Jackson Release 2.8.8

Patch version of 2.8, not yet released.

Following fixes will be included.

Changes, core

Streaming

• #359: FilteringGeneratorDelegate does not override writeStartObject(Object forValue)

Databind

• #1533: AsPropertyTypeDeserializer ignores DeserializationFeature.ACCEPT_EMPTY_STRING_AS_NULL_OBJECT
• #1543: JsonFormat.Shape.NUMBER_INT does not work when defined on enum type in 2.8

Changes, dataformats

Avro

• #58: Regression due to changed namespace of inner enum types

CBOR

• #62: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException at CBORGenerator.java:548

protobuf

• #54: Some fields are left null

YAML

• #72: Add YAMLGenerator.Feature.LITERAL_BLOCK_STYLE for String output

Changes, other modules

Java 8 support

• #17: Cached Optional serializer does not apply annotations for POJO properties