ASCII SP
  [JCR-3671] Config DTD doesn't allow ProtectedItemImporter
  [JCR-3673] ChildAxisQuery#advance method results in IllegalArgumentException through #indexIsValid method
  [JCR-3674] Unwarranted errors logged about nodetype registrations in a clustered environment
  [JCR-3677] Invalid SQL2OrderByTest.testOrderByScore test case
  [JCR-3678] MembershipCache max size is hard coded to 5000
  [JCR-3682] Better Exception Handling in TransactionContext to handle unchecked exceptions

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.7.1
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New features

  [JCR-3534] Efficient copying of binaries across repositories with the same data store
  [JCR-3634] New method: JackrabbitRepository.login(Credentials, Map<String, Object>)
  [JCR-3637] JackrabbitAccessControlEntry: Add support for multi-valued restrictions
  [JCR-3652] Bundle serialization broken

Improvements

  [JCR-2029] JCR Remoting: Use DAV:lockroot to expose the lock-holding node
  [JCR-3322] add TCK coverage of isNodeType(expandedName)
  [JCR-3408] Query tests should avoid casting to QueryManagerImpl
  [JCR-3591] Upgrade to latest Logback
  [JCR-3596] Reduce level for 'overwriting cached item' log messages in ItemManager
  [JCR-3616] unit tests should use valid namespace names
  [JCR-3620] JCA deployment descriptor for Apache Geronimo
  [JCR-3625] make port number for webdav integration tests configurable
  [JCR-3626] NodeTypeTest.getPrimaryItemName can get ssssslllllloooowwwww
  [JCR-3628] Embed cause in org.apache.jackrabbit.core.SessionImpl#getNodeByIdentifier while rethrowing IllegalArgumentException

Bug fixes

  [JCR-3228] WebDav/DavEx remoting throws workspace mismatch exceptions when running on port 80
  [JCR-3398] LOWER operand with nested LOCALNAME operand does not work with SQL2
  [JCR-3498] OUTER JOIN behavior is improperly excluding some values
  [JCR-3547] Datastore GC doesn't reset updateModifiedDateOnAccess on datastore
  [JCR-3595] AbstractJournal logging is too verbose
  [JCR-3601] AbstractJCRTest.cleanUpTestRoot() does not properly set testNodeType
  [JCR-3603] Index aggreate with property include does not speed up order by
  [JCR-3604] NodeMixinUtil.getAddableMixinName() can return mixins already inherited by the node
  [JCR-3605] Possible Deadlock during TimeoutHandler is running
  [JCR-3610] html excerpt broken when one of the indexed properties contains markup
  [JCR-3617] Inconsistent CachingHierarchyManager under concurrent access
  [JCR-3621] Race condition in MixinTest between event delivery and unregistering the observation listener
  [JCR-3629] [jcr2spi]RepositoryException lost in org.apache.jackrabbit.jcr2spi.ItemManagerImpl while querying on remote nodes exposed by jackrabbit-spi
  [JCR-3630] XSS in DirListingExportHandler
  [JCR-3631] SessionTest#hasCapability: missing save call
  [JCR-3633] If header field sent with PROPFIND (for lock discovery)
  [JCR-3635] Manually specified jcr:frozenUuid overwriting the one assigned by the VersionManager when versioning node
  [JCR-3639] VersionLabelTest adds label to root version
  [JCR-3642] Ambiguous exception expectation in SessionMoveVersionExceptionTest and WorkspaceMoveVersionExceptionTest
  [JCR-3645] LockManagerImpl do not prevent the internal PathMap in all relevant Methods
  [JCR-3653] SessionState logs nano seconds but writes 'us'
  [JCR-3654] Error MembershipCache if a group node contains MV property
  [JCR-3655] Better Locking inside LockManagerImpl
  [JCR-3656] improve error handling when shared node support is missing
  [JCR-3658] MembershipCache not consistently synchronized

Changes in Jackrabbit 2.7.0
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New features

  [JCR-3550] Methods for determining type of array of values
  [JCR-3566] add TCK test for NaN and infinity double property values

