ph-oton

This set of Java libraries forms a package to build Java web applications.

Contained subprojects are:

ph-oton-html - Java wrapper for all HTML elements and attributes
ph-oton-jscode - a Java code model to build structured JS code
ph-oton-jquery - an extension to ph-html-jscode to also support jQuery
ph-oton-atom - ATOM newsfeed stuff
ph-oton-io - basic IO stuff (since 9.2.0; previously in ph-oton-app)
ph-oton-app - basic application stuff
ph-oton-audit - basic auditing stuff
ph-oton-ajax - basic AJAX stuff
ph-oton-api - basic API stuff
ph-oton-security - security elements (user, user groups, roles etc.)
ph-oton-exchange - data exchange (import and export)
ph-oton-connect - connectivity modules
ph-oton-core - basic web stuff
ph-oton-uicore - basic web UI stuff
ph-oton-icon - icon library
ph-oton-tinymce4 - TinyMCE4 wrapper
ph-oton-datatables- Datatables.net wrapper
ph-oton-uictrls - misc web UI controls
ph-oton-jetty - wrapper for Jetty to simply use as main
ph-oton-bootstrap4 - placeholder for Bootstrap 4 controls (still alpha)
ph-oton-bootstrap4-uictrls - special UI controls for Bootstrap 4
ph-oton-bootstrap4-pages - predefined UI pages with Bootstrap 4 styling
ph-oton-bootstrap4-stub - Servlet stub for Bootstrap 4 web applications
ph-oton-bootstrap4-demo - a standalone demo web application to be run in Tomcat or in provided Jetty

Requirements

Java 11+ is required for building
Application server requirements:
- At least Tomcat 10.x
- Jetty 11.x with AnnotationConfiguration enabled

Maven usage

Replace x.y.z with the effective version number.

  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.helger.photon</groupId>
        <artifactId>ph-oton-parent-pom</artifactId>
        <version>x.y.z</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

Note: prior to v8.2.5 the Maven groupId was com.helger.

Bootstrap 4

To use Bootstrap 4 front end use:

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.helger.photon</groupId>
      <artifactId>ph-oton-bootstrap4-stub</artifactId>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>

See the submodule ph-oton-bootstrap4-demo for a working example project with Bootstrap 4 UI.

Note: prior to v8.2.5 the Maven groupId was com.helger.

