Breaking Change: Removing obsolete features

Removed:

• LegacyApprovals
• MethodExecutionPath
• ObjectUtils.move()

These classes are obsolete since Java 8. Instead use CombinationApprovals and Java lambdas.

It is hard to know what is obsolete on a public API with no telemetry. If you feel we have made an important error, please reach out.

Breaking Change: move SQL approvals to SqlApprovals

We have moved SQL-specific APIs from Approvals to a separate class, SqlApprovals.

This will break the following calls:

- Approvals.verify(ResultSet)
+ SqlApprovals.verify(ResultSet)
- Approvals.verify(SqlLoader)
+ SqlApprovals.verify(SqlLoader)

No behavior change; only the entry point moved.

We did this for compatibility with Java Modules (JPMS).

Removed deprecated methods from Approvals.java

28.0.0

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Breaking change to reporter names

This update is moving to a unified reporter generation. Its purpose is to keep the diff tools more up-to-date and consistent across languages. Most of the reporters names have changed.

For example:
Old: BeyondCompareReporter
New: ReportWithBeyondCompare

This naming pattern helps with discoverability when using autocomplete.

Why we changed reporters

Fix NullPointerException for null Instant in JSON serialization

Bug Fixes

Fixed NullPointerException in JsonUtils.InstantAdapter when serializing objects with null Instant fields via JsonApprovals.verifyAsJson(). The adapter now correctly writes a JSON null value, matching the existing behavior of LocalDateTimeAdapter. (#765, #766)

verify(java.nio.file.Path)

26.7.0

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Better help message for DateScrubber

26.6.1

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Fixed name of ExtensionFileFilter class

Fixed a speling mistake

DateScrubber supports more dates

This addresses the requests from @thomo (timezone offsets) and @thunderhook (LocalDateTime without Z).

Added the ability to add known text file extensions

Closes #337