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description: December 13, 2024
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# 1.0.0-Beta25

## BoxLang Beta 25 Has Landed!

This release takes BoxLang to the next level, delivering a mix of critical bug fixes, thoughtful improvements, and exciting new features designed to enhance your development experience. With Beta25, we’ve solidified and made the **ASM ByteCode BoxPiler** the default compiler, refined module, and logging management, and added long-requested query of queries and JSON-based logging encoders. Additionally, we’ve tackled critical issues around debugging, compatibility, and system settings to make this the most stable and feature-complete beta yet.

At this point, we have a handful of small bugs open, which will completely certify all of the major Ortus frameworks like ColdBox, ContentBox, and over 50 modules.  Complete certification is around the corner.

As a bonus, we are almost ready to release our Hibernate ORM module (`bx-orm`) and move into a Release Candidate phase for our entire lineup.  So please test test test, and give us your feedback.

### ✨ New Features

• [BL-121](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-121): createObject() now supports classloading arguments as the third argument.

Easily manage and control classloading with arguments to enhance flexibility and modularity.

```java
createObject( "java", "HelloWorld", [ "/libs/paths" ]
```

• [BL-699](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-699): Dynamic Task Management in Schedulers

Added `startupTask(task)` to dynamically initialize tasks by name or task object.

• [BL-794](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-794): JSON-based Logging Support

Appenders and root configurations now include JSON encoders for enhanced logging formats.

• [BL-828](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-828): Improved Scheduler Logging

Scheduler logs are now effectively reported to provide better insights.

• [BL-829](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-829): Enhanced Module Logging

Modules now have dedicated logs to improve debugging and diagnostics.

• [BL-832](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-832): New Event Lifecycle: `onConfigurationLoad`

Introduced a new lifecycle event for IServices to optimize configuration handling.

• [BL-833](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-833): Enhanced Compatibility Assignments

Assignments now accurately interpret null variables for better compatibility.

• [BL-846](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-846): New Logging Setting: `statusPrinterOnLoad`

Added statusPrinterOnLoad for much-needed debugging of logging configurations.



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### 🛠 Improvements

• [BL-682](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-682): Streamlined Method Expectations

Improved handling of methods that don’t expect return values for better consistency.

• [BL-706](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-706): Enhanced Session Cookie Controls

Added missing controls for session cookie management to improve security and compliance.

• [BL-760](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-760): Bytecode Line Number Enhancements

Added line number details to bytecode generated with ASM for improved debugging.

• [BL-766](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-766): ASM is Now the Default BoxPiler

Streamlined the toolchain by making ASM the only default stock BoxPiler.

• [BL-784](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-784): Optimized Replace Operations

Updated replaceAll() methods to use pre-compiled patterns for better performance.

• [BL-787](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-787): Unified Logging Configuration

Consolidated logging startups and configurations for both servlet and non-servlet environments.

• [BL-788](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-788): Support for this.componentPaths

Introduced implicit mapping support for more intuitive path management.

• [BL-791](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-791): Module Enable/Disable Support

Modules can now be enabled or disabled using enabled in boxlang.json, removing double negatives like disabled.

• [BL-809](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-809): Forms Module Introduced

A new module for handling forms was added, enhancing the BoxLang ecosystem.

• [BL-812](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-812): Improved Scope Assignment

Allowed reassignment of a scope to a struct for more flexible programming.

• [BL-822](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-822): Collision Prevention in IClassRunnable Methods

Prefixed methods to prevent naming collisions for safer execution.

• [BL-830](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-830): Graceful Module Unloading

Added defensive coding for module unloading failures to ensure runtime stability.

• [BL-831](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-831): Consistent Struct Collector Outputs

Resolved inconsistencies by ensuring collectors return Struct objects.

• [BL-839](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-839): Improved Parent Class Delegation

Enhanced module class loaders to delegate certain parent classes to the parent loader exclusively.

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### 🐞 Bug Fixes

• ASM and Debugging Fixes:

[BL-694](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-694), [BL-742](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-742), [BL-759](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-759), [BL-762](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-762), [BL-760](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-760)

• Localization and Formatting Issues:

[BL-819](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-819), [BL-825](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-825), [BL-820](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-820)

• Parsing Errors:

[BL-823](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-823), [BL-824](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-824), [BL-827](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-827)

• Thread and Scope Resolution Bugs:

[BL-813](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-813), [BL-815](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-815), [BL-817](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-817)

• Miscellaneous:

[BL-826](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-826), [BL-836](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-836), [BL-841](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-841), [BL-845](https://ortussolutions.atlassian.net/browse/BL-845)
