The upgrade process is now available to plugins

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP1 (5.2.5)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP2 (5.2.6)
• Component/s: Core Infrastructure > Upgrade Framework, Legacy Components > API
• Labels:
  • 5.2_release_notes
• Environment: All

The upgrade process is now available to plugins. Specifically, the following classes has been moved from com.liferay.portal.upgrade to com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade:

StagnantRowException
UpgradeException
UpgradeProcess

And the following classes has been moved from com.liferay.portal.upgrade.util to com.liferay.portal.kernel.upgrade.util:

DefaultPKMapper
IdReplacer
UpgradeColumn
UpgradeTable
ValueMapper
ValueMapperFactory
ValueMapperFactoryUtil
ValueMapperUtil
ValuMapperWrapper

This change will allow portlet developers to hook into Liferay's upgrade process to upgrade their portlet when Liferay is upgraded.