Jackson Release 2.7.8

Patch version of 2.7, released on 26-Sep-2016.

Following fixes are included.

General notes:

As usual, this patch contains multiple fixes. But while all are important for some user or use case, some are considered more general important:

• Fix for [Immutables][https://github.com/immutables/immutables) library, regarding use of generated single-argument @JsonCreator annotated Delegating Creator. See databind#1383 below for details
• Fix for XML processing defaults, regarding DTD processing: See dataformat-xml#211 below for details

Because of these fixes, an upgrade from earlier 2.7.x patch versions is strongly recommended.

Changes, core

Streaming

• #317: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 200 on floating point number with exactly 200-length decimal part

Databind

• #877: @JsonIgnoreProperties: ignoring the "cause" property of Throwable on GAE
• #1359: Improve JsonNode deserializer to create FloatNode if parser supports
• #1362: ObjectReader.readValues() ignores offset and length when reading an array
• #1363: The static field ClassUtil.sCached can cause a class loader leak
• #1368: Problem serializing JsonMappingException due to addition of non-ignored processor property (added in 2.7)
• #1383: Problem with @JsonCreator with 1-arg factory-method, implicit param names

Changes, data formats

XML

• #210: ToXmlGenerator WRITE_BIGDECIMAL_AS_PLAIN is used the wrong way round
• #211: Disable SUPPORT_DTD for XMLInputFactory unless explicitly overridden

YAML

• #70: UTF8Reader is unsafe if a Jackson-annotated class itself deserializes a Jackson-annotated class