Merge branch '2.17' into 2.18

Author: cowtowncoder

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/BigDecimalParsing4694Test.java

@@ -20,22 +20,21 @@ public class BigDecimalParsing4694Test extends DatabindTestUtil
         }
         BIG_DEC_STR = sb.toString();
     }
+    private final BigDecimal BIG_DEC = new BigDecimal(BIG_DEC_STR);
 
     private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = newJsonMapper();
 
     // [databind#4694]: decoded wrong by jackson-core/FDP for over 500 char numbers
     @Test
     public void bigDecimal4694FromString() throws Exception
     {
-        assertEquals(new BigDecimal(BIG_DEC_STR),
-                MAPPER.readValue(BIG_DEC_STR, BigDecimal.class));
+        assertEquals(BIG_DEC, MAPPER.readValue(BIG_DEC_STR, BigDecimal.class));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void bigDecimal4694FromBytes() throws Exception
     {
         byte[] b = utf8Bytes(BIG_DEC_STR);
-        assertEquals(new BigDecimal(BIG_DEC_STR),
-                MAPPER.readValue(b, 0, b.length, BigDecimal.class));
+        assertEquals(BIG_DEC, MAPPER.readValue(b, 0, b.length, BigDecimal.class));
     }
 }