Change Log

Version 1.5.0

2020-01-09

KotlinPoet now targets JDK8, which means that executing a build that includes KotlinPoet as a dependency on a machine with an older version of JDK installed won‘t work. This has no effect on the code that KotlinPoet produces: the code can still be compiled against JDK6, as long as it doesn’t use any features that were introduced in newer releases.

  • New: Kotlin 1.3.61.
  • New: Add support for processing FileFacades in KotlinPoet-metadata.
  • New: Add support for inner nested and companion objects on annotation classes.
  • New: Improve error messages for mismatched open/close statement characters.
  • New: Tag AnnotationSpecs with the annotation mirror when available.
  • New: Include annotations on enum entries when creating TypeSpecs from metadata.
  • Fix: Fix metadata parsing for types.
  • Fix: Allow file names that are Kotlin keywords.
  • Fix: Properly escape type alias names with backticks.
  • Fix: Allow creating TypeSpecs with names that can be escaped with backticks.
  • Fix: Properly escape enum constant names with backticks.
  • Fix: Maintain proper ordering of properties and initializers when emitting a TypeSpec. Note: with this change, any properties declared after any initializer blocks will not be added to the primary constructor and will instead be emitted inside the TypeSpec body.
  • Fix: Don't emit a leading new line if type KDoc is empty but parameter KDocs are present.
  • Fix: Ensure KotlinPoet-metadata resolves package names properly.

Version 1.4.4

2019-11-16

  • Fix: Support reified inline types in KotlinPoet-metadata.

Version 1.4.3

2019-10-30

  • Fix: Don't emit stubs for abstract functions in KotlinPoet-metadata.

Version 1.4.2

2019-10-28

  • Fix: Properly handle abstract elements in KotlinPoet-metadata.
  • Fix: Properly handle typealiases in KotlinPoet-metadata.
  • Fix: Properly render % symbols at the end of KDocs.

Version 1.4.1

2019-10-18

  • New: Add annotations support to TypeAliasSpec.
  • New: Read type annotations from Kotlin Metadata.
  • New: Introduce ImmutableKmDeclarationContainer.
  • Fix: Use full package name for shading auto-common.
  • Fix: Support reading self-type variables (e.g. Asset<A : Asset<A>>) from Kotlin Metadata.

Version 1.4.0

2019-09-24

  • New: This release introduces the new KotlinPoet-metadata API that makes it easy to introspect Kotlin types and build KotlinPoet Specs based on that data.

    The strategy for type introspection is driven by ClassInspector, which is a basic interface for looking up JVM information about a given Class. This optionally is used by the toTypeSpec()/toFileSpec() APIs in kotlinpoet-metadata-specs artifact to inform about Classes with information that isn’t present in metadata (overrides, JVM modifiers, etc). There are two batteries-included implementations available in ReflectiveClassInspector (for reflection) and ElementsClassInspector (for the javax Elements API in annotation processing). These implementations are available through their respective kotlinpoet-classinspector-* artifacts. For more information refer to the KotlinPoet-metadata-specs README.

    At the time of this release the API is in experimental mode and has to be opted into via the KotlinPoetMetadataPreview annotation.

  • New: Kotlin 1.3.50.

  • New: A new constructor to simplify creation of ParameterSpec instances.

  • New: New ClassName constructors.

  • New: TypeName and subclasses can now store tags.

  • New: Optional parameters added to toBuilder() methods of most Specs.

  • New: List overrides for Spec methods that accept varargs.

  • New: CodeBlock.Builder.clear() helper method.

  • New: FunSpec.Builder.clearBody() helper method.

  • Fix: Properly escape enum constant names.

  • Fix: Ensure trailing newlines in KDoc and function bodies.

  • Fix: TypeVariableNames with empty bounds will now default to Any?.

  • Fix: Don't emit parens for primary constructors.

  • Fix: ClassNames with empty simple names are not allowed anymore.

  • Fix: Throw if names contain illegal characters that can't be escaped with backticks.

Version 1.3.0

2019-05-30

  • New: Don't inline annotations in the primary constructor.
  • New: Force new lines when emitting primary constructors.
  • New: Support using MemberNames as arguments to %N.
  • New: Add more ClassName constants: ClassName.STRING, ClassName.LIST, etc.
  • New: Add ClassName.constructorReference() and MemberName.reference().
  • New: Make %N accept MemberNames.
  • New: Escape spaces in import aliases.
  • New: Escape spaces in ClassNames.
  • New: Escape spaces in MemberNames.
  • New: Escape imports containing spaces.
  • New: Escape package name containing spaces.
  • New: Use 2-space indents.
  • New: Only indent one level on annotation values.
  • Fix: Pass only unique originating elements to Filer.
  • Fix: Fix bug with MemberNames in same package nested inside a class.

Version 1.2.0

2019-03-28

  • New: Add writeTo(Filer) and originating element API.
  • New: Make *Spec types taggable.
  • New: Make FunSpec.Builder#addCode take vararg Any?.
  • Fix: Import members from default package.
  • Fix: Add non-wrapping spaces in control flow creation methods.
  • Fix: Named “value” argument being omitted in annotation array types.

