v24.12.23

What's Changed

• Avoid ODR violations with flatbuffers::Verifier. by @fergushenderson in #8274
• Improve error handling on Object API name collision. by @mbeards in #8275
• [Kotlin] Add workflow to release kotlin multiplatform version by @paulovap in #8014
• Remove npm/rules_js dependency for C++ only use cases by @philsc in #7990
• [Python] Fix various codegen problems by @anton-bobukh in #8292
• [gRPC] Add new options to control the gRPC code generation by @anton-bobukh in #8298
• Update build.yml to ubuntu-24.04 by @dbaileychess in #8319
• Trying to fix bazel on macOS and Xcode 14.3 by @mustiikhalil in #8304
• Update build.yml by @dbaileychess in #8321
• Add missing opertors to VectorIterator by @Icantjuddle in #8309
• [.NET] Add netstandard2.0 as target by @bjornharrtell in #8295
• [Kotlin] Update to kotlin 1.9.10 by @paulovap in #8307
• dart: Fix incorrect write in Float64 write method by @NotTsunami in #8290
• Added automatic publishing to crates.io on publish by @rdelfin in #8263
• Update release.sh by @dbaileychess in #8322
• Fix operator== for flatbuffers::optional by @mikudehuane in #8223
• [C++] Make code compile with -Wfloat-equal by @fliiiix in #8221
• [C++] Allow using FLATBUFFERS_MIN_BUFFER_SIZE in other namespaces by @dominiklohmann in #8229
• [Python] Generate .pyi stub files when --python-typing is on. by @anton-bobukh in #8312
• [Swift] Sets Swift minimum support to 5.8 by @mustiikhalil in #8228
• [C++] Update the validator to skip structs in namespaces other than the current one. by @anton-bobukh in #8324
• [BinaryAnnotator] Add more options that control the generation of .afb files by @anton-bobukh in #8323
• [Python] Render enums as Python IntEnum by @fliiiix in #8145
• [gRPC] Update the code generator for Python to produce typed handlers by @anton-bobukh in #8326
• Add parentheses in FLATBUFFERS_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE, FLATBUFFERS_MAX_64_BUFFER_SIZE to avoid preprocessor definition collision by @mspanc in #8377
• Add "empty()" to vector by @alphalex-google in #8369
• Remove unused comment and fix typo. by @lamtrinhdev in #8366
• Upgrade Rust dependencies by @gschulze in #8372
• [jumbo] Add begin()/end() to DetachedBuffer. by @pkasting in #8370
• Add a unit test for odd-sized small structs (for #8117) by @nolen777 in #8363
• Update libs.versions.toml by @mikhsol in #8387
• docs: update README.md by @eltociear in #8383
• Use actions/upload-artifact@v4 on CI by @aardappel in #8410
• Attempt to fix Rust CI by @aardappel in #8411
• [Swift] Fixes spelling mistake in the word position by @mustiikhalil in #8330
• [Swift] Addresses a bug where verifier skips capacity when verifying ID on buffers by @mustiikhalil in #8413
• [Swift] Updates CocoaPods author info & fixes bug with versioning not working as expected by @mustiikhalil in #8328
• Update grpc-core version by @mikhsol in #8412
• FlexBuffers: support "natural utf8" output in ToString by @aardappel in #8426
• use ALIGN for Push::alignment in struct types by @bkietz in #8398
• Removes 'size' and 'alignment' as Rust keywords by @csmulhern in #8139
• dart: use enhanced enums by @vaind in #8313
• [Swift] Improves vectors performance & arrays within lib by @mustiikhalil in #8415
• FlatBuffers Version 24.12.23 by @dbaileychess in #8459

New Contributors

• @fergushenderson made their first contribution in #8274
• @Icantjuddle made their first contribution in #8309
• @NotTsunami made their first contribution in #8290
• @rdelfin made their first contribution in #8263
• @mikudehuane made their first contribution in #8223
• @dominiklohmann made their first contribution in #8229
• @mspanc made their first contribution in #8377
• @alphalex-google made their first contribution in #8369
• @lamtrinhdev made their first contribution in #8366
• @gschulze made their first contribution in #8372
• @nolen777 made their first contribution in #8363
• @mikhsol made their first contribution in #8387
• @eltociear made their first contribution in #8383
• @bkietz made their first contribution in #8398
• @csmulhern made their first contribution in #8139

