xwidget 0.0.33

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

0.0.33 (Jan 28, 2024)

• Fixed dot/bracket notation parsing of List paths.
• Fixed relative import statements.
• Export MediaQueryWidget.

0.0.32 (Jan 23, 2024)

Please run dart run xwidget:generate after upgrading.

• Fixed issues with code generator not recognizing some List types.
• Improved EL dot notation path resolution error messages.
• Changed <builder/>'s for attribute from required to optional. This is needed for creating lists of builders as required by BottomNavLayout.pages.
• Added innerLists attribute to <List/> for configuration of how inner lists are handled. The options are add and spread. add (default) will add the inner list object. spread will add the inner list's items to the containing list.
• Added visible attribute to <fragment/>.
• Added new EL functions: randomDouble, randomInt, replaceAll, replaceFirst
• Improved code generator's handling of private constant defaults.
• Added <Media/> component. Writes MediaQuery values to Dependencies.
• Added createMaterialColor, parseMaterialColor utility functions.

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">
      <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.