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New and noteworthy

New Rules

• The new Java rule {% rule "java/codestyle/UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals" %} (java-codestyle) verifies that numeric literals over a given length (4 chars by default, but configurable) are using underscores every 3 digits for readability. The rule only applies to Java 7+ codebases.

Fixed Issues

• all

  • #1284: [doc] Keep record of every currently deprecated API

• all

  • #1318: [test] Kotlin DSL to ease test writing
  • #1341: [doc] Documentation Error with Regex Properties

• java-codestyle

  • #1232: [java] Detector for large numbers not separated by _
  • #1372: [java] false positive for UselessQualifiedThis

API Changes

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• The implementation of the adapters for the XPath engines Saxon and Jaxen (package {% jdoc_package :xpath %}) are now deprecated. They'll be moved to an internal package come 7.0.0. Only {% jdoc xpath::Attribute %} remains public API.

{% jdoc !aq!core::lang.rule.stat.StatisticalRule#SIGMA_DESCRIPTOR %}

External Contributions

• #1384: [java] New Rule - UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals - RajeshR
• #1424: [doc] #1341 Updating Regex Values in default Value Property - avishvat
• #1428: [core] Upgrading JCommander from 1.48 to 1.72 - Thunderforge
• #1430: [doc] Who really knows regex? - Dem Pilafian

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