Jackson Release 2.7.8

Patch version of [2.7](Jackson Release 2.7), not yet released.

Following fixes will be included.

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

YAML

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