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Hamcrest v3.0

Breaking Changes

• From version 3.0, the jar distributed to Maven Central is now compiled to Java 1.8 bytecode, and is not compatible with previous versions of Java. See [Issue #331](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#331) and [PR #411](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#411) for details. Developers who use Java 1.7 earlier can still depend upon hamcrest-2.2.jar.

Improvements

• FileMatchersTest simplification ([PR #389](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#389))
• License cleanup ([PR #414](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#414), [PR #415](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#415), see also #264, #355, #396, and #399)

Hamcrest v3.0-rc1

Breaking Changes

• From version 3.0, the jar distributed to Maven Central is now compiled to Java 1.8 bytecode, and is not compatible with previous versions of Java. See [Issue #331](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#331) and [PR #411](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#411) for details. Developers who use Java 1.7 earlier can still depend upon hamcrest-2.2.jar.

Improvements

• FileMatchersTest simplification ([PR #389](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#389))
• License cleanup ([PR #414](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#414), [PR #415](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#415), see also #264, #355, #396, and #399)

Hamcrest v2.2

Improvements

• AllOf/AnyOf: Pass the matchers to constructor using varargs ([Issue #245](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#245))
• Matchers.anyOf: Fix generic bounds compatibility for JDK 11 ([Issue #256](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#256), [Issue #257](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#257))
• AssertionError message is unhelpful when match fails for byte type ([Issue #254](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#254), [Issue #255](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#255))
• Use platform specific line breaks ([PR #267](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#267))
• Build now checks for consistent use of spaces ([PR #217](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#217))

Bugfixes

• Fix compatibility issue for development with Android D8 ([Issue #246](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#246))
• Fix typo in license name ([Issue #247](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#247))
• 1.3 compatible constructors for string matchers ([Issue #259](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#259), [Issue #260](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#260))
• Fix for split packages with Java 9 modules ([Issue #269](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#269), [PR #270](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#270))

Hamcrest v2.2-rc1

Improvements

• AllOf/AnyOf: Pass the matchers to constructor using varargs ([Issue #245](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#245))
• Matchers.anyOf: Fix generic bounds compatibility for JDK 11 ([Issue #256](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#256), [Issue #257](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#257))
• AssertionError message is unhelpful when match fails for byte type ([Issue #254](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#254), [Issue #255](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#255))
• Use platform specific line breaks ([PR #267](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#267))
• Build now checks for consistent use of spaces ([PR #217](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#217))

Bugfixes

• Fix compatibility issue for development with Android D8 ([Issue #246](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#246))
• Fix typo in license name ([Issue #247](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#247))
• 1.3 compatible constructors for string matchers ([Issue #259](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#259), [Issue #260](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#260))

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Version 3.0 (1st August 2024)

Breaking Changes

• From version 3.0, the jar distributed to Maven Central is now compiled to Java 1.8 bytecode, and is not compatible with previous versions of Java. See [Issue #331](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#331) and [PR #411](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#411) for details. Developers who use Java 1.7 earlier can still depend upon hamcrest-2.2.jar.

Improvements

• FileMatchersTest simplification ([PR #389](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#389))
• License cleanup ([PR #414](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#414), [PR #415](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#415), see also #264, #355, #396,and #399)

Version 2.2 (17th October 2019)

Improvements

• AllOf/AnyOf: Pass the matchers to constructor using varargs ([Issue #245](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#245))
• Matchers.anyOf: Fix generic bounds compatibility for JDK 11 ([Issue #256](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#256), [Issue #257](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#257))
• AssertionError message is unhelpful when match fails for byte type ([Issue #254](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#254), [Issue #255](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#255))
• Use platform specific line breaks ([PR #267](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#267))
• Build now checks for consistent use of spaces ([PR #217](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#217))

Bugfixes

• Fix compatibility issue for development with Android D8 ([Issue #246](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#246))
• Fix typo in license name ([Issue #247](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#247))
• 1.3 compatible constructors for string matchers ([Issue #259](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#259), [Issue #260](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#260))
• Fix for split packages with Java 9 modules ([Issue #269](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#269), [PR #270](hamcrest/JavaHamcrest#270))

Version 2.1 (21st December 2018)

Overview for 2.1

After a long hiatus without releases, this version simplifies the packaging of Hamcrest into a single jar: hamcrest-<version>.jar. Other big changes include Java 9 module compatibility, migrating the code repository from Google Code to GitHub, along with numerous other new features, improvements and bug fixes.

Breaking Changes for 2.1

• The way that the project is packaged has changed. This may cause problems with

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