microbean · ljnelson · Feb 21, 2026 · Feb 21, 2026
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: 'checkout'
         name: 'Step: Check Out Project'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v6'
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
       - id: 'setup-java'
         name: 'Step: Set Up Java and Maven'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-java@v4'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-java@v5'
         with:
           cache: 'maven'
           distribution: 'temurin'
           gpg-passphrase: 'GPG_PASSPHRASE'
           gpg-private-key: '${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}'
-          java-version: '24'
-          mvn-toolchain-id: 'Temurin 24'
+          java-version: '25'
+          mvn-toolchain-id: 'Temurin 25'
           mvn-toolchain-vendor: 'openjdk' # see ../../pom.xml
           server-id: 'central.sonatype.com'
           server-password: 'CENTRAL_SONATYPE_COM_PASSWORD'

@@ -12,18 +12,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: 'checkout'
         name: 'Step: Checkout'
-        uses: 'actions/checkout@v4'
+        uses: 'actions/checkout@v6'
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
           persist-credentials: false
       - id: 'setup-java'
         name: 'Step: Set Up Java and Maven'
-        uses: 'actions/setup-java@v4'
+        uses: 'actions/setup-java@v5'
         with:
           cache: 'maven'
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '24'
-          mvn-toolchain-id: 'Temurin 24'
+          java-version: '25'
+          mvn-toolchain-id: 'Temurin 25'
           mvn-toolchain-vendor: 'openjdk' # see ../../pom.xml
       - id: 'mvn-verify'
         name: 'Step: Maven Verify'

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # microBean™ Reference
 
-[![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.microbean/microbean-reference.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-reference)
+[![Maven
+Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/org.microbean/microbean-reference.svg?label=Maven%20Central)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-reference)
+
+![0% AI](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%A4%96_AI-0%25_%F0%9F%8C%BC-brightgreen)
 
 The microBean™ Reference project provides classes and interfaces assisting with implementing contextual references.
 
@@ -19,15 +22,16 @@ microBean™ Reference requires a Java runtime of version 21 or higher.
 
 # Installation
 
-microBean™ Reference is available on [Maven Central](https://search.maven.org/).  Include microBean™ Reference as a
+microBean™ Reference is available on [Maven
+Central](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-reference). Include microBean™ Reference as a
 Maven dependency:
 
 ```xml
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.microbean</groupId>
   <artifactId>microbean-reference</artifactId>
-  <!-- Always check https://search.maven.org/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-reference for up-to-date available versions. -->
-  <version>0.0.5</version>
+  <!-- Always check https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.microbean/microbean-reference for up-to-date available versions. -->
+  <version>0.0.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <!-- maven-javadoc-plugin properties -->
     <bottom><![CDATA[Copyright &copy; ${project.inceptionYear}&ndash;{currentYear}, <a href="${project.organization.url}" target="_top">${project.organization.name}</a>. All rights reserved.]]></bottom>
     <doctitle>&lt;a href="${project.url}" target="_top"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Lobster, cursive;"&gt;µb&lt;/span&gt; ${project.artifactId}&lt;/a&gt; ${project.version}</doctitle>
-    <links>https://microbean.github.io/microbean-attributes/apidocs/,https://microbean.github.io/microbean-bean/apidocs/,https://microbean.github.io/microbean-construct/apidocs/,https://microbean.github.io/microbean-proxy/apidocs/</links>
+    <links>https://microbean.github.io/microbean-bean/apidocs/,https://microbean.github.io/microbean-construct/apidocs/,https://microbean.github.io/microbean-proxy/apidocs/</links>
     <sourcetab>2</sourcetab>
 
     <!-- maven-release-plugin properties -->
@@ -130,19 +130,19 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.microbean</groupId>
         <artifactId>microbean-bean</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.22</version>
+        <version>0.0.23</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.microbean</groupId>
         <artifactId>microbean-construct</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.18</version>
+        <version>0.0.24</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.microbean</groupId>
         <artifactId>microbean-proxy</artifactId>
-        <version>0.0.5</version>
+        <version>0.0.6</version>
       </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
               <artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-              <version>12.3.0</version>
+              <version>13.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.14.1</version>
+          <version>3.15.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <compilerArgs>
               <arg>-Xlint:all</arg>
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.9.0</version>
+          <version>3.10.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.21.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
           <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.9.0</version>
+          <version>0.10.0</version>
           <extensions>true</extensions>
           <configuration>
             <publishingServerId>central.sonatype.com</publishingServerId>

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8-unix -*-
  *
- * Copyright © 2023–2025 microBean™.
+ * Copyright © 2023–2026 microBean™.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
  * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; coding: utf-8-unix -*-
  *
- * Copyright © 2025 microBean™.
+ * Copyright © 2025–2026 microBean™.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
  * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
  *
  * @see DestructorRegistry
  */
-// Needed and used only by ReferencesSelector implementations.
-//
-// TODO: maybe could move it to microbean-reference? microbean-scopelet depends on microbean-reference already?
 public interface DestructorTree extends AutoCloseable, DestructorRegistry {
 
   /**