[3.1.0] - 2025-02-24

Changelog

User Profile Management: Added new classes for user profile management, including BaseUserProfile, UserProfileService, BaseAuthenticationListener, and BaseSessionProfile. This allows for enhanced management of user-specific data within the session context of a Spring Boot application. [commit 363013c]
AuthorityService Integration in Tests: Integrated a mock of AuthorityService in UserServiceTest to facilitate improved unit testing of service interactions. [commit 8f4ca29]
Role and Authority Enhancement: Introduced AuthorityService and LoginHelperService for better management of user roles and authorities, especially for OAuth2-based users. This helps streamline authentication and authority management across the system. [commit 1e08c5c]

Changelog Generation Enhancements: Enhanced the changelog generation script to include commit diffs and automatic categorization of changes, which should improve the clarity and utility of generated changelogs. [commit 8699934]
OAuth2 User Handling: Addressed multiple issues related to role and authority handling for OAuth2 users, ensuring proper authority assignment and role retrieval during user authentication and login processes. [commit 1e08c5c]
Build and Configuration Updates: Updated Python interpreter path in VSCode settings and added method security configuration to improve project setup and security management. [commit e50a5f2]

There are no outright breaking changes in this release, but the introduction of new role and authority management features requires validation against existing security configurations to ensure compatibility.

User Configuration Improvements: Refactored user configuration for tighter integration with Spring Boot, including the addition of an auto-configuration registrar to streamline component discovery and setup. [commit 1fce50d]

Framework Documentation Update: Updated README and created a new PROFILE.md document detailing the user profile extension framework, offering guidance on implementation and integration within applications. [commit 6e482fa]

Dependency Updates: Several dependency updates managed by dependabot, including updates to the MariaDB Java client, Jakarta validation API, and Thymeleaf layout dialect, ensuring the use of latest stable libraries. [commits 6364b56, 2ef01f1, 606e02f]
Script Migration: Migrated the user schema SQL script to a dedicated MariaDB script directory for better organization and separation from other resources. [commit 00cd0b7]
Gradle Release Versioning: Updated the project version to 3.0.2-SNAPSHOT and subsequently to 3.1.0-SNAPSHOT as part of the release process, ensuring versioning reflects ongoing developments. [commits eb07d88, 363013c]