News and noteworthy

v9.2.7 - 2024-10-03
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.24
- Updated to Log4J 2.24.0
- Allowed .cjs and .mjs as valid JavaScript file extensions
- type attribute of script element was changed from IMimeType to String
- Improved consistency of aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-description, aria-describedby
v9.2.6 - 2024-08-09
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.22
- Fixed an error in DataTables max page calculation if length menu with only "all" is present
- Updated to DataTables 2.1.3
v9.2.5 - 2024-06-30
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.21
- Updated to DataTables 2.0.8 and updated translations
- Using addAriaLabeledBy in connectFormControlWithLabel. See #18 - thx @NikovacsDev
- API extensions for DataTables aria-label in pagination area
v9.2.4 - 2024-04-25
- Updated to DataTables 2.0.5 and latest plugin versions
- Chart.js V4 API improvements
v9.2.3 - 2024-04-18
- Updated to Log4J 2.23.1
- Updated to jQuery 3.7.1
- Updated to moment.js 2.30.1
- Added more charts.js v4 support
- Moved the Bootstrap 3 binding to https://github.com/phax/ph-oton-bootstrap3
v9.2.2 - 2024-03-28
- Updated to ph-commons 11.1.5
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.20
- Created Java 21 compatibility
- The default folder structure for internal errors was changed from YYYY/MM to YYYY/MM/DD
- Added initial support for charts.js v4
v9.2.1 - 2023-09-26
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.16
- Fixed DateTime picker error in September for en-gb locale [Java 17]
v9.2.0 - 2023-08-20
- Extracted submodule ph-oton-io for dependency minimized inclusion
v9.1.4 - 2023-08-17
- Updated to DataTables 1.13.6 and latest plugin versions
- Updated to ph-web 10.1.5
- Avoid Exception on "Delete all" in failed mail page with Bootstrap4 UI
v9.1.3 - 2023-07-31
- Updated to ph-commons 11.1
v9.1.2 - 2023-07-24
- Updated to DataTables 1.13.5 and latest plugin versions
- Updated to jQuery 3.7.0
- Updated to ph-web 10.1.2
v9.1.1 - 2023-05-03
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.15
- Updated to jQuery 3.6.4
- Added new enumeration EHCAutoComplete and the possibility to use in the HC edits
- Updated to DataTables 1.13.4 and latest plugin versions
v9.1.0 - 2023-02-24
- Using Servlet API 5.0.0 as the baseline: JakartaEE 9, Java 11+, Apache Tomcat v10.0.x, Jetty 11.x
- Switched all namespaces from javax.servlet to jakarta.servlet
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.13
- Updated to Log2J 2.20.0
- Updated to Jetty 11.0.13
- Incorporated UserToken JDBC manager from v8.4.5
v9.0.0 - 2023-02-14
- Using Java 11 as the baseline
- Updated to ph-commons 11
- Using Servlet API 4.0.1 as the baseline: JakartaEE 8, Java 11+, Apache Tomcat v9.x, Jetty 10.0.x
- Updated to Jetty 10.0.13
- Updated from org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl to org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl for SLF4J 2.x
v8.4.5 - 2023-02-23
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.50
- Updated to Log2J 2.20.0
- Fixed default caching option for non GET requests
- Extended some API to adopt to the new UserToken requirements
- Added UserToken manager for JDBC
v8.4.4 - 2023-01-23
- Updated to jQuery 3.6.3
- Updated to DataTables 1.13.1 and latest plugin versions
- Added methods setAriaRequired, addToAriaDescribedBy and setAriaInvalid to class IHCAttrContainer
- Added method IHCElement.withCustomAttrs
- Made some general accessibility improvements
v8.4.3 - 2022-10-04
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.49
- Updated to Log2J 2.19.0
- Extended the interface ISystemMessageRenderer with a display text
- Renamed Java method var to variable in JS* classes
- Fixed a potential NPE when trying to login with a non-existing user
- Fixed an issue in chartjs v1 CSS
- Changed chart.js package from com.helger.photon.uictrls.chart to com.helger.photon.uictrls.chart.v1 (backwards incompatible change)
v8.4.2 - 2022-09-07
- Updated to jQuery 3.6.1
- Updated to jQuery Migrate 3.4.0
- Updated to js-cookie v3.0.1
- Updated to js-storage v1.0.4
- Updated to Moment.js 2.29.4
- Updated PDFObject to v2.2.8
- Integrated ph-oton-jdbc submodule
- The default minimum password length changed from 6 to 8
- Deprecated HCSWFObject
v8.4.1 - 2022-08-17
- Updated to Apache HttpClient 5.x
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.6.2
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.48
- Updated to Log2J 2.18.0
- Updated to ph-web 9.7.1
- Made class DoNothingAuditor final
- Added class DoNothingAuditManager