Version 1.1.0

2019-02-28

  • New: Kotlin 1.3.21.
  • New: Support referencing members using %M and MemberName type.
  • New: Add extensions for getting a MemberName from a ClassName, KClass and Class.
  • New: Allow passing CodeBlocks as arguments to %P.
  • New: Allow interface delegation for objects.
  • Fix: Don't emit visible whitespace in toString().
  • Fix: Prevent line wrapping in weird places inside function signature.
  • Fix: No line wrapping between val and property name.
  • Fix: Allow passing line prefix into LineWrapper to enable proper line wrapping in KDoc.
  • Fix: Add newline for TypeSpec Kdoc with no tags.
  • Fix: Add newline for remaining Specs.
  • Fix: Fix kdoc formatting for property getter/setters.
  • Fix: Don't wrap single line comments inside FunSpec.
  • Fix: Add non-wrapping package name.
  • Fix: Remove n^2 algorithm in CodeWriter.resolve() by precomputing all of the nested simple names of a TypeSpec.
  • Fix: Fix edge case with empty enum classes.
  • Fix: Fix Nullable Type Parameter handling in KType.asTypeName().
  • Fix: Fix incorrect long comment wrapping in FileSpec.
  • Fix: Attach primary constructor param/property KDoc to the element vs emitting it inside the type header.

Version 1.0.1

2019-01-02

  • New: Allow enums without constants.
  • New: Improved formatting of TypeSpec KDoc.
  • New: Support @property and @param KDoc tags in TypeSpec.
  • Fix: Use pre-formatted strings for arguments to %P.

Version 1.0.0

2018-12-10

  • New: Kotlin 1.3.11.
  • Fix: Prevent wrapping in import statements.

Version 1.0.0-RC3

2018-11-28

  • New: Kotlin 1.3.10.
  • New: Add %P placeholder for string templates.
  • New: Add support for receiver kdoc.
  • New: Avoid emitting Unit as return type.
  • New: Add support for empty setters.
  • New: Add checks for inline classes.
  • New: Escape property and variable names if keywords.
  • New: Replace %>, %<, %[, %] placeholders with ⇥, ⇤, «, ».
  • New: Replace %W with space, and add · as a non-breaking space.
  • New: Change TypeName to sealed class.
  • New: Documentation improvements.
  • New: Replace TypeName modifier methods with copy().
  • New: Rename members of WildcardTypeName to match with the producer/consumer generics model.
  • New: Rename TypeName.nullable into TypeName.isNullable.
  • New: Rename LambdaTypeName.suspending into LambdaTypeName.isSuspending.
  • New: Rename TypeVariableName.reified into TypeVariableName.isReified.
  • Fix: Emit star-projection only for types with Any? upper bound.
  • Fix: Fold property with escaped name.

Version 1.0.0-RC2

2018-10-22

  • New: Kotlin 1.2.71.
  • New: README improvements.
  • New: Allow opening braces and params in beginControlFlow().
  • New: Add KDoc to ParameterSpec, collapse into parent KDoc.
  • New: Support TypeVariables in PropertySpec.
  • New: Add parens for annotated types in LambdaTypeName.
  • New: Improve error messaging and documentation for inline properties.
  • New: Allow sealed classes to declare abstract properties.
  • New: Added buildCodeBlock() helper function.
  • New: Allow using CodeBlocks with statements as property initializers and default parameter values.
  • New: Rename NameAllocator.clone() into `NameAllocator.copy().
  • New: Rename TypeName.asNonNullable() to TypeName.asNonNull().
  • New: Remove PropertySpec.varBuilder() (use mutable() instead).
  • New: Allow importing top-level members in default package.
  • New: Add overloads to add KDoc to return type.
  • Fix: Distinguishing IntArray and Array<Int> when creating TypeName.
  • Fix: Use TypeName instead of ClassName as parameter type of plusParameter().
  • Fix: Keep type-parameter variance when constructing TypeName from KType.
  • Fix: Don't validate modifiers when merging properties with primary constructor parameters.
  • Fix: Escape $ characters in formatted strings.
  • Fix: FileSpec.Builder blank package and subfolder fix.
  • Fix: Append new line at end of parameter KDoc.
  • Fix: Add parameter KDoc in toBuilder().

Version 1.0.0-RC1

2018-07-16

  • New: Escape keywords in imports and canonical class names.
  • New: Improve external support.
  • New: Extensions for KType and KTypeParameter.
  • New: Add builder methods to simplify adding common kotlin.jvm annotations.
  • New: Enums are able to have companion objects.
  • New: Add missing primaryConstructor & companionObject to TypeSpec#toBuilder().
  • New: Make subtype checking vals inside Kind public.
  • New: Escape (class/property/function/variable) names automatically if they contain space, hyphen, or other symbols.
  • New: Improve ParameterizedTypeName API.
  • New: Add WildcardTypeName.STAR constant.
  • New: Expose mutable builder properties and move their validations to build-time.
  • Fix: Use regular indents for parameter lists.
  • Fix: Inline annotations on properties defined in primary constructor.
  • Fix: Use Any? as the default type variable bounds.
  • Fix: Fix importing annotated TypeName.
  • Fix: If any primary constructor property has KDoc, put properties on new lines.
  • Fix: Properly emit where block in type signature.
  • Fix: Avoid type name collisions in primary constructor.
  • Fix: Remove implicit TypeVariable bound when more bounds are added.
  • Fix: Combine annotations and modifiers from constructor params and properties.
  • Fix: Replace delegate constructor args along with the constructor.

Version 0.7.0

2018-02-16

  • New: Increase indent to 4 spaces.
  • New: Delegate super interfaces as constructor parameters.
  • New: Support PropertySpecs as CodeBlock literals.
  • New: Support KDoc for TypeAliasSpec.
  • New: Allow for adding an initializer block inside a companion object.
  • New: Escape name in ParameterSpec which is also a keyword.
  • New: Escape names in statements.
  • New: Set com.squareup.kotlinpoet as automatic module name.
  • New: Support suspending lambda types.
  • New: Support named LambdaTypeName parameters.
  • New: Support dynamic type.
  • New: Disallow wildcard imports.
  • New: Depend on Kotlin 1.2.21.
  • Fix: Correct handling of super-classes/interfaces on anonymous classes.
  • Fix: Fix boundary filtering to Any?.
  • Fix: Wrap long property initializers.
  • Fix: Fix formatting and indentation of parameter lists.

Version 0.6.0

2017-11-03

  • New: Support lambda extensions.
  • New: Support renames in imports like import bar.Bar as bBar.
  • New: Support extension and inline properties.
  • New: Support reified types.
  • New: Expose enclosed types inside LambdaTypeName.
  • New: Depend on Kotlin Kotlin 1.1.51.
  • New: Improved API and formatting of annotations.
  • New: Improved multiplatform support.
  • Fix: Escape function and package names if they are a Kotlin keyword.
  • Fix: Properly format WildcardTypeName's class declaration.

Version 0.5.0

2017-09-13

  • New: Rename addFun() to addFunction().
  • New: Rename KotlinFile to FileSpec.
  • New: Rename KotlinFile.addFileAnnotation() to addAnnotation().
  • New: Rename KotlinFile.addFileComment() to addComment().
  • New: Support cross-platform code, including HEADER and IMPL modifiers.
  • New: Support type variables for type aliases.
  • New: Support constructor delegation.
  • New: Support named companion objects.
  • New: Depend on Kotlin 1.1.4-3.
  • Fix: Format one parameter per line when there are more than two parameters.
  • Fix: Don't emit braces when the constructor body is empty.
  • Fix: Do not invoke superclass constructor when no primary constructor.
  • Fix: Enforce the right modifiers on functions.

Version 0.4.0

2017-08-08

  • New: Change KotlinPoet's extensions like asClassName() to be top-level functions.
  • New: Add declaration-site variance support.
  • New: Improve handling of single expression bodies.
  • New: Support file annotations.
  • New: Support imports from the top-level file.
  • New: Accept superclass constructor parameters.
  • New: Support primary constructors using the constructor keyword.
  • Fix: Don't emit setter parameter types.
  • Fix: Support Kotlin keywords in NameAllocator.
  • Fix: Emit the right default parameters for primary constructors.
  • Fix: Format annotations properly when used as parameters.
  • Fix: Recognize imports when emitting nullable types.
  • Fix: Call through to the superclass constructor when superclass has a no-args constructor.
  • Fix: Omit class braces if all properties are declared in primary constructor.
  • Fix: Don't emit empty class bodies.
  • Fix: Emit the right syntax for declaring multiple generic type constraints.
  • Fix: Support properties on objects, companions and interfaces.
  • Fix: Use AnnotationSpec for throws.

Version 0.3.0

2017-06-11

  • New: Objects and companion objects.
  • New: TypeAliasSpec to create type aliases.
  • New: LambdaTypeName to create lambda types.
  • New: Collapse property declarations into constructor params.
  • New: Extension and invoke functions for creating type names: Runnable::class.asClassName().
  • New: Basic support for expression bodies.
  • New: Basic support for custom accessors.
  • New: Remove Filer writing and originating elements concept. These stem from javac annotation processors.
  • Fix: Generate valid annotation classes.
  • Fix: Use KModifier for varargs.
  • Fix: Use ParameterizedTypeName for array types.
  • Fix: Extract Kotlin name from KClass instead of Java name.
  • Fix: Emit valid class literals: Double::class instead of Double.class.
  • Fix: Emit modifiers in the expected order.
  • Fix: Emit the correct syntax for enum classes and overridden members.

Version 0.2.0

2017-05-21

  • New: Flip API signatures to be (name, type) instead of (type, name).
  • New: Support for nullable types.
  • New: Support delegated properties.
  • New: Extension functions.
  • New: Support top-level properties.
  • Fix: Inheritance should use : instead of extends and implements.
  • Fix: Make initializerBlock emit init {}.

Version 0.1.0

2017-05-16

  • Initial public release.