Jackson Release 2.5.5

Patch version of [2.5](Jackson Release 2.5), released 07-Dec-2015. This is the last planned full patch release; it is possible that targeted micro-releases (2.5.5-1 and so on) may be made if critical problems are found.

Changes, core

Streaming

• #220: Problem with JsonParser.nextFieldName(SerializableString) for byte-backed parser (affects Afterburner)
• #221: Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception for character-based JsonGenerator

Databind

• #844: Using @JsonCreator still causes invalid path references in JsonMappingException
• #852: Accept scientific number notation for quoted numbers too
• #878: serializeWithType on BeanSerializer does not setCurrentValue

Changes, other modules

Mr Bean

• #25: Should ignore static methods (setter/getter)