Grace Framework

rainboyan
Apr 2, 2026
Maintainer

What's Changed

This release is based on Spring Boot 3.4.13 and Spring Framework to 6.2.17, SiteMesh 2.6.2.

Upgrade to Groovy 4.0.30, Gradle 8.14.4, Tomcat 10.1.53
Upgrade to Maven 3.9.14, Maven Resolver 1.9.27

For a complete list of changes made in this release see the projects on GitHub.

⚠️ Noteworthy Changes

4a64a9e Customize Groovy compiler configuration Groovy compiler config #1170
2ee497b Allow developers to customize the app directory Allow developers to customize the app directory #1157
5821a9c Support configuration of project resources and sources directories Configure the main sources and resources directories #1171
5b594a8 Application type artifacts are supported in both the app/boot and src/main directories Application type artifacts are supported in both the app/boot and… #1149
8853c8c Restructure GORM Support Restructure GORM Support #1182
8d780cc Merge async and events plugins into the framework Merge async and events plugins into the framework #1183
1d34cd4 Migrate to Spring Framework's Resource API Migrate to Spring Framework's Resource API #1195
09ab913 Move artefact Bootstrap.groovy from app\init to app\boot Move artefact Bootstrap.groovy from app\init to app\boot #1148
e1b61a4 Rename artefact type BootStrap to Bootstrap Rename BootStrap.groovy to Bootstrap.groovy #1147

⭐️ New Features

Modularizing the codebase

Spring Boot 4 has refactored its codebase into a more modular structure, I believe this is the right direction for the future.
The Grace framework 2024 & 2025 will also start doing this. Grace's plugins will be independent, more focused, and at the same time, they will integrate better with Spring Boot's modules.

cb0781b Create grace-boot-async module Create grace-boot-async module #1269
0fdd6c6 Create grace-boot-cache module Create grace-boot-cache module #1208
993334b Create grace-boot-events module Create grace-boot-events module #1270
b8c8a7f Create grace-boot-hibernate module
3da036b Create grace-boot-logging module Create grace-boot-logging module #1257
de22bbd Create grace-boot-mongodb module Create grace-boot-mongodb module #1231
594da2a Create grace-boot-persistence module Create grace-boot-persistence module #1258
5fb94a5 Create grace-boot-plugin module Create grace-boot-plugin module #1259
7371950 Create grace-boot-rest module Create grace-boot-rest module #1256
a41b294 Create grace-boot-test module Create grace-boot-test module #1272
ff8f98c Create grace-boot-validation module Create grace-boot-validation module #1271
6e67167 Create grace-boot-web module Create grace-boot-web module #1207
5057f8f Create grace-plugin-taglibs Create grace-plugin-taglibs #1250
c3b105a Create grace-web-async module Create grace-web-async module #1347
8ee356f Create grace-web-rest module Create grace-web-rest module #1255

Core plugins have been consolidated into the framework

2aaa2e7 Merge grace-geb into the framework Merge grace-geb into the framework #1239
ad6383e Merge grace-database-migration into the framework Merge grace-database-migration into the framework #1238
de22bbd Merge MongoDB plugin into the framework Merge MongoDB plugin into the framework #1232
b8c8a7f Merge Hibernate plugin into the framework Merge Hibernate plugin into the framework #1229
e8ac2f0 Merge grace-views into the framework Merge grace-views into the framework #1215
a084193 Merge grace-scaffolding into the framework Merge grace-scaffolding into the framework #1212
cb424a0 Merge grace-fields into the framework Merge grace-fields into the framework #1211
1c80ba8 Merge grace-fields into the framework Merge grace-fields into the framework #1211
25ba4b3 Merge grace-cache into the framework Merge grace-cache into the framework #1209
ce6e889 Merge grace-plugin-events into the framework
e49b141 Merge grace-plugin-async into the framework

Others

b86cb42 Allow the BuildSettings.APP_DIR directory to not exist Allow the BuildSettings.APP_DIR directory to not exist #1417
3624a45 Provides binary, sources and docs distributions for Grace framework Provides binary, sources and docs distributions for Grace framework #1109
0753d87 Update Grace Banner Update Grace Banner #1108
30df877 Support combined use of MongoDB and Hibernate Support combined use of MongoDB and Hibernate #1383
f760a3a Restore grace-plugin-dynamic-modules Restore grace-plugin-dynamic-modules #1372
00dc013 Add command group for ApplicationCommand Add command group for ApplicationCommand #1354
- Introduce Command
- Use command group as the group of Gradle tasks
f320b43 Use AdditionalGormEntityTransformation to make GORM Entity injected same as Domain Class See Remove adding the Artefact to Entity, using AdditionalGormEntityTransformation to perform additional transformations for Entity grace-data#83 Use AdditionalGormEntityTransformation to make GORM Entity injected same as Domain Class #1349
67eb947 Support Application type artifacts placed in src/main directory to be transformed Support Application type artifacts placed in src/main directory to be transformed #1348 Application type artifacts are supported in both the app/boot and… #1149
a1991df Restore the use of GrailsDomainClass Restore the use of GrailsDomainClass #1351
3fcf0d1 Add project's classes dir to the current thread context classloader and allow CLI to discover project's command in app/commands Add project's classes dir to the current thread context classloader and allow CLI to discover project's command in app/commands #1358

