docx4j 2.8.0 release soon

[jason]

As per the topic, I'd like to release docx4j 2.8.0 soon (ie in 2 to 3 weeks).

Notable changes:

• XHTML import
  
• svg JAXB content model moved to its own project on Github, and uploaded to Maven Central
• svg JAXB content model moved to its own project on Github, and uploaded to Maven Central
  
• Field processing infrastructure, and MERGEFIELD processing

Please see http://www.docx4java.org/trac/docx4j/changeset/1800 for more.

There is a snapshot for download at http://www.docx4java.org/docx4j/docx4j-2.8.0-SNAPSHOT/

The new/changed jars (for 2.7.1 users):

docx4j-2.8.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

jaxb-svg11-1.0.2.jar
jaxb-xmldsig-core-1.0.0.jar
jaxb-xslfo-1.0.1.jar
xhtmlrenderer-1.0.0.jar

All of these are also in Maven Central (except the SNAPSHOT itself; I anticipate replacing the SNAPSHOT with minor changes a couple of times over the next few weeks).

So any feedback which might affect the 2.8.0 release is welcome, thanks!

[Nanocom]

I give you again my patch that I sent you by mail, I don't know if you forgot it or...
It's related to TraversalUtil: It allows the CompoundTraversalUtilVisitorCallback to handle inheritance, just as in the Single one.

inheritance.patch

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[jason]

Committed as http://www.docx4java.org/trac/docx4j/changeset/1803

[Nanocom]

Thanks.

[bruno]

Hi jason

Recently I came in contact with the XHTML import, great work. But I still miss some basic html tags (listed as todos in the javadoc header of class org.docx4j.convert.in.xhtml.Importer - especially <u>, <font color="xxx">, ...). Are you planning to support these tags in version 2.8.0?

I tried some first steps to provide an implementation for these tags, but I ended up by agreeing the javadoc in org.docx4j.model.properties.Property: "... Currently this class assumes a one to one correspondence between properties. This might well have to change...". F.e. the Font property encapsulates more than one docx run property.

thanks bruno

[jason]

I've updated the 2.8.0 SNAPSHOT. The release is imminent, so please try it to double check that anything that matters to you still works!

Link is at http://www.docx4java.org/downloads.html

See the README at https://github.com/plutext/docx4j

Recently I came in contact with the XHTML import, great work. But I still miss some basic html tags (listed as todos in the javadoc header of class org.docx4j.convert.in.xhtml.Importer - especially <u>, <font color="xxx">, ...). Are you planning to support these tags in version 2.8.0?

No, not planning to support those in 2.8.0, unfortunately, since XHTML import works without them, and implementing that would further delay the release. Can't let the best be the enemy of the good. If you'd been able to submit a patch, it would be a different story