Carview!

Single column layout of Spring Boot Dependencies in Initializr wizard and Add Spring Boot Dependencies dialog
Support of java.time.Period configuration properties in completion and data type mismatch highlighting (new feature in Spring Boot 2.3.x)
Action to dump Spring Boot configuration properties metadata to a CSV file (mostly useful for debugging)
All completions add missing chars and continue when sensible
Java completion in logger name accepts package by pressing dot key
Updated project content for Basic Spring Boot project wizard
Improved and updated code generator to inject a Spring Boot setup into a pom.xml file
Badge added on maven projects icon in Projects view for projects with Spring Boot dependencies (based on contribution by Hector Espert)
Fixes to logger name completion provider and configuration properties highlighters
Upgrade of internal dependencies
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Minimum required NetBeans version is now 8.2, minimum required JDK version is now 8
Configuration properties completion enhanced:
- Logger name, class reference and handle-as value providers are now supported
- Proposals for properties whose data type is a Java enumeration, Java boolean, Spring Resource, Charset and Locale
- Proposals from map key hints
- Proposals for properties of data type List, Set and Map according to contained type
- Implemented Show Method Parameters (Ctrl+P) to show data type of property under cursor in a tooltip
- Implemented Show Documentation (Ctrl+Shift+Space Bar) to show the documentation popup of property under cursor
New option to prefer array notation in completion
Upgrade of internal dependencies

Support for projects based on Spring Boot 2.x
Refined the Spring Initializr project wizard:
- presents frequently used starter dependencies first
- linked editing of some base project properties (i.e. artifactId linked to name and package)
New File templates for:
- actuator endpoints
- reactive @RestController annotated classes
- reactive repository interfaces
- reactive handler classes
- classes implementing InfoContributor
- classes implementing HealthIndicator
File templates for @Controller and @RestController annotated classes allow to generate error handling methods
New code templates:
- in Java files for web request mapping annotations and webflux router functions beans
- in configuration properties files for commonly used sets of properties
Changes in maven pom.xml management in the Spring Initializr project wizard:
- Do not make spring-boot-devtools dependency optional by default (use the excludeDevtools option of the spring boot maven plugin to control inclusion of devtools in repackaged archive)
- Do not set fork to true to spring-boot-maven-plugin configuration section (forking a jvm is automatic when needed)
Show deprecated configuration properties of level error by default (only effective if no previous plugin preferences found)
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Java editor hints:
- Warning and fix on use of @ConfigurationProperties annotation without spring-boot-configuration-processor dependency
- Warning and fixes on import of annotations/interfaces of Spring MVC/Spring Data without relevant dependencies
Quick fixes:
- Removal of deprecated,unknown or duplicate properties
- Substitution of deprecated properties with replacement (if present in metadata)
Error highlighting in configuration properties editor:
- Added highlighting for deprecated properties according to their level in metadata
- Relaxed configuration properties name variants are recognized
Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.8
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Error highlighting in configuration properties editor for:
- Syntax errors
- Duplicate properties
- Data type mismatches (see documentation for limitations)
- Unknown properties
Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.4
Manage deprecation error level in configuration properties metadata
New plugin options for customizing error higlighting severity
New plugin options for configuration properties lists used in completion and override on launch:
- Include deprecated properties with level error
- Show all deprecated properties last
Style of configuration properties items in lists is more uniform
The application.properties file wizard allows to choose between main and test resource folders
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Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.3
Projects wizard now open pom.xml instead of main class after generation
Internal reworkings to improve plugin initialization and reaction to project build and configuration properties changes
Focus filter textfield in Add Spring Boot Dependencies dialog
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Configuration properties files:
- Custom icon
- Specific editor with extended syntax highlighting (dot separated keys and array notation)
The Spring Initializr project wizard now supports documentation links recently added to the Spring Initializr web service
The old code generators for Maven pom.xml files have been superseded by a new code generator for adding a set of Spring Boot dependencies exploiting the Spring Initializr service metadata
New code generator for Maven pom.xml to add a basic Spring Boot project setup to generic Maven projects
Project wizards open the main class and trigger async download of dependencies after creation
Metadata downloaded from the Spring Initializr web service are now cached
Upgrade to Spring Boot 1.5.2
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Improved project properties panel:
- Override of Spring Boot configuration properties at application launch
- Checkboxes for enabling debug mode and toggling color output
- Specify Java VM options and add launch optimizations
Default launch options for newly created projects in global plugin settings
Updated project content for Basic Spring Boot project wizard
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File templates ignored a per project custom license
Reload action renamed to restart and shorcut changed to avoid conflict with new Paste as Lines command in editor multicaret
Visual improvements to request mappings navigator panel
Properly handle Ctrl + Enter configuration properties completion to overwrite the current property name
Initializr project wizard: removed option to add Spring Boot configuration processor as now it can be chosen in the Dependencies page and checked by default the 'Run/Debug with spring boot maven plugin' option
Restart action now exploits an environment variable instead of a command line argument. You may see an unexpected --spring.devtools.restart.trigger-file argument on old projects after upgrade
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