Apache Daffodil 2.6.0

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.apache.daffodil</groupId>
  <artifactId>daffodil-japi_2.12</artifactId>
  <version>2.6.0</version>
</dependency>

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.daffodil" %% "daffodil-sapi" % "2.6.0"

[apache-daffodil]
name=Apache Daffodil
baseurl=https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/daffodil-rpm/
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://downloads.apache.org/daffodil/KEYS
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=0

sudo dnf install apache-daffodil

Release Notes

Performance Updates

Multiple performance updates focused on schema compilation, hidden group references and other cleanups and refactoring.

• [DAFFODIL-1444] Performance - schema compilation
• [DAFFODIL-2281] isHidden - can't have a group that is both hidden and not hidden
• [DAFFODIL-2280] Clean up DSOM backpointers and object-factory clutter
• [DAFFODIL-2299] Perfromance for nightly unparse tests for csvMixedNarrow format has degraded more than 30%
• [DAFFODIL-2304] hiddenGroupRef in group is dropped during unparse
• [DAFFODIL-2305] Remove some Unused Term Methods

Sonarcloud

The main branch of Daffodil was configured to be scanned by Static Analysis tool, Sonarqube, when PRs are merged.

• [DAFFODIL-2272] Address Findings from Trial Sonarqube Run
• [DAFFODIL-2300] SonarCloud action is triggered on forks and fails
• [DAFFODIL-2291] Fix Project Key for Sonarqube
• [DAFFODIL-2314] SonarQube broke with update to sbt 1.3.9

Infrastructure

Multiple infrastructure changes were made, including bumping the minor version of Scala 2.12, bumping the SBT version, release container updates, and removal of Travis CI.

• [DAFFODIL-2307] Switch to using just GitHub Actions for CI
• [DAFFODIL-2111] JavaDoc errors on Java 11
• [DAFFODIL-2313] Update to scala 2.12.11
• [DAFFODIL-2312] Prepare 2.6.0 Release
• [DAFFODIL-2301] Update github actions/checkout to v2
• [DAFFODIL-2294] Sign RPM as part of release container
• [DAFFODIL-2315] DISCLAIMER file is not included in built jars
• [DAFFODIL-2316] Remove SHA256 hashes from releases
• [DAFFODIL-2317] README mentions /etc/sbt/sbtopts, but this likely doesn't work for Windows/Mac
• [DAFFODIL-2321] Jars need separate/custom license/notices

API Updates

See Deprecation/Compatibility for more details

• [DAFFODIL-2309] API calls that take name and namespace should check for namespace-only error
• [DAFFODIL-2311] API updates: thread-safety, variable-bindings being lost

TDML

Improvements were made to the TDML runner.

• [DAFFODIL-2302] TDML Runner remembers external variable bindings even on subsequent test suites that don't use them.

Miscellaneous Changes and Bug Fixes

• [DAFFODIL-2308] element is used by expressions but DPathCompileInfo.isReferencedByExpressions is false
• [DAFFODIL-2293] Too many bits in xs:string
• [DAFFODIL-2306] Abort: NadaParsers are all supposed to optimize out!
• [DAFFODIL-2004] daffodil site should have tutorials area
• [DAFFODIL-2296] NACHA failing some tests with "Abort: NadaUnparsers are all supposed to optimize out"
• [DAFFODIL-2283] ATO and HL7 saved parsers fail with Stack Overflow errors during generation on commit 7e8e1b3e
• [DAFFODIL-2284] Non-thread safe failures with JSON schema
• [DAFFODIL-2290] Change download links to downloads.apache.org
• [DAFFODIL-2288] update jackson-core dependency to 2.9.8 to facility runtime2 work
• [DAFFODIL-840] text numbers: textStandardBase
• [DAFFODIL-2245] Compiler Error format message incorrectly rendered
• [DAFFODIL-2286] Enable full validation, even if working from compiled binary of schema
• [DAFFODIL-2276] Get java.lang.ClassCastException on nightly nitf unparse test
• [DAFFODIL-2271] Prepare for 2.6.0 development
• [DAFFODIL-2270] Update UDF Proposal to match Final Design
• [DAFFODIL-942] Update parsers to handle static vs dynamic properties better
• [DAFFODIL-2318] Test XML files missing license
• [DAFFODIL-2319] Add license header to .gitignore file
• [DAFFODIL-2320] Non en_US LANG causes test failure

Deprecation/Compatibility

The following changes have been made which may affect compatibility with past releases:

• The following setters were deprecated in favor of these withXYZ functions
  • setValidateDFDLSchemas -> None
  • setCheckAllTopLevel -> withCheckAllTopLevel
  • setTunable -> withTunable
  • setTunables -> withTunables
  • setExternalDFDLVariable -> DataProcessor.setExternalVariable
  • setExternalDFDLVariables -> DataProcessor.setExternalVariables or TDMLDFDLProcessor.withExternalDFDLVariables
  • setDistinguishedRootNode -> withDistinguishedRootNode or arguments to getProcessor, compileSource, or compileFile
  • setDebugger -> withDebugger
  • setDebugging -> withDebugging
  • setTracing -> withTracing
  • setValidationMode -> withValidationMode
  • setExternalDFDLVariables -> withExternalDFDLVariables
  • setExternalVariables -> withExternalVariables