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Compilation of developer notes on changes in 1.6.

Schema

Added ACL tables (todo - list them)
Removed jos_groups table
Removed jos_plugins table in favour of jos_extensions
Added update tables
- jos_updates
- jos_update_sites
- jos_update_sites_extensions
- jos_update_categories

Framework

JAuthorization

Remove JAuthorization::_mos_add_acl.

Added JAuthorization::getUserAccessLevels( $section [, $action = 'view'] ).

JDatabase

JDatabase::setQuery casts the sql variable to a string. This allows you to pass an object that implements the __toString magic method.

JFile

Both JFile::write and JFTP::write now use a reference for its second argument. Code like JFile::write($filename,'string'); will fail, however $data = 'string'; JFile::write($filename, $data); will work for both 1.5 and 1.6

JModel

JModel::getState will now take an optional second argument to set the default. $value = $model->getState( 'foo', 'bar' );

JModel has an addition contruction option and internal variable __state_set. This is used to lazy-load model initialisation.

New API

Added JTableTree as an abstract class for tree-based tables.

Made JObject abstract. It can no longer be directly instantiated. Use JStdClass instead.

Added JDocumentXML to allow easy generation of valid XML files.

Changes to XML-RPC support

On april the 9th. Louis Landry explained his intended changes to the way Joomla will handle XML-RPC in version 1.6. You can view his detailed explanation here.

Components

Join for access level

Before:

LEFT JOIN #__groups AS g ON g.id = c.access

After:

LEFT JOIN #__core_acl_axo_groups AS g ON g.value = a.access

Administrator:Users

Legacy Mode

Only available in legacy mode (to be dropped in future versions):

global $mainframe - Use $app = &JFactory::getApplication() instead.
JTemplate (patTemplate completely deprecated)
Multiple client language install packs (e.g. where site and administrator language files are in the same installation file), use packages with two language install packages

Files/Features Dropped

Support for constants as language strings with JLanguage
Polls component

Templates

Mapping of positions in Milky Way 1.5 to new positions.

user3->position-1
breadcrumb->position-2
right->position-3,position-4
left->position-7
user1->position-9
user2->position-10
footer->position-5,position-8,position-11
user4->position-12
syndicate->position-14

TODO

Migration issues

Please use Version_1.6._Migration_Notes to track migration issues that are not schema changes.

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 == Schema ==
-Added ACL tables (todo - list them)
+* Added ACL tables (todo - list them)
-Removed jos_groups table
+* Removed jos_groups table
+* Removed [[Tables/plugins|jos_plugins]] table in favour of [[Tables/extensions|jos_extensions]]
+* Added update tables
+** jos_updates
+** jos_update_sites
+** jos_update_sites_extensions
+** jos_update_categories
 == Framework ==
+=== JAuthorization ===
+Remove <code>JAuthorization::_mos_add_acl</code>.
+Added <code>JAuthorization::getUserAccessLevels( $section [, $action = 'view'] )</code>.
+=== JDatabase ===
 JDatabase::setQuery casts the sql variable to a string. This allows you to pass an object that implements the __toString magic method.
+=== JFile ===
+Both JFile::write and JFTP::write now use a reference for its second argument. Code like ''JFile::write($filename,'string');'' will fail, however ''$data = 'string'; JFile::write($filename, $data);'' will work for both 1.5 and 1.6
+=== JModel ===
 JModel::getState will now take an optional second argument to set the default.
 $value = $model->getState( 'foo', 'bar' );
-Both JFile::write and JFTP::write now use a reference for its second argument. Code like ''JFile::write($filename,'string');'' will fail, however ''$data = 'string'; JFile::write($filename, $data);'' will work for both 1.5 and 1.6
+JModel has an addition contruction option and internal variable <code>__state_set</code>.  This is used to lazy-load model initialisation.
+=== New API ===
+Added <code>JTableTree</code> as an abstract class for tree-based tables.
+Made JObject abstract.  It can no longer be directly instantiated.  Use JStdClass instead.
-Remove <code>JAuthorization::_mos_add_acl</code>.
+Added <code>JDocumentXML</code> to allow easy generation of valid XML files.
-Added <code>JAuthorization::getUserAccessLevels( $section [, $action = 'view'] )</code>.
+=== Changes to XML-RPC support ===
+On april the 9th. Louis Landry explained his intended changes to the way Joomla will handle XML-RPC in version 1.6. You can view his detailed explanation [http://docs.joomla.org/Xml-rpc here].
 == Components ==
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 * <code>global $mainframe</code> - Use <code>$app = &JFactory::getApplication()</code> instead.
 * JTemplate (patTemplate completely deprecated)
+* Multiple client language install packs (e.g. where site and administrator language files are in the same installation file), use packages with two language install packages
+== Files/Features Dropped ==
+* Support for constants as language strings with JLanguage
+* Polls component
+==Templates==
-== Files/Features Dropped ==
+Mapping of positions in Milky Way 1.5 to new positions.
+*user3->position-1
+*breadcrumb->position-2
+*right->position-3,position-4
+*left->position-7
+*user1->position-9
+*user2->position-10
+*footer->position-5,position-8,position-11
+*user4->position-12
+*syndicate->position-14
 == TODO ==
-Don't forget to do this:
-* Access Level links in backend lists need to be refactored to support the new levels available in the jos_core_acl_axo_groups table.
+== Migration issues ==
+Please use [[Version_1.6._Migration_Notes]] to track migration issues that are not schema changes.
+<noinclude> </noinclude>
+[[Category:Update Working Group]]

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