Changelog

The following features have been added, updated, or removed in BaseX 12:

Command-Line Options

• Added: -O to set an option (standalone, client).

Options

• Updated: LOG: Support for different log targets.
• Added: LOGEXCLUDE: Filter out log entries.
• Added: LOGCUT: Remove substrings from log messages.

XQuery 4.0

• Added: Type declarations. Example: declare type person as element(person).
• Added: Record types. Example: { 'a': 1 } instance of record(a).
• Added: Record declarations. Example: declare record coord(x, y).
• Added: While clause. Example: for $i in 1 to 5 while ($i * $i) < 10 return $i.
• Added: Map and array filter. Example: [ 1, 2, 3 ]?[. != 2].
• Added: Lookup arrow expression. Example: $vector-map =?> product().
• Added: Multiple node tests can be specified after the axis specifier. Example: $node/child::(element()|text()).
• Added: Retrieval of stack trace. Example: $err:stack-trace.

Array Functions

• Updated: array:join

Database Functions

• Added: db:option-map, db:property-map.

Job Functions

• Added: job:execute

Process Functions

• Updated: proc:system: environment option added.

Request Functions

• Added: request:parameter-map, request:header-map, request:cookie-map, request:attribute-map.

Standard Functions

• Added: fn:civil-timezone, fn:collation, fn:collation-available, fn:siblings, fn:type-of.
• Updated: fn:hash, fn:round, fn:sequence-join.

XQuery Extensions

• Deleted: Stack trace with $err:additional; replaced with $err:stack-trace.

RESTXQ

• Added: HTTP Methods: Support for PATCH method added.

Permissions

• Added: Checking Permissions: Direct access to HTTP request headers and query parameters.