Release Notes for 2.9.0

Feature release (minor)

2.9.0

• Total issues resolved: 18
• Total pull requests resolved: 30
• Total contributors: 18

Changes

• 8691: Check for use of deprecated API with Psalm thanks to @alcaeus
• 8678: [Gh-8589] A new approach to non-nullable typed associations for BC thanks to @beberlei
• 8677: [GH-8676] Allow nested annotations to work without parents as attributes thanks to @beberlei and @Nemo64
• 8671: Reflect that default EntityManager is not always named default thanks to @simPod
• 8646: [GH-8327] Make EntityManagerProvider compatible with expected DoctrineBundle usage thanks to @beberlei and @PowerKiKi
• 8642: How to create schema using Schema tool in v2.9.x? thanks to @simPod
• 8629: Fields for unique constraints thanks to @beberlei and @alexander-schranz
• 8613: Reintroduce PHP 7.1 support thanks to @beberlei
• 8589: Fix typed properties for default metadata (#7939) thanks to @Lustmored and @beberlei
• 8553: Bump doctrine/deprecations to at least v0.5.3 thanks to @beberlei
• 8517: [GH-8458] Properly deprecate ConvertDoctrine1Schema thanks to @beberlei
• 8472: [GH-8471] Deprecate Partial DQL syntax and forcing partial loads. thanks to @beberlei
• 8466: Introduce doctrine/deprecations thanks to @beberlei
• 8439: Use typed properties for default metadata for #7939 thanks to @Lustmored and @beberlei
• 8438: DDC-2076 Remove useless join over target table of ManyToMany relationship thanks to @plfort
• 8417: Restrict EntityManagerInterface::getRepository thanks to @VincentLanglet
• 8382: [GH-6396] Allow custom hydrators access to meta columns thanks to @beberlei
• 8378: [GH-6578] Add validation that inherited entity class is mapped in discriminator. thanks to @beberlei
• 8377: Add Doctrine\ORM\Query\Expr::mod() thanks to @beberlei and @holtkamp
• 8375: Support for Array parameters in SQL filters thanks to @beberlei and @doctrinebot
• 8357: Add psalm annotation to ArrayCollection of Parameters thanks to @snapshotpl
• 8266: [GH-8265] Prototype for Attribute Metadata Driver thanks to @beberlei
• 7936: [GH-5202] Implement Query::HINT_READ_ONLY flag thanks to @beberlei and @doctrinebot
• 7918: Add support for INDEX BY an associated entity (2.8.x) thanks to @andrews05 and @crtl

Improvement

• 8672: Allow installing doctrine/cache 2.0 thanks to @alcaeus
• 8548: Adding details to types in PHPDoc thanks to @orklah
• 8544: Add type declarations where backwards-compatible thanks to @greg0ire
• 8380: [GH-7128] Improve OneToManyRequiresMappedBy Exception message thanks to @beberlei and @jakumi

Deprecation,New Feature

• 8651: Introduce PSR-6 for metadata caching thanks to @alcaeus

Deprecation

• 8592: Deprecated Named Native and DQL Queries thanks to @beberlei
• 8524: [GH-8327] Deprecate EntityManagerHelper for a provider abstraction. thanks to @beberlei and @PowerKiKi
• 8383: Deprecated notify change tracking policy thanks to @beberlei
• 8381: [GH-6855] Prevent unsupported lifecycle callback mapping on embedded classes. thanks to @beberlei

New Feature,Question

• 7762: Psalm support thanks to @zerkms