- Class AbstractLoginManager now has the possibility to specify a waiting time in case of a failed login
- Deprecated classes HCUniversalAnalytics and HCGoogleAnalytics
- Added support for Google Analytics V4
- Fixed an error in the MarkDown "safe mode" processing
- The UITextFormatter and the BootstrapSystemMessage MarkDown renderer now use the "safe mode" as the default
v8.4.0 - 2022-04-04
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.46
- Updated chart.js from 1.0.2 to 1.1.1
- Updated to Bootstrap Icons 1.8.1
- Updated to DataTables 1.11.5 and latest plugin versions
- Updated the list of predefined aria- attributes
- Disabled the "directory listing" in the JettyStarter by default
- Disabled sending the server version and the X-Powered-By header in JettyStarter by default
- Added support for HTML element <dialog>
- Moved class HCHgroup from package .deprecated to .section
- Moved class HCMenu from package .interactive to .grouping
- Added classes HCMap, HCArea, EHCReferrerPolicy
- Improved the overall HTML compliance according to the latest standard
- Dropped the specific HTML 5 annotations
- HCMenu now takes HCLI children instead of HCMenuItem children
- Extended HTML accessibility API - thx to @Dafnik
- The default script mode for inline scripts was changed from PLAIN_TEXT_WRAPPED_IN_COMMENT to PLAIN_TEXT_NO_ESCAPE
- Dropped support for Internet Explorer
v8.3.6 - 2022-01-04
- Updated Log2J to 2.17.1 - fixes CVE-2021-44832 - see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
- Made redirect URL after login customizable in AbstractLoginManager
v8.3.5 - 2021-12-21
- Updated Log2J to 2.17.0 - fixes CVE-2021-45105 - see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/security.html
v8.3.4 - 2021-12-14
- Updated Log2J to 2.16.0 - fixes CVE-2021-45046 - see https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/
- Corrected error in DataTables 1.11.3 integration that lead to CSP errors because too much was included
v8.3.3 - 2021-12-13
- Updated Log2J to 2.15.0 - fixes CVE-2021-44228 - see https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/
- Updated DataTables to 1.11.3
v8.3.2 - 2021-11-24
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.6.1
- Updated to FineUploader 5.16.2
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.44
- Updated to ph-commons 10.1.4
- Made the IAuditManager customizable in the PhotonSecurityManager
- Added built-in Base64 encode and decode pages in the "Utilities" menu area
- Added class CountingSftpProgressMonitor
- Fixed some SonarQube issues - nothing serious
v8.3.1 - 2021-08-05
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.43
- Updated to ph-web 9.6.1
- Updated DataTables to 1.10.24
- Updated Bootstrap4 DateTimePicker to 5.39.0
- Updated FontAwesome to 5.15.4
- Added Bootstrap Icons 1.5.0 in ph-oton-icon
- Improved the way, Jetty dependencies are handled in the POM
- BootstrapForm and BootstrapViewForm handle splitting with negative values for certain grid elements
- Made the BootstrapFileUpload placeholder label customizable
- Added the possibility to add an ID on the BootstrapNav of a BootstrapTabBox
- Made class BootstrapCardCollapsible more customizable
- Added custom jQuery function setReadOnly
- Made the BootstrapDateTimePicker default icon customizable - #9
- Hiding environment variables that start with SECRET_ - see #10
v8.3.0 - 2021-03-22
- Updated to Apache commons-net 3.8.0
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.6.0
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.36
- Updated to jQuery 3.6.0
- Updated to ph-commons 10
- The name of the WebFragment ph-oton-bootstrap3-stub changed to ph_oton_bootstrap4_stub
- The name of the WebFragment ph-oton-bootstrap4-stub changed to ph_oton_bootstrap3_stub
- Extended HCExtImg to correctly remove the servlet context if it is present
- Added BootstrapSelect2 as a Bootstrap 4 theme of Select2
- Added new predefined page to change the log level at runtime (when using Log4J 2.x)
v8.2.9 - 2020-11-18
- Updated to Apache commons-net 3.7.2
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.5.3
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.34
- Updated to Log4j 2.14.0
- Improved handling of generic children for HTML tables
- Added new sanity method BootstrapFormGroup.setLabelForCheckBox
- Added CSS classes to ELabelType directly
v8.2.8 - 2020-09-17
- Updated to Jakarta JAXB 2.3.3
v8.2.7 - 2020-09-15
- Updated to ph-commons 9.4.8
- Improved long running job error handling
- Extended ConfigurationFileManager API
- Using Popper UMD JS instead of the default distribution
