changelog.md

Version 3.0.0-alpha.11

403 358 549 Make all names nodes: either SimpleName or Name. This makes every name in the AST visitable. NameExpr is now a wrapper to use SimpleName in an expression.
516 536 use Optional<> for return values.
556 557 558 550 small improvements and fixes.
560 559 make nodes observable.

515 roll back attempt at using Optional
522 504 make NodeList not a Node (restores parent/children behaviour to before alpha.4)
527 526 rename getChildrenNodes to getChildNodes
525 495 520 bug fix

503 modified ImportDeclaration hierarchy to have getters for static and "asterisk" again
506 bug fix

451 null is no longer allowed in the AST. See last post in issue
501 421 420 316 use a special type of list for nodes: NodeList. See last post in issue

463 471 nodes can now be removed easily
491 import handling changed. Instead of "ImportDeclaration", we now have the four types of import as described in the JLS. See issue
452 355 474 494 various improvements
493 492 485 Simplify the JavaParser interface

112 237 466 465 461 460 458 457 fundamentally changes how we deal with arrays. It is explained in the last post here
472 456 makes the "data" field on every node more structured.
477 468 refactor TypeArguments. You will find that TypeArguments is no longer a type, it is just a list in some nodes.
482 adds the "nodeTypes" packages to the osgi export.
479 476 makes all setters on nodes return this so they become chainable.
473 437 clean up CloneVisitor.

157 a new parser frontend, check https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/447 for explanations
435 more builder methods like 400 and 405
111 440 443 444 445 446 bugs & cleanups

400 405 introduce many "builder" style methods for constructing code. Thanks DeepSnowNeeL!
409 remove ASTHelper (methods are now on specific Node subclasses)
414 JavaParser can now be instantiated and reused. InstanceJavaParser removed
418 417 411 408 bugs
367 420 407 402 various cleanups

API breaking changes: