5.0.0

Introspectable now requires Java 11 for build. It is still targeting Java 8. It is also now possible to compile the project with Java 17.

Changes:

• Change upper bound of Invocation parameter to Exception

Version 4.0.2

• Change license to Apache 2.0
• Use MethodHandles#privateLookupIn rather than private Lookup
  constructor

Version 4.0.1

• Fix MethodInvocation handle creation under Java 14
• Allow compilation/testing under Java 14

Version 4.0.0

Version 4.0.0
Every public API element now has javadoc.
This version was released to Maven Central (as opposed to previous versions).

Major:

• Proxy

  • Simplify ProxyBuilder. It is builder pattern separated from actual proxy instantiation by ProxyService.
  • Cleanup LazyInitialization
  • Invocation was completely reworked. It is now a functional interface that has a MethodReference as an base
    implementation.
  • Mark proxy services as non-public

• Query

  • Restrict extensions to package for queries
  • Allow filtering AnnotationQuery by unrelated type
  • Set filtering elements of query by Type, not Class
  • TypeFilter now accepts Type instead of Class
  • Remove barely used RelatedTypeQuery
  • Change GenericsQuery into more readable TypeView

• Other

  • Rename classes in .bean package with better names
  • Remove ObjectMethods#REGISTER_NATIVES
  • Copy property values only to beans
  • Remove referencedMethodName from functional introspection
  • Extract FunctionalReference.Introspection implementation as separate class
  • Redesign parameter type and annotations access for FunctionalReference
  • Rename ClassQuery instantiation for classpath, fix non-URLClassLoader

Minor:

• Add FieldIntrospection#typeView
• Allow unrolling repeatable annotations in AnnotationQuery
• AnnotationBuilder is now immutable
• Allow compilation in JDK 11
• Add adapter from list of annotations to query
• Allow replacement of method and arguments in MethodInvocation