Patch version of [2.4](Jackson Release 2.4), released on November 24, 2014.

• #157: ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException for numbers longer than 200 characters (NOTE: regression, not affecting 2.3)
• #158: Setter confusion on assignable types (actually, belongs under databind)

• #245: Calls to ObjectMapper.addMixInAnnotations() on an instance returned by ObjectMapper.copy() don't work
• #580: delegate deserializers choke on a (single) abstract/polymorphic parameter
• #590: Binding invalid Currency gives nonsense at end of the message
• #592: Wrong TokenBuffer delegate deserialization using @JsonCreator
• #601: ClassCastException for a custom serializer for enum key in EnumMap
• #604: Map deserializers were not being cached, causing performance issues due to lock congestion.
• #610: Fix forward (Object Id) reference in hierarchies

• #54: Encounter ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in the corner case delimiter or end-of-line happened to be the leading character of a segment buffer

• #27: OSGI bundle does not work due to shading

• #33

• #46: Incorrect number type for Double, Float and BigDecimal
• #47: Static VisitorContext results in incomplete JSON schema output

• #149: Use type information to deser Option (courtesy of @orac)
• #148: Performance regression in 2.2.3
• #145: readValue for Map[String, Any] or List[Any] is very slow