CloudBees Feature Management - C/C++ changelog

CloudBees Feature Management is an advanced feature flagging solution that lets your development teams quickly build and deploy applications without compromising on safety. By providing a gradual release mechanism and a simple way to define target audiences, CloudBees Feature Management allows developers and product managers to optimize feature releases and customize the user experience. CloudBees Feature Management gives teams control over features that are in staging, production, or any environment in the deployment pipeline.

This is legacy documentation

CloudBees Feature Management is now part of CloudBees Unify. For current feature management documentation, go to CloudBees Unify Feature management.

This documentation covers the original CloudBees Feature Management product (formerly Rollout.io), which is end-of-life. It remains available only for existing customers who are migrating to CloudBees Unify.
Support during the extension period

Because CloudBees Feature Management is an end-of-life product, support during the extension period is limited to critical items only:

  • Critical security fixes: High-impact security issues are in scope and will be addressed.

  • Critical bug fixes: Reviewed case by case; resolution is not guaranteed.

  • General support, enhancements, and non-critical fixes: Not provided for end-of-life products during the extension period.

This coverage is consistent with the CloudBees end-of-life policy in the support Terms & Conditions.

2021-XX-XX V 5.0.0

Breaking changes (C SDK):

  • <rollout.h> renamed to <rox/server.h>.

  • RoxVariant renamed to RoxStringBase.

  • rox_add_variant function renamed to rox_add_string_with_options.

  • rox_get_variant_or_default(_ctx) function renamed to rox_get_string(_ctx).

  • Removed flag functions:

    • rox_flag_is_enabled_or_null(_ctx) - using flag’s default value instead of NULL.

    • rox_get_string_or_null(_ctx) - using flag’s default value instead of NULL.

    • rox_flag_enabled_do(_ctx) and rox_flag_disabled_do(_ctx) functions now require target argument to be passed.

  • rox_dynamic_api_get_value renamed to rox_dynamic_api_get_string.

Breaking changes (C++ SDK):

  • <rollout.hpp> renamed to <roxx/server.h>.

  • Rox::Variant class renamed to Rox::String.

  • GetValueOrNull, IsEnabledOrNull methods removed - using default flag values instead.

  • Rox::DynamicApi::GetValue renamed to GetString.

Fixes and Additions (C SDK):

  • New flag functions:

    • rox_add_int

    • rox_add_int_with_options

    • rox_add_double

    • rox_add_double_with_options

    • rox_get_int

    • rox_get_int_ctx

    • rox_get_double

    • rox_get_double_ctx

    • rox_add_string- shortcut for rox_add_string_with_options(options: NULL)

  • New dynamic API functions:

    • rox_dynamic_api_get_int

    • rox_dynamic_api_get_double

    • rox_dynamic_api_get_string_ctx, rox_dynamic_api_get_int_ctx, rox_dynamic_api_get_double_ctx - new functions that take context and options parameters.

  • Other updates:

    • rox_set_context now accepts NULL for context argument.

Fixes and Additions (C++ SDK):

  • New classes and interfaces:

    • Rox::BaseFlag class added with single GetName() method.

    • Rox::Int class.

    • Rox::Double class.

  • Dynamic API changes:

    • Rox::DynamicApi::GetInt, Rox::DynamicApi::GetDouble methods added.

  • Other updates:

    • Rox::SetContext now accepts nullptr for context argument.

Client SDK

  • Client SDK is installed by default. To omit its installation, specify -C flag for install.sh.

  • New headers:

    • C Client SDK: #include <rox/client.h>.

    • C++ Client SDK: #include <roxx/client.h>.

  • Flag freeze feature. See the C/C++ client SDK documentation.

  • Flag overrides feature. See the C/C++ client SDK documentation.

  • Configuration caching feature.

    • For Client SDK only; always enabled.

2020-03-30 V 4.7.0

Initial release