1.1.6

  • Set max SDK version to <3.0.0.

1.1.5

  • Introduce @isTest and @isTestGroup to declare a function that is a test, or a test group.

1.1.4

  • Added dart2js.dart.

1.1.2

  • Rollback SDK constraint update for 2.0.0. No longer needed.

1.1.1

  • Update SDK constraint to be 2.0.0 dev friendly.

1.1.0

  • Introduce @alwaysThrows to declare that a function always throws (SDK issue 17999). This is first available in Dart SDK 1.25.0-dev.1.0.

    import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
    
    // Without knowing that [failBigTime] always throws, it looks like this
    // function might return without returning a bool.
    bool fn(expected, actual) {
      if (expected != actual)
        failBigTime(expected, actual);
      else
        return True;
    }
    
    @alwaysThrows
    void failBigTime(expected, actual) {
      throw new StateError('Expected $expected, but was $actual.');
    }
    

1.0.5

  • Introduce @experimental to annotate a library, or any declaration that is part of the public interface of a library (such as top-level members, class members, and function parameters) to indicate that the annotated API is experimental and may be removed or changed at any-time without updating the version of the containing package, despite the fact that it would otherwise be a breaking change.

1.0.4

  • Introduce @virtual to allow field overrides in strong mode (SDK issue 27384).

    import 'package:meta/meta.dart' show virtual;
    class Base {
      @virtual int x;
    }
    class Derived extends Base {
      int x;
    
      // Expose the hidden storage slot:
      int get superX => super.x;
      set superX(int v) { super.x = v; }
    }
    

1.0.3

  • Introduce @checked to override a method and tighten a parameter type (SDK issue 25578).

    import 'package:meta/meta.dart' show checked;
    class View {
      addChild(View v) {}
    }
    class MyView extends View {
      // this override is legal, it will check at runtime if we actually
      // got a MyView.
      addChild(@checked MyView v) {}
    }
    main() {
      dynamic mv = new MyView();
      mv.addChild(new View()); // runtime error
    }
    

1.0.2

  • Introduce @visibleForTesting annotation for declarations that may be referenced only in the library or in a test.

1.0.1

  • Updated @factory to allow statics and methods returning null.

1.0.0

  • First stable API release.

0.12.2

  • Updated @protected to include implemented interfaces (linter#252).

0.12.1

  • Fixed markdown in dartdocs.

0.12.0

  • Introduce @optionalTypeArgs annotation for classes whose type arguments are to be treated as optional.

0.11.0

  • Added new Required constructor with a means to specify a reason to explain why a parameter is required.

0.10.0

  • Introduce @factory annotation for methods that must either be abstract or must return a newly allocated object.
  • Introduce @literal annotation that indicates that any invocation of a constructor must use the keyword const unless one or more of the arguments to the constructor is not a compile-time constant.

0.9.0

  • Introduce @protected annotation for members that must only be called from instance members of subclasses.
  • Introduce @required annotation for optional parameters that should be treated as required.
  • Introduce @mustCallSuper annotation for methods that must be invoked by all overriding methods.