Next Release (Version 3.26.2-snapshot)

[issues resolved](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/milestone/209?closed=1)

Version 3.26.1

[issues resolved](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/milestone/208?closed=1)

* Fix record declarations nested in annotation declarations (PR [#4460](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4460) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Format code with spotless (PR [#4465](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4465) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Simplifying the search for types in compilation unit (PR [#4459](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4459) by [@jlerbsc](https://github.com/jlerbsc))

* Add spotless plugin configuration (PR [#4409](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4409) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Disable spotless ratcheting and fix formatting (PR [#4478](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4478) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Fix: issue 4450 Endless recursion (-> StackOverflow) with cyclic static references (PR [#4477](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4477) by [@jlerbsc](https://github.com/jlerbsc))

* Fix: issue 4399 MethodCallExpr inside lambda in assignment expression cannot be resolved (PR [#4462](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4462) by [@jlerbsc](https://github.com/jlerbsc))

* Fix crash on SwitchExpr entries if tokens are not stored (PR [#4461](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4461) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Fix lookahead for pattern expression in switch entries [Issue 4455] (PR [#4458](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4458) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Automatically format code after codegen and validate with a github action (PR [#4468](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4468) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Add git-blame-ignore-revs file to ignore the reformatting commit in git blame (PR [#4466](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4466) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

* Add link to the guide to adding nodes in CONTRIBUTING.md (PR [#4453](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser/pull/4453) by [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee))

Thank You to all contributors who worked on this release!

* [@johannescoetzee](https://github.com/johannescoetzee)

* [@jlerbsc](https://github.com/jlerbsc)

Version 3.26.0