Jackson Release 2.5.4

Patch version of [2.5](Jackson Release 2.5). Not yet released.

Changes, core

Databind

• #676: Deserialization of class with generic collection inside depends on how is was deserialized first time
• #771: Annotation bundles ignored when added to Mixin
• #774: NPE from SqlDateSerializer as _useTimestamp is not checked for being null
• #785: Add handling for classes which are available in Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
• #792: Ensure Constructor Parameter annotations are linked with those of Field, Getter, or Setter
• #793: ObjectMapper.readTree() does not work with defaultTyping enabled
• #801: Using @JsonCreator cause generating invalid path reference in JsonMappingException
• #815: Presence of PropertyNamingStrategy makes deserialization fail
• #816: Allow date-only ISO strings to have no time zone.

Changes, datatypes

Joda

• #60: Configured date/time format not considered when serializing Joda Instant