Version 5.0

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5.0 is the last stable release.

Documentation: https://pepstock-org.github.io/Charba-Wiki.
API JavaDoc: https://pepstock-org.github.io/Charba/5.0.
Showcase GWT: https://pepstock-org.github.io/Charba-Showcase.
Showcase J2CL: https://pepstock-org.github.io/Charba-Showcase-J2CL.

Breaking changes

• drop support for Java 8 going to Java 11 as minimum requirement.
• change onBeforeLabel, onLabel and onAfterLabel methods to TooltipLabelCallback interface in order to return a List<String> instead of String instances to enable tooltip multilines labels.
• change invokeTooltipsCallbackOnLabel method to Defaults class in order to return a List<String> instead of String instances.
• refactoring of Meter and Gauge controller:
  • add ValueLabel and DescriptionLabel elements in the meter and gauge dataset in order to configure how to render the labels.
  • move all methods to configure the value label from options to dataset class.
  • remove Render enumeration because is not used anymore because the rendering as percentage can be set by ValueLabel and the label can be configured in DescriptionLabel.
• remove CornerRadiusCallback class. Use BorderRadiusCallback one.
• change signature of BorderRadiusCallback, adding the generic for scriptable options context class.
• rename cornerRadius option to borderRadius in LineLabel and BoxAnnotation classes.
• remove divider* and groupDividers options from TreemapDataset class in favor of Dividers node.
• remove font, hoverFont, color, hoverColor and groupLabels options from TreemapDataset class in favor of Labels and Captions nodes.
• remove Dash class from TreemapDataset because not needed anymore.

Features

• import CHART.JS version v3.6.1.
• import CHART.JS GEO controller version v3.6.0.
• import CHART.JS TREEMAP controller version v2.0.0.
• import CHART.JS ZOOM plugin version v1.2.0.
• import CHART.JS ANNOTATION plugin version v1.1.0.
• enable all options of SizeAxis and ColorAxis (GEO charts) as scriptable ones.
• add projection and projectionInvert methods to GEO charts in order to translates latitude and longitude in XY coordinates and viceversa.
• add getColorForValue and getColorForValueAsString methods to GEO color axis in order to get the color for a specific value.
• add getSizeForValue method to GEO size axis in order to get the size for a specific value.
• enable the capability to set cornerRadius of the tooltip by BarBorderRadius object.
• add boxPadding option to Tooltips options and configuration classes.
• add inflateAmount option to Bar options and configuration classes and to BarDataset class.
• add autoPadding option to Layout options and configuration classes.
• enable the capability to hide the opened toast items programmatically.
• add formatNumber methods to Helpers, provided out-of-the-box by CHART.JS.
• add isZoomedOrPanned method to ZoomPlugin in order to get if the chart is zoomed or panned.
• add rotation option to EllipseAnnotation class.
• enable to set a BarBorderRadius object to borderRadius option in LineLabel and BoxAnnotation classes.
• add borderCapStyle, borderColor, borderDash, borderDashOffset, borderJoinStyle and borderWidth options to LineLabel class.
• add align, position and formatter options to Labels node in TreemapDataset class in order to improve labels rendering.
• add align and formatter options to Captions node in TreemapDataset class in order to improve captions rendering.

Developing

• change dependency for Google Closure Compiler, version v20211107.
• add consistent checking for scriptable options which are returning a number.

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This discussion was created from the release Version 5.0.