HTML parser release notes

2.2.1

Introduced “at” filter support in BasicElementFilter so matching rules can easily include or discard elements based on their position inside their parent node.
Introduced “underHeaderAtRow” filter support in BasicElementFilter to match values at a given row under arbitrary header cells in any position of a table.
Added no-varargs method alternatives in BasicElementFilter, including
- allowing user to provide a space separated sequence of CSS class names in method classes
- providing multiple possible attribute values of any type in method attribute.
Added support for filtering rows of an entity via the newly introduced interface {@@LINK HtmlRecordFilter}.
Parser ignores duplicate paths that might have been accidentally defined for the same field.
Log messages now display group rules applied to any given matching rule

Fixed handling of matching rules applied over sequence of sibling elements
Validate annotation is ignored in some cases
Getting list of values matched directly from a HtmlElement may return nulls along with the desired values
Persistent fields should have their values cleared if they are defined from a group and it becomes active.

Made license manager dialog appear automatically if a license can’t be found or if it is invalid.
Adding support for regex validation and custom validations on class attributes and methods annotated with @Validate

Fixed inconsistent result rows produced by link follower fields added in between the parent entity fields.
Fixed issues parsing stored files originated from link followers that have been configured to be saved under a non-standard file location.

Implemented support for file:// protocol to allow transforming locally stored pages and resources via fetchResources
Added support for @Validate annotation on annotated java beans.
Added support for including fields from “parent” row into linked entity records: github issue #3

Fetch resources will alter CSS files already downloaded in a previous run which can potentially break the resource paths used in it.
Fetch resources does not create daemon threads and keeps main thread alive if users don’t explicitly shut down the executor service.

Group constants not applied when declared last: github issue #1
Parser won’t let the JVM shut down without explicitly calling HtmlParserSettings.getExecutorService().shutDown(): github issue #2