Refinements

• Single column layout of Spring Boot Dependencies in Initializr wizard and Add Spring Boot Dependencies dialog
• Support of java.time.Period configuration properties in completion and data type mismatch highlighting (new feature in Spring Boot 2.3.x)
• Action to dump Spring Boot configuration properties metadata to a CSV file (mostly useful for debugging)
• All completions add missing chars and continue when sensible
• Java completion in logger name accepts package by pressing dot key
• Updated project content for Basic Spring Boot project wizard
• Improved and updated code generator to inject a Spring Boot setup into a pom.xml file
• Badge added on maven projects icon in Projects view for projects with Spring Boot dependencies (based on contribution by Hector Espert)
• Fixes to logger name completion provider and configuration properties highlighters
• Upgrade of internal dependencies
• List of closed issues

Completion galore

• Minimum required NetBeans version is now 8.2, minimum required JDK version is now 8
• Configuration properties completion enhanced:
  • Logger name, class reference and handle-as value providers are now supported
  • Proposals for properties whose data type is a Java enumeration, Java boolean, Spring Resource, Charset and Locale
  • Proposals from map key hints
  • Proposals for properties of data type List, Set and Map according to contained type
  • Implemented Show Method Parameters (Ctrl+P) to show data type of property under cursor in a tooltip
  • Implemented Show Documentation (Ctrl+Shift+Space Bar) to show the documentation popup of property under cursor
• New option to prefer array notation in completion
• Upgrade of internal dependencies

Polishing

• Use HTTPS protocol when contacting Spring Initializr service
• New Java files code template for command line runner beans
• Improved Spring Boot Restart action enablement and logic
• List of closed issues

Reactive Goodies

• Support for projects based on Spring Boot 2.x
• Refined the Spring Initializr project wizard:
  • presents frequently used starter dependencies first
  • linked editing of some base project properties (i.e. artifactId linked to name and package)
• New File templates for:
  • actuator endpoints
  • reactive @RestController annotated classes
  • reactive repository interfaces
  • reactive handler classes
  • classes implementing InfoContributor
  • classes implementing HealthIndicator
• File templates for @Controller and @RestController annotated classes allow to generate error handling methods
• New code templates:
  • in Java files for web request mapping annotations and webflux router functions beans
  • in configuration properties files for commonly used sets of properties
• Changes in maven pom.xml management in the Spring Initializr project wizard:
  • Do not make spring-boot-devtools dependency optional by default (use the excludeDevtools option of the spring boot maven plugin to control inclusion of devtools in repackaged archive)
  • Do not set fork to true to spring-boot-maven-plugin configuration section (forking a jvm is automatic when needed)
• Show deprecated configuration properties of level error by default (only effective if no previous plugin preferences found)
• List of closed issues

Hints and quick fixes

• Java editor hints:
  • Warning and fix on use of @ConfigurationProperties annotation without spring-boot-configuration-processor dependency
  • Warning and fixes on import of annotations/interfaces of Spring MVC/Spring Data without relevant dependencies
• Quick fixes:
  • Removal of deprecated,unknown or duplicate properties
  • Substitution of deprecated properties with replacement (if present in metadata)
• Error highlighting in configuration properties editor:
  • Added highlighting for deprecated properties according to their level in metadata
  • Relaxed configuration properties name variants are recognized
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.8
• List of closed issues

Configuration properties highlighting

• Error highlighting in configuration properties editor for:
  • Syntax errors
  • Duplicate properties
  • Data type mismatches (see documentation for limitations)
  • Unknown properties
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.4
• Manage deprecation error level in configuration properties metadata
• New plugin options for customizing error higlighting severity
• New plugin options for configuration properties lists used in completion and override on launch:
  • Include deprecated properties with level error
  • Show all deprecated properties last
• Style of configuration properties items in lists is more uniform
• The application.properties file wizard allows to choose between main and test resource folders
• List of closed issues

Another round of fixes

• Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.3
• Projects wizard now open pom.xml instead of main class after generation
• Internal reworkings to improve plugin initialization and reaction to project build and configuration properties changes
• Focus filter textfield in Add Spring Boot Dependencies dialog
• List of closed issues

Dependencies management and configuration properties editor

• Configuration properties files:
  • Custom icon
  • Specific editor with extended syntax highlighting (dot separated keys and array notation)
• The Spring Initializr project wizard now supports documentation links recently added to the Spring Initializr web service
• The old code generators for Maven pom.xml files have been superseded by a new code generator for adding a set of Spring Boot dependencies exploiting the Spring Initializr service metadata
• New code generator for Maven pom.xml to add a basic Spring Boot project setup to generic Maven projects
• Project wizards open the main class and trigger async download of dependencies after creation
• Metadata downloaded from the Spring Initializr web service are now cached
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.2
• List of closed issues

Better application launch

• Improved project properties panel:
  • Override of Spring Boot configuration properties at application launch
  • Checkboxes for enabling debug mode and toggling color output
  • Specify Java VM options and add launch optimizations
• Default launch options for newly created projects in global plugin settings
• Updated project content for Basic Spring Boot project wizard
• List of closed issues

General fixes

• File templates ignored a per project custom license
• Reload action renamed to restart and shorcut changed to avoid conflict with new Paste as Lines command in editor multicaret
• Visual improvements to request mappings navigator panel
• Properly handle Ctrl + Enter configuration properties completion to overwrite the current property name
• Initializr project wizard: removed option to add Spring Boot configuration processor as now it can be chosen in the Dependencies page and checked by default the 'Run/Debug with spring boot maven plugin' option
• Restart action now exploits an environment variable instead of a command line argument. You may see an unexpected --spring.devtools.restart.trigger-file argument on old projects after upgrade
• List of closed issues