Changelog for Groovy 5.0.0-alpha-2

Bug

• [GROOVY-6663] - Incorrect order of calling super.method when depth more than two and first class is generic
• [GROOVY-8096] - setScriptBaseClass with Java base class breaks @Field initialization from Binding due to generated call to wrong constructor
• [GROOVY-8587] - Calling super in an overridden method results in MissingMethodException when method indirectly inherited from trait
• [GROOVY-8854] - MissingMethodException when a public method on a trait calls a static private one in a class hierarchy
• [GROOVY-9801] - Stub generator omits default interface methods
• [GROOVY-10974] - Fail to perform SAM conversion using method references
• [GROOVY-10975] - STC rejects program when passing method reference in parameterized function
• [GROOVY-11163] - Class parsing does not set erasure of type param with bounds
• [GROOVY-11170] - Fix edge cases for SecureASTCustomizer

Dependency upgrade

• [GROOVY-11160] - Bump ivy to 2.5.2 (includes CVE-2022-46751)
• [GROOVY-11162] - Bump ant version to 1.10.14
• [GROOVY-11171] - Bump slf4j to 2.0.9 (test and standard install dependency)
• [GROOVY-11172] - Bump jqwik to 1.8.0 (test dependency)
• [GROOVY-11173] - Bump picocli to 4.7.5
• [GROOVY-11174] - Bump logback-classic to 1.4.11 (test dependency)
• [GROOVY-11175] - Bump javaparser to 3.25.5
• [GROOVY-11176] - Bump checkstyle to 10.12.3 (build dependency)

Improvement

• [GROOVY-11156] - Groovy should no longer use MagicAccessorImpl from sun.reflect
• [GROOVY-11167] - JsonOutput should handle Records like POGOs

Sub-task

• [GROOVY-11165] - JEP 445 compatibility additional functionality

Task

• [GROOVY-11164] - Mark main/run methods in scripts as @Generated