Eclipse Xtext 2.5.0
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Description:
This release contains the following new features :
- New Maven plug-ins for integrating Xtext languages in Maven builds
- Standalone Builder infrastructure, to run the Xtext builder outside of Eclipse
- Build artifacts on Maven central
- Improved M2e integration
- Better support for type inference in Xbase expressions and Xtend
- Better suppport for annotation values in Xbase and Xtend
- Ambiguous method validation in Xbase and Xtend
- Automatic down cast after instanceof check in Xbase and Xtend
- Support for custom implementation of template expressions in Xtend
See Bugzilla query for full list of fixed bugs.
API Certification:
The project leadership certifies that the APIs in this release are "Eclipse Quality".
Architectural Issues:
No architectural issues.
Security Issues:
No known security issues.
Non-Code Aspects:
User documentation has been updated and extended to explain the features. New examples help demonstrating and explaining the new features.
Usability Details:
No new UI has been introduced.
End of Life:
No deprecated API has been removed.
Standards:
No standards are used.
Communities:
Especially with regards to the new Maven support a lot of interaction with users and adopters has taken place. A couple of contributions have been made and accepted, ahich are included in this release.