release-notes/VERSION

Version: 2.1.0

Release date:
  xx-Aug-2012

Description:
  A new minor version for 2.x.

Fixes:

New features:

* [JACKSON-837]: Made JsonGenerator implement Flushable.
  (suggested by Matt G)
* [Issue-14]: add 'readBinaryValue(...)' method in JsonParser
* [Issue-16]: add 'writeBinary(InputStream, int)' method in JsonGenerator
  (and implement for JSON backend)

Other:

* [Issue-25]: Add 'createParser' and 'createGenerator' (as eventual replacements
  for 'createJsonParser'/'createJsonGenerator') in 'JsonFactory'
* Try to improve locking aspects of symbol tables, by reducing scope of
  synchronized sections when creating, merging table contents.
* Added 'JsonFactory.copy()' method to support databinding's 'ObjectMapper.copy()'
* Added method 'requiresCustomCodec()' for JsonFactory and JsonParser

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=== History: ===
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2.0.4 (26-Jun-2012)

Fixes:

* [Issue-6] PrettyPrinter, count wrong for end-object case
* 1.9.x fixes up to 1.9.8

2.0.3: skipped;	 only some modules use this version

2.0.2 (14-May-2012)

* 1.9.x fixes up to 1.9.7

2.0.1 (22-Apr-2012)

Fixes:

* [JACKSON-827] Fix incompatibilities with JDK 1.5 (2.0.0 accidentally
  required 1.6)
 (reported Pascal G)

2.0.0 (25-Mar-2012)

Fixes:

(all fixes up until 1.9.6)

Improvements

* [JACKSON-730]: Add checks to ensure that Features are applicable for
  instances (parsers, generators), or if not, throw IllegalArgumentException
* [JACKSON-742]: Add append-methods in SerializableString

New features:

* [JACKSON-782]: Add 'JsonParser.overrideCurrentName()', needed as a workaround
  for some exotic data binding cases (and/or formats)

[entries for versions 1.x and earlier not retained; refer to earlier releases)