• Added support for the Sqlite database (Chili.Opf3.Storages.Sqlite.SqliteStorage).
  
• Added functionality to check whether the related objects have removed objects. This enables the scenario of checking whether the related objects have been modified by moving an item to the removed list.
  
• Added IdentityMap property to the ObjectContext class.
  
• Added IdentityMap to the framework. This class keeps track of persistent objects in memory and therefore avoids reloads of objects that are already in memory.
  
• Changed MsSqlStorage to set the type to NVARCHAR for strings that are saved to the database.
  
• Changed the MappingBuilder to include the relation's persistent type that couldn't be found.
  
• Added the Chili.Opf3.Mapping.Providers.XmlTypeMappingProvider and Chili.Opf3.Mapping.Providers.XmlMapping classes. The new classes allow to create mappings for persistent objects by using XML files instead of the attribute based approach.
  
• Added Value property to Object(List|Set)Holder classes. The Value property should replace the, a little bit problematic named, InnerObject property in the long term.
  
• Added Attach method to ObjectContext. This method attaches the Object(Set|List)Holder objects to the ObjectContext. This is required to load related objects when not having persisted or loaded the parent object.
  
• Added IsModified(object, bool) overload. Allows to check the whole loaded object graph for changed objects.
  
• Added IsAttached to ObjectHolderBase. Returns whether the object holder has the required data to be loaded savely; such as the parent object, the ObjectContext and information on the relation itself.
  
• Exposed the ObjectContext of the object holder as public property.
  
• Added Load (with several overloads) to ObjectHolderBase. Allows to manually load the related persistent objects.
  
• Added AutomaticallyLoadRelatedObjects to ObjectContext. Allows to disable automatic loading of related objects.
  
• Fixed different issues with the ObjectListHolder, ObjectSetHolder, ObjectHolder that came up when allowing the manual load of related objects.
  
• Added support for variables in LINQ queries.
  
• Added support for certain anonymous type scenarios in LINQ queries.
  
• Added speed improvements to LINQ query processing.
  
• Added other special cases to LINQ query parser.
  
• Fixed other minor issues with the LINQ query parser.
  

• Added features to make Opf3 Core LINQ compatible.
  
• Added LINQ support as extension to the framework.
  
• Features requested by the customers have been added.
  
• Speed improvements.
  
• Several minor bugfixes.
  

• IRelationsPopulateHelper: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=1248
  
• IPopulateHelperExtended: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=1247
  
• IPartialPersist: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=1246
  
• ObjectContextFactory: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=1225
  
• IPersistentQueriesProvider: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=1224
  

• SqlRawStorageAccess Class has been added and allows to access the internal objects of an SQL storage (at the moment all storages that are implemented for Opf3). This allows to manipulate directly commands and send them to the storage.


• Added several events to the ObjectContext class to allow disconnected scenarios.


• Fixed bugs submitted by the community and customers. Thanks to everybody.

• Added Caching: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=690
  
• Added IDynamicPopulateHelper: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=857
  
• Added Loaded Event to ObjectContext.
  
• Speed improvements.
  
• Fixed minor issues in the framework.
  

• Added TypeMapping and Chili.Opf3.Mapping namespace to use Opf3 persistent type mappings outside of Opf3: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=435
  
• Enhanced StorageBase for easier creation of custom storages: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=437
  
• Added Transaction class to create custom transactions and using the IDisposable pattern with transactions: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=451
  
• Added possibility to use interfaces instead of concrete persistent types (required for ntier scenarios): http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=570
  
• Added IPersistentFactory to increase speed during persistent object load: http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=587
  
• Added ITypeMappingProvider to allow custom mapping creation (for example via XML file etc.): http://www.opf3.com/Opf3/Community/Topic.aspx?Forum=5&Topic=588
  
• Major speed improvements.
  
• Fixed minor issues in the framework.
  

• Added searcher plug-in.
  
• Added simple plug-in as template for customized plug-ins.
  
• Created a setup for the Opf3 Wizard.
  
• Associated .wpxml files with the Opf3 Wizard.
  
• An added storage is automatically selected.
  
• NUnit tests are created in the subdirectory \NUnitTests.
  
• VS2005 tests are created in the subdirecory \VSUnitTests.
  
• Updated the engine that detects differences in two database schemas.
  
• Tons of bug fixes.

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