📦 Dependencies #

• Bump win32 from 5.8.0 to 5.11.0 by @halildurmus in #30

🎨 Styling #

• Format with tall-style by @halildurmus in #29

🐛 Bug Fixes #

• Export RegistryKeyInfo class - (d73d0b0)
• Export AccessRights enum (#26) - (207b812)

This release introduces significant changes to the API with a streamlined structure, new methods for specific registry data handling, and enhanced support for monitoring registry key changes.

🔄 Breaking Changes #

• AccessRights:

  • win32Value field renamed to value.

• Registry:

  • Now an abstract final class.
  • Removed performanceData static getter.

• RegistryHive:

  • Constructor is now private.
  • win32Value field renamed to value.

• RegistryKey:

  • Now a final class.

• RegistryValue:

  • Now a sealed class.
  • Removed fromWin32 factory constructor.
  • Removed toWin32 getter.
  • Removed data field.

• RegistryValueType:

  • Constructor is now private.
  • win32Value field renamed to value.
  • Removed unknown value.
  • Removed win32Type getter.

✨ New Features #

• Registry Hive Construction:

  • Added RegistryHive.fromWin32 factory constructor for creating hives based on Win32 constants.

• Enhanced Data Retrieval:

  • Added type-specific methods to RegistryKey: getBinaryValue, getIntValue, getStringValue, and getStringArrayValue for retrieving data in specific formats.
  • Deprecated getValueAsInt and getValueAsString methods in favor of the new type-specific methods.

• Registry Change Notifications:

  • Introduced RegistryKey.onChanged stream for monitoring registry key changes, with optional subkey tracking.

• Typed Registry Values:

  • Introduced specialized subclasses in RegistryValue for each registry value type, enhancing clarity and simplifying data handling.

• Registry Value Type Construction:

  • Added RegistryValueType.fromWin32 factory constructor to handle value type creation based on Win32 constants.

🚨 Dart SDK Requirement #

• Bumped the minimum required Dart SDK version to 3.5.0.

• Fix issue where creating REG_SZ or REG_EXPANDED_SZ string registry values resulted in malformed data. The null terminator for string values was incorrectly encoded as a single byte instead of the required two bytes for UTF-16 encoding (#22, thanks to @dancarrollg).

• Fix issue where RegistryValue.data for binary-type registry values might be freed before being read (#19, thanks @tylerlacey).
• Bump minimum required Dart SDK version to 3.4.0

• Fix deprecation warnings
• Update links
• Bump minimum required Dart SDK version to 3.3.0

• Improved code quality.
• Improved documentation.

• Update dependency constraints.

• Add recursive named option to method deleteKey() of RegistryKey (thanks @Zekfad)
• Use enhanced enums from Dart 2.17.
• Update dependency constraints.

• Update ffi dependency constraints to >=1.1.2 <3.0.0.

• Minor tweaks to documentation.

• First stable release.