Jackson Release 2.7.1

Patch version of [2.7](Jackson Release 2.7), not yet released.

Changes, core

Databind

• #1079: Add back TypeFactory.constructType(Type, Class) as "deprecated" in 2.7.1
• #1083: Field in base class is not recognized, when using @JsonType.defaultImpl

Changes, dataformats

Changes, datatypes

Java 8 Dates (../../jackson-datatype-jsr310)

• #56: Handle JSON serialized Dates from JavaScript in LocalDateDeserializer (follow up for earlier #28)

Changes, other modules

Afterburner

• #63: Revert back expansion of NON_EMPTY handling