What's New With 4.12.0

What's new in CBOrm 4.12.0

CBOrm 4.12.0 is a minor release focused on BoxLang Prime compatibility, code quality improvements, and bug fixes.

Added

CI/CD Enhancements

• Manual Workflow Dispatch: Added workflow_dispatch trigger to cron.yml, allowing manual execution of scheduled workflows for testing and debugging

BoxLang Runtime Compatibility

• BoxLang-Only Runtime Support: Added duplicate ORM settings specifically for BoxLang-only runtime environments where compatibility module aliases aren't available

Code Quality

• Full Var Scoping: Implemented comprehensive var scoping throughout the codebase to eliminate IDE warnings and improve code clarity

Fixed

Critical Bug Fixes

• BOX-163: Fixed critical dead code bug in entityGivenName method of ORMUtilSupport.cfc where the Hibernate result wasn't being returned, causing null errors

// Before (broken):
try {
    var entityName = getSession(...).getEntityName(entity);
} catch (org.hibernate.TransientObjectException e) {
    // Falls through without returning entityName
}

// After (fixed):
try {
    return getSession(...).getEntityName(entity);
} catch (org.hibernate.TransientObjectException e) {
    // Falls through to metadata discovery
}

BoxLang Prime Compatibility

• Defensive Coding for BoxLang Prime: Added extensive null checks and defensive programming patterns to ensure smooth operation with BoxLang Prime

• ACF Isolation: Moved CFIDE EventHandler interface reference to ACFEventHandler for better separation of Adobe-specific code

• Interface Annotation Removal: Dropped ACF-only interface annotations that caused compatibility issues with BoxLang Prime

• Server.ColdFusion Blocks: Added defensive coding around server.coldfusion checks for cross-engine compatibility

Testing Infrastructure

• BoxLang CFML Compatibility: Updated to use @be tag for bx-compat-cfml in BoxLang server tests for better compatibility layer testing

If you were experiencing null errors when calling entity name operations, especially with transient entities, this release fixes that critical issue.

Release Date

November 7, 2025