xwidget 0.0.31

A package for building dynamic UIs in Flutter using an expressive, XML based markup language.

0.0.31 (Jan 1, 2024)

BREAKING CHANGES: Please run dart run xwidget:generate after upgrading.

• Renamed ListOf element to List for consistency
• Added Map element. Example usage:

  <Map for="attribute">
    <Entry key="name" value="name"/>
    <Entry value="description">description</Entry>
  </Map>
  

• Allow param, forEach, and if elements as optional children of fragment element. Example usage:

  <fragment name="header">
      <!-- use 'var' to pass values to fragment -->
      <param name="bottom" value="tab_bar"/>
  </fragment>
  

• Auto scope dependencies for elements that support the dependenciesScope attribute.
• Updated minimum petitparser version to 6.0.0.
• Removed deprecated imports.

0.0.30 (Dec 12, 2023)

BREAKING CHANGES: Please run dart run xwidget:generate after upgrading.

• Controller now extends StatefulWidget. This allows Controllers to use mixins designed for stateful widgets such as TickerProviderStateMixin.
• Renamed Controller.initialize to Controller.init.
• Removed build parameter from Controller constructor.
• Removed multi-controller support from Controllers.
• Some code cleanup

0.0.29 (Nov 8, 2023)

BREAKING CHANGES: Please run dart run xwidget:generate after upgrading.

• Renamed execution parameter to build in ControllerWidget constructor.
• Fixed ControllerWidget's async build.
• Enhanced parseDuration function to accept m, min, mins, h, hr, hrs, d, day, days duration suffixes i.e. 5m, 1hr, 3days.
• Added isTrue, isFalse, and logDebug EL functions.
• Improved invalid EL function error message.
• Minor XML parsing performance improvements.

0.0.28 (Oct 31, 2023)

• Fixed reference parser 'null' error.
• Fixed parseEnum method signature.

0.0.27 (Oct 2, 2023)

• Added varDisposal option to ValueListener. Possible values are none, byOwner, and byLastListener.
• Added onChange callback to ValueListener.
• Updated DataValueNotifier to be owner and listener aware.
• Added removeValue method to Dependencies and MapBrackets extension. This method is dot/bracket notation aware.
• Deleted remove method from Dependencies. Use removeValue instead.

0.0.26 (Sep 17, 2023)

• Updated dependencies.

0.0.25 (Sep 17, 2023)

• Updated documentation.

0.0.24 (Sep 12, 2023)

• Added EL functions isTrueOrNull and isFalseOrNull.
• Updated documentation.

0.0.23 (Sep 8, 2023)

• Removed disposeOfDependencies parameter from DynamicBuilder constructor.
• Inflater.parseAttribute now returns the unparsed value if the value is not parsed.

0.0.22 (Sep 5, 2023)

• Updated analyzer and linter rules
• Minor code formatting
• Added publishing tool

0.0.21 (Aug 22, 2023)

• Improved inflater builder's generation of default values from variables.
• Added new built-in EL function toBool.
• Updated documentation.

0.0.20 (Aug 16, 2023)

BREAKING CHANGES: Please run dart run xwidget:generate after upgrading.

• Changed Inflater.inflate signature to pass a list of unprocessed child strings instead of a single preprocessed string. The inflater's implementation now determines how to process the strings i.e. Text inflater uses XWidgetUtils.joinStrings(text).
• Removed includeAttributes argument from XWidget.inflateXmlElementChildren signature. Use excludeAttributes argument instead.
• Removed XWidget.inflateFromXml convenience method. Use XWidget.inflateFromXmlElement instead.
• Added an excution option to the Controller inflater that specifies its inflation method, either asynchronous or synchronous. Valid values are async and sync. The default is sync.
• Minor performance improvements when setting or retrieving Dependencies values and parsing certain attribute types.
• Added XWidgetUtils.joinStrings utility function.
• Added fragment XML caching to improve inflater performance. Use XWidget.xmlCacheEnabled to enable or disable the cache. Enabled by default.

