Parquet for Java 2.0.16, released 2026-05-12

Code name: Migrate Scala to Java

Summary

This release migrates the project language from Scala to Java to simplify maintenance and reduce dependencies.

We removed the Maven Failsafe plugin, since this project does not feature any integration tests.

Refactoring

• #87: Converted production and test code from Scala to Java.

Bugfixes

• #88: Fixed requirements tracing using OpenFastTrace

Dependency Updates

Compile Dependency Updates

• Removed org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.13.18

Test Dependency Updates

• Removed org.scalatest:scalatest_2.13:3.3.0-SNAP4

Plugin Dependency Updates

• Removed net.alchim31.maven:scala-maven-plugin:4.9.10
• Removed org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-failsafe-plugin:3.5.5
• Removed org.scalatest:scalatest-maven-plugin:2.2.0