Hi all, I feel like we should start planning MetaModel 4.1. In the current master branch we have a number of nice improvements that I'm really excited about and would like to see released. The main points from changes.txt:
[METAMODEL-11] - New module "MetaModel-spring" which adds a convenient FactoryBean to produce various types of DataContext objects based on externalizable parameters, for Spring framework users. [METAMODEL-41] - Added a parser for SimpleTableDef objects (SimpleTableDefParser). It parses statements similar to CREATE TABLE statements, although without the "CREATE TABLE" prefix. For example: foo (bar INTEGER, baz VARCHAR) [METAMODEL-32] - Fixed thread-safety issue in Excel module when tables (sheets) metadata is updated. [METAMODEL-35] - Improved query rewriting for DB2 when paged queries contain ORDER BY clause. [METAMODEL-39] - Added pooling of active/used Connections and PreparedStatements in JDBC compiled queries. I think also the HBase module (in a branch) is looking rather OK for a first release. Maybe we can aim to finish up this module and include it. In that case I am all for releasing MetaModel again with a version number like 4.1. Of course we could also go for just a minor release bump like 4.0.1, but I think actually the addition of Spring module and potentially also HBase module is great news. What do you guys think? - Kasper
