Release 3.16.4

What's New in 3.16.4

Issues

• #549 Tab completion for bare options (acceptNameWithoutDashes) does not filter on prefix

Changes

• Fix bare option help, completion, and synopsis rendering (#549)
• Add BareOptionExample demonstrating acceptNameWithoutDashes

Full Changelog: v3.16.3...v3.16.4

Release 3.16.3

What's New in 3.16.3

Issues

• #544 pwsh completion not working
• #545 make detectShell public
• #546 Reduce reflection in generated metadata and runtime code
• #547 [#546] Reduce reflection in generated metadata and runtime code

Changes

• Fix CI native-image: use specific JAR instead of glob
• Make detectShell() public without lambda overhead (#545)
• Fix pwsh trailing-space detection using cursorPosition (#544)
• Improve CI: add native-image smoke test and benchmark compile check
• [#546] Reduce reflection in generated metadata and runtime code

Full Changelog: v3.16.2...v3.16.3

Release 3.16.2

What's New in 3.16.2

Changes

• Lower Ctrl-C interrupt log from INFO to FINE
• Clear interrupt flag after Ctrl-C to prevent stale interrupt in readline restart
• Fix NewFeaturesExample for native-image: package-private fields, positional sleep arg

Full Changelog: v3.16.1...v3.16.2

Release 3.16.1

What's New in 3.16.1

Issues

• #542 GroupCommand.getCommands() not called when groupCommands annotation attribute is empty
• #543 Ship generated metadata for internal commands (AliasCommand, UnAliasCommand, ExportCommand)

Changes

• use aesh-readline 3.16.1
• Fix flaky pipe test: use getStdin() null check instead of available()
• Ship generated metadata for internal commands (#543)
• Support GroupCommand interface without static groupCommands annotation (#542)

Full Changelog: v3.16...v3.16.1

Release 3.16

What's New in 3.16

Issues

• #532 Streaming pipe implementation with concurrent pipeline execution
• #533 Bump actions/checkout from 6 to 7
• #534 Bump tamboui.version from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0
• #536 Align CommandResult values to POSIX exit codes
• #537 detectShell() returns BASH when invoked from PowerShell via bash wrapper scripts
• #538 PowerShell completion generator: correctness bugs and feature parity gaps
• #539 Dynamic completion filters out options at positional positions, breaking subcommand completion
• #540 Support native-image without ServiceLoader for MetadataRegistry discovery
• #541 OptionList with shortName does not support attached values (e.g. -R-Xmx4G)

Changes

• use aesh-readline 3.16
• Support native-image without ServiceLoader for MetadataRegistry (#540)
• Support OptionList attached short-name values and add comprehensive tests (#541)
• Fix dynamic completion: show options at all positions (#539)
• Add comprehensive dynamic completion tests (#539)
• Revert "Stop filtering options in dynamic completion at positional positions (#539)"
• Stop filtering options in dynamic completion at positional positions (#539)
• Fix code review findings in streaming pipe implementation
• Fix PowerShell completion generator and add comprehensive tests (#538)
• Fix detectShell() returning BASH from PowerShell via wrapper scripts (#537)
• Align CommandResult to POSIX exit codes (#536)
• Streaming pipe implementation with concurrent pipeline execution (#532)

Full Changelog: v3.15.1...v3.16

Release 3.15.1

What's New in 3.15.1

Changes

• use aesh-readline 3.15.1

Full Changelog: v3.15...v3.15.1

Release 3.15

What's New in 3.15 (since 3.13)

Breaking Changes

• #526 — @GroupCommandDefinition removed. Use @CommandDefinition(groupCommands={...}) instead.
• #523 — BooleanConverter now rejects invalid values (only accepts true/false/yes/no/1/0). Numeric converters throw OptionValidatorException on invalid input.

3.15

• #530 — Dynamic prompt supplier, Shell.printAbove(), Shell.registerStatusLine(), multi-line prompts, right prompt
• #529 — --help=skill/markdown/asciidoc format support for any command or subcommand
• #528 — Command duration in prompt (enabled by #527 + #530)
• #527 — Command execution listener with duration tracking (CommandExecutionListener.onCommandComplete)
• #526 — Remove deprecated @GroupCommandDefinition
• #525 — PowerShell (pwsh) completion support
• #531 — Resolve ${ROOT-COMMAND-NAME} and other variables in completion script descriptions

3.14.3

• #524 — Preserve completion candidate order in Fish and Bash scripts

3.14.2

• #523 — Boolean and numeric converter validation
• #521 — Env var defaults take priority over DefaultValueProvider
• #520 — Deferred ${env:...} resolution to parse time
• aesh-charts — New terminal charting module (Sparkline, BarChart, LineChart, TimeSeriesChart, MultiPlot)

