New Features #

• Configurable file extensions: Support for dart_json_gen.yaml to customize generated file extensions (e.g., .t.dart, .g.dart).
• Flexible Cleanup: The --clean command now accepts paths to specific files or directories for targeted deletion of generated files.
• Improved Config Loading: Automatic configuration discovery by searching parent directories upwards from the input path.

Bug Fixes #

• Removed unreachable _ => throw StateError case in generated toJson methods for sealed classes, resolving Dart analyzer warnings.
• Fixed thread-safety issues in parallel processing for CLI operations.

Improvements #

• Enhanced verbose output with more detailed parsing and generation logs.
• Better error handling for missing input paths.

Breaking Changes #

• Unified @Model annotation replaces @Json, @CopyWith, @Equatable, @DataClass
• Removed legacy annotations (still work but deprecated)
• Changed default behavior: Use @Model.json() for JSON-only generation

New Features #

• Preset constructors for common patterns:

  • @Model.json() - JSON only (~25 lines)
  • @Model.data() - JSON + copyWith + equatable (~50 lines)
  • @Model.bloc() - copyWith + equatable, no JSON (~35 lines)
  • @Model.full() - All features (~70 lines)
  • @Model.mutable() - Mutable classes with copyWith (~40 lines)

• Sealed/Union class support:

  • when() - Exhaustive pattern matching
  • maybeWhen() - Optional pattern matching with orElse
  • whenOrNull() - Nullable pattern matching
  • map() - Type-based mapping
  • maybeMap() - Optional type mapping
  • Type checkers: isSuccess, isFailure, etc.
  • Safe casts: asSuccess, asFailure, etc.

• @Ignore annotation with variants:

  • @Ignore() - Ignore from all features
  • @Ignore.json() - Ignore from JSON only
  • @Ignore.equality() - Ignore from == comparison
  • @Ignore.copyWith() - Ignore from copyWith

• Parallel processing using Rust's rayon crate (3-4x faster)

• Compact output - Optimized for large codebases (200+ models)

• --threads option to control parallelism

Performance #

• 70% smaller output size with @Model.json() preset
• File-level shared helpers instead of per-class
• Lazy regex compilation
• Pre-allocated string buffers

Initial Release #

• JSON serialization (toJson/fromJson)
• copyWith / copyWithNull methods
• Equatable (equals, props, propsHashCode)
• toString representation
• Naming conventions (snake_case, camelCase, etc.)
• Checksum-based caching
• Global CLI activation
• Rust-powered code generation