v1.1.0 – Spring Boot Autoconfiguration, Better Developer Experience

🚀 Release v1.1.0 – Major improvements for Spring Boot users

This release modernizes the JWT Utilities Library by introducing Spring Boot auto-configuration, removing the need for static methods or manual setup. It’s fully backward-compatible with clear upgrade paths.

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✨ Added

• ✅ Spring Boot auto-configuration: Just add application.properties, no bean or scan needed
• ✅ JwtUtil is now a Spring-managed component (inject via @Autowired)
• ✅ Default constructor for non-Spring use — loads config from application.properties
• ✅ Annotation fallback: @ValidateJwtToken can skip parameters, uses config instead
• ✅ Helpful exception messages (includes RFC 7518 secret key validation)
• ✅ Javadoc and method overloading improvements

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🔁 Changed

• 🔄 Switched from static to instance-based usage of JwtUtil
• 🔄 Improved exception clarity and configuration fallback behavior

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⚠️ Migration Notes (from v1.0.0)

• ❌ Static usage is deprecated (e.g., JwtUtil.generateJwtToken(...))
• ✅ Instead, use Spring DI:

@Autowired
JwtUtil jwtUtil;