DMVCFramework 3.2.2-nitrogen - What's New

DMVCFramework 3.2.2-nitrogen

Release Date: September 15, 2020

Major release with Delphi 11 Alexandria support and extensive new features.

Major New Features

Delphi 11.x Alexandria Support

Full support for the new Delphi 11 Alexandria including all new language features.

New TMVCRESTClient

Completely rewritten REST client based on System.Net components:

var
  Client: IMVCRESTClient;
  Response: IMVCRESTResponse;
begin
  Client := TMVCRESTClient.New
    .BaseURL('https://api.example.com')
    .Header('Authorization', 'Bearer ' + Token);

  Response := Client
    .Resource('/customers')
    .GET;

  if Response.Success then
    Customers := Response.Content<TObjectList<TCustomer>>;
end;

eLua Server-Side Views

Lua-based template engine for server-side rendering:

<html>
<body>
  <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
  {% for customer in customers %}
    <p>{{ customer.name }}</p>
  {% end %}
</body>
</html>

TMVCLRUCache

Least Recently Used cache implementation:

var
  Cache: TMVCLRUCache<string, TCustomer>;
begin
  Cache := TMVCLRUCache<string, TCustomer>.Create(1000); // Max 1000 items
  Cache.Put('cust1', Customer);
  Customer := Cache.Get('cust1');
end;

XML Field Type Support in PostgreSQL

MVCActiveRecord now supports PostgreSQL XML columns:

[MVCTableField('config_xml')]
FConfigXML: string;  // Stored as XML in PostgreSQL

Other Improvements

Multiple serialization improvements
Better error messages
Performance optimizations
Bug fixes throughout