0.0.19 (Aug 9, 2023)

• Attribute parsing performance improvements.
• Documentation updates and additions.
• Minor code cleanup.

0.0.18 (Aug 3, 2023)

• Added support for a simplified inflater and icon specification format. See the 'Inflaters Configuration' and 'Icons Configuration' README sections.
• Updated documentation.

0.0.17 (Jul 7, 2023)

• Substantially increased attribute value parsing performance.
• Added embedded expression parsing to attribute values i.e. <Text data="Dear ${name},"/>
• Removed @fragment attribute directive. Use the fragment tag accompanied with the for attribute instead.
• Replaced copyDependencies option with dependenciesScope. Can be new, copy, or inherit.
• Added dependenciesScope option to frgament tag.
• Updated documentation.

0.0.16 (Jul 4, 2023)

• Improved fragment XML validation.
• Auto generate inflater attribute restrictions for enum types.
• Removed ability to override built-in functions.
• Controller no longer extends WidgetsBindingObserver. Subclasses can add it as a mixin, if needed.
• Added callback schema element.
• Updated documentation

0.0.15 (Jul 2, 2023)

• Overhauled EL functions to simplify implementation.
• Renamed handler tag to callback.
• Fixed action attribute evaluation in callback tag.
• Added returnVar attribute to callback tag.
• Deleted deprecated attribute tag. Use ListOf inflater instead.
• Documentation updates and additions.

0.0.14 (Jun 23, 2023)

• Inflater parsers now return the unparsed value if there's no attribute name match.
• Inflater builder now skips deprecated elements by default.
• Resources can now use an alternate AssetBundle, when passed to loadResources method. Otherwise, it uses rootBundle.
• Documentation updates.
• Added fragment tag unit tests.

0.0.13 (Jun 18, 2023)

• Removed unnecessary import that was causing a web compatibility issue.
• Updated var tag to allow dot/bracket notation in name attribute.
• Continued work on documentation.

0.0.12 (Jun 15, 2023)

• Improved CommonLog callback feature. Callback now returns a bool to continue or skip logging.
• Updated xwidget dependency in example 'pubspec.yaml' to point to pub.dev.
• Fixed invalid identifier parsing error.
• Fixed deprecated usages.

0.0.11 (Jun 12, 2023)

• Improved log messages from code generator.
• Replaced deprecated commands in documentation.

0.0.10 (Jun 12, 2023)

• Continued work on documentation.
• Added license.

0.0.9 (Jun 10, 2023)

• ControllerWidget now supports multiple controllers.
• Initialize CommonLog with callback functions instead of class instance.
• EL parser now capable of referencing global dependencies.
• Improved Dependencies toString() format.
• Added more unit tests.

0.0.8 (Jun 5, 2023)

• Fixed inflater builder getOnlyChild function call.
• Fixed example inflaters.

0.0.7 (Jun 4, 2023)

• Renamed logging class from Log to CommonLog.
• Created XWidgetUtils to hold XWidget helper functions.
• Created CommonUtils to hold common helper functions.
• Cleaned up messy exports.
• Documentation updates.

0.0.6 (Jun 4, 2023)

• Added example folder.
• Fixed async resources loading issue.

0.0.5 (Jun 4, 2023)

• Fixed inflater builder's default imports.
• Fixed default inflater config location.
• Fixed controller builder's type scanner.
• Export EL parser.
• Export custom widgets.
• Export logger.

0.0.4 (Jun 4, 2023)

• Restructured project files.
• Statically create required inflaters.
• Added InvalidType checks to inflater builder.
• Added inflater test.

0.0.3 (Jun 3, 2023)

• Fixed library resolution issue.

0.0.2 (Jun 2, 2023)

• Continued work on documentation.
• Fixed an issue with source analysis.
• Automatically scan 'lib/xwidget/controllers' for controllers.

0.0.1 (May 31, 2023)

• Initial release.
• Fully functional, but lacking proper documentation and unit tests.