Change Log for Properties Constants Creator Maven Plugin

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

0.5.0 - 2023-09-28

This release contains breaking changes.

Fixed

bundle name now uses dots as separator instead of slashes
key/values are now escaped when used in javadoc

Changed

BREAKING: Custom Freemarker template must be either on the classpath or relative to project root. Absolute file names are no longer supported.
BREAKING for custom Freemarker templates: The package name variable in the template model was renamed from pkgName to packageName.

0.4.0 - 2023-02-10

This release contains breaking changes.

Fixed

Added

Changed

BREAKING: Removed the possibility to add static methods to the classes generated with the template keys. As replacement a String constant holding the properties file name is created (PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME). For I18N a constant holding the bundle name can be created (BUNDLE_NAME). This behavior and the name of the constants is configurable.

0.3.0 - 2023-01-29

Fixed

Windows: backslash in file pathes result in invalid code generated
Invalid syntax in examples in README and FAQ

Added

CI build with Windows

Changed

Property to skip is now properties-constants.skip

0.2.0 - 2023-01-20

The plugin is now using the Freemarker template engine to generate source code. It defines two internal templates:

keys generates constants that holds the keys to access the properties file
values generate constants that holds the values from the properties file

See documentation for details.

Changed

use template engine Freemarker
template options were renamed and are now below new tag templateOptions. See documentation

Added

option classNameSuffix to be appended to generated class name
support for custom code templates

0.1.0 - 2021-10-17

Initial implementation.