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# AutoValue Changes
**This document is obsolete.** For details of changes in releases since 1.5,
see the [releases page](https://github.com/google/auto/releases) for the Auto
project.
## 1.4 → 1.5
### Functional changes
* A workaround for older Eclipse versions has been removed. If you need to use
an Eclipse version older than 4.5, you will need to stay on AutoValue 1.4.
* The [retention](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/annotation/Retention.html)
of the `@AutoValue` annotation has changed from `SOURCE` to `CLASS`. This
means that it is possible for code-analysis tools to tell whether a class is
an `@AutoValue`. AutoValue itself uses this to enforce the check that one
`@AutoValue` class cannot extend another, even if the classes are compiled
separately.
* It is now an error if `@Memoized` is applied to a method not inside an
`@AutoValue` class.
* Type annotations are now handled more consistently. If `@Nullable` is a type
annotation, a property of type `@Nullable Integer` will have that type used
everywhere in the generated code. Associated bugs with nested type
annotations, like `Outer.@Inner`, have been fixed.
### Bugs fixed since 1.4.1
* `@Memoized` methods can now throw checked exceptions. Previously this failed
because the exceptions were not copied into the `throws` clause of the
generated override, so the call to `super.foo()` did not compile.
* The generated `hashCode()` method uses `h = (int) (h ^ longProperty)` rather
than `h ^= longProperty` to avoid warnings about loss of precision.
* Annotations are not copied from an abstract method to its implementation if
they are not visible from the latter. This can happen if the `@AutoValue`
inherits the abstract method from a class or interface in a different package.
## 1.3 → 1.4
*This is the last AutoValue version that compiles and runs on Java 6.* Future
versions will require at least Java 8 to run. We will continue to generate code
that is compatible with Java 7, so AutoValue can be used with `javac -source 7
-target 7 -bootclasspath <rt.jar-from-jdk7>`, but using the `javac` from jdk8 or
later.
### Functional changes
* Builder setters now reject a null parameter immediately unless the
corresponding property is `@Nullable`. Previously this check happened at
`build()` time, and in some cases didn't happen at all. This is the change
that is most likely to affect existing code.
* Added `@Memoized`. A `@Memoized` method will be overridden in the generated
`AutoValue_Foo` class to save the value returned the first time it was called
and reuse that every other time.
* Generalized support for property builders. Now, in addition to being able to
say `immutableListBuilder()` for a property of type `ImmutableList<T>`, you
can say `fooBuilder()` for a property of an arbitrary type that has a builder
following certain conventions. In particular, you can do this if the type of
`foo()` is itself an `@AutoValue` class with a builder. The default value of
`foo()`, if `fooBuilder()` is never called, is `fooBuilder().build()`.
* If a property `foo()` or `getFoo()` has a builder method `fooBuilder()` then
the property can not now be `@Nullable`. An `ImmutableList`, for example,
starts off empty, not null, so `@Nullable` was misleading.
* When an `@AutoValue` class `Foo` has a builder, the generated
`AutoValue_Foo.Builder` has a constructor `AutoValue_Foo.Builder(Foo)`. That
constructor was never documented and is now private. If you want to make a
`Foo.Builder` from a `Foo`, `Foo` should have an abstract method `Builder
toBuilder()`.
This change was necessary so that generalized property-builder support could
know whether or not the built class needs to be convertible back into its
builder. That's only necessary if there is a `toBuilder()`.
* The Extension API is now a committed API, meaning we no longer warn that it is
likely to change incompatibly. A
[guide](https://github.com/google/auto/blob/master/value/userguide/extensions.md)
gives tips on writing extensions.
* Extensions can now return null rather than generated code. In that case the
extension does not generate a class in the AutoValue hierarchy, but it can
still do other things like error checking or generating side files.
* Access modifiers like `protected` are copied from builder methods to their
implementations, instead of the implementations always being public.
Change by @torquestomp.
* AutoAnnotation now precomputes parts of the `hashCode` that are constant
because they come from defaulted methods. This avoids warnings about integer
overflow from tools that check that.
* If a property is called `oAuth()`, its setter can be called
`setOAuth(x)`. Previously it had to be `setoAuth(x)`, which is still allowed.
## Bugs fixed
* AutoAnnotation now correctly handles types like `Class<? extends
Annotation>[]`. Previously it would try to create a generic array, which Java
doesn't allow. Change by @lukesandberg.
* We guard against spurious exceptions due to a JDK bug in reading resources
from jars. (#365)
* We don't propagate an exception if a corrupt jar is found in extension
loading.
* AutoValue is ready for Java 9, where public classes are not necessarily
accessible, and javax.annotation.Generated is not necessarily present.
