h1. Play 1.4.2 -- Release notes

Play 1.4.2 has been released of the 1.4.x maintenance branch.

The changes in this release are listed in the "Play 1.4.2 milestone":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/milestones/217739-142 on Lighthouse, including 27 resolved tickets. 

h2. What's new in Play 1.4.2

* "#2029":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2029) Upgrade to groovy 2.4.6 
* "#2027":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2027) Cache method Lang.getLocale() 

h2. What's fixed in Play 1.4.2

* Fix vulnerabilty : Escape flash message in the secure module (login page)
* "#2008":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2008-error-while-binding-an-enumset) Error while binding an EnumSet 
* "#2011":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/2011-support-double-semicolon-escaping-in-evolution-scripts) Support "double semicolon" escaping in evolution scripts 
* "#2007":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/2007) JPA classloader issues with precompiled app 
* "#2014":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/2014) Message not appear corretly in secure module 
* "#1939":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/1939-update-to-groovy-24x) chore(lib): Update to groovy from 2.3.9 to 2.4.5
* "#1934":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/1934) feat(controller): Support for non-static controller methods - they are easier to mock/unit-test
* "#2009":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987/tickets/2009) Field name detection in 'attachment' 
* "#2017":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2017) Use StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer 
* "#2016":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2016) default value of "XForwardedOverwriteDomainAndPort" setting should be false 
* "#1979":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/1979) Improve performance of Play! 
* "#2021":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2021) Optimize usage of StringBuilder  
* "#2022":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2022) Add missing @Override annotations 
* "#2020":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2020) Avoid multiple creation of new arrays/maps 
* "#2015":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2015) i18n tag only restore the first % character 
* "#2034":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2034) add hibernate-ehcache jar to be able to use ehcache as second level cache
* "#2026":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2026) Blob: missing methods implemented to support (2nd level) caching
* "#1947":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/1948) Job::withinFilter Only Calls First PlayPlugin Filter It Finds. (Invoker Calls All Filters) 
* "#1948":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/1948) Invoker.Invocation::run executes action once per plugin 
* "#2035":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2035) MakeWS.getString() returning same result on every call 
* "#2019":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2019) Make method Cache.clear() null-safe 
* "#2018":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2018) Class caches added 
* "#2036":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2036) Force secure reverse routes config 
* "#2039":https://play.lighthouseapp.com/projects/57987-play-framework/tickets/2039) Update some libraires

