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Update Notes

Recommended plugin versions

If you are upgrading from previous versions and you use the hibernate4 plugin, you will need to update the version in BuildConfig:

runtime ':hibernate4:4.3.6.1' // or ':hibernate:3.6.10.18'

UPDATE: There is a known issue in hibernate4:4.3.6.1 plugin with the auto-timestamping feature. The workaround is to add these dependencies to BuildConfig.groovy

compile "javax.validation:validation-api:1.1.0.Final"
runtime "org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.0.3.Final"

recommended tomcat, asset-pipeline, cache and scaffolding plugin versions for Grails 2.4.x :

build ':tomcat:7.0.55'
compile ':cache:1.1.8'
compile ':scaffolding:2.1.2'
compile ':asset-pipeline:1.9.9'

If you are using MongoDb GORM, the recommended plugin version is 3.0.2 (No updates since Grails 2.4.3)

compile ':mongodb:3.0.2'

updated grails-datastore-test-support

grails-datastore-test-support was updated.

You should use grails-datastore-test-support version 1.0.2-grails-2.4 for Grails 2.4.4.

dependencies {
   ...
   test "org.grails:grails-datastore-test-support:1.0.2-grails-2.4"
   ...
}

Changes To Forward Method Unit Tests

When unit testing the results of a controller action which invokes a forward, the forwardedUrl property no longer contains a leading /grails or trailing .dispatch.

@TestFor(DemoController)
class DemoControllerSpec extends Specification {
    void 'test a forward call'() {
        when:
        controller.someAction()

        then:
        // in Grails 2.4.3 this would have been /grails/demo/someDestination.dispatch
        response.forwardedUrl == '/demo/someDestination'
    }
}

Changes in default maven repository network connections (http-> https)

Grails 2.4.4 will use https by default to access maven repositories.
Jira issue was GRAILS-11631

This only applies to these maven repository aliases you can use in the repositories configuration block with grails.project.dependency.resolver = "maven".

mavenCentral - https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/
jcenter - https://jcenter.bintray.com
grailsCentral - https://repo.grails.org/grails/plugins

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