Deprecation: ListDiff#elementEqual

In the Java API, method elementEqual of class com.coremedia.translate.workflow.ListDiff has been deprecated. Instead of overriding that method in a subclass, you can instead pass a predicate for equality to a constructor of that class.

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Improved Translation Workflow Auto-Merge

The "Auto-Merge" feature used in translation workflows to copy property values from master to derived content items has a new option for improved merging of translatable properties and link annotations. The new behavior is not enabled by default in this release to avoid unexpected changes. It will become the default in future versions.

By default and just like in previous releases, the "Auto-Merge" feature completely ignores translatable properties and never changes such properties in the derived content. This can however lead to unexpected results, especially for properties nested in structs. Furthermore, the new option has improvements for merging link annotations.

If the new behavior is enabled, then translatable (nested) property values will no longer be excluded from auto-merge, but also be copied from the master to the derived content in the same way as other values. However, opposed to non-translatable properties, if the derived content already contains a different value for a translatable property, for example some translated text, then the value of the derived content will be kept and no warning about a merge conflict will be shown. Furthermore, for annotated links like teaser targets with "call-to-action" texts or channel page grid links with validity dates: if a link is removed or replaced in the master content, then the auto-merge feature will also remove or replace the link correctly in the derived content, even if some annotation properties of that link were changed in the derived content. With the previous behavior, some annotation values could remain, even after the actual link had been removed. This is fixed if the new option is enabled.

To enable the improved merge algorithm, set the following Spring configuration properties for the Workflow Server:

These properties are documented in the Deployment Manual, section "CoreMedia Properties Overview | Workflow Server Properties".

(CMS-19498)