Full Changelog: v24.3.25...v24.12.23

v24.3.25

What's Changed

• Fix License by @p0fi in #8253
• Fix handling non null-terminated string_views in LookupByKey by @mpawlowski-eyeo in #8203

New Contributors

• @p0fi made their first contribution in #8253
• @mpawlowski-eyeo made their first contribution in #8203

Full Changelog: v24.3.7...v24.3.25

v24.3.7

What's Changed

• Add Kotlin multiplatform support by @paulovap in #7969
• Add ForceVectorAlignment64 and test by @dbaileychess in #7977
• [Kotlin] Add java source on benchmark module instead of using version… by @paulovap in #7978
• Small optimization on "deserialization" and fix on benchmarks again by @paulovap in #7982
• [Bazel] Fix gen_reflections for flatbuffers_ts_library by @jkuszmaul in #7981
• various fixes by @dbaileychess in #7986
• Make eslint less pedantic by @OptoCloud in #8012
• Optional omission of Typescript entrypoint by @maxburke in #8057
• Upgrade the bazel-related dependencies by @philsc in #8078
• Fix BUILD.bazel style violations by @philsc in #8081
• [TS] Allows object API to set 0 for a null-default scalar. by @jviel-beta in #7864
• Fully qualify the offset type in FLATBUFFERS_VTABLE_UNDERLYING_TYPE by @anton-bobukh in #8094
• [bazel] Update Platforms by @sgowroji in #8083
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.39.0-dev to 1.53.0 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/server by @dependabot in #8027
• Upgrade rules_go by @comius in #8092
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.35.0 to 1.53.0 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/client by @dependabot in #8026
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.35.0 to 1.53.0 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/models by @dependabot in #8025
• Fix nim workflow by @le-michael in #8098
• [Swift] Overall Improvements by @mustiikhalil in #8061
• Fix misalignment of small structs in a Vector (C++) by @bexcite in #7883
• Add constexpr for bitmask operators by @xaphier in #8037
• C++ strict conversion fixes for flatbuffer_builder.h (#8062) by @greenrobot in #8065
• Fix compiling idl_gen_php.cpp against certain STLs by @reshilkin in #8067
• Fix compiling idl_parser.cpp against certain STLs by @reshilkin in #8066
• corrected a typo by @sthd in #8063
• Return function to namespace by @reshilkin in #8068
• TS: Add missing generated files by @bjornharrtell in #8075
• Add const qualifier to non-mutated FlatbufferBuilder parameter by @Lukasdoe in #8101
• Fix verification for C# unions by @CurtHagenlocher in #7970
• [Rust] Add the Allocator trait for the builder API by @adsnaider in #8106
• update flatbuffers java to be Android API level 23 compatible by @turbotoribio in #8158
• Fix CI builds by @dbaileychess in #8161
• chore: Dart 23.5.26 release by @vaind in #8160
• Fix: detect c++ standard on MSVC for span by @assorted in #8155
• Update Compiler.md docs by @fliiiix in #8153
• Remove msvc pragma warning disable C4351 as it is undocumented by @Lukasdoe in #8124
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.53.0 to 1.56.3 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/models by @dependabot in #8130
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.53.0 to 1.56.3 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/server by @dependabot in #8132
• Bump google.golang.org/grpc from 1.53.0 to 1.56.3 in /grpc/examples/go/greeter/client by @dependabot in #8131
• Add help text to cmake git describe error message by @Lukasdoe in #8123
• Fix spelling mistake in FlatBufferBuilder.cs doc comments by @peter-dye in #8120
• Allow CreateString invocation with std::string_view by @reshilkin in #8069
• Update build.yml by @dbaileychess in #8162
• [Swift] Fixes forward offset verifiable objects within arrays & fixes failing tests by @mustiikhalil in #8135
• Bump word-wrap from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 by @dependabot in #8042
• Add argument to FlatBufferToString for quotes around field names by @alresin in #8090
• Update build.yml by @dbaileychess in #8163
• [GO] compiles to much files by @tira-misu in #8118
• Update testReadFromOtherLanguages test to also run on macOS by @mustiikhalil in #8044
• Add absolute file names option to BFBS by @jamescourtney in #8055
• [Swift] Push contiguous bytes by @wtholliday in #8157
• Fix typo in CMakeLists.txt by @DoppelDe in #8167
• [Swift] Add allowReadingUnalignedBuffers to most ByteBuffer init methods by @abandy in #8134
• [Swift] Migrating benchmarks to a newer lib. by @mustiikhalil in #8168
• Fix cmake build for old versions by @fliiiix in #8173
• copy languages for conformance parser by @blindspotbounty in #8174
• Fix python type annotation output when not enabled by @akb825 in #7983
• [TS/JS] Upgrade dependencies by @bjornharrtell in #7996
• Introduce convenient implicit operator string_view by @georgthegreat in #8181
• [Python] Add clear method for builder reuse by @razvanalex in #8186
• [TS/JS] Create byte vectors by @razvanalex in #8185
• Target .NET Standard 2.1, .NET 6, .NET 8 only by @bjornharrtell in #8184

