objects4j

A library with common Java types that are mostly immutable value objects.

Versions

• 0.10.0 = See Release Notes
• 0.9.0 = Java 17
• 0.8.0 = Java 11 with new jakarta namespace
• 0.7.x = Java 11 before namespace change from 'javax' to 'jakarta'
• 0.6.9 (or previous) = Java 8

Features

• Common - Interfaces, annotations and validators.
• Core - Value objects and utility classes for these value objects.
• Jackson - FasterXML Jackson serializer/deserializer for the types defined in Core.
• JAX-B - Jakarta XML Binding (JAX-B) XML adapters for the types defined in Core.
• JPA - Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) attribute converters for the types defined in Core.
• JSON-B - Jakarta JSON Binding (JSON-B) adapters for the types defined in Core.
• JUnit - Defines ArchUnit conditions for classes using this library.
• UI - Annotations that can be placed on plain objects but may be used by a user interface to render that object in some way.

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Snapshots

Snapshots can be found on the OSS Sonatype Snapshots Repository.

Add the following to your .m2/settings.xml to enable snapshots in your Maven build:

<repository>
    <id>sonatype.oss.snapshots</id>
    <name>Sonatype OSS Snapshot Repository</name>
    <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
    <releases>
        <enabled>false</enabled>
    </releases>
    <snapshots>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
    </snapshots>
</repository>