OHOHOH Christmas Release! Spoon 6.1.0 is coming

[surli]

Spoon CI has been outstandingly quiet those times so we are happy to bring the community a - we hope so!- stable christmas release of Spoon today :) 🎁

The main new feature of this release is the integration of Java 9 module in Spoon model, but it also contains some other new features and bug fixes.
Thanks for the contributors, merry christmas and happy new year for all of you 🎄 🎅 ✨

New features

• Add Factory#createQuery(Iterable). (PR: feature: Factory#createQuery(Iterable) #1777)
• Add a method to get the unit type of the compilation unit. (PR: review feat: Add a method to get the unit type of the compilation unit #1776)
• Add support for Java9 constructs in the Spoon metamodel (CtModule and related concepts). (PR: review feat: Add Java9 CtModule to Spoon model #1730)
• Support partial evaluation of new Object[]{...}.length -> Literal. (PR: feature: partial evaluation of new Object[]{...}.length -> Literal<Number> #1750)
• Add an explicit construct for imports in the metamodel (CtImport). (PR: review feature(import): add CtImport in the model #1707)
• Add method hasAnnotation. (PR: review feat: add method hasAnnotation  #1737)
• Add inheritance between roles (CtRole#getSuperRole(), CtRole#getSubRole()). (PR: feature: CtRole#getSuperRole(), CtRole#getSubRole() #1725)
• CtModel implements CtQueryable. (PR: review refactor: CtModel implement CtQueryable #1739)
• Processor properties can be passed as string. (PR: review feat: Propose a way to provide processorProperties as string #1734)

Bug Fixes

• CompilationUnits are created on demand. (PR: review fix: CompilationUnits are created on demand #1782)
• Start prefix space in ElementPrinterHelper. (PR: review fix: start prefix space in ElementPrinterHelper #1768)
• Fix a NPE in CtTypeImpl#isSameParameter in noclasspath. (PR: alternative to #1762: fix: a NPE in CtTypeImpl#isSameParameter in noclasspath #1767)
• CtQueryImpl handles well preallocated exceptions done by JVM optimization. (PR: fix: CtQueryImpl handling of preallocated exceptions #1759)
• Fix bug in partial evaluator. (PR: fix: partial evaluator #1751)
• Fix dirty exception in checking code at the end of model building. (PR: fix: fix dirty exception in checking code at the end of model building #1749)
• annotation: Bug when using an annotation targeting declaration and types. (PR: review fix(annotation): bug when using an annotation targeting declaration and types #1774)
• test: Improve CtGenerationTest and CtScannerTest. (PR: review test: improve CtGenerationTest and CtScannerTest #1736)

Documentation

• Add explanation in Javadoc of CtTypeReference#getActualClass. (PR: review doc: Add more precision for CtTypeReference#getActualClass #1761)
• Bump version number after release 6.0.0. (PR: doc: Bump version number after release 6.0.0 #1732)

Refactoring

• OutputType is available in Environment. (PR: review refactor(api): OutputType available in Environment #1784)
• CompilationUnit returns an unmodifiable collection. (PR: review refactor: CompilationUnit should return unmodifiable collection  #1781)
• Manage sourceOutputDirectory in Environment. (PR: review: refactor: manage sourceOutputDirectory in Environment #1770)
• SetSourceClasspath throws an exception in case a .class is given. (PR: refactor: setSourceClasspath throws an exception in case a .class is given #1766)
• Add a new way to build a query in QueryFactory. (PR: review refactor: Add a new way to build a query in QueryFactory #1740)

Tests

• Check inheritance behaviour when using noclasspath with a sourceclasspath. (PR: review test: check inheritance behaviour when using noclasspath with a sourceclasspath #1760)
• Refactor test to be independent from JDK version. (PR: review: test: refactor TestInformation to be independent from JDK version #1764)
• Metamodel's MMField valueTypes are not implicit. (PR: fix: test meta model - MMField value(Item)Type is not implicit #1756)
• Add test for substitution of return expression.S() with expressions. (PR: test: substitution of return expression.S() #1755)
• Prepare upcoming behavioral change in template matcher. (PR: fix(test): CheckBoundMatcher #1748)
• Add test for getAnnotation().value() on shadow classes. (PR: review test: add test for getAnnotation().value() on shadow classes #1738)

Other

• Skip checkstyle in Travis install phase. (PR: review chore: Travis: Skip checkstyle when calling mvn install for installing dependencies #1746)

Unknown

• Prepare for next development iteration.

Authors

Name	Nb Commit
Simon Urli	20
Pavel Vojtechovsky	9
Martin Monperrus	3

[tdurieux]

I don't have PR in this release :(

[monperrus]

Awesome! Esp with the support for Java9 constructs in the Spoon metamodel (CtModule and related concepts)!