Release notes from JavaHamcrest

Hamcrest v3.0

2024-08-01T09:23:26Z

Breaking Changes

From version 3.0, the jar distributed to Maven Central is now compiled to Java 1.8 bytecode,
and is not compatible with previous versions of Java. See Issue #331 and
PR #411 for details. Developers who use Java 1.7 earlier can still depend upon hamcrest-2.2.jar.

Improvements

FileMatchersTest simplification (PR #389)
License cleanup (PR #414, PR #415, see also #264, #355, #396, and #399)

Hamcrest v3.0-rc1

2024-07-29T02:09:22Z

Breaking Changes

From version 3.0, the jar distributed to Maven Central is now compiled to Java 1.8 bytecode, and is not compatible with previous versions of Java. See Issue #331 and PR #411 for details. Developers who use Java 1.7 earlier can still depend upon hamcrest-2.2.jar.

Improvements

FileMatchersTest simplification (PR #389)
License cleanup (PR #414, PR #415, see also #264, #355, #396, and #399)

Hamcrest v2.2

2024-07-29T02:09:12Z

Improvements

AllOf/AnyOf: Pass the matchers to constructor using varargs (Issue #245)
Matchers.anyOf: Fix generic bounds compatibility for JDK 11 (Issue #256, Issue #257)
AssertionError message is unhelpful when match fails for byte type (Issue #254, Issue #255)
Use platform specific line breaks (PR #267)
Build now checks for consistent use of spaces (PR #217)

Bugfixes

Fix compatibility issue for development with Android D8 (Issue #246)
Fix typo in license name (Issue #247)
1.3 compatible constructors for string matchers (Issue #259, Issue #260)
Fix for split packages with Java 9 modules (Issue #269, PR #270)

Hamcrest v2.2-rc1

2024-07-29T02:09:38Z

Improvements

AllOf/AnyOf: Pass the matchers to constructor using varargs (Issue #245)
Matchers.anyOf: Fix generic bounds compatibility for JDK 11 (Issue #256, Issue #257)
AssertionError message is unhelpful when match fails for byte type (Issue #254, Issue #255)
Use platform specific line breaks (PR #267)
Build now checks for consistent use of spaces (PR #217)

Bugfixes

Fix compatibility issue for development with Android D8 (Issue #246)
Fix typo in license name (Issue #247)
1.3 compatible constructors for string matchers (Issue #259, Issue #260)
Fix for split packages with Java 9 modules (Issue #269, PR #270)

Hamcrest v2.1

2024-07-29T02:09:56Z

Overview

After a long hiatus without releases, this version simplifies the packaging of
Hamcrest into a single jar: hamcrest-2.1.jar. Other big changes include
Java 9 module compatibility, along with numerous other improvements and bug
fixes.

Breaking Changes

Although the class API has not changed since Hamcrest 1.3, the way that the
project is packaged has changed. Refer to the Hamcrest Distributables
documentation for more information, and in particular the section on
Upgrading from Hamcrest 1.x
The org.hamcrest.Factory annotation has been removed (it should not be used in client code)

Changes

Publish a single jar hamcrest-2.1.jar
Documentation updates
Add implementation for CharSequence length matcher
Fix for TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher can't detect generic types for subclass
Renamed IsCollectionContaining to IsIterableContaining
Make Hamcrest an OSGI bundle
Add StringRegularExpression matcher
Fix StringContainsInOrder to detect if a repeated pattern is missing
Add ArrayAsIterableMatcher
Fix description for IsEqualIgnoringCase
Fix JavaDoc examples
Upgraded to Java 7
Build with Gradle
Publish a single jar java-hamcrest-2.0.0.0.jar
Deprecate IsCollectionContaining and IsArrayContainingXXX
Removed deprecated methods from previous release
Improve mismatch description of hasItem/hasItems
General improvements to mismatch descriptions
Several JavaDoc improvements and corrections
Deprecated several matcher factory methods of the for "isXyz"
Fix GH issue #75 - address doclint errors reported in JDK 1.8
Fix GH issue #69 - Iterable contains in order is null-safe
Fix GH issue #59 - added equalToObject() (i.e. unchecked) method
Fix GH issue #25 - arrayContaining(null, null) cause NullPointerException
Fix GH issue #36 - string matching on regular expressions
Fix GH issue #8 - isCloseTo() shows wrong delta in mismatch description
Fix GH issue #59 - add untyped version of equalTo, named equalToObject
Fix GC issue #131 - Implement IsEmptyMap, IsMapWithSize
Fix GC issue #187 - IsArray.describeMismatchSafely() should use Matcher.describeMismatch
Fix GC issue #155 - Add Matcher implementation for files
Fix GC issue #69 - fix NPE in IsIterableContainingInOrder

Hamcrest v2.1-rc4

2024-07-29T02:11:20Z

Restore deleted classes to keep backwards compatibility with version 1.3, and mark them as deprecated.

Hamcrest v2.1-rc3

2024-07-29T02:11:05Z

This fixes the problem that Maven has with interpreting pom-only artifacts. Both hamcrest-core and hamcrest-library artifacts now publish empty jars with a dependency on the hamcrest artifact.

Hamcrest v2.1-rc2

2024-07-29T02:10:51Z

This release publishes pom-only artifacts for hamcrest-core and hamcrest-library for better backwards compatibility with previous releases.

Hamcrest v2.1-rc1

2024-07-29T02:10:38Z

Overview

After a long hiatus without releases, this version simplifies the packaging of
Hamcrest into a single jar: hamcrest-<version>.jar. Other big changes include
Java 9 module compatibility, along with numerous other improvements and bug
fixes.

Breaking Changes

Although the class API has not changed since Hamcrest 1.3, the way that the
project is packaged has changed. Refer to the Hamcrest Distributables
documentation for more information.

Changes

Publish a single jar hamcrest-2.1.jar
Documentation updates
Add implementation for CharSequence length matcher
Fix for TypeSafeDiagnosingMatcher can't detect generic types for subclass
Renamed IsCollectionContaining to IsIterableContaining
Make Hamcrest an OSGI bundle
Add StringRegularExpression matcher
Fix StringContainsInOrder to detect if a repeated pattern is missing
Add ArrayAsIterableMatcher
Fix description for IsEqualIgnoringCase
Fix JavaDoc examples

Version 2.0.0.0 Changes

Version 2.1-rc1 also includes changes previous released (but un-tagged as version 2.0.0.0). These changes include:

Upgraded to Java 7
Build with Gradle
Publish a single jar java-hamcrest-2.0.0.0.jar
Removed deprecated methods from previous release
Improve mismatch description of hasItem/hasItems
General improvements to mismatch descriptions
Several JavaDoc improvements and corrections
Deprecated several matcher factory methods of the for "isXyz"
Fix GH issue #75 - address doclint errors reported in JDK 1.8
Fix GH issue #69 - Iterable contains in order is null-safe
Fix GH issue #59 - added equalToObject() (i.e. unchecked) method
Fix GH issue #25 - arrayContaining(null, null) cause NullPointerException
Fix GH issue #36 - string matching on regular expressions
Fix GH issue #8 - isCloseTo() shows wrong delta in mismatch description
Fix GH issue #59 - add untyped version of equalTo, named equalToObject
Fix GC issue #131 - Implement IsEmptyMap, IsMapWithSize
Fix GC issue #187 - IsArray.describeMismatchSafely() should use Matcher.describeMismatch
Fix GC issue #155 - Add Matcher implementation for files
Fix GC issue #69 - fix NPE in IsIterableContainingInOrder

hamcrest-java-1.3

2012-07-09T21:12:46Z

tag release 1.3