0.4.4 / 2012-06-16

• Parameters::Options now correctly parses escaped \: characters for Hash parameters.

0.4.3 / 2012-06-11

• Allow defaulting Boolean parameters to false.
• Guard against nil arguments in Parameters::Options, when merging values into Hash or Array parameters.

0.4.2 / 2012-05-28

• Fixed a typo in the gemspec, which incorrectly set required_rubygems_version to the same value as required_ruby_version.

0.4.1 / 2012-05-27

• Changed the default USAGE for Regexp parameters to /REGEXP/ in Parameters::Options::USAGES.
• Replaced ore-tasks with rubygems-tasks.

0.4.0 / 2011-12-29

• Added Parameters::Options.
• Added Parameters::Types which handles type coercion for Parameters.

0.3.1 / 2011-12-16

• Do not coerce nil values.
• Instance reader/writer methods for parameters now use Parameters::InstanceParam#value and Parameters::InstanceParam#value=.
• Renamed the internal @params instance variables to @_params to avoid collisions.

0.3.0 / 2011-12-13

• Added Parameters::ClassMethods#set_param.
• Added Parameters#set_param.
• Added Parameters::Types.
• Improved the type coercion logic (via Parameters::Types).

0.2.3 / 2010-10-27

• Have parameter reader/writer class-methods search down the ancestory tree for a given class parameter.

0.2.2 / 2010-08-06

• Require Bundler ~> 1.0.0.
• Updated Parameters::InstanceParam#inspect and Parameters::ClassParam#inspect to also include the class-name.
• Use included_modules.include? when testing whether Parameters was included.
• Fix failing specs for Rubinius.

0.2.1 / 2010-05-05

• Added Parameters::ClassMethods#included, so that Parameters::ClassMethods can be re-extended by mixin modules which include Parameters.
• Added Parameters::Param#coerce_hash.
• Allow a Proc to be given as the coercion type for Parameters::Param#coerce_type.
• Allow custom classes to be used for coercion types.
• Ruby 1.8.6 bug fixes for Parameters::Param#coerce_type.

0.2.0 / 2010-02-18

• Migrated to Jeweler for packaging rubygems.
• Added type enforcement / coercion to parameters:
  • Added the :type option to the parameter method.
  • Available types:
  • Array[Class]
  • Array
  • Set[Class]
  • Set
  • URI
  • Regexp
  • DateTime
  • Date
  • Symbol
  • String
  • Integer
  • Float
  • true (for boolean types).
  • Removed Parameters::Parser in favor of type enforcement / coercion.
• Switched to MarkDown formatted YARD documentation.
• Moved the YARD parameter handlers into yard-parameters library.

0.1.9 / 2009-01-30

• Require RSpec >= 1.3.0.
• Require YARD >= 0.5.3.
• Added Parameters::ClassMethods.

0.1.8 / 2009-09-21

• Require Hoe >= 2.3.3.
• Require YARD >= 0.2.3.5.
• Require RSpec >= 1.2.8.
• Use 'hoe/signing' for signed RubyGems.
• Moved to YARD based documentation.
• Added YARD handlers for documenting parameter method calls.
• All specs pass on JRuby 1.3.1.

0.1.7 / 2009-07-19

• Renamed Parameters#initialize_parameters to Parameters#initialize_params.
• Adjust spacing in the output of Parameters::ClassParam#to_s and Parameters::InstanceParam#to_s.
• Specifically check if the instance variable is nil before initializing it to the default value of the parameter.
• Handle default value callbacks in Parameters#parameter.
• Check the arity of all default value callbacks, before passing self to them.
• Parameters#require_params now specifically tests if the instance variable of the parameter is nil.
• Added more specs.

0.1.6 / 2009-05-11

• Fixed a bug in Parameters::ClassMethods#params= and Parameters#params=, where they were not handling Parameters::ClassParam or Parameters::InstanceParam objects properly.
• Added more specs.

0.1.5 / 2009-05-06

• Added Parameters::Parser for parsing parameter values passed in from the command-line or the web.
• Changed Parameters::MissingParam and Parameters::ParamNotFound to inherit from StandardError.
• All specs pass on Ruby 1.9.1-p0.

0.1.4 / 2009-01-17

• All specs now pass with RSpec 1.1.12.
• All specs pass on Ruby 1.9.1-rc1.

0.1.3 / 2009-01-14

• Allow the use of lambdas to generate the default values of parameters.
• Fixed typos in the README.txt.

0.1.2 / 2009-01-06

• When printing parameter values, print the inspected version of the value.

0.1.1 / 2008-12-27

• Added the require_params helper method.
• Added print_params methods for displaying parameters of a class or an object.

0.1.0 / 2008-12-03

• Initial release.
• Added Parameters::ClassMethods#params= and Parameters#params= methods.
• Allow Parameters#initialize to accept a Hash of parameter values.
• Added more specs.