Changelog for Groovy 1.8.1

Bug

[GROOVY-2883] - Bug in AntBuilder - DemuxOutputStream should be used
[GROOVY-3088] - Modifiers on local variables are ignored
[GROOVY-3939] - @Bindable with validator allows incorrect behaviour on binding creation
[GROOVY-4112] - Joint compilation fails if Groovy method with array parameter is called in vararg style from Java
[GROOVY-4306] - Groovy Console Icon for Mac OS X broken
[GROOVY-4498] - Only the root exception in a script is printed
[GROOVY-4570] - @ToString does not work for enum types
[GROOVY-4646] - Having a setter with a return value causes the stub generator to generate multiple setters and then fail to compile
[GROOVY-4650] - stub generation fails with generic signatures
[GROOVY-4673] - java.lang.ClassFormatError: Illegal class name "groovy/jmx/builder/package-info" in class file groovy/jmx/builder/package-info
[GROOVY-4686] - Varargs are not displayed by GroovyDoc
[GROOVY-4732] - Java5 configureClassNode does not take care of parameter annotations
[GROOVY-4742] - Documentation for Collection.sort(Comparator comparator) is wrong
[GROOVY-4745] - ClassNode.equals throws ClassCastException for object of other type
[GROOVY-4767] - Compilation error for generic interface method
[GROOVY-4768] - java stub contains "AnnotationNode" string instead of an annotation within an annotation
[GROOVY-4784] - [ null, 'ah' ].findAll() throws a NullPointerException
[GROOVY-4801] - Thrown exception not accessable inside catch block when class has @Category transformation applied
[GROOVY-4806] - Sql.eachRow documentation: actual GroovyResultSet vs. documentation GroovyRowResult
[GROOVY-4813] - GroovyScriptEngine does not use configured ImportCustomizer
[GROOVY-4818] - JsonSlurper's methods are package private
[GROOVY-4825] - Compiler Errors for @Immutable
[GROOVY-4827] - @EqualsAndHashCode.excludes doesn't work correctly with class inheritance
[GROOVY-4831] - New line character is not escaped in attribute when using MarkupBuilder
[GROOVY-4833] - @Field AST Transformation looses annotations
[GROOVY-4840] - LogASTTransformation fails if super class defines a private log field
[GROOVY-4844] - @ToString should use getX() rather than the field x when getting property values
[GROOVY-4854] - MyEnum.values() bombs out on AppEngine
[GROOVY-4861] - Duplicate entry in InnerClasses
[GROOVY-4864] - HTML builder for "textarea" creates empty "textarea" element if no text specified, which is not alloed in HTML
[GROOVY-4866] - Documentation incorrect for Object#with
[GROOVY-4881] - JsonSlurper does not handle backslash
[GROOVY-4884] - Calling a method overwritten via metaClass from another method uses the original (non-overwritten) method
[GROOVY-4890] - MapExpression#getText incorrect for empty map
[GROOVY-4892] - GroovyInterceptable / invokeMethod does not correctly in Groovy 1.8.0 when Methods with no arguments are "delegated"
[GROOVY-4898] - groovydoc fails with MissingPropertyException
[GROOVY-4902] - Groovy class not compatible with Java integration when @Immutable is used
[GROOVY-4903] - StackOverflowError when parsing JSON text with JsonSlurper().parseText()
[GROOVY-4907] - Command line interface of AstNodeToScriptAdapter.groovy don't works
[GROOVY-4909] - insufficient compiler error messages relating to interface member visibility
[GROOVY-4914] - FieldNode doesn't collect annotations
[GROOVY-4915] - Wrong access modifiers in JsonSlurper
[GROOVY-4916] - Set equality fails if null elements are present
[GROOVY-4920] - Default values for primitives error in groovy 1.8.0
[GROOVY-4923] - Creating Pattern from declared String variable with pattern = ~stringvariable fails
[GROOVY-4924] - Class implementing a generic interface causes VerifyError
[GROOVY-4935] - stub generator loses package qualification for generic type argument
[GROOVY-4936] - package protected method in Parent class cannot be called
[GROOVY-5551] - CLONE - StackOverflowError when parsing JSON text with JsonSlurper().parseText()

Improvement

[GROOVY-1570] - Truncate string when when generating MissingMethodException
[GROOVY-3401] - Ternary operator ?: does not handle newline before ":" gracefully
[GROOVY-3921] - Add connection configuration options to URL.getText(), URL.newInputStream() and URL.newReader()
[GROOVY-4223] - Add local maven repo to default Grape config
[GROOVY-4798] - To support PreparedStatement.addBatch()
[GROOVY-4814] - When working with ClassNodes, sometimes need to call getFields() before getField() will work (lazy init)
[GROOVY-4815] - force annotations on variables to be included in ast transforms
[GROOVY-4824] - groovyConsole should support more common file types: .story, .gpp, and .grunit
[GROOVY-4842] - Make @ThreadInterrupt optional in Groovy console
[GROOVY-4848] - Allow custom exception class to be thrown in @Interrupt AST transformations
[GROOVY-4849] - @EqualsAndHashCode should use getX() instead of x when accessing properties
[GROOVY-4860] - Enable JsonBuilder to work with objects recursively
[GROOVY-4876] - @Newify works for pre-defined classes but not for classes defined in the same script
[GROOVY-4880] - Make ASTTransformationCustomizer handle annotation parameters
[GROOVY-4889] - An IDENTITY closure could be made available
[GROOVY-4893] - Minor enhancement to provide no-arg versions of DGM grep(), find() and findAll() methods
[GROOVY-4894] - 'includes' attribute in EqualsAndHashCode
[GROOVY-4897] - better tab completions for GroovyShell
[GROOVY-4899] - findResults object/collection/map enhancement patch (CLONED from findResult)
[GROOVY-4904] - Map.inject() doesn't accept closure with 3 arguments (collector, key, value), only 2 (collector, Map.Entry)
[GROOVY-4925] - JsonBuilder with Writer support would be handy
[GROOVY-4929] - rename DGM collectAll to collectNested - keep original as an alias for the time being with a view to deprecating/removing eventually

New Feature

[GROOVY-1512] - When executing command-line scripts it should be possible to execute a BEGIN and an END method (akin to AWK or Perl)
[GROOVY-4865] - Add a take method to Collections, Iterators, Arrays
[GROOVY-4885] - groupBy with a list or an array of closures as it's parameter for nested grouping
[GROOVY-4932] - groovy should provide a collectMany alias for collect{}.flatten()

Sub-task

[GROOVY-1475] - final modifier on a method parameter is not respected