Important: This news article covers an old version of Javalin (v3.1.0). The current version is v6.7.0.
See the documentation page for up-to-date information.

Validation improvements

The validator now supports nullable values through .getOrNull():

val optionalInstant = ctx.queryParam<Instant>("instant").getOrNull()

Plugin improvements

  • Minor fixes and changes to OpenAPI plugin (interface name, CORS, default values)
  • Fixed a NullPointerException in the Micrometer plugin

Misc

  • Fixed a bug in static file handling causing wrong content type for wrapped responses
  • Added support for logging of binary responses when config.devLogging = true
  • Re-introduced the EventHandler interface to allow events to throw checked exceptions in Java
  • Fixed a bug in JavalinVue where it would fail to walk file system in jars
  • Bumped Jetty