node-rfc

bug fixes

• build error fix for cflinuxfs4, (#307), 228b11b
• (addon) cancelClient() interface and unit tests fixed 5fbc121

new features

• Cloud enablement preparation 9ccc30b, as described in ABAP RFC connectivity from BTP Node.JS buildpack and Kyma
• RfcTableOfVariables and RfcTableOfStructures types added e8bb8cd
• (server) bgRFC handlers server options and parameters validation 592d4ba
• (server) bgRFC authorization handler error handling e848df1
• (server) async server handlers 0b471bd
• (server) logging 9d72919
• (server) get function description() method added 9a8a303

build

• node 16 support dropped, 8ef6af0
• (deps-dev): bump @babel/traverse from 7.22.8 to 7.23.2 (#304), f9c1382
• (cpp linter): clang-tidy linter configured, zero warnings f061f25

documentation

• Shell scripts for sap nwrfc sdk paths fix on MacOS, used in SAP/PyRFC and SAP/node-rfc, replaced with single script in SAP/fundamental-tools repository: docker/sap_nwrfcsdk_utils
• installation and troubleshooting documentation update d513c37
• (reuse) copyright year update, code of conduct session added 7116efe 7991049
• (addon): setLogFilePath() method documented 9f10094

new features

• Server bindings with usage example
• Logging and new addon method setLogFilePath()
• Set custom path for node-rfc binary module, via env variable by @nonoll in https://github.com/SAP/node-rfc/pull/296

what's changed

• build(deps-dev): bump word-wrap from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 by @dependabot in https://github.com/SAP/node-rfc/pull/293
• Error messages harmonization

new contributors

• @nonoll made their first contribution in https://github.com/SAP/node-rfc/pull/296

improvements

• Client locking performance improvement

new features

• deno platform support

breaking changes

• Build toolchain change, for installation improvements

  • The build process is now based on node-gyp and prebuildify, instead of CMake and prebuild.
  • CMake installation is no longer required, Python is used instead

• Installation improvements

  • Pre-built binaries for supported platforms are now bundled in node-rfc package and downloaded from npm, together with node-rfc, during npm install.
  • No internet connection to GitHub is anymore required, to fetch binaries from node-rfc GitHub release assets.
  • Despite a bit increased node-rfc package footprint, the installation performance is improved because only connection to NPM is needed and all files downloaded at once

• Node.js supported engines: ^16 || ^18 || >= 20

• MacOS min version set to 10.15

• CXX standard set to 17

new features

• Electron.js platform supported by pre-built binaries, included in node-rfc npm package

improvements

• random-bytes module replaced with crypto
• linter and c++ compiler warnings fixed

new features

• Darwin on ARM platform support, using SAP NW RFC SDK 7.50.11
• New API methods
  • Language codes conversion, iso to sap and vice versa: addon.languageIsoToSap() and addon.languageSapToIso()
  • sapnwrfc.ini file reload: addon.reloadIniFile()

breaking changes

• a134a0c refactor(addon): n-api version 8, node engine >= 14.17.0

documentation

• 1e699a7 docs: connection parameters configuration, sapnwrfc.ini documentation

bug-fixes

• cf7e16c fix: the npm install node-rfc fails with npm > 8.13.2, fixes #261
• 2c7529c build(cmakelists.txt): n-api version fixed in build script

breaking change

• 8590d53 feat(package.json):nodejs 12 support dropped, n-api version 4 bumped to 5

docs

• 5a03fef docs(readme): n-api matrix url fixed

bug-fixes

• e763961 production installation fix, #254

sap nwrfc sdk

• Tested with 750 Patch Level 9

breaking changes

• cancel() method removed at add-on level, remains at client and pool level

features

• 3541f65 node 10 support dropped
• 7fd70e1 explicit memory free by napi finalizers for sap raw data types, per pr #246 proposal
• c28fcf9 support for building versions with suffix, like: 1.2.3-rc0, 1.2.3-alpha.1
• 820efd6 refactor(client): connection cancel trace messages added
• d06a44c refactor(client): default ts configuration for node
• 33db628 Issue templates updated

bug-fixes

• f4e18c9 error message typo fixed
• 2f1777b cancel by c++ thread instead of nodejs thread, fix #234
• 1060375 check for empty or invalid RFM parameter name, fix #242
• 8894fde --tag-prefix removed from install script, fix #248
• 3a42405 pr #244 merged, implementing partial typing of RfcConnectionParameters
• 886aea9 Use any unarchiver available, not only tar, fix #227

documentation

• fac9378 docs(readme): formatting fixed
• 76fb95d docs(readme): supported platforms docu updated
• 33259e0 docs(readme): stealth mode removed from MacOS prerequisites, direct client example added, fix #251

bug-fixes

• 10fb6ae missing dest connection parameter name added to connection parameters type

new features

• RFC calls timeout and cancellation, closing #218. Check the documentation and examples

  • 4504c9c Cancellation timeout and event

  • 5503a61 Cancel ongoing RFC call

new features

• Websocket RFC connectivity
  • Authentication
  • Connection parameters: section 4 of sapnwrfc.ini in SAP NWRFC SDK demo folder
  • Connectivity scenarios: https://github.com/SAP/node-rfc/issues/212#issuecomment-828800188

bug-fixes

• ccd7ea1 Connection parameters typings update, following NWRFC SDK PL8

• d875d26 # appended to strings with special unicode characters; fix #211

info

• Use SAP NWRFC SDK PL8 or newer

• PL8 release info: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3038428

bug-fixes

• b1d74de PL7 string conversion workaround removed

• 21f32e8 fix #203 client.connectionInfo result contains trailing zeros

• 8aaa701 fix #202 typings dev dependency removed

improvements

• 16b347d frameworks' samples moved to SAP-samples

• readme and documentation

Changes

• ABAP CHARnn fields sent to Node, get cut off after the first zero byte; fix #193 b4aeaf9
• Node strings sent to ABAP CHARnn fields, get cut out after the first zero byte d7f516b
• CMakeLists SDK version output ccaddd4
• N-API version 6 fixed d395ad0

Changes

• Pool acquire() error message for wrong user credentials; fix #185 54a82b6
• Connection parameters error messages and unit tests; 55c3e02

Changes

• NAPI v7
• The client parameter set to optional in RfcConnectionParameters interface 8e7bb8f
• setIniFileDirectory method added at addon level, to set custom sapnwrfc.ini file directory 85ec105

Changes

• Client setIniPath method added, exposing NWRFC SDK method RfcSetIniPath:
  doc/api.md#setIniPath
• Linux binary built on NodeJS toolchain based on Centos:
  fundamental-tools/docker/centos.Dockerfile
• RFM table typing extended with Array of variables 1becb1d
• RFM call templates: npmjs/rfmcall
• Server bindings (experimental)

Changes

• CLA replaced with DCO, FSFE Reuse compliance 28a4ef5
• README added: the installation and build from source work for NodeJS versions with N-API >= 6; fix #162 cda585c
• NWRFC SDK Server API exposed dcc6b83
• Fix error TS2741 closes #164 82be406

Changes

• Environment object appended to error message when SAP NWRFC SDK not found or can't be loaded
• Accidentally added p-queue dependency removed
• Segfault when more Pool more connections requested than available as ready and at least 1 is available