* AutoValue now works correctly even if the version of AutoValue in the
`-classpath` is older than the one in the `-processorpath`.
* Builders now behave correctly when there is a non-optional property called
`missing`. Previously a variable-hiding problem meant that we didn't detect
when it wasn't set.
* If `@AutoValue class Foo` has a builder, we always generated two constructors,
`Builder()` and `Builder(Foo)`, but we only used the second one if `Foo` had a
`toBuilder()` method. Now we only generate that constructor if it is
needed. That avoids warnings about unused code.
* `@AutoAnnotation` now works when the annotation and the factory method are in
the default (unnamed) package.
## 1.2 → 1.3
### Functional changes
* Support for TYPE_USE `@Nullable`.
This is https://github.com/google/auto/pull/293 by @brychcy.
* Restructured the code in AutoValueProcessor for handling extensions, to get
rid of warnings about abstract methods when those methods are going to be
implemented by an extension, and to fix a bug where extensions would not work
right if there was a toBuilder() method. Some of the code in this change is
based on https://github.com/google/auto/pull/299 by @rharter.
* Added support for "optional getters", where a getter in an AutoValue Builder
can have type `Optional<T>` and it will return `Optional.of(x)` where `x` is
the value that has been set in the Builder, or `Optional.empty()` if no value
has been set.
* In AutoValue builders, added support for setting a property of type
`Optional<T>` via a setter with an argument of type `T`.
* Added logic to AutoValue to detect the confusing case where you think you
are using JavaBeans conventions (like getFoo()) but you aren't because at
least one method isn't.
* Added a README.md describing EscapeVelocity.
### Bugs fixed
* Allow an `@AutoValue.Builder` to extend a parent builder using the `<B extends
Builder<B>>` idiom.
* AutoAnnotation now factors in package names when detecting
overloads. Previously it treated all annotations with the same SimpleName as
being overload attempts.
* Removed an inaccurate javadoc reference, which referred to an
artifact from an earlier draft version of the Extensions API. This is
https://github.com/google/auto/pull/322 by @lucastsa.
## 1.1 → 1.2
### Functional changes
* A **provisional** extension API has been introduced. This **will change**
in a later release. If you want to use it regardless, see the
[AutoValueExtension] class.
* Properties of primitive array type (e.g. `byte[]`) are no longer cloned
when read. If your `@AutoValue` class includes an array property, by default
it will get a compiler warning, which can be suppressed with
`@SuppressWarnings("mutable")`.
* An `@AutoValue.Builder` type can now define both the setter and builder
methods like so:
```
...
abstract void setStrings(ImmutableList<String>);
abstract ImmutableList.Builder<String> stringsBuilder();
...
```
At runtime, if `stringsBuilder()...` is called then it is an error to call
`setStrings(...)` afterwards.
* The classes in the autovalue jar are now shaded with a `$` so they never
appear in IDE autocompletion.
* AutoValue now uses its own implementation of a subset of Apache Velocity,
so there will no longer be problems with interference between the Velocity
that was bundled with AutoValue and other versions that might be present.
### Bugs fixed
* Explicit check for nested `@AutoValue` classes being private, or not being
static. Otherwise the compiler errors could be hard to understand,
especially in IDEs.
* An Eclipse bug that could occasionally lead to exceptions in the IDE has
been fixed (GitHub issue #200).
* Fixed a bug where AutoValue generated incorrect code if a method with a
type parameter was inherited by a class that supplies a concrete type for
that parameter. For example `StringIterator implements Iterator<String>`,
where the type of `next()` is String, not `T`.
* In `AutoValueProcessor`, fixed an exception that happened if the same
abstract method was inherited from more than one parent (Github Issue #267).
* AutoValue now works correctly in an environment where
`@javax.annotation.Generated` does not exist.
* Properties marked `@Nullable` now get `@Nullable` on the corresponding
constructor parameters in the generated class.
## 1.0 → 1.1
### Functional changes
* Adds builders to AutoValue. Builders are nested classes annotated with
`@AutoValue.Builder`.
* Annotates constructor parameters with `@Nullable` if the corresponding
property methods are `@Nullable`.
* Changes Maven shading so org.apache.commons is shaded.
* Copies a `@GwtCompatible` annotation from the `@AutoValue` class to its
implementation subclass.
### Bugs fixed
* Works around a bug in the Eclipse compiler that meant that annotations
would be incorrectly copied from `@AutoValue` methods to their
implementations.
## 1.0 (Initial Release)
* Allows automatic generation of value type implementations
See [the AutoValue User's Guide](userguide/index.md)
[AutoValueExtension]: src/main/java/com/google/auto/value/extension/AutoValueExtension.java