bitchannel 2.0.0

A mix between an event-oriented package and a communication infrastructure package based on channels and bits of information.

CHANGELOG

2.0.0

Major Changes

• Revamped Bit and Channel Infrastructure: Complete overhaul of the core Bit and BitChannel architecture to improve flexibility and performance.
• Improved Type Safety: Enhanced type safety across the package to reduce runtime errors and improve developer experience.
• Asynchronous Handling: Introduced asynchronous handling for all bit transmissions, ensuring better performance and responsiveness.

New Features

• New Bit Classes: Added LogBit, RequestBit, ResponseBit, RequestFailed, and ResponseOK classes to cover more use cases out of the box.
• Mixin for Core Functionality: Introduced a Core mixin to provide shared functionality for bits.
• Enhanced Logging: Improved logging capabilities, including debug, info, and trace levels, to aid in development and troubleshooting.
• Global Data Handling: Improved mechanism for handling global data that is included with all bits.
• BitService, BitState, and OnBit Mixins: Added mixins for services and widgets that receive bits, simplifying the integration with BitChannel.

Breaking Changes

• Channel Joining: The method for joining channels has been updated. Ensure that all instances of BitChannel.join are updated to the new format.
• Qualifier Changes: The qualifier property has been standardized across all bit types, potentially affecting any custom implementations relying on previous formats.
• Data Getter: Custom data getters must now explicitly call super.data if they need to include data from the parent class.
• Abstract Class Updates: Bit and ReceivableBit are now abstract base classes, which may affect existing implementations.

Bug Fixes

• Handler Call Timing: Fixed an issue where responses could be triggered before the request was fully processed by ensuring handlers are called within a Future.
• Logging Crash Fix: Resolved an issue that caused crashes when using BitReceiver subclasses with high log levels.
• Super Data Inclusion: Ensured that super.data is included in all overridden data getters in ResponseBit and RequestFailed classes.

Miscellaneous

• Code Clean-up: Refactored various parts of the code for improved readability and maintainability.
• Documentation Updates: Expanded and improved documentation throughout the package to aid developers in understanding and utilizing the new features and changes.

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1.0.3

Bug Fixes

• Data Getter Update: Added call to super.data in data getters for ResponseBit and RequestFailed.
• Handler Call Timing: Added Future() to handler call in _onBitBuilder to prevent responses from being triggered before the request itself.
• Channel Specification Removal: Removed the need to specify bitChannel in ResponseBit.

Miscellaneous

• Code Refinement: Some code lifting in helper_bits.dart.

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1.0.2

Bug Fixes

• Logging Crash Fix: Fixed an issue that caused the app to crash when using BitReceiver subclasses (BitService, BitState, OnBit) and Bit.logLevel higher than LogLevel.info.

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1.0.1

Miscellaneous

• Metadata Update: Fixed repository URL.

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1.0.0

Documentation

• Package Documentation: Improved overall package documentation (code and metadata).

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0.0.2

Miscellaneous

• Metadata Update: Improved package description, fixed repository URL, and issue tracker URL.
• README Fix: Fixed package import in the Getting Started section of the README file.

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0.0.1

Initial Release

• Initial Release: Initial release of the package.