3.14.1

• #519 — ClassValue-based classloader-safe provider caching
• #518 — ProcessedOption.setConverter() for programmatic converter override
• #517 — Configurable CommandContainerBuilder for framework integration (CDI, Spring)
• #516 — Shell split-screen: enableSplitScreen(), splitScreen(), setCurrentRegion()
• #515 — @OptionGroup key-only entries with defaultValue
• #514 — Cascading ${env:A:-${sys:B:-default}} fallback syntax
• #513 — @OptionGroup preserves insertion order (LinkedHashMap)
• #512 — ${env:...} / ${sys:...} resolved on annotation processor path
• #511 — Custom OptionParser fallback chain
• EOF handling fix for readline 3.14

Performance (vs 3.13)

Benchmark	Generated	Reflection
Command creation	76% faster	21% faster
Full startup (per cmd)	27% faster	—
Parse+execute (12 cmds)	21% faster	21% faster

Dependency Changes

• aesh-readline: 3.12 → 3.15

Full Changelog: v3.14.3...v3.15

Release 3.14.3

What's New in 3.14.3

Issues

• #524 feat: add --keep-order (-k) to generated Fish completion script

Changes

• Preserve completion candidate order in Fish and Bash scripts (#524)
• use aesh-readline 3.14.1
• Fix BOM: use readline.version for readline/terminal modules

Full Changelog: v3.14.2...v3.14.3

Release 3.14.2

What's New in 3.14.2

Issues

• #520 Defer ${env:...} and ${sys:...} resolution to parse time instead of construction time
• #521 DefaultValueProvider always overrides annotation defaultValue — no way to express env var > config priority
• #523 BooleanConverter silently accepts invalid values — should reject unrecognized boolean strings

Changes

• Validate boolean and numeric converter input (#523)
• Give env var defaults priority over DefaultValueProvider (#521)
• Defer ${env:...} resolution to parse time for testability (#520)
• Add interactive chart example with 6 demo commands
• Add change detection markers and threshold lines to charts
• Add aesh-charts module — terminal charting library

Full Changelog: v3.14.1...v3.14.2

Release 3.14.1

What's New in 3.14.1

Issues

• #508 Tail tip suggestions — show parameter hints after cursor
• #511 Apply fallback value chain after custom OptionParser that sets no value
• #512 PropertiesLookup not resolving ${env:...} variables on annotation processor path
• #513 @OptionGroup should preserve insertion order (use LinkedHashMap instead of HashMap)
• #514 Support cascading variable resolution in defaultValue/fallbackValue (picocli-style)
• #515 Support custom Converter on @OptionList and @OptionGroup
• #516 Shell split-screen integration: route output to configurable regions
• #517 Allow configurable CommandContainerBuilder in lazy child resolution
• #518 Add setConverter and setActivator methods to ProcessedOption
• #519 MetadataProviderRegistry static cache causes ClassCastException with classloader reloading

Changes

• Remove temporary CI cache cleanup step
• Fix CI: delete stale aesh-readline jars before build
• Add -U to CI Maven command to fix stale terminal-api cache
• Fix duplicate /** in PropertiesLookup MAX_DEPTH javadoc
• Add split-screen example demonstrating Shell.enableSplitScreen() (#516)
• Add split-screen methods to Shell interface (#516)
• Use ClassValue for classloader-safe provider caching (#519)
• Handle EOF (Ctrl+D) in ReadlineConsole request handler
• Add setConverter method to ProcessedOption (#518)
• Allow configurable CommandContainerBuilder in lazy child resolution (#517)
• Fix pre-release review findings
• Improve @OptionGroup.defaultValue javadoc for key-only entries (#515)
• Add tests for @OptionGroup key-only entries with defaultValue (#515)
• Add recursion depth limit and fix javadoc in PropertiesLookup
• Support cascading variable resolution with :- fallback syntax (#514)
• Use LinkedHashMap for @OptionGroup to preserve insertion order (#513)
• Replace regex with string operations in PropertiesLookup
• Resolve ${env:...} and ${sys:...} in fallbackValue (#512)
• Resolve ${env:...} and ${sys:...} in defaultValue on processor path (#512)
• Add tail tip suggestions — parameter hints after cursor (#508)
• Apply fallback value chain after custom OptionParser (#511)
• Add test coverage, fix synopsis bugs, unify doc renderers
• Fix flaky testChildFormatter CI failure: remove clearOutputBuffer race
• Fix pre-release review findings

Full Changelog: v3.13...v3.14.1