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                          Commons Digester Package
                                Version 3.2
                               Release Notes


INTRODUCTION
============

This is a maintenance release with new features. New projects are encouraged to
use this release of digester. There is no urgency for existing projects to
upgrade; Digester 3.1 has proven to be a stable release.

IMPORTANT NOTES
================

BREAKING CHANGES:

 * NONE.

DEPENDENCIES
=============

Digester 3.2 users should upgrade to the recommended dependency set below
where possible.

The Recommended Dependency Set for Digester 3.0 is:
   Digester 3.1 + Logging 1.1.1 + BeanUtils 1.8.3

It is also possible to use Logging 1.0.x or BeanUtils 1.7.0 instead.

NEW FEATURES
=============

 * [DIGESTER-153] Add Constructor support to ObjectCreateRule.

BUGS FIXED SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE
===========================

 * [DIGESTER-159] */object-param-rule is not managed in the XML rules.
 * [DIGESTER-155] ClassLoader reference set to DigesterLoader not set in produced Digester instances
 * [DIGESTER-154] The DigesterBinder is not able to load primitive classes by name

IMPROVEMENTS OVER PREVIOUS RELEASE
===================================

 * [DIGESTER-160] provide an additional artifact with shaded dependencies
 * [DIGESTER-157] Improve Set(Nested)PropertiesRuleAlias performances in the XML ruleset while binding rules
 * [DIGESTER-156] Make (Nested|Set)PropertiesBuilder#addAlias() fluent.
 * [DIGESTER-152] The DigesterLoader doesn't allow binding a default Locator
 * [DIGESTER-151] The DigesterLoader doesn't allow binding a default ErrorHandler.

DEPRECATIONS
============

 * NONE

OTHER NOTES
============

 * NONE