Juneau 6.2.0 is a major update.

org.apache.juneau

• Revamped the serializer, parser classes to use builders for creation. Serializers and parsers are now unmodifiable objects once they are created. This is a breaking code change that will require adoption.

  /* Creating a new serializer or parser */ // Old way WriterSerializer s = new JsonSerializer().setUseWhitespace(true).pojoSwaps(BSwap.class).lock(); // New way WriterSerializer s = JsonSerializer.create().ws().pojoSwaps(BSwap.class).build(); /* Cloning an existing serializer or parser */ // Old way WriterSerializer s = SimpleJsonSerializer.DEFAULT .clone().setUseWhitespace(true).pojoSwaps(BSwap.class).lock(); // New way WriterSerializer s = SimpleJsonSerializer.DEFAULT .builder().ws().pojoSwaps(BSwap.class).build();

• Also introduced the following builder classes and related architecture changes to make the built objects unmodifiable:
  • {@link oaj.serializer.SerializerGroupBuilder}
  • {@link oaj.parser.ParserGroupBuilder}
  • {@link oaj.encoders.EncoderGroupBuilder}
• Revamped the config file API to use a build: ConfigFileBuilder.
• Removed the Lockable interface.
• New addBeanTypeProperties setting added to serializers to override the SerializerContext.SERIALIZER_addBeanTypeProperties setting for individual serializers in a serializer group:
  • HtmlSerializerContext.HTML_addBeanTypeProperties
  • JsonSerializerContext.JSON_addBeanTypeProperties
  • MsgPackSerializerContext.MSGPACK_addBeanTypeProperties
  • UonSerializerContext.UON_addBeanTypeProperties
  • XmlSerializerContext.#XML_addBeanTypeProperties
  • RdfSerializerContext.RDF_addBeanTypeProperties
• UON notation serializers and parsers moved into the new org.apache.juneau.uon package.
• New {@link oaj.xml.annotation.XmlFormat#VOID} format to identify HTML void elements.
• Tweaks to HTML5 support.
  • Fixed handling of empty non-void elements in HTML serializer.
  • Added style() override methods to all elements.
• Improvements to Swagger support.
  • New {@link oaj.dto.swagger.SwaggerBuilder} class.
  • Fluent-style setters added to the Swagger beans.
  • Added Swagger examples here and in the org.apache.juneau.dto.swagger javadocs.
• Improvements to {@link oaj.svl.VarResolver}.
  • New {@link oaj.svl.vars.IfVar $IF} variable for if-else block logic.
  • $SWITCH variable for switch block logic.
  • Whitespace wasn't being ignored in some cases.
• {@link oaj.html.HtmlParser} can now parse full body contents generated by {@link oaj.html.HtmlDocSerializer}.
• Parse-args supported added to {@link oaj.msgpack.MsgPackParser} to allow it to be used in remoteable proxies.
• Added some convenience classes for constructing collections using a fluent interface:
  • {@link oaj.utils.AList}
  • {@link oaj.utils.ASet}
  • {@link oaj.utils.AMap}
• New {@link oaj.annotation.Bean#typePropertyName @Bean(typePropertyName)} annotation allows you to specify the name of the "_type" property at the class level.
• New methods added to HTML5 container beans:
  • {@link oaj.dto.html5.HtmlElementContainer#getChild(int...)}
  • {@link oaj.dto.html5.HtmlElementMixed#getChild(int...)}
• New common serializer setting: SerializerContext.SERIALIZER_abridged.
• Support for defining interface proxies against 3rd-party REST interfaces.
  New package org.apache.juneau.remoteable for all remoteable proxy interface annotations.
  @Remoteable annotation has been moved to this package.
• Updated doc: 6 - Remoteable Services
• New doc: 6.1 - Interface proxies against 3rd-party REST interfaces
• New URL-encoding serializer setting: UrlEncodingSerializerContext.URLENC_paramFormat.
• New methods on {@link oaj.urlencoding.UrlEncodingSerializerBuilder}:
  • UrlEncodingSerializerBuilder.paramFormat(String)
  • UrlEncodingSerializerBuilder.plainTextParams()

org.apache.juneau.rest

• {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource @RestResource} annotation can now be applied to any class! You're no longer restricted to subclassing your resources from {@link oajr.RestServlet}.
  This is a major enhancement in the API. Anything you could do by subclassing from RestServlet should have an equivalent for non-RestServlet classes.
  The only restriction is that the top-level resource must subclass from RestServlet. Child resources do not.
  
