From 6b33d32c273288fa3ae33f3b384c5df00ab781ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John DeRegnaucourt <jdereg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:19:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Updated to 2.6.0 for pom, readme, and changelog

---
 README.md    | 4 ++--
 changelog.md | 4 ++++
 pom.xml      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae82ed2f..53a911c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The '.jar' file classes are version 52 (`JDK 1.8`).
 To include in your project:
 ##### Gradle
 ```
-implementation 'com.cedarsoftware:java-util:2.5.0'
+implementation 'com.cedarsoftware:java-util:2.6.0'
 ```
 
 ##### Maven
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ implementation 'com.cedarsoftware:java-util:2.5.0'
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.cedarsoftware</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-util</artifactId>
-  <version>2.5.0</version>
+  <version>2.6.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 ---
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 388c7854..e8d9a14b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ### Revision History
+* 2.6.0
+  * Performance improvement: `Converter` instance creation is faster due to the code no longer copying the static default table.  Overrides are kept in separate variable.
+  * New capability added: `MathUtilities.parseToMinimalNumericType()` which will parse a String number into a Long, BigInteger, Double, or BigDecimal, choosing the "smallest" datatype to represent the number without loss of precision.
+  * New conversions added to convert from `Map` to `StringBuilder` and `StringBuffer.`
 * 2.5.0
   * pom.xml file updated to support both OSGi Bundle and JPMS Modules. 
   * module-info.class resides in the root of the .jar but it is not referenced.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b126c279..87e7bd74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.cedarsoftware</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-util</artifactId>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
-    <version>2.6.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
     <description>Java Utilities</description>
     <url>https://github.com/jdereg/java-util</url>