v8.2.6 - 2020-08-20
- Updated animate.css to 4.1.0
- Updated to Apache commons-net 3.7
- Updated to autoNumeric 1.9.46
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.5.2
- Updated to CookieConsent 3.1.1
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.31
- Updated to popper.js 1.16.1-lts
- Updated to PrismJS 1.2.1
- Updated to Select2 4.0.13
- Removed autosize 1.8
- Improved customizability of ExporterExcel
- Fixed XML serialization of long running job data
- Reworked the PrismJS API and made the plugins more customizable
- Extended the Long running job API
- Added new class PhotonWorkerPool as a shared worker pool
- Improved coding style thanks to Sonar
v8.2.5 - 2020-05-26
- Changed Maven groupId to com.helger.photon
- Updated to ph-web 9.3.0 (new Maven groupId)
v8.2.4 - 2020-05-25
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.5.0
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.29
- Updated to jQuery 3.5.1
- Updated to Log4j 2.13.3
- Updated to ph-commons 9.4.4
- Added new classes SessionBackedRequestFieldBoolean and SessionBackedRequestFieldBooleanMultiValue
- Added new configuration file syntax JSON
- Fixed an issue with the configuration file ID for the tab
- Extracted IRoleManager from RoleManager
- Extracted IUserManager from UserManager
- Extracted IUserGroupManager from UserGroupManager
- Made PhotonUnifiedResponse chainable
v8.2.3 - 2020-02-19
- Fixed an error with the temporary directory name creation in JettyStarter
- Updated to ph-web 9.1.10
- Made HttpClientSettings configurable for ReCaptchaServerSideValidator
- Improved API to be more sensitive on encoded and decoded URI paths
- Added different date time representations to the default InternalErrorMetadata
- Added a new Admin page for performing a remote HTTP client call
- Extended traits interfaces IHCTrait and IHCBootstrap4Trait
v8.2.2 - 2020-02-12
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.26
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.4.1
- Updated to log4j 2.13.0
- Made a StubObject constructor public
- Added a version number constant to access information at runtime
- Extended JettyStarter to create multiple contexts
- Added possibility to add "redirects" to the menu tree to allow to change the URLs of existing items without breaking existing bookmarks
- Extracted IUserTokenManager interface
- Added possibility to globally configure if internal errors should be send as email and/or saved as XML
- Unified the WebPageActionHandler API (backwards incompatible change)
- Added traits interfaces IHCTrait and IHCBootstrap4Trait as syntactic sugar
- Added a new system page showing the content of the System Truststore (cacerts)
v8.2.1 - 2019-10-08
- Updated to log4j 2.12.1
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.21
- Updated to ph-web 9.1.4
- Updated to ph-commons 9.3.7
- Fixed the automatic module name of project ph-oton-bootstrap4-pages
- BootstrapLoginHTMLProvider now uses a form URL without the leading hostname
- Updated to HandleBars 4.x
v8.2.0 - 2019-06-24
- Improved B4 InputGroup API for easier extension
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.19
- Improved Bootstrap 4 inline form UI creation
- Improved API path ambiguity resolution API (interface IAPIPathAmbiguityResolver et. al.)
- Added new API Interface IAPIRegistry and let GlobalAPIInvoker implement it
- Clearly separate between AjaxRegistry and AjaxInvoker similar to new API API
- Reworked module structure (created ph-oton-app, ph-oton-audit, ph-oton-ajax, ph-oton-api, removed ph-oton-basic)
- Updated to jQuery 3.4.1
- Requires ph-commons 9.3.3
- Requires ph-web 9.1.2
- CheckDiskUsableSpaceJob can now be scheduled more than once for different paths
- Application startup time is now displayed in the "System Properties" Administration page
- Added support for loading attribute in HCImg and HCIFrame
- Started extending audit library to be more flexible and efficient - not used yet
v8.1.3 - 2019-02-18
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.3.1
- Updated to Bootstrap 3.4.1
- Bootstrap 4 BootstrapInputGroup API was reworked, so that the parent/child relationship holds true (incompatible)
- Updated to log4j 2.11.2
- ISimpleWebExecutionContext was extended with the LoggedInUser
- API API was extended to support only different MIME types
- Added an exception mapper to the API handling
- Requires ph-web 9.1.1
v8.1.2 - 2019-01-07
- Added B4 tooltips, Jumbotron and Modal dialog
- Added class BootstrapPageRenderer for consistent page rendering
- Added B4 collapsible Card
