Play 1.4.4 -- Release notes

Play 1.4.4 has been released of the 1.4.x maintenance branch.

The changes in this release are listed in the Play 1.4.4 milestone on Lighthouse and 1.4.4 on github
including 72 resolved tickets.

What's new in Play 1.4.4

• #1007 Calculate template rendering time, so it can be logged/profiled
• #983 feat(DependenciesManager): sync option should be ON by default.
• #2072 add method Binder.unregister()
• #2071 Precompile additional templates
• #1007 Calculate template rendering time, so it can be logged/profiled

What's fixed in Play 1.4.4

• #1005 feat(fixture): add id/type in log when loading a fixture file throw exception
• #1009 fix(templates): not log error and exception when compiling a template with a non GroovyInlineTag
• #1014 chore(travis): fix buffer overflow exception
• fix h2.jar binary
• #995 use hamcrest-all 1.3 instead of hamcrest-core 1.3
• #1011 upgrade to cglib 3.2.4
• #1008 fix(ConfigurationChangeWatcherPlugin): initialized configLastModified on application start
• #2066 fix open file on 500 error pages for modules
• #998 fix(router): allow to have space when defining static args in routes
• #1025 fix(DB): Detect changed for JNDI datasource which using jndi: prefix
• #2068 chore(lib): dependency upgrade: joda-time (2.9.4 -> 2.9.5)
• #1024 Default application.path to working directory
• #1090 Fix performance issue in classloader
• #2074 Dependency upgrade: joda-time (2.9.6 -> 2.9.7)
• #1067 test(tag): add demo and test for used of #{set} and #{get}
• #1090 add method RenderJson.getResponse()
• #1070 Avoid reflection and make the default list of enhancers overridable
• #1040 Avoid reflection and make the default list of enhancers overridable
• #1064 [#1064] fix(messages): add some test on parameters to avoid NullpointerException
• #1064 Initialize play static field early
• #1061 Methods marked with @Catch(Throwable.class) catch all Results
• #1058 Improve performance of RenderJson
• #1056 Add getters to all Result subclasses
• #1051 Play dependencies silently resolve not found dependencies
• #1033 add possibility to disable generating getters/setters
• #1025 Detect changed for JNDI datasource which using jndi: prefix and its documentation
• #2066 Avoid NPE in regex matcher
• #1919 fixes Building modules with a space in path under windows fails
• #2066 fix(router): allow to have space when defining static args in routes
• #998 fix open file on 500 error pages for modules
• #2066 fix open file on 500 error pages for modules
• #1005 add id/type in log when loading a fixture file throw exception
• #998 Routes 'Assign static args' only work for first argument
• #985 Play should NOT clear cache after every code change