Announce 1.9

Francis Galiegue (19):
      Announce 1.8
      Diff: Add unchanged path detection
      New DiffOperation class
      DiffOperation: no need for the new pointer on .replace()
      DiffOperation: add ability to generate JsonPatchOperations
      JsonPatch: make constructor public
      New class DiffProcessor
      Add AssertJ dependency
      JsonDiff: add .asJson(), .asJsonPatch() methods
      Tests for JsonDiff
      JsonDiff: javadoc, remove main(), some argument renaming
      DiffProcessor: factorize additions into copies where possible
      DiffProcessor: make final
      DiffProcessor: detect removed values which are added again
      DiffOperation: arguments rename, add comments
      JsonDiff: more Javadoc; enforce non null arguments
      Get rid of the old diff implementation
      Update README
      1.9

Author: fge

README.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Its features are:
 
 ## Versions
 
-The current version is **1.8**. See file `RELEASE-NOTES.md` for details.
+The current version is **1.9**. See file `RELEASE-NOTES.md` for details.
 
 ## Using it in your project
 
@@ -114,10 +114,15 @@ final JsonNode patched = patch.apply(orig);
 The main class is `JsonDiff`. It returns the patch as a `JsonPatch` or as a `JsonNode`. Sample usage:
 
 ```java
-final JsonPatch patch = JsonDiff.asJsonPatch(firstNode, secondNode);
-final JsonNode patchNode = JsonDiff.asJson(firstNode, secondNode);
+final JsonPatch patch = JsonDiff.asJsonPatch(source, target);
+final JsonNode patchNode = JsonDiff.asJson(source, target);
 ```
 
+**Important note**: the API offers **no guarantee at all** about patch "reuse";
+that is, the generated patch is only guaranteed to safely transform the given
+source to the given target. Do not expect it to give the result you expect on
+another source/target pair!
+
 ### JSON Merge Patch
 
 As for `JsonPatch`, you may use either Jackson or "direct" initialization:

build.gradle

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ apply(plugin: "idea");
 apply(plugin: "eclipse");
 
 group = "com.github.fge";
-version = "1.9";
+version = "1.10-SNAPSHOT";
 description = "JSON Patch (RFC 6902) and JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386) implementation in Java";
 sourceCompatibility = "1.6";
 targetCompatibility = "1.6"; // defaults to sourceCompatibility