New Contributors

• @jviel-beta made their first contribution in #7864
• @sgowroji made their first contribution in #8083
• @bexcite made their first contribution in #7883
• @xaphier made their first contribution in #8037
• @reshilkin made their first contribution in #8067
• @sthd made their first contribution in #8063
• @Lukasdoe made their first contribution in #8101
• @CurtHagenlocher made their first contribution in #7970
• @adsnaider made their first contribution in #8106
• @turbotoribio made their first contribution in #8158
• @assorted made their first contribution in #8155
• @fliiiix made their first contribution in #8153
• @peter-dye made their first contribution in #8120
• @alresin made their first contribution in #8090
• @jamescourtney made their first contribution in #8055
• @wtholliday made their first contribution in #8157
• @DoppelDe made their first contribution in #8167
• @abandy made their first contribution in #8134
• @akb825 made their first contribution in #7983
• @georgthegreat made their first contribution in #8181
• @razvanalex made their first contribution in #8186

Full Changelog: v23.5.26...v24.3.7

v24.3.6

FlatBuffers Version v24.3.6

v23.5.26

Mostly a bug fixing release.

What's Changed

• TS/JS: Upgrade package.json dependencies by @bjornharrtell in #7933
• fix out-of-source builds with cmake by @dbaileychess in #7946
• removed extern code generation declarations preferring direct includes by @dbaileychess in #7948
• fixed bfbs gen to pass extra options by @dbaileychess in #7949
• Fix //tests/ts:bazel_repository_test by @philsc in #7952
• Change SizedPrefixed verifier to be <= provided size by @dbaileychess in #7957
• fix(TS): fixed incorrect function name when importing unionTo functions by @sssooonnnggg in #7958
• remove flatbuffers tests from android by @dbaileychess in #7959
• feat(C++): Support underlying_type for union by @sssooonnnggg in #7954
• feat: Support union underlying type for TS/JS by @sssooonnnggg in #7961
• README.md: SemVer case typo by @crisman in #7962
• chore: fixed broken script: RustTest.bat by @sssooonnnggg in #7963
• Switch to using alias instead of a typedef for FlatBufferBuilder by @dbaileychess in #7966
• fix(rust): fixed rust namer isses, resolve #7865 and ##7782 by @sssooonnnggg in #7964
• Fix python tests by @yan12125 in #7960
• switch back to having T explicitly defined in CreateVector by @dbaileychess in #7967
• don't emit flatbuffers include in bfbs generated output by @dbaileychess in #7968
• Update java pom.xml file to allow java 8 compatibility by @swimar in #7894
• FlatBuffers Version 23.5.26 by @dbaileychess in #7976

New Contributors

• @yan12125 made their first contribution in #7960
• @swimar made their first contribution in #7894

Full Changelog: v23.5.9...v23.5.26

v23.5.9

This adds support for larger buffers > 2 GiB by adding a 64-bit offsets for vectors and strings. This is only for C++ at the moment.

See the 64-bit tests for usage and examples.

