Release Spoon 5.2.0

[GerardPaligot]

We'll release the version Spoon 5.2.0 Wednesday, June 28.

Think to test the snapshot version to detect any bug or regression between the version 5.1.1 and the new one 5.2.0.

Changelog here. Thanks to @tdurieux

[tdurieux]

Metamodel

• Clean reset of collections in intercession methods. (PR: feat(ast): Reset collection in intercession methods. #712)
• All setters allow null parameters. (PR: Always allow null parameter for setters. #694)
• Introduces CtModel (Issue: Incremental model building #584) (PR: introduces CtModel for #584 #589)
• Creates factory methods for primitives. (Issue: Provide factory methods for simple refs (primitives) #651) (PR: feat(factory): Creates factory methods for primitives. #700)
• Remove CtImplicitTypeRef and CtImplicitArrayTypeRef. (PR: Remove CtImplicitTypeRef and CtImplicitArrayTypeRef #667)

New features

• shadow : Build shadow elements using Reflection API. (PR: feat(shadow): Build shadow element from class object. #569)
• checks : Disable AST checks. (Issue: environment/factory option to skip sanity checks #649) (PR: feat(checks): Disable AST checks. #684)
• comment
  • All comments are handled by the same option (-c). (Issue: put comments as ctstatement only if -j flag is present #666) (PR: feat(comment): Avoid parsing javadoc when it isn't necessary. #676)
  • Adds comment support. (PR: Adds comment support #554)
• filter : Adds LineFilter to reason about statements in blocks. (PR: feat(filter): adds LineFilter that matches lines of code #678)
• clone : Adds the handy CtElement#clone (and deprecates CoreFactory#clone). (PR: refactor(clone): Deprecates CoreFactory#clone for CtElement#clone. #677)
• Refactoring of CtElement.equals for performance. (PR: refactoring equals #674)
• A faster implementation of 'replace' based on code generation. (PR: New implementation for replace #632)

