Developers migration guide
— at Version 7
I think we need to write down a list with API changes between BASE 2 and 3 that affect plug-in and extension developers.
- #1589: All deprecated methods and classes have been removed
- #1595: New names of BASE JAR files (make sure that no old ones are laying around)
- #1592: Unified installation system. Changes to XML definition files. Removed
Plugin.getAbout() method.
- Changes to methods in
Version class.
- Changes to
ExtensionsControl and Registry classes.
- #1597: Replaced
ProtocolType, HardwareType, SoftwareType and FileType with ItemSubtype.
- #1153:
Label has been replaced with Tag.
LabeledExtract has been merged with Extract.
- Changes to the API for linking parent/child biomaterial.
- Removed
pooled property from biomaterial.
Hybridization has been replaced with PhysicalBioAssay.
Scan has been replaced with DerivedBioAssay.
Image has been removed and are replaced with data files attached to the derived bioassay.
- Added link from
RawBioAssay to Extract and removed 'arrayIndex' property.
- #1598: Validation and metadata extraction from
DataFile:s have been changed into an extension.
- #1604: Allow multiple files of the same type in a
FileSet.
- #978: Changes to the API that needs to be implemented by
FileUnpacker plug-ins.
- more...??
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(In [5634]) References #1603: Developers migration guide
Started on this chapter.