IRC Client Library 0.2.0 released!

Version 0.2.0 of the Kitteh IRC Client Library has been released, bringing with it a pile of features.

As this is the first post on the matter, this changelog will be slightly less useful.

Changes

• [BREAKING] Migrate to MBassador for event handling.
  • Subclasses, interfaces, etc. can now be registered.
  • A new annotation, @Handler, is used for designating you wish to listen.
• [BREAKING] Migrate from custom Consumer to the Java 8 one.
• IRCv3's CAP command is now supported.
  • 3.2-deprecated sticky and ack-required modifiers not supported.
  • SASL is now in theory doable, but API is not yet ready.
• New events:
  • NickRejectedEvent
  • CapabilitiesAcknowledgedEvent
  • CapabilitiesListEvent
  • CapabilitiesRejectedEvent
  • CapabilitiesSupportedListEvent
• All events fired by the library are now subclasses of ClientEvent.
  • You may now acquire the Client from any of its events.
• You may now define the client's key/cert used for SSL connections.
  • See ClientBuilder for the new methods.
• Netty upgraded to 4.0.26.
• Utility methods
  • Channel#getUser(String)
  • Channel#join()
  • Client#addChannel(Channel...) to supplement the String... method.
  • Client#getChannel(String)
• Other changes:
  • Acquire a new Channel snapshot via Channel#getLatest()
  • ChannelModeEvent now provides information on prefixes being set as well as the user receiving.
  • Provide the server's version via ServerInfo#getServerVersion().
  • UserQuitEvent fires before removing the User.
  • ChannelKickEvent now assumes the actor is a User.
  • Client#setMessageDelay now requires a non-zero positive number.
  • Channel#equals fixed.
  • UserNickChangeEvent now provides the new and old User

Known bugs

• ChannelModeEvent doesn't fire. A fix is already available in 0.2.1-SNAPSHOT.