Release 1.7.1 of the Checker Framework and Type Annotations Compiler

[Jonathan Burke]

We have released a new version of the Type Annotations (JSR 308) compiler,

the Checker Framework, and the Eclipse plugin for the Checker Framework.

 * The Type Annotations compiler supports the type annotation syntax that is

   planned for a future version of the Java language.

 * The Checker Framework lets you create and/or run pluggable type-checkers,

   in order to detect and prevent bugs in your code.  

 * The Eclipse plugin makes it more convenient to run the Checker Framework.

You can find documentation and download links for these projects at:

http://types.cs.washington.edu/jsr308/

Changes to the Checker Framework

Fixes for Issues 141, 145, 257, 261, 269, 267, 275, 278, 282, 283, 284, 285.

Implementation details:

  Renamed AbstractBasicAnnotatedTypeFactory to GenericAnnotatedTypeFactory

Changes to the Type Annotations Compiler

Base build

  Updated to OpenJDK 8 tl/langtools and type-annotations/langtools

  as of 5 Dec 2013.

[Trask Stalnaker]

1.7.1 has made it to maven central:

http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22edu.washington.cs.types.checker%22

Thanks,

Trask