Patch version of 2.8, released on April 05, 2017.

Following fixes are included.

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

• #1345: @JsonProperty(access = READ_ONLY) together with generated constructor (Lombok) causes exception: "Could not find creator property with name ..."
• #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
• #1570: Enum key for Map ignores SerializationFeature.WRITE_ENUMS_USING_INDEX
• #1573: Missing properties when deserializing using a builder class with a non-default constructor and a mutator annotated with @JsonUnwrapped
• #1575: Problem with @JsonIgnoreProperties on recursive property (regression in 2.8)

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

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

• #54: Some fields are left null
• #67: Serialization of multiple nesting levels has issues

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

• #12: Range deserialization fails when ObjectMapper has default typing enabled

• #13: (datatype) configureAbsentsAsNulls not working for primitive optionals like OptionalInt
• #15: (datatype) Optional and OptionalLong deserialization are not consistent when deserializing from String
• #17: (datatype) Cached Optional serializer does not apply annotations for POJO properties
• #18: (datetime) InstantDeserializer is not working with offset of zero +00:00 and +00