v1.2.0: Spring Boot and revamped testing tools

We're pleased to announce the release of the Java SDK 1.2.0

New features

• We now have a new Spring Boot to easily use the Restate SDK within your Spring Boot application. For more details, check out the example: https://github.com/restatedev/examples/tree/main/templates/java-maven-spring-boot
• The sdk-testing package has been revamped to a more friendly and easier to use API, you can check it out here https://github.com/restatedev/examples/blob/9a9c7cf85c830f33a5f257db3ec986a09a1878b0/templates/java-gradle/src/test/java/my/example/GreeterTest.java. The old API is still available but it's now deprecated, and will be removed in subsequent releases.

Notable changes

• The ctx.run with RetryPolicy has been promoted to stable feature, check the Javadocs for more details.
• You can now use checked exceptions within your @Handler annotated methods.

Breaking changes

• Bumped minimum JDK version to 17
• This release is not bytecode compatible with previous releases, meaning you can't mix the annotation processor generated code from SDK <= 1.2.0 with this release.
• This release is compatible with Restate >= 1.1

Changelog

• [Release] Bump to 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT by @github-actions in #383
• Enable RawHandler test by @slinkydeveloper in #385
• New test tool with new action by @slinkydeveloper in #387
• Improve testing tools Javadocs by @slinkydeveloper in #388
• Fix builds by @slinkydeveloper in #389
• Introduce Spring Boot starter by @slinkydeveloper in #393
• Spring boot improvements by @slinkydeveloper in #394
• Add Json Schema for Req/Res types by @slinkydeveloper in #395
• Add documentation and metadata fields to EndpointManifest by @slinkydeveloper in #397
• Add title for classes by @slinkydeveloper in #398
• Bump minimum JDK to 17 by @slinkydeveloper in #400
• Bump minimum protocol version to 2 by @slinkydeveloper in #401
• Fix case where we pass ServiceDefinition to the builder already by @slinkydeveloper in #402
• Simple Json Schemas for Kotlin by @slinkydeveloper in #403
• Allow checked exceptions in annotated services by @slinkydeveloper in #407
• Fix code generation warning by @slinkydeveloper in #408
• More dependency bumping by @slinkydeveloper in #409
• Fix bad source version in ServiceProcessor by @slinkydeveloper in #410
• Be lenient with ServiceLoader not able to load classes by @slinkydeveloper in #411
• Few little improvements to testing by @slinkydeveloper in #413
• [Release] Bump to 1.2.0 by @github-actions in #412

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.2.0