release 5.4: Oct 27 2016

[monperrus]

Hi all,
the next release is planned for Oct 27 2016.
4 days to test the SNAPSHOT!

Changelog

Important changes

• CtElement are not comparable anymore (no natural order), they cannot be put in raw TreeSet (PR: Remove CtElement.compareTo  #844)
• The processing and scanning order has changed, it now follows the source code order (Issue: align model order and pretty-printing order #681) (PR: feat(ast): Creates CtTypeMember list in CtType. #841)

New feature

• ast
  • Always a block for CtIf and CtLoop. (PR: refactor(ast): Uses block for CtIf and CtLoop. #805)
• cttype : New method to know whether a given method is part of a CtType. (PR: Added a method to know whether a given method is part of a CtType #880)
• position : Defines a default source position for all elements. (PR: No more null source positions #861)

Fixes

• factory : Handles null parameter in Type#createReference(Class) and isSubTypeOf. (Closes NPE #825). (Issue: NPE #825) (PR: fix(npe): Handles null parameter Type#createReference(Class). #837)
• getDeclaration : Incorrect between getReference and getDeclaration for local variables. (PR: Fix getReference and getDeclaration for local type #888)
• Fixes potential NullPointerException in JDTTreeBuilderQuery. (PR: Fixes potential NullPointerException in JDTTreeBuilderQuery. #887)
• Enables parallel tests. (PR: Probably fixes #706 by enabling parallel tests #838)
• GetAllMethods in noclasspath return when encounter an unknown class. (PR: fix: getAllMethods in noclasspath return when encounter an unknown class #864)
• Better getDeclaration of CtLocalVariable (Fixes getDeclaration of CtLocalVariable does not find declarations in for loops #868). (Issue: getDeclaration of CtLocalVariable does not find declarations in for loops #868) (PR: getDeclaration of CtLocalVariable  #873)
• compilation : Always uses the content of the ast to compile the ast (fixes Launcher.compile() does not compile the AST changes #878). (Issue: Launcher.compile() does not compile the AST changes #878) (PR: fix(compilation): always uses the content of the ast to compile the ast #879)
• exception : Improves snippet compilation error message. (PR: improves exception output #858)
• if : Print the else body when the body is not a block (closes 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT the CtIf without block are not correctly printed  #881). (Issue: 5.4.0-SNAPSHOT the CtIf without block are not correctly printed  #881) (PR: fix(if): prints the else body when the body is not a block #883)
• isLocalType : Proper support for creating internal classes (fixes proper support for creating internal classes (within methods) with the intercession API #776). (Issue: proper support for creating internal classes (within methods) with the intercession API #776) (PR: fix(isLocalType): proper support for creating internal classes (fixes… #860)
• literal
  • Fix literal type. (PR: fix(literal): fix literal type #891)
  • Set the type of the CtLiteral via the CodeFactory. (PR: fix(literal): set the type of the CtLiteral via the CodeFactory #829)
• loop : Always use CtBlock in CtForeach. (PR: fix(loop): Always use CtBlock in CtForeach. #847)
• method : Avoid Concurrent modification with CtType#addMethod. (PR: fix(method): Avoid Concurrent modification with CtType#addMethod. #850)
• position : Add default compilation unit when pretty-printing a new CtClass (closes IllegalStateException in JavaOutputProcessor#createJavaFile with the default source positioning #885). (Issue: IllegalStateException in JavaOutputProcessor#createJavaFile with the default source positioning #885) (PR: fix #885: add default compilation unit when create a new CtClass #886)
• travis : The logs of Travis are not polluted by Javadoc warnings. (PR: fix(travis): the logs of Travis are not polluted by Javadoc warnings #866)

Documentation

• Add missing paper information. (PR: doc: add missing paper information #889)
• Adds doc about architecture checking. (PR: adds doc about architecture checking #843)
• Update papers.md. (PR: Update papers.md #834)
• Update on release doc. (PR: doc: update on release doc #830)
• gradle : Improves Gradle doc (fixes I can not use this project in Gradle #875). (Issue: I can not use this project in Gradle #875) (PR: improves Gradle doc  #876)
• support : Improves support documentation. (PR: improves support documentation #865)
• release : Update release number. (PR: chore(release): update release number #831)

Refactoring

• Allow Launcher to use an existing Factory (Closes Allow Launcher To Set Factory #862). (Issue: Allow Launcher To Set Factory #862) (PR: Allow Launcher to set Factory. Fixes #862. #863)
• Fix a test that fails on Eclipse due to its classloader. (PR: fix a test that fails on Eclipse #859)
• Removes all useless conditions with CtReference. (Closes Useless condition #824). (Issue: Useless condition #824) (PR: refactor: Removes all useless conditions with CtReference. #836)
• ast : Improves generic parameter type of setActualTypeReferences. (Closes Proper generic parameter types #823). (Issue: Proper generic parameter types #823) (PR: refactor(ast): Improves generic parameter type of setActualTypeReferences. #835)
• release : Remove deprecated code. (PR: chore(release): remove deprecated code #833)

Other

• jenkins : Clean. (PR: chore(jenkins): clean #848)
• pom : Updates commons-io from 1.3.2 to 1.4. (Closes Upgrading Apache Commons IO to 1.4 #845). (Issue: Upgrading Apache Commons IO to 1.4 #845) (PR: chore(pom): Updates commons-io from 1.3.2 to 1.4. #851)
• release
  • Scripts to publish automatically a release. (PR: chore(release): Scripts to publish automatically a release. #852)
  • Adds nodejs script to generate changelog. (PR: chore(changelog): adds nodejs script to generate the changelog #832)
• travis : Avoid running several times the tests on Travis. (PR: avoid running several times the tests on Travis #839)
• version : Update spoon maven plugin version. (PR: chore(version): update spoon maven plugin version #849)
• website : Add a link checker (fixes add a link checker to documentation pages #797). (Issue: add a link checker to documentation pages #797) (PR: chore(website): add a link checker #872)

--Martin

[msteinbeck]

Thank you for your work!