BaseX 12.3

Author: ChristianGruen

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+VERSION 12.3 (April 16, 2025) ------------------------------------------
+
+ XQUERY 4.0
+ - JNodes: XPath traversal in map/array structures
+ - Improved string representation of function items
+ - XML, JSON: canonical serialization
+ - Namespace declarations: support for 'fixed' and '##any'
+
+ XQUERY
+ - HTML Parsing without parser: wrap HTML contents as string value
+ - file:delete: raise no error if target does not exist
+ - file:copy: Preserve capitalization of target path
+
+ GUI
+ - Support for FlatLaf Look and Feels
+ - Editor: Improved closing of tags
+
+ FIXES, PERFORMANCE
+ - xquery:fork-join was fixed
+ - info/debugging strings: increased output length
+ - numerous tweaks to take advantage of recent JVMs
+ - fn:path: caching of repeatedly accessed steps
+
 VERSION 12.2 (January 20, 2025) ----------------------------------------
 
  XQUERY 4.0

basex-api/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.3</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-core/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.3</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-core/src/main/java/org/basex/util/Prop.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public final class Prop {
   /** Project name. */
   public static final String NAME = "BaseX";
   /** Current version (major and minor number, optionally followed by development tag). */
-  private static final String CURRENT_VERSION = "12.3 RC1";
+  private static final String CURRENT_VERSION = "12.3";
 
   /** Name of project in lower case. */
   public static final String PROJECT = NAME.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);

basex-examples/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.3</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

basex-tests/pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
     <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.3</version>
     <relativePath>..</relativePath>
   </parent>
 

pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <!-- Artifact information -->
   <groupId>org.basex</groupId>
   <artifactId>basex-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>12.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>12.3</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <modules>