🎯 Refactoring

b0d5f75 Refactor the core API of the framework Refactor the core API of the framework #1136
eb884d5 Refactor Gradle plugins Improve GroovyCompiler for better compilation of Groovy scripts #1140 Allow developers to customize the app directory #1157 Refactor Gradle plugins #1164 Refactor Gradle plugins #1169 Refactor Gradle plugins #1168 Refactor Gradle plugins #1167 Groovy compiler config #1170 Configure the main sources and resources directories #1171 Refactor Gradle Profile plugin #1172 Refactor Gradle plugins #1174 Refactor Gradle doc plugin #1176 Refactor Gradle doc plugin #1180 Refactor AbstractGroovyTemplateCompileTask and AbstractGroovyTemplatePlugin #1375
ac7f0ac Refactor Domain Class plugin Refactor Domain Class plugin #1185 Refactor Domain Class plugin #1187 Refactor Domain Class plugin #1188
ba72157 Refactor Controllers and Controllers plugins Refactor Controllers and UrlMappings plugins #1189 Relocate Controllers API #1346
6a440fc Refactor GSP plugin Refactor GSP plugin #1193
907ece2 Refactor Services plugin Refactor Services plugin #1190
f09d429 Refactor Grace API Refactor Grace API #1194
86e998f Refactor Grace Boot Refactor Grace Boot #1191
0ae405b Refactor Bootstrap Artefact Refactor Bootstrap Artefact #1192
1d34cd4 Migrate to Spring Framework's Resource API Migrate to Spring Framework's Resource API #1195
1711f51 Refactor IOUtils Refactor IOUtils #1196
3976243 Revisit Grace Spring Boot Module Revisit Grace Spring Boot Module #1197
598ffab Refactor GrailsApplication Refactor GrailsApplication #1199
b3c3975 Refactor Grace Bootstrap Refactor Grails Bootstrap #1203
29476e5 Refactor GrailsApplicationLifeCycle Rename GrailsApplicationLifeCycle to GrailsApplicationLifecycle #1205
e3af96e Refactor Grace Spring Boot and Grace Spring Move all classes in the grace-spring-boot into grace-spring #1204
18c81e8 Refactor Dynamic Modules Refactor Dynamic Modules #1373
a422f7d Refactor Taglibs Plugin Refactor Taglibs Plugin #1370
eb16ea7 Refactor Grace Shell Refactor Grace Shell #1369 Refactor Grace Shell #1359
c9b2450 Refactor Grace Database Migration Refactor Database Migration #1366 Enhance Database Migration Generator #1367
2576abc Refactor Grace Console Refactor Grace Console #1365
9012e08 Refactor Grace CLI Add command group for ApplicationCommand #1354 Refactor Grace CLI #1355 Refactor Grace CLI #1364

🛠 Improvements

fac6d04 Update README - Update README in subprojects
14767e0 Add release notes for 2024.0.0
45747fd Update guides for installation and introduction
992b525 Add more documentation dependencies to refine javadoc links Add more documentation dependencies to refine javadoc links #1419
e7a5484 Clean up non-existent grace-datastore-gorm-mongodb-ext in Gradle versions catalog Clean up non-existent grace-datastore-gorm-mongodb-ext in Gradle versions catalog #1418
89b11f1 Keep the templates consistent between script commands and generators in scaffolding plugin Keep the templates consistent between script commands and generators in scaffolding plugin #1416
9171b37 Code formatting for scripts in the scaffolding plugin Code formatting for scripts in the scaffolding plugin #1415
0e07adf Keep the templates consistent with profiles base and web Keep the templates consistent with profiles base and web #1414 See Code formatting for all templates grace-profiles/base#110 and Code formatting for all templates grace-profiles/web#66
e71d071 Remove unused grace-sitemesh module Remove unused grace-sitemesh module #1409
98e54e7 Various improvements related to stack trace logging and exception display Various improvements related to stack trace logging and exception display #1252

🐞 Bug Fixes

eeb54d9 The generated ServiceSpec.groovy should be in integration-test See Keep the templates consistent between script commands and generators in scaffolding plugin #1416

🚀 Dependency Upgrades

1396766 Upgrade to Grace Asset Pipeline Plugin 7.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Asset Pipeline Plugin 7.0.0 #1392
4cead70 Upgrade to Grace Async 7.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Async 7.0.0 #1393
a106e07 Upgrade to Grace Data 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Data 2024.0.0 #1395
50ed901 Upgrade to Grace Data Hibernate 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Data Hibernate 2024.0.0 #1396
628d928 Upgrade to Grace Data MongoDB 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Data MongoDB 2024.0.0 #1397
d98310e Upgrade to Grace Events 7.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Events 7.0.0 #1394
6167539 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Base 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Base 2024.0.0 #1398
8d338ec Upgrade to Grace Profile: Plugin 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Plugin 2024.0.0 #1399
69022f1 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Profile 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Profile 2024.0.0 #1400
34979e1 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Rest API 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Rest API 2024.0.0 #1401
407b6ea Upgrade to Grace Profile: Starter 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Starter 2024.0.0 #1402
5f557c6 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Web 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Web 2024.0.0 #1403
b5a5f6d Upgrade to Grace Profile: Web Plugin 2024.0.0 Upgrade to Grace Profile: Web Plugin 2024.0.0 #1404
2edbf08 Upgrade to Gradle Plugin Publish Plugin 2.1.1 Upgrade to Gradle Plugin Publish Plugin 2.1.1 #1410
e2dbe28 Upgrade to SiteMesh 2.6.2 Upgrade to SiteMesh 2.6.2 #1407
f009e18 Upgrade to Spring Framework 6.2.17 Upgrade to Spring Framework 6.2.17 #1391
5cf2eb3 Upgrade to Tomcat 10.1.53 Upgrade to Tomcat 10.1.53 #1411

⚙️ Tasks

169a75d Release v2024.0.0
bdfe57d Upgrade to actions/checkout@v6
3076af0 Upgrade to actions/setup-java@v5
787a9dc Upgrade to gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5.0.2

🔌 Plugins

📜Profiles

Full Changelog: v2024.0.0-RC1...v2024.0.0

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