Support for eXist-db 7.0.0 Snapshot and XML-RPC

[ttasovac]

Hi.

I'm trying to connect via XML-RPC to an instance of eXist-db 7.0.0 Snapshot, my login credentials are accepted, but I still can't go beyond the /db collection. Instead, I get

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'java.lang.String[] org.xmldb.api.base.Collection.listChildCollections()'

What's the status of oXygen support for connecting to eXist-db 7.0.0 Snapshot? I'm using oXygen 26, build 2023111306

All best,
Toma

[Radu]

Hi Toma,
As with any unreleased third party software, we do not officially support shapshot versions. We officially tested our connector with Exist 6.2.0 from what I remember.
This method "org.xmldb.api.base.Collection.listChildCollections()" seems to be used in 4 places in our code and initially it returned an array of strings but now it seems to return a list of strings:

https://github.com/xmldb-org/xmldb-api/ ... ction.java

So we probably need to support both ways of calling the API in our code.
If we make a fix on our side would you be willing to test an Oxygen 26.1 nightly build on your side with the fix in place to see if you encounter other possible problems?

Regards,
Radu

[ttasovac]

Absolutely, I'll be happy to test! Just let me know when you have a nightly with the fix ready.

[Radu]

Hi Toma,
We have a beta page on which you can freely register:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_beta_p ... ister.html
and then in the page you can go to the "Nightly builds" tab and get a nightly build of Oxygen.
I made some small changes in our code but did not test the implementation myself with 7.0.0. Maybe on Wednesday you can download an Oxygen 26.1 nightly build kit from our web site and give it a try.
Regards,
Radu

[ttasovac]

Thanks a lot, Radu for your super quick action! I can confirm that the nightly fixes the error I mentioned in this thread.

All best,
Toma

[Radu]

Hello Toma,

Great, thanks for testing this!
If you encounter more problems when performing other operations like creating resources, deleting them, editing, saving please let us know.
The small fixes I made will be available in Oxygen 26.1 (which we plan to release about March this year).

Regards,
Radu

[ttasovac]

Hey Radu, I think I spoke too soon. I'm using build no. 2024022805. There are no errors when opening the first couple of levels of directories, but ultimately, when I get to a directory that has some content, I get stuck opening it, with a "Pending..." message.

Let me know if you need some additional information from me.

All best,
Toma

[adrian_sorop]

Hi,
Radu is out of office, so I'll take over.
You can try to start Oxygen from command line and check if there are any exceptions there.
If no exception is printed, you could enable logging and check for exceptions in the logging file.
Here is a documentation topic about enabling logging in Oxygen:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... -form.html
The logging might contain sensitive or private information info, so don't publicly share it without reviewing it.
Let me know if you find anything,
Adrian S.

[Radu]

Hi,
We released Oxygen 26.1 which should incorporate these initial changes I made to support Exist 7.0.0.
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html
Regards,
Radu