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5.0.0.9 (Feb 26, 2013)

<p>
	Juno 5.0.0.9 is a moderate update.
</p>
<h5 class='topic w800'>Core API changes</h5>
<ul class='spaced-list'>
	<li>
		{@link oaj.config INI config file support}:
		<ul>
			<li>A convenient API for reading, writing, and manipulating INI files.</li>
			<li>Ability to convert INI files to batch and shell environment variables.</li>
			<li>Command-line interface for updating INI files.</li>
			<li>Support for encoded INI file values.</li>
		</ul>
	</li>
	<li>Support for fluent-style bean setters (setters that return the bean itself).</li>
	<li>Ability to use {@link oaj.annotation.Bean @Bean} annotation to override bean identification settings.</li>
	<li>New {@link oaj.ObjectMap#cast(Class)} method to convert <c>ObjectMaps</c> directly to beans.</li>
</ul>
<h5 class='topic w800'>REST server API changes</h5>
<ul class='spaced-list'>
	<li>Build-in default <c>OPTIONS</c> pages.</li>
	<li>New <dc>@RestResource.defaultRequestHeaders</dc> and <dc>@RestResource.defaultResponseHeaders</dc> annotations.</li>
	<li>New {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#serializers() @RestMethod(serializers)} and {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#parsers() @RestMethod(parsers)} annotations.</li>
	<li>New {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#properties() @RestMethod(properties)} annotation.</li>
	<li>New {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#defaultRequestHeaders() @RestMethod(defaultRequestHeaders)} annotation.</li>
	<li>New {@link oajr.annotation.RestMethod#matchers() @RestMethod(matchers)} annotation and {@link oajr.RestMatcher} class.</li>
	<li><c>Readers</c> and <c>InputStreams</c> can be specified on <dc>@Content</dc> annotated parameters.</li>
	<li>New <dc>@HasParam</dc> annotation.</li>
	<li>Full RFC2616 support for matching <c>Accept</c> headers to serializers.</li>		
</ul>
<h5 class='topic w800'>Other notes</h5>
<ul class='spaced-list'>
	<li>Smaller library size (460kB).</li>
</ul>