Kotlin/dokka v1.7.0

1.7.0 Beta

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Improvements

General

• Update to Kotlin 1.7.0, IntelliJ Platform 213
• Support definitely non-nullable types (#2520)
• Don't expose enum entry constructor arguments, thanks to @ebraminio (#2497)
• Preserve ordering of enum entries as in source code, previously reversed (#2469)
• Improve support for inherited Java fields with accessors, now properly interpreted as val/var properties (#2481, #2532, #2540)
• Skip @Deprecated members with HIDDEN level (#2486)
• Make rendered default value dependent on source set for expect/actual declarations (#2449)

HTML format

• Render quotes as blockquotes instead of code blocks, thanks to @TheOnlyTails (#2496)

Javadoc format

• Make Javadoc pages generation deterministic (#2479)
• Update shipped jQuery to avoid multiple CVEs, thanks to @ToppleTheNun (#1938)

GFM format

• Support rendering of code blocks and inline code used in KDocs, thanks to @cosinekitty (#2485)

Kotlin-as-Java plugin

• Include Java access modifiers into function signatures, thanks to @tripolkaandrey (#2510)

Gradle runner

• Make dokka-analysis dependency compileOnly, this should help avoid compatibility problems if different versions of Kotlin are bundled in Gradle and Dokka (#2521)
• Enable stricter validation for cacheable Gradle tasks, thanks to @3flex (#2500)
• Remove unused & redundant dependencies for Gradle runner, thanks to @3flex (#2502)
• Remove outdated suppression in Gradle runner, thanks to @3flex (#2501)

Fixes

General bugfixes

• Fixed a compiler deadlock issue which led to stalling builds in some KMP projects (#2480)
• Fixed incorrect argument names of functional type parameters (#2478)
• Fixed missing external docs for AndroidX libraries, thanks to @EdricChan03 (#2456)
• Fixed tests failing on Windows, thanks to @3flex (#2507)

Security

• Get rid of bundled log4j 1.2 that came as a transitive dependency (#2488)
• Update Jackson to avoid CVE-2020-36518, thanks to @1mt (#2525)

Plugin API

• Decompose base.ftl template: now header.ftl, footer.ftl and page_metadata.ftl can be overridden individually (#2432)

Other

• Add Kotlin stability & support badges, thanks to @etolstoy (#2511)
• Remove an unused runner parameter, thanks to @3flex (#2498)
• Correct typos, thanks to @PaladiRka (#2504) and @mahozad (#2506)!

Thanks to all the contributors!