Jackson Release 2.5

Version 2.5.0 is in development as of September 2014. It is a "minor" release following 2.4, meaning that it adds new functionality but be backwards compatible with earlier 2.x releases.

Patches

None yet.

Changes: compatibility

None yet

Changes, core

Core Annotations

None yet

Core Streaming

• [#148]BytesToNameCanonicalizer can mishandle leading null byte(s).

Core Databind

• #521: Keep bundle annotations, prevent problems with recursive
• #543: Problem resolving self-referential recursive types
• #552: Improved handling for ISO-8601 (date) format
• [#540)(../../jackson-databind/issues/540): Support deserializing [] as null or empty collection when the java type is a not an object (aka "work around PHP issueS")

Changes, Data Formats

YAML

• #22: Add support for disabling use of YAML native Type Ids
• #23: Add support for disabling use of YAML native Object Ids