v1.7.4

Highlights

• Improve Java JSON read/write performance and Scala collection codecs.
• Support runtime Kotlin KType tokens for JSON framework integrations.
• Preserve declared registered field types during compatible Java deserialization and validate non-nullable field values before serialization.

Features

• perf(java): optimize json write/read perf by @chaokunyang in #4044
• perf(java): optimize json write/read perf by @chaokunyang in #4045
• feat(kotlin): support runtime Kotlin JSON type tokens by @chaokunyang in #4054

Bug Fix

• fix(license): restore dataclasses and gRPC attributions by @chaokunyang in #4046
• fix(java): preserve compatible registered field type by @aditya0za005-ux in #4048
• fix(java): avoid JDK 8 ARM Unsafe address miscompilation by @chaokunyang in #4049
• fix(java): check non-nullable field values before serialization by @chaokunyang in #4052

Other Improvements

• docs(release): preserve RCs for infrastructure retries by @chaokunyang in #4043
• docs: update release version to 1.7.3 by @chaokunyang in #4050

New Contributors

• @aditya0za005-ux made their first contribution in #4048

Full Changelog: v1.7.3...v1.7.4