What's Changed

• FlatBuffers 64 for C++ by @dbaileychess in #7935
• FlatBuffers Version 23.5.9 by @dbaileychess in #7945

Full Changelog: v23.5.8...v23.5.9

v23.5.8

What's Changed

• Update filename to README.md and improve formatting by @SmashedFrenzy16 in #7855
• Fix help output for --java-checkerframework by @musicinmybrain in #7854
• ToCamelCase() when kLowerCamel now converts first char to lower. by @paulovap in #7838
• Adding comment for code clarification by @SmashedFrenzy16 in #7856
• made changes to the rust docs so they would compile. by @jeffsmith82 in #7871
• fix using null string in vector by @phenixxy in #7872
• Use Bool for flatbuffers 'bool' instead of Byte in swift by @blindspotbounty in #7876
• Update go documentation link to point to root module by @le-michael in #7879
• README.md: PyPI case typo by @crisman in #7880
• [CS] Verifier by @tira-misu in #7850
• [TS/JS] Use minvalue from enum if not found by @bjornharrtell in #7888
• Add a FileWriter interface by @Kn99HN in #7821
• [TS/JS] Upgrade dependencies by @bjornharrtell in #7889
• Fix go_sample.sh by @jdemeyer in #7903
• Go: add test for FinishWithFileIdentifier by @jdemeyer in #7905
• Optionally generate type prefixes and suffixes for python code by @maxburke in #7857
• Support file_identifier in Go by @jdemeyer in #7904
• Go: make generated code more compliant to "go fmt" by @jdemeyer in #7907
• TS/JS: Use TypeError instead of Error when appropriate by @jmillan in #7910
• Allow to use functions from BuildFlatBuffers.cmake from a flatbuffe… by @KerstinKeller in #7912
• Make JSON supporting advanced union features by @admo in #7869
• drop glibc from runtime dependencies by @faucct in #7906
• Replace deprecated command with environment file by @jongwooo in #7921
• Optionally generate Python type annotations by @maxburke in #7858
• additional check for absl::string_view availability by @ocpalo in #7897
• Only generate @kotlin.ExperimentalUnsigned annotation on create*Vector methods having an unsigned array type parameter. by @aaronriekenberg in #7881
• Migrate from rules_nodejs to rules_js/rules_ts by @philsc in #7923
• Revert "Migrate from rules_nodejs to rules_js/rules_ts" by @dbaileychess in #7927
• inject no long for FBS generation to remove logs in flattests by @dbaileychess in #7926
• fixed some windows warnings by @dbaileychess in #7929
• Migrate from rules_nodejs to rules_js/rules_ts (take 2) by @philsc in #7928
• Add binary schema reflection by @dbaileychess in #7932
• Rework cmake flatc codegeneration by @dbaileychess in #7938
• Add #!/usr/bin/bash to release.sh by @rishabhdeepsingh in #7942
• FlatBuffers Version 23.5.8 by @rishabhdeepsingh in #7943

New Contributors

• @SmashedFrenzy16 made their first contribution in #7855
• @jeffsmith82 made their first contribution in #7871
• @phenixxy made their first contribution in #7872
• @blindspotbounty made their first contribution in #7876
• @crisman made their first contribution in #7880
• @jdemeyer made their first contribution in #7903
• @KerstinKeller made their first contribution in #7912
• @faucct made their first contribution in #7906
• @jongwooo made their first contribution in #7921
• @ocpalo made their first contribution in #7897
• @philsc made their first contribution in #7923

