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+title: "MapStruct 1.6.0.RC1 is out"
+author: Filip Hrisafov
+date: "2024-07-20"
+tags: [release, news]
+---
+
+I am very happy to announce the first (and last) release candidate of MapStruct 1.6.
+We are looking into release the final version of 1.6 in the next two weeks.
+
+This release provides mostly bug fixes since [1.6.0.Beta2](https://mapstruct.org/news/2024-04-20-mapstruct-1_6_0_Beta2-is-out/).
+
+This release contains 2 breaking changes, have a look at them when upgrading
+
+We'd like to thank our new supporters:
+
+* [Lee Anne](https://github.com/AnneMayor)
+
+And of course thanks to our previous supporters:
+
+* [addesso SE](https://github.com/adessoSE)
+* [Bileto](https://opencollective.com/bileto)
+* [Cybozu](https://github.com/cybozu)
+* [Frederik Hahne](https://opencollective.com/atomfrede)
+* [Juyoung Kim](https://github.com/kjuyoung)
+* [Lansana](https://opencollective.com/lansana)
+* [Mariselvam](https://github.com/marisnb)
+* [PRISMA European Capacity Platform GmbH](https://github.com/jan-prisma)
+* [St. Galler Kantonalbank AG](https://opencollective.com/st-galler-kantonalbank-ag)
+
+If you'd like to join this list and donate to the project MapStruct is accepting donations through [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/mapstruct) or [GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/mapstruct).
+
+<!--more-->
+
+Altogether, not less than [8 issues](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/issues?q=milestone%3A1.6.0.RC1) were fixed for this release.
+
+This would not have been possible without our fantastic community of contributors:
+
+* [@cmcgowanprovidertrust](https://github.com/cmcgowanprovidertrust)
+* [@hduelme](https://github.com/hduelme)
+* [@Hypnagokali](https://github.com/Hypnagokali)
+* [@Obolrom](https://github.com/Obolrom)
+
+* and of course seasoned MapStruct hackers [Ben Zegveld](https://github.com/Zegveld), [Oliver Erhart](https://github.com/thunderhook), [Sjaak Derksen](https://github.com/sjaakd), [Filip Hrisafov](https://github.com/filiphr).
+
+Thank you everyone for all your hard work!
+
+Enough of the pep talk, let's take a closer look at the breaking changes:
+
+### Revert `BeanMapping#ignoreByDefault` interaction with `unmappedSourcePolicy`
+
+In 1.5.0 we started applying the `BeanMapping#ignoreByDefault` to source properties as well.
+However, we've decided that this was not the right approach, and we are reverting this change.
+The `BeanMapping#ignoreByDefault` should only be applied to target properties and not to source properties.
+Source properties are ignored anyway, the `BeanMapping#unmappedSourcePolicy` should be used to control what should happen with unmapped source policy.
+
+### Presence checks for source parameters
+
+In the 1.6 beta releases we added support for [presence checks on source parameters](2024-05-11-mapstruct-1_6_0_Beta2-is-out.md#conditional-mapping-for-source-parameters).
+
+This means that even if you want to map a source parameter directly to some target property the new `@SourceParameterCondition` or `@Condition(appliesTo = ConditionStrategy.SOURCE_PARAMETERS)` should be used.
+
+e.g.
+
+If we had the following in 1.5:
+{{< prettify java >}}
+@Mapper
+public interface OrderMapper {
+
+    @Mapping(source = "dto", target = "customer", conditionQualifiedByName = "mapCustomerFromOrder")
+    Order map(OrderDTO dto);
+
+    @Condition
+    @Named("mapCustomerFromOrder")
+    default boolean mapCustomerFromOrder(OrderDTO dto) {
+        return dto != null && dto.getCustomerName() != null;
+    }
+
+}
+{{< /prettify >}}
+
+Then MapStruct would generate
+
+{{< prettify java >}}
+public class OrderMapperImpl implements OrderMapper {
+
+    @Override
+    public Order map(OrderDTO dto) {
+        if ( dto == null ) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Order order = new Order();
+
+        if ( mapCustomerFromOrder( dto ) ) {
+            order.setCustomer( orderDtoToCustomer( orderDTO ) );
+        }
+
+        return order;
+    }
+}
+{{< /prettify >}}
+
+In order for the same to be generated in 1.6, the mapper needs to look like this:
+
+{{< prettify java >}}
+@Mapper
+public interface OrderMapper {
+
+    @Mapping(source = "dto", target = "customer", conditionQualifiedByName = "mapCustomerFromOrder")
+    Order map(OrderDTO dto);
+
+    @SourceParameterCondition
+    @Named("mapCustomerFromOrder")
+    default boolean mapCustomerFromOrder(OrderDTO dto) {
+        return dto != null && dto.getCustomerName() != null;
+    }
+
+}
+{{< /prettify >}}
+
+### Download
+
+This concludes our tour through MapStruct 1.6 RC1.
+If you'd like to try out the features described above, you can fetch the new release from Maven Central using the following GAV coordinates:
+
+* Annotation JAR: [org.mapstruct:mapstruct:1.6.0.RC1](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.mapstruct|mapstruct|1.6.0.RC1|jar) 
+* Annotation processor JAR: [org.mapstruct:mapstruct-processor:1.6.0.RC1](http://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|org.mapstruct|mapstruct-processor|1.6.0.Beta2|jar)
+
+Alternatively, you can get ZIP and TAR.GZ distribution bundles - containing all the JARs, documentation etc. - [from GitHub](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/releases/tag/1.6.0.RC1).
+
+If you run into any trouble or would like to report a bug, feature request or similar, use the following channels to get in touch:
+
+* Get help in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/discussions) or [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/mapstruct)
+* Report bugs and feature requests via the [issue tracker](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct/issues)
+* Follow [@GetMapStruct](https://twitter.com/GetMapStruct) on Twitter