Release Version 2.4.2 candidate (#72)

* Release Version 2.4.2 candidate

Author: jonloucks

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # contracts 
 Java Dependency Contracts for dependency inversion 
 
-Separates the consumption of an API from its implementation by using a 'Contract'
+### Separates the API from its implementation by using a Contract.
 
+A core java library for dependency inversion, Dependency injection, Inversion of Control,
+ Solid Principles: Single responsibility, Open-closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation, Dependency inversion.
+ OpenSSF Best Practices. Java Module Support. Strong data encapsulation.
 ```
 // Authoring
 public static final Contact<String> WEATHER = Contract.create("Current Weather");
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ String weather = GlobalContracts.claimContract(WEATHER);
 [![Javadoc Badge](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jonloucks/contracts/refs/heads/badges/main-javadoc.svg)](https://jonloucks.github.io/contracts/javadoc/)
 
 ## Goals
-1. Separate the consumption of an API from the implementation details.
+1. Solid Principles
 2. Security
 3. Encapsulation
 4. Use anywhere, anytime across many code bases

build.gradle

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ plugins {
 
 apply from: "${rootDir}/gradle/java-publishing.gradle"
 
+defaultTasks 'check', 'jacocoTestReport', 'jacocoTestCoverageVerification', 'spotbugsMain', 'publishToMavenLocal'
+
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
     mavenCentral()

gradle.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group=io.github.jonloucks.contracts
-version=2.4.1
+version=2.4.2

gradle/java-publishing.gradle

@@ -49,8 +49,15 @@ publishing {
             from components.java
             pom {
                 name = 'Contracts'
-                description = 'Java Dependency Contracts for dependency inversion.'
+                description = 'Contracts a core java library for dependency inversion, Dependency injection, Inversion of Control,' +
+                        ' Solid Principles: Single responsibility, Open-closed, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation, Dependency inversion.' +
+                        ' OpenSSF Best Practices. Java Module Support. Strong data encapsulation.'
                 url = 'https://github.com/jonloucks/contracts'
+                inceptionYear = '2025'
+                organization {
+                    name = 'io.github.jonloucks'
+                    url = 'https://github.com/jonloucks'
+                }
                 licenses {
                     license {
                         name = 'MIT License'
@@ -69,6 +76,10 @@ publishing {
                     developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com:jonloucks/contracts.git'
                     url = 'https://github.com/jonloucks/contracts'
                 }
+                issueManagement {
+                    name = 'Contracts Github Issues'
+                    url = 'https://github.com/jonloucks/contracts/issues'
+                }
             }
         }
     }

notes/release-notes-v2.4.2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Contracts v2.4.2
+
+Documentation and publication changes only
+
+## Customer impact
+*  Hoping new customers will have better luck finding publication on Maven Central
+
+## Forked Repositories Impact
+* None
+
+## 🚀 New Features
+
+*   Feature: None
+
+## ✨ Improvements
+
+*   Performance: 
+*   Compatibility: 
+*   Documentation: 
+
+## 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+*   None
+
+## ⬇️ Download
+
+*   [MVN Repository](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.jonloucks.contracts/contracts/2.4.2)
+*   [Source code (zip)](https://github.com/jonloucks/contracts/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.2.zip)
+*   [Source code (tar.gz)](https://github.com/jonloucks/contracts/archive/refs/tags/v2.4.2.tar.gz)