[Release] CondationCMS server version v2026.01

Today we released version v2026.01 of the CondationCMS server.

BREAKING CHANGE Sorted sections now use the layout.order meta attribute for sorting
BREAKING CHANGE ShortCodes are renamed to tags
BREAKING CHANGE The default value for published switched from true to false

BUGFIX TemplateEngine should use cache only if activated 456
MAINTENANCE multiple dependencies updated
MAINTENANCE maven wrapper added to project
MAINTENANCE Dynamic themes, add some comments to make decisions clear 458
MAINTENANCE Deprecate/replace PathUtil.toURI with PathUtil.toURL 462
FEATURE Developer Experience PR-440
FEATURE Aliases for content 442
FEATURE Add redirect support for aliases 454
FEATURE Signature for modules and themes 471
FEATURE Switch password has to secure algorithm 472
FEATURE Simple http api for basic use cases 479
FEATURE Add spa mode for sites 476
FEATURE Custom repository urls for modules, extensions and themes 466
FEATURE UI to manage content PR-446
FEATURE Simple solution for backups 492

Developer experience

In this release we introduced some features to make life of developers easier.

Registering hooks via annotations

It is now possible to pass an object with annotated hook definitions to the HookSystem.register method.

@Filter("test/annotation/filter1")
public List<String> filter (FilterContext<List<String>> context) {
	context.value().remove("2");
	return context.value();
}
@Action("test/annotation/action1")
public void action1 (ActionContext<?> context) {
	// do something
}

HTTP-Controllers

The RoutesExtensionPoint is an extension point for defining HTTP routes. It allows developers to provide a list of objects whose methods can be registered as routes using annotations.

@Route("/test2")
public boolean handle2 (Request request, Response response, Callback callback) {
	return true;
}

ShortCodes

The RegisterShortCodesExtensionPoint interface now includes a new method, shortCodeDefinitions, which returns a list of objects that contain shortcode definitions provided through annotations.

@ShortCode("printHello")
public String printHello (Parameter parameter) {
	return "hello " + parameter.getOrDefault("name", "");
}

TemplateComponents

A new method, componentDefinitions, has been added to the RegisterTemplateComponentExtensionPoint interface. It returns a list of objects that define template components using annotations.

@TemplateComponent("tag3")
public String tag3 (Parameter parameter) {
	return "<div>%s</div>".formatted(parameter.get("_content"));
}

{[ tag2 ]}
This is the content
{[ endtag2 ]}

Template functions

A new

@TemplateFunction("testfn")
public Object testfn (Parameter params) {
	return "hi I'm testfn";
}

Usage in template code

{{ testfn()  }}

Have fun trying it out!