Fixes

• annot : Reference to an annotation field as an invocation. (Issue: Invocation of an annotation field references an executable. #578) (PR: feat(annot): Reference of an annotation field invocation. #660)
• ast : Align CtNewClass with CtConstructorCall. (PR: CtGenericElement#formalTypeParameters use CtTypeParameterReference #595)
• cache : Invalidate cache of the compiler. (Issue: add and remove a method to a class and compile it #575) (PR: fix(cache): Invalidate cache of the compiler. #577)
• clone
  • Scan declaring executable of CtParameterRef (closes NullPointerException on CtParameterReferenceImpl.getDeclaration(CtParameterReferenceImpl.java:44) #729). (Issue: NullPointerException on CtParameterReferenceImpl.getDeclaration(CtParameterReferenceImpl.java:44) #729) (PR: fix(clone): Scan declaring executable of CtParameterRef. #730)
  • Fix bug (modifiers not deep copied). (PR: Copy collections in CloneBuilder. #727)
• comment
  • Fix bug in the usage of the new flag (closes Comments not included in pretty print unless both generateJavadoc and commentsEnabled are set #721). (Issue: Comments not included in pretty print unless both generateJavadoc and commentsEnabled are set #721) (PR: fix(comment): Allows usage of the new flag only. #723)
  • Handles comments in CtNewArray and in CtConditional. (Issue: Parent isn't initialized for a specific comment #588) (PR: fix(doc): Handles comments in CtNewArray and in CtConditional #590)
• compiler : Add class generated to compilation unit. (PR: test(compile): Compile generated java file. #564)
• conditional : Puts parenthesis when it is necessary. (PR: fix(conditional): Puts parenthesis when it is necessary. #669)
• factory : Gets inner type from Class/InterfaceFactory. (closes factory.Class().getType(String) cannot retrieve inner class declared in interface #640). (Issue: factory.Class().getType(String) cannot retrieve inner class declared in interface #640) (PR: fix(factory): Gets inner type from Class/InterfaceFactory. #682)
• filter : Fixes NPE in VariableAccessFilter when the getVariable() is null (e.g. super). (PR: fix(filter): fixes NPE in VariableAccessFilter when the getVariable() is null (e.g. super) #641)
• getparent : GetParent(Filter) does not return the current element when it matches the filter. (PR: fix(getparent): getParent(Filter) does not return the current element when it matches the filter #638)
• lambda : Builds executable ref from a lambda. (PR: fix(lambda): Builds executable ref from a lambda. #665)
• noclasspath : NPE in a scope usage. (Issue: NPE in JDTTreeBuilder.visit  #574) (PR: fix(noclasspath): NPE in a scope usage. #576)
• parent
  • Avoid NPE with CtElement#hasParent(CtElement) (Closes CtElementImpl#hasParent(CtElement) may throw a NullPointerException #679). (Issue: CtElementImpl#hasParent(CtElement) may throw a NullPointerException #679) (PR: fix(parent): Avoid NPE with CtElement#hasParent(CtElement) #685)
  • HasParent should not always return false. (PR: fix(parent): hasParent returns always false. #686)
• performance : Rewrite CtExecutableReference#isOverriding. (Issue: Bug or performance issue on InvocationFilter #586) (PR: fix(performance): Rewrite CtExecutableReference#isOverriding. #592)
• printer : Protects each getParent invocation in DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter. (PR: fix(printer): protects each getParent invocation in DefaultJavaPrettyPrinter #704)
• ref : Scan declaring type for CtExecutableReference. (PR: A couple of bug fixes #715)
• unbox : Don't throw a SCNFException with #unbox(). (PR: fix(unbox): Don't throw a SCNFException with #unbox(). #620)
• Declaring type OR package should be set for a reference, not both. (PR: Fix a bug in TypeFactory.createReference(): declaring type OR package… #613)
• Annotation values traversal should be delegated to scan(), fixes CtScanner.visitCtAnnotation() shouldn't iterate over annotation.getElementValues().values() manually #603. (Issue: CtScanner.visitCtAnnotation() shouldn't iterate over annotation.getElementValues().values() manually #603) (PR: Fix a defect in CtScanner.visitCtAnnotation(): annotation values trav… #614)
• Fix bugs in ImportScannerImpl. (PR: Fix bugs in ImportScannerImpl #596)
• Fix a number of bugs related to handling of unnamed packages. (PR: Fix a number of bugs related to handling of unnamed packages #705)
• Fix bug introduced in Use ArrayDeque instead of Stack #689 (order to iterate with a Deque and Stack are different). (Issue: Use ArrayDeque instead of Stack #689) (PR: fix(deque): Order to iterate with a Deque and Stack are differents. #710)
• Fix nullpointer in hasTypeInImports. (PR: Fix 671 #672)
• Use CtTypeParameterRef for formal ops. (PR: fix(unbox): Don't throw a SCNFException with #unbox(). #620)
• Fix bugs in ClassFactory.create() methods. (PR: Fix bugs in ClassFactory.create() methods #610)
• Fix many small bugs with double usage of AST nodes in different subtrees,. (PR: Fix many small bugs with double usage of AST nodes in different subtrees, ... #645)
• Doesn't warn for implicit source code. (PR: fix: doesn't adjust position for implicit source code #696)
• Fix a bug in CodeFactory.createThisAccess() (target was not set). (PR: Fix a bug in CodeFactory.createThisAccess() (target was not set) #612)
• Fix bugs with creating CtTypeAccess without cloning reference, that leads to problems with replace() in graph. (PR: Fix bugs with creating CtTypeAccess without cloning reference, that l… #611)

[tdurieux]

I updated the changelog with the today PR

[GerardPaligot]

First release done by our Jenkins! \o/

[GerardPaligot]

@monperrus What do you think about this changelog?

[monperrus]

I've directly updated this thread. that's fine.

[GerardPaligot]

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