Wikibase DataModel JavaScript

Wikibase DataModel JavaScript is the JavaScript implementation of the Data Model at the heart of the Wikibase software.

Release notes

3.0.1 (2016-09-09)

• Fix an issue with MediaWiki loading (init.php)

3.0.0 (2016-08-02)

• Added Set::toArray.
• Fingerprint::setLabel, setDescription and setAliases remove the element when null or an empty Term or MultiTerm is given.
• Removed cloning from MultiTerm.getTexts.
• Turned EntityId into a simple wrapper around an opaque serialization string
  • Removed EntityId::getNumericId
  • Removed EntityId::getEntityType
  • Removed EntityId::getPrefixedId
  • Introduced EntityId::getSerialization
  • Removed numeric-id and entity-type fields from toJSON return value
  • Introduced id field to toJSON return value
  • Removed numeric-id and entity-type arguments from EntityId constructor
  • Introduced id argument to EntityId constructor
• Deprecated the WIKIBASE_DATAMODEL_JAVASCRIPT_VERSION PHP constant.
• The (optional) extension registration in init.php now depends on MediaWiki >=1.25.

2.0.1 (2016-01-27)

• Added compatibility with DataValues JavaScript 0.8.0.

2.0.0 (2016-01-12)

Breaking changes

• Term and MultiTerm do not accept empty language codes any more.
• Removed cloning from the following methods:
  • GroupableCollection.toArray and List.toArray
  • Group.getItemContainer and setItemContainer
• Removed propertyId parameter from Claim.getQualifiers.
• SnakList.getFilteredSnakList can not be called with null any more.

Other changes

• Fixed possible performance issues due to cloning in Group.equals and the List, Mapand Set constructors.

1.0.2 (2015-05-28)

Enhancements

• Adapt to DataValuesJavaScript 0.7.0.
• SnakList.merge() accepts null.
• Updated code documentation for being able to automatically generate a proper documentation using JSDuck.

1.0.1 (2014-11-05)

• Using DataValues JavaScript 0.6.x.

1.0.0 (2014-11-05)

Breaking changes

• Removed wikibase.datamodel.Reference.setSnaks(). Generate new Reference objects when interacting with the API to reflect hash changes performed in the back-end.
• Removed wikibase.datamodel.Entity.equals().
• Removed wikibase.datamodel.Reference.setSnaks().
• wikibase.datamodel.Reference constructor does not accept Snak object(s) any more.
• An entity cannot be constructed by passing internal object representation to Entity constructor anymore; Use entity specific constructors instead.
• Removed useless Entity.isNew(), Entity.newEmpty().
• Removed Entity.getLabel(), Entity.getLabels(), Entity.getDescription(), Entity.getDescription(), Entity.getAliases(), Entity.getAllAliases(); Acquire data via Entity.getFingerprint() instead.
• Removed Entity.getClaims(); Acquire claims/statements via Entity specific implementation.
• Item.getSiteLinks() returns a SiteLinkSet object instead of an array of SiteLink objects.
• Renamed Property.getDataType() to Property.getDataTypeId().
• Removed all toJSON(), newFromJSON(), toMap() and newFromMap() functions; Use serializers and unserializers of wikibase.serialization instead.
• Statement does not accept a plain array of references anymore; Supply a ReferenceList instead.
• Remove Claim.TYPE and Statement.TYPE attributes.
• Instead of inheriting from Claim, Statement now features a Claim instance that needs to be passed to the Statement constructor.
• Reference constructor does not accept a plain list of Snak objects anymore; Supply a proper SnakList object instead.
• SnakList constructor only accepts arrays of Snak objects.

Enhancements

• Added ClaimGroup.
• Added ClaimGroupSet.
• Added ClaimList.
• Added Fingerprint.
• Added Group.
• Added GroupableCollection.
• Added List.
• Added Map.
• Added MultiTerm.
• Added MultiTermMap.
• Added ReferenceList.
• Added SiteLinkSet.
• Added StatementGroup.
• Added StatementGroupSet.
• Added StatementList.
• Added Term.
• Added TermMap.
• Added Set.
• Added individual constructors for Item and Property.
• Added Entity.getFingerprint(), Entity.setFingerprint().
• Added SiteLink and Statement specific functionality to Item.
• Added Statement specific functionality to Property.
• Added isEmpty() and equals() functions to Item and Property.

0.3.2 (2014-08-19)

• Added wikibase.datamodel.SiteLink.
• Added wikibase.datamodel.Item.getSiteLinks().

0.3.1 (2014-08-14)

• Remove ResourceLoader dependencies on jquery and mediawiki (bug 69468)

0.3.0 (2014-07-10)

• Remove methods isSameAs and equals from wikibase.Entity
• Move all classes from wikibase to wikibase.datamodel, e. g. wikibase.Claim becomes wikibase.datamodel.Claim

0.2.0 (2014-06-26)

• Let Entity.newFromMap expect a string instead of a DataType instance as datatype attribute when creating a Property.
• Let Property.getDataType return the data type's string identifier instead of a DataType instance.
• Fix regular expressions in resource loader definitions

0.1.0 (2014-06-18)

Initial release.