Full Changelog: v23.3.3...v23.5.8

v23.3.3

Changelog

What's Changed

• [C++] Enable using struct and array of struct as key by @sunwen18 in #7741
• Refactor languages to use CodeGenerator interface. by @Kn99HN in #7797
• Clean up extra white spaces by @sunwen18 in #7800
• Code generator refactor bug fix by @Kn99HN in #7802
• Refactor usage message by @Kn99HN in #7803
• Support cmake 3.8 and higher only by @ilya-lavrenov in #7801
• Rename LICENSE.txt to LICENSE by @CodeMaster7000 in #7808
• Fix std::span autodetection by @codewiz in #7805
• Final refactor for bfsb_generator* and text generator by @Kn99HN in #7806
• Parsing from proto should keep field ID. (fixes #7645) by @enum-class in #7655
• Fixed vtable duplication for binary annotator by @dbaileychess in #7809
• explicitly declare enum values by @dbaileychess in #7811
• use switch statements for BASE_TYPE_ lookups by @dbaileychess in #7813
• Simplify and fix TypeScript compilation output by @bjornharrtell in #7815
• [Annotated Buffers] Improve efficiency by @dbaileychess in #7820
• Sample adjusted for Python3 by @chrismue in #7819
• Only use absl headers if C++14 is available. by @rouault in #7824
• Move defined table from gen_cpp to idl.h by @enum-class in #7823
• Editorconfig: als configure to trim whitespaces end EOL. by @hzeller in #7833
• Add Code Generator for idl_gen_fbs to parse .proto files by @Kn99HN in #7832
• [CS] Naming collision if field has same name as table and used as key by @tira-misu in #7842
• [cmake] Added GENERATE_ to flatbuffers_generate_headers by @CedricSchmeits in #7845
• Add a --java-package-prefix option to flatc by @chuckatkins in #7848
• [Android][Kotlin] fixed build after decomission of jcenter and gradle update by @paulovap in #7840
• TS/JS: Export object based classes on entry by @jmillan in #7822
• Update pom.xml to allow LICENSE verification by @CodeMaster7000 in #7849
• Add Java reflection bindings to the distribution by @chuckatkins in #7851
• FlatBuffers Version 23.3.3 by @dbaileychess in #7852

New Contributors

• @Kn99HN made their first contribution in #7797
• @ilya-lavrenov made their first contribution in #7801
• @CodeMaster7000 made their first contribution in #7808
• @codewiz made their first contribution in #7805
• @chrismue made their first contribution in #7819
• @CedricSchmeits made their first contribution in #7845
• @chuckatkins made their first contribution in #7848

Full Changelog: v23.1.21...v23.3.3

v23.1.21

Changelog

What's Changed

• [TS/JS] Entry point per namespace and reworked 1.x compatible single file build by @bjornharrtell in #7510
• FlatBuffers Version 23.1.21 by @dbaileychess in #7796

Full Changelog: v23.1.20...v23.1.21

v23.1.20

Changelog

What's Changed

• Add pointer reference to sibling union field on FieldDef by @paulovap in #7755
• Expand wildcard imports in the generated Kotlin files. by @anton-bobukh in #7757
• Fix operator==() generated for field of fixed sized array by @enum-class in #7749
• [Kotlin] Improve field nullability based on (required) by @flqw in #7658
• [Swift] Clean up by @mustiikhalil in #7744
• Ensure that empty modules can build in TypeScript isolatedModules mode by @maxburke in #7726
• [C++] Add Command-Line Flag to Suppress MIN and MAX Enums by @jalitriver in #7705
• Annotated Binaries emit field names instead of type names by @dbaileychess in #7763
• emit global scoped ::flatbuffers in c++ by @dbaileychess in #7764
• Fix [C#] Object API - Invalid Property Name used in UnPackTo for unio… by @stefan301 in #7751
• [TS] Add option for removing typescript import flag using --ts-no-import-ext by @ink-su in #7748
• Minor improvement by @enum-class in #7766
• Refactor FlatC to receive FlatCOptions by @dbaileychess in #7770
• Defined CodeGenerator Interface and implement C++ by @dbaileychess in #7771
• Fix a typo in a Python test name by @musicinmybrain in #7774
• Use full project version as SOVERSION for the shared library by @mgorny in #7777
• [Kotlin] Control the generation of reflection with --reflect-names by @anton-bobukh in #7775
• Fix Python host-endianness dependencies by @musicinmybrain in #7773
• [TS]: builder, Fix requiredField(). Verity that the field is present in the vtable (#7739) by @jmillan in #7752
• Stop using deprecated imp package in Python tests by @musicinmybrain in #7769
• Fix some identity/equality confusion in Python tests by @musicinmybrain in #7768
• Fix binary output different in different platform by @enum-class in #7718
• Remove go.mod to resolve ambiguous import issue by @le-michael in #7783
• Use CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR in benchmark cpp path by @liuq19 in #7781
• Flatbuffers Version 23.1.20 by @le-michael in #7794

New Contributors

• @anton-bobukh made their first contribution in #7757
• @flqw made their first contribution in #7658
• @jalitriver made their first contribution in #7705
• @ink-su made their first contribution in #7748
• @mgorny made their first contribution in #7777
• @jmillan made their first contribution in #7752
• @liuq19 made their first contribution in #7781

Full Changelog: v23.1.4...v23.1.20