  The majority of code has been split up into two separate classes:
  • RestConfig - A modifiable configuration of a resource. Subclasses from {@link javax.servlet.ServletConfig}.
  • {@link oajr.RestContext} - A read-only configuration that's the result of a snapshot of the config.
  
  
  The {@link oajr.RestServlet} class now has the following initialization method that allows you to override the config settings define via annotations:
  • RestServlet.init(RestConfig) - A modifiable configuration of a resource.
  Non-RestServlet classes must have one of the following to allow it to be instantiated:
  • A public T(RestConfig) constructor.
  • A public T() constructor.
  • The parent resource must have a customized {@link oajr.RestResourceResolver} for instantiating it.
  
  Non-RestServlet classes can optionally include the following init methods to gain access to the config and context:
  • public init(RestConfig)
  • public init(RestContext)
• New annotations added to {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource @RestResource} to allow non-RestServlet resources to do the same as subclassing directly from RestServlet:
  • {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource#resourceResolver() resourceResolver()} - Specify a {@link oajr.RestResourceResolver} class for resolving child resources.
  • {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource#callHandler() callHandler()} - Specify a {@link oajr.RestCallHandler} class for handling the lifecycle of a REST call.
  • {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource#infoProvider() infoProvider()} - Specify a {@link oajr.RestInfoProvider} class for customizing title/description/Swagger information on a REST resource.
  • {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource#logger() logger()} - Specify a {@link oajr.RestLogger} class for handling logging.
• New annotations added to {@link oajr.annotation.RestResource @RestResource} and {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod @RestMethod} to simplify defining page title, text, and links on HTML views:
  • @RestResource(pageTitle)
  • @RestMethod(pageTitle)
  • @RestResource(pageText)
  • @RestMethod(pageText)
  • @RestResource(pageLinks)
  • @RestMethod(pageLinks)

  // Old method @RestResource( properties={ @Property(name=HTMLDOC_title, value="System properties resource"), @Property(name=HTMLDOC_description, value="REST interface for performing CRUD operations on system properties."), @Property(name=HTMLDOC_navlinks, value="{up:'$R{requestParentURI}',options:'?method=OPTIONS'}") } ) // New method @RestResource( pageTitle="System properties resource", pageDescription="REST interface for performing CRUD operations on system properties.", pageLinks="{up:'$R{requestParentURI}',options:'?method=OPTIONS'}" )

  Typically you're going to simply want to use the title and description annotations which apply to both the page title/text and the swagger doc:

  @RestResource( title="System properties resource", description="REST interface for performing CRUD operations on system properties.", pageLinks="{up:'$R{requestParentURI}',options:'?method=OPTIONS'}" )

• RestResource.stylesheet() can now take in a comma-delimited list of stylesheet paths.
• StreamResource can now contain multiple sources from a variety of source types (e.g. byte[] arrays, InputStreams, Files, etc...) and is now immutable. It also includes a new StreamResourceBuilder class.
• Simplified remoteable proxies using the @RestMethod(name="PROXY") annotation on REST methods. Used to expose interface proxies without the need for RemoteableServlet.

  // Server side @RestMethod(name="PROXY", path="/myproxy/*") public IAddressBook getProxy() { return addressBook; } // Client side RestClient client = RestClient.create().rootUrl(samplesUrl).build(); IAddressBook ab = client.getRemoteableProxy(IAddressBook.class, "/addressBook/myproxy");

  See {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#name() @RestMethod(name)} for more information.
• {@link oajr.RestRequest#toString()} can be called at any time to view the headers and content of the request without affecting functionality. Very useful for debugging.
• {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#name() @RestMethod(name)} annotation is now optional. Defaults to "GET".