Improvements

  [JCR-3402] getSize() returning too many often -1
  [JCR-3495] Unregister from PrivilegeRegistry and NodeTypeRegistry on ...
  [JCR-3507] Make it possible to remove version histories via the ...
  [JCR-3513] Slower range query execution
  [JCR-3516] Search index consistency check should report and fix wrong ...
  [JCR-3517] Search index consistency check should be able to double ...
  [JCR-3519] Disable IOCounters based on log level
  [JCR-3524] Node type selection for reference constraint is not optimal
  [JCR-3528] Node type selection for CanAddChildNodeCallWithNodeTypeTest#...
  [JCR-3531] Borrow all available RepositoryHelpers
  [JCR-3535] Davex remoting should support absolute path hrefs
  [JCR-3537] Large number of SQL queries when adding nodes with version history
  [JCR-3549] URIResolverImpl needs to handle absolute paths in addition ...
  [JCR-3553] improve error logging for unexpected path formats
  [JCR-3554] RepositoryService.getReferences needs to deal with absolute ...
  [JCR-3559] RepositoryStubExceptions with root causes
  [JCR-3571] Light optimization for CachingNameResolver.getJCRName(Name)
  [JCR-3573] Improve token based login concurrency
  [JCR-3574] Leverage WebDAV compliance class 3 to use absolute paths in ...
  [JCR-3575] use absolute paths in WebDAV request bodies (DAV:href elements)
  [JCR-3577] Allow creation of users with 'null' password
  [JCR-3578] use absolute paths in DeltaV request bodies, and resolve hrefs ...
  [JCR-3580] JcrPrivilegeReport needs to deal with both absolute paths and ...
  [JCR-3583] UPDATE method needs to deal with both absolute paths and ...
  [JCR-3587] RepositoryImpl should expose the collection of ..

Bug fixes

  [JCR-3276] JCA Adpater not handling transaction suspension correctly
  [JCR-3382] ItemManager.getNode does not do a permission check when the ...
  [JCR-3465] JcrUtils.getOrCreateByPath() creates a whole subtree instead ...
  [JCR-3512] DelayedDelete in MultiDatastore does not work correctly
  [JCR-3518] Build fails on Mac OS + JDK 7
  [JCR-3521] IllegalArgumentException thrown on a box running java7 with ...
  [JCR-3523] Workspace.copy changes WeakReferences to References
  [JCR-3539] NotQuery#advance (and for older versions skipTo) violates ...
  [JCR-3540] locator for RootCollection generates a broken href when using ...
  [JCR-3543] TCK does not allow a property to be re-bound to a different ...
  [JCR-3545] unknown REPORT should cause status code 409/DAV:supported-report
  [JCR-3551] DavEx cannot handle Double.NaN properties
  [JCR-3552] Principal associated with Group does not update members
  [JCR-3556] IndexingConfigurationImpl.getAggregateRules() should return ...
  [JCR-3562] Adding a child node named {foo fails but bar} works
  [JCR-3570] Make immediately Repository start configureable in ...
  [JCR-3576] handle absolute paths in observation response bodies
  [JCR-3581] Incorrect bitwise arithmetic in BitsetENTCacheImpl.BitsetKey...

In addition to the above-mentioned changes, this release contains
all the changes included up to the Apache Jackrabbit 2.6.0 release.

For more detailed information about all the changes in this and other
Jackrabbit releases, please see the Jackrabbit issue tracker at

    https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCR

Release Contents
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This release consists of a single source archive packaged as a zip file.
The archive can be unpacked with the jar tool from your JDK installation.
See the README.txt file for instructions on how to build this release.

The source archive is accompanied by SHA1 and MD5 checksums and a PGP
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The public key used for the PGP signature can be found at
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jackrabbit/dist/KEYS.

About Apache Jackrabbit
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Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content
Repository for Java Technology API (JCR). A content repository is a
hierarchical content store with support for structured and unstructured
content, full text search, versioning, transactions, observation, and
more.

For more information, visit http://jackrabbit.apache.org/

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