You can read about the bugs fixed in Play 1.2.4 on the road map page. This page highlights the most important changes.
Play now supports Java 7 out-of-the-box, so you can write the following code without any problems.
Map<String, List<String>> map = new HashMap<>();
String version = "1.2.4";
switch(version) {
case "1.2.4":
//code
break;
case "1.2.3":
//code
break;
case "1.2.2":
//code
default:
//code
break;
}
The new binder implementation is more flexible and allows easy mapping from jQuery to Play. It is also possible to map more complex objects using this new implementation.
Play now supports the latest draft WebSocket specification, namely hybi-00 to hybi-10. Please refer to the WebSocket specification for more information.
Fixtures now supports Composite IDs. The following annotations are also supported on your model and directly from the fixtures: @IdClass
, @EmbeddedId
. Please refer to the Hibernate documentation for more information.
The play idealize
command now creates a complete IntelliJ project. You can directly open your Play project from IntelliJ.
There are also a number of small improvements, as well as 86 fixed bugs.