v2.6.0

Release Notes

streams

• Deprecated the streambuf::putn API. In some cases with file streams this API makes a copy. To be more efficient and not break existing code a new function putn_nocopy has been created. This makes it clear to users they need to ensure the pointer data provided is valid until the returned task is completed.
• File streams cleanup improvements: replacing C style casts, updating some shared_ptr parameters to const reference, and removed unnecessary data structures saving heap allocations and space. Fixes #353, #126

json

• Added ability to erase elements from a json array or object. #147
• Added missing static factories for working with 64bit integers to the json::value class. #351
• Fixed improper serialization of control characters that should always be Unicode escaped.
• Fixed issue with parsing and then serializing not properly escaping necessary characters if parsed originally from a stream. #259
• Updated json::value::as_number() and json::value::as_string() to return by const reference.
• Made json::object copy constructor not private. Also removed a few unnecessary copy constructors and stick with compiler generated.

http_listener

• Fixed potential crash on Windows that could occur in some cases if the client sent and invalid URI. #267
• Fixed potential hang on Windows if running on a single core machine. #106
• Merged pull request fixing issue with listeners not being properly remove if port is in use on non-Windows. #375

websocket_client

• Updated Websocket++ version to 0.5.1.
• Added tests for Windows Runtime websockets client. #223
• Removed unnecessary extra event in Windows Runtime implementation from websocket client.

oauth 2.0

• Allow conversions for the OAuth 'expires_in' field from a JSON string value to a numeric value. #381

pplx

• Merged pull request fixing deadlock if an exception occurs while trying to schedule a task. #379

miscellaneous

• Updated some code documentation comments to improve reference documentation.
• Merged pull request qualifying web::credentials namespace in http_client authentication_tests.cpp to avoid collisions with OpenSSL.
• Fixed locale based test cases to silently pass if the necessary locale isn't installed on the machine. #354
• Removed a bunch of unnecessary MSBuild properties from test vcxproj files. #264
• Changed safeint.hpp to use pragma once instead of ifdef guard.

Windows

• Removed DllMain and global process exiting flag as no longer needed.
• Removed Visual Studio 2012 project files. VS2012 is no longer supported.
• Added support for Visual Studio 2015 RC, preview is no longer supported.
• Fixed problem with CasaLens sample not compiling due to std::bind with some versions of Visual Studio 2015.
• Removed a bunch of Windows specific string conversion code, replaced with C++ standard equivalent.
• Fixed a potential deadlock on Windows XP when using CPPREST_FORCE_PPLX. #374
• Updated to Boost version 1.58.
• Updated to OpenSSL version 1.0.2a.
• Added support for Universal Windows Platform (UWP).
• Added support for websockets with Windows Desktop with Visual Studio 2015. #277
• Merged pull request adding version information to the dlls. #318

iOS

• Updated Boost dependency to version 1.57.
• Improvements to script for building Boost, including no longer building for OS X, adding x86_64 simulator, and always using latest iOS SDK available on the machine. #196
• Removed dependency on Boost.Locale and libiconv, replaced with C++ standard equivalent.
• Fixed issue including CMakeLists.txt from another CMake project. #372

Ubuntu

• Fixed remaining warnings with GCC and removed warning suppression in CMakeLists.txt. #253
• Removed dependency on Boost.Locale and libiconv.

Android

• Removed dependency on Boost.Locale and libiconv.
• Added a workaround using -funwind-tables compilation option since not included by default with Visual Studio Android support. #388