- Small improvement in rendering memory consumption and speed
- Extracted IDataTablesLengthMenu interface
- Added B4 file upload control
- B4 BootstrapHelper became BootstrapFormHelper
v8.1.1 - 2018-11-25
- Fixed error in quoting of B3 user group management page
- Added special CSS Class to B4 BootstrapPageHeader
- Changed B4 BootstrapDateTimePicker initialization to correctly handle the default values
- Extended FavoriteManager API
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.14
- Changed B4 BootstrapDateTimePicker to not use currentDate by default
- Requires ph-commons 9.2.0
v8.1.0 - 2018-10-25
- Extended the Favorite APIs
- Initial versions of the subproject ph-oton-bootstrap4-uictrls is available
- Initial versions of the subproject ph-oton-bootstrap4-pages is available
- Initial versions of the subproject ph-oton-bootstrap4-demo is available
- Internal errors are stored in an additional "month" sub-directory
- Internal error storage paths are now customizable
- Added FontAwesome 5.2.0 free icons
- Improved state API slightly
- User group and role user interfaces were improved
- Updated to ph-web 9.0.5
- Updated to popper 1.14.4
- Added bulk export format "JSON (simple)" to have one without type information
- Added a new Bootstrap 4 DateTime picker UI ctrl
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.12
- Updated to TinyMCE 4.8.2
- Separated HCPrismJS and TypeaheadEdit in Bootstrap 3 and 4 versions
- Dropped jQuery 1.x and 2.x files
- Updated DataTables to 1.10.18
- Added new base page "Port checker"
- Improved JettyStarter customizability
v8.0.2 - 2018-07-25
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.1.3
- Reworked meta element API so that <meta charset="..."> can be handled
- Fixed OSGI ServiceProvider configuration
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.11
- Updated to ph-commons 9.1.3
- Updated to ph-web 9.0.2
- Extended *HCSelect APIs for multi values
- The "Change log" page was removed
- Extended JSSwitch API
- Improved signatures of AbstractJSBlock (binary incompatible)
- Updated to ph-masterdata 6.1.0
v8.0.1 - 2018-04-18
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.9
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.0.0
- Bootstrap3Panel type can be changed
- Replaced some StubjObject with IBusinessObject
v8.0.0 - 2018-01-05
- Updated to ph-commons 9.0.0
- Renamed 'Client' to 'Tenant' and moved to ph-tenancy in ph-masterdata project
- Updated to Bootstrap 4.0.0-beta
- Updated to TinyMCE 4.6.6
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.8
- Extracted ph-oton-atom
- Initial versions of the subproject ph-oton-bootstrap4-stub is available
v7.1.2 - 2017-07-19
- Fixed an error with path handling of resource bundles when deployed as JAR
v7.1.1 - 2017-07-18
- Requires ph-commons 8.6.6
- ServletContext base path can now be any URL (instead of a mandatory File)
- Made ServletStatusManager non-static
- Improved JS API (better Json support)
v7.1.0 - 2017-07-05
- Updated to ph-web 8.8.x
- Improved rendering speed through internal optimizations
- Updated to Bootstrap Datetime picker 2.4.4
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.6
- CharacterEncodingFilter more flexible
- Updated to DataTables 1.10.15
v7.0.5 - 2017-03-30
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.3
- Updated to ph-schedule 3.6.1
- Improved SystemMessage API
v7.0.4 - 2017-03-09
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.2
- API extensions
- Updated to Apache commons-net 3.6
- Improved internal error handling API
- Internal changes in the ph-oton jobs.
- Removed some deprecated methods
v7.0.3 - 2017-01-10
- Integrated ph-html into ph-oton
- Binds to ph-commons 8.6.0
v7.0.2 - 2017-01-03
- Updated to Jetty 9.4.0
- Binds to ph-commons 8.5.6
- Binds to ph-web 8.7.0
- Improved default request parameter handling customizability
- New artefact ph-oton-icon
v7.0.1 - 2016-11-14
- Improvements in request tracking logging
- Misc small improvements in different areas
- Updated to Jetty 9.3.14.v20161028
v7.0.0 - 2016-10-24
- Requires ph-commons 8.5.2
v7.0.0-beta3 - 2016-09-22
- Based on ph-commons 8.5.x
v7.0.0-beta2 - 2016-08-31
- Based on ph-commons 8.4.x
v7.0.0-beta1 - 2016-07-27
- Updated to Java 1.8
- Based on ph-commons 8.2.x
v6.2.0 - 2015-12-03
- extracted security module
- added support for app and user token management
- Last release for Java 1.7
v6.1.0 - 2015-10-02
- merged web actions and ajax functions
v6.0.0 - 2015-09-14
- first ph-oton release based on old webbasics and webctrls etc.
- requires ph-commons 6.x

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