org.apache.juneau.rest.client

• Revamped the client API to use builders.
• New doc: 1.5 - Debugging
• The RestClient class doX(Object url) methods now handle HttpClient URIBuilder instances.
• New methods added/updated to {@link oajrc.RestClient}:
  • RestClient.getRemoteableProxy(Class,Object) - For interface proxies defined using @RestMethod(name="PROXY").
  • RestClient.getRemoteableProxy(Class,Object,Serializer,Parser) - Same as above, but overrides the serializer and parser defined on the client.
  • {@link oajrc.RestClient#doPost(Object) doPost(Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestClient#doCall(HttpMethod,Object,Object) doCall(HttpMethod,Object,Object)} - Can now pass in instances of {@link oajrc.NameValuePairs} for easy form posts.
    This extends to all methods that take in the input.
• New methods on {@link oajrc.RestCall}:
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#uri(Object) uri(Object)}
  • query(String,Object,boolean,PartSerializer)
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#query(String,Object) query(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#queryIfNE(String,Object) queryIfNE(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#query(Map) query(Map)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#queryIfNE(Map) queryIfNE(Map)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#query(String) query(String)}
  • formData(String,Object,boolean,PartSerializer)
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#formData(String,Object) formData(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#formDataIfNE(String,Object) formDataIfNE(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#formData(Map) formData(Map)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#formDataIfNE(Map) formDataIfNE(Map)}
  • header(String,Object,boolean,PartSerializer)
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#header(String,Object) header(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#headerIfNE(String,Object) headerIfNE(String,Object)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#headers(Map) headers(Map)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#headersIfNE(Map) headersIfNE(Map)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#host(String) host(String)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#port(int) port(int)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#userInfo(String,String) userInfo(String,String)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#userInfo(String) userInfo(String)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#scheme(String) scheme(String)}
• New methods added to {@link oajrc.RestClientBuilder}:
  • {@link oajrc.RestClientBuilder#executorService(ExecutorService,boolean) executorService(ExecutorService,boolean)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestClientBuilder#paramFormat(String) paramFormat(ExecutorService,boolean)}
  • RestClientBuilder.plainTextParams()
  • {@link oajrc.RestClientBuilder#noTrace() noTrace()} - Adds a No-Trace: true header on all requests to prevent the servlet from logging errors.
    Useful for testing scenarios when you don't want the console to end up showing errors done on purpose.
  • {@link oajrc.RestClientBuilder#debug() debug()} now adds a Debug: true header on all requests.
• New methods added/updated to {@link oajrc.RestCall}:
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#runFuture() runFuture()}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#getResponseFuture(Class) getResponseFuture(Class)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#getResponseFuture(Type,Type...) getResponseFuture(Type,Type...)}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#getResponseAsStringFuture() getResponseAsStringFuture()}
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#serializer(Serializer) serializer(Serializer)} - Override the serializer defined on the client for a single call.
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#parser(Parser) parser(Parser)} - Override the parser defined on the client for a single call.
  • input(Object) - Now accepts instances of {@link oajrc.NameValuePairs}.
  • {@link oajrc.RestCall#getResponse(Class) getResponse(Class)} - Can now pass in any of the following:
    • {@link org.apache.http.HttpResponse} - Returns the raw HttpResponse returned by the inner HttpClient.
    • {@link java.io.Reader} - Returns access to the raw reader of the response.
    • {@link java.io.InputStream} - Returns access to the raw input stream of the response.
• New methods added to {@link oajrc.NameValuePairs}:
  • {@link oajrc.NameValuePairs#append(String,Object) append(String,Object)}
  • append(String,Object,PartSerializer)
• {@link oajrc.RetryOn} is now an abstract class with an additional method:
  • {@link oajrc.RetryOn#onResponse(HttpResponse) onResponse(HttpResponse)}

org.apache.juneau.microservice

• "REST/port" configuration setting can now be a comma-limited list of port numbers to try.
  You can also specify one or more 0s to try a random port.
• Methods added to {@link oaj.microservice.RestMicroservice} class:
  • {@link oaj.microservice.RestMicroservice#getPort()}
  • {@link oaj.microservice.RestMicroservice#getURI()}
  • Override methods added from {@link oaj.microservice.Microservice} class for easier method chaining.