Changelog for Groovy 3.0.0-beta-2

Bug

• [GROOVY-9054] - @groovy.transform.builder.Builder should generate @Generated annotations for build(), builder() and setter methods
• [GROOVY-9115] - General error during class generation
• [GROOVY-9121] - Default compiler configuration is modified by GroovyMain
• [GROOVY-9123] - "java.nio.file.Path.setText" does not work with CompileStatic on Groovy 2.5.7
• [GROOVY-9127] - Cannot set protected field from subclass
• [GROOVY-9136] - Compile error when accessing a public field inside a closure
• [GROOVY-9141] - NPE: Groovy compiler error: exception in phase 'conversion' in source unit
• [GROOVY-9147] - Using 'File.text = ' cause FileNotFoundException in Groovy 2.5.7 with @CompileStatic
• [GROOVY-9151] - Default Arguments: reference to another defaulted parameter causes run-time errors
• [GROOVY-9153] - StaticInvocationWriter modifies shared global node ConstantExpression.NULL
• [GROOVY-9156] - The metaDataMap table of values should scale with the outer frame
• [GROOVY-9161] - Sortable AST transform replaces custom compareTo method
• [GROOVY-9162] - AutoClone AST transform replaces custom clone method
• [GROOVY-9163] - AutoExternalize AST transform replaces custom read/write method
• [GROOVY-9170] - The method clone should be public as it implements the corresponding method from interface java.lang.Object
• [GROOVY-9176] - Syntactic sugar for set method calls in conflict with class member declarations
• [GROOVY-9184] - CLONE - Use of an inner enum causes compilation to go into infinite loop - antlr2 fix
• [GROOVY-9191] - Cannot compile generic method without public keyword
• [GROOVY-9499] - VerifyError when AIC used as argument to special constructor call

Dependency upgrade

• [GROOVY-9117] - Bump jmh gradle plugin to 0.4.8
• [GROOVY-9118] - Bump japicmp gradle plugin to 0.2.8
• [GROOVY-9119] - Bump spotbugs gradle plugin to 1.7.1
• [GROOVY-9138] - Upgrade JUnit 5 to 5.5.0
• [GROOVY-9139] - Bump JUnit 5 to 5.5.0-M1
• [GROOVY-9142] - Bump jackson-dataformat-yaml to 2.9.9
• [GROOVY-9143] - Bump picocli to 3.9.6
• [GROOVY-9179] - Bump CodeNarc to 1.4
• [GROOVY-9180] - Bump junit5 to 5.5.0-RC2
• [GROOVY-9181] - Bump jansi to 1.8
• [GROOVY-9182] - Bump gradle to 5.5
• [GROOVY-9186] - Bump asm to 7.2-beta

Improvement

• [GROOVY-9103] - CLONE - CLONE - Fix warning "An illegal reflective access operation has occurred"
• [GROOVY-9112] - Clean bad smell in `GroovyClassLoader` *
• [GROOVY-9122] - code smell in ProcessingUnit *
• [GROOVY-9131] - Extension method support for native method references
• [GROOVY-9133] - Groovy Console could support an AutoRun feature
• [GROOVY-9135] - Additional support for @Testable annotation in JUnit5Runner
• [GROOVY-9140] - Class.&instanceMethod with incorrect first param
• [GROOVY-9165] - Grape cannot pull in picocli *
• [GROOVY-9169] - Groovy could support andThen/compose aliases for rightShift/leftShift
• [GROOVY-9175] - Open SecureASTCustomizer for extension
• [GROOVY-9177] - Support JDK14

New Feature

• [GROOVY-9145] - Add DGSM `dumpAll` to `Thread`

Sub-task

• [GROOVY-8647] - Split package renaming first stage

Test

• [GROOVY-9164] - Add tests for @Generated annotation

* potentially breaking change (read issue for details - even minor differences are sometimes flagged as potentially breaking changes)