Release 0.2.0 · jwcarman/codec

Breaking changes

Spring Boot auto-configuration moved out of the backend modules into the new
codec-autoconfigure module. Spring Boot applications should now depend on
codec-spring-boot-starter plus a backend module; the backend modules
themselves are Spring-free and no longer register anything on their own.

Migration: add codec-spring-boot-starter alongside your existing backend
dependency. Non-Spring users are unaffected.
Backend codec implementation classes (JacksonCodec, GsonCodec,
ProtobufCodec) are now package-private. Interact with codecs through the
Codec<T> interface returned by the factories.
Removed the empty *CodecProperties configuration records (codec.jackson,
codec.gson, codec.protobuf prefixes had no properties).

Codec composition: Codec.andThen(Codec<byte[]>) layers byte-level
transforms (compression, encryption, ...) onto any codec, unwinding them
automatically in reverse order on decode
CompressionStreamCodec base class for stream-based compression transforms,
with built-in protection against decompression bombs (64 MiB default cap,
tunable per instance)
GzipCodec (gzip/RFC 1952 framing) and DeflateCodec (zlib/RFC 1950
framing with configurable compression level) built-in transforms
Jackson 2.x backend (codec-jackson2) for projects still on
com.fasterxml.jackson
codec-autoconfigure module with deterministic backend precedence when
multiple backends are present (Jackson 3 → Jackson 2 → Gson → Protobuf);
a user-defined CodecFactory bean always wins
codec-spring-boot-starter bundling codec-core and codec-autoconfigure
Automatic-Module-Name manifest entries (org.jwcarman.codec.*) in all jars

The parent pom no longer inherits spring-boot-starter-parent; Spring Boot
versions are managed via a spring-boot-dependencies BOM import and build
plugin versions are pinned explicitly