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Gson 2.8.9

• Make OSGi bundle's dependency on sun.misc optional (#1993).
• Deprecate Gson.excluder() exposing internal Excluder class (#1986).
• Prevent Java deserialization of internal classes (#1991).
• Improve number strategy implementation (#1987).
• Fix LongSerializationPolicy null handling being inconsistent with Gson (#1990).
• Support arbitrary Number implementation for Object and Number deserialization (#1290).
• Bump proguard-maven-plugin from 2.4.0 to 2.5.1 (#1980).
• Don't exclude static local classes (#1969).
• Fix RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory depending on internal Streams class (#1959).
• Improve Maven build (#1964).
• Make dependency on java.sql optional (#1707).

Gson 2.8.8

• Fixed issue with recursive types (#1390).
• Better behaviour with Java 9+ and Unsafe if there is a security manager (#1712).
• EnumTypeAdapter now works better when ProGuard has obfuscated enum fields (#1495).

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Version 2.8.9

• Make OSGi bundle's dependency on sun.misc optional (google/gson#1993).
• Deprecate Gson.excluder() exposing internal Excluder class (google/gson#1986).
• Prevent Java deserialization of internal classes (google/gson#1991).
• Improve number strategy implementation (google/gson#1987).
• Fix LongSerializationPolicy null handling being inconsistent with Gson (google/gson#1990).
• Support arbitrary Number implementation for Object and Number deserialization (google/gson#1290).
• Bump proguard-maven-plugin from 2.4.0 to 2.5.1 (google/gson#1980).
• Don't exclude static local classes (google/gson#1969).
• Fix RuntimeTypeAdapterFactory depending on internal Streams class (google/gson#1959).
• Improve Maven build (google/gson#1964).
• Make dependency on java.sql optional (google/gson#1707).

Version 2.8.8

• Fixed issue with recursive types (google/gson#1390).
• Better behaviour with Java 9+ and Unsafe if there is a security manager (google/gson#1712).
• EnumTypeAdapter now works better when ProGuard has obfuscated enum fields (google/gson#1495).

Version 2.8.7

• Fixed ISO8601UtilsTest failing on systems with UTC+X.
• Improved javadoc for JsonStreamParser.
• Updated proguard.cfg (google/gson#1693).
• Fixed IllegalStateException in JsonTreeWriter (google/gson#1592).
• Added JsonArray.isEmpty() (google/gson#1640).
• Added new test cases (google/gson#1638).
• Fixed OSGi metadata generation to work on JavaSE < 9 (google/gson#1603).

Version 2.8.6

2019-10-04 GitHub Diff

• Added static methods JsonParser.parseString and JsonParser.parseReader and deprecated instance method JsonParser.parse
• Java 9 module-info support

Version 2.8.5

2018-05-21 GitHub Diff

• Print Gson version while throwing AssertionError and IllegalArgumentException
• Moved utils.VersionUtils class to internal.JavaVersion. This is a potential backward incompatible change from 2.8.4
• Fixed issue google/gson#1310 by supporting Debian Java 9

Version 2.8.4

2018-05-01 GitHub Diff

• Added a new FieldNamingPolicy, LOWER_CASE_WITH_DOTS that mapps JSON name someFieldName to some.field.name
• Fixed issue google/gson#1305 by removing compile/runtime dependency on sun.misc.Unsafe

Version 2.8.3

2018-04-27 GitHub Diff

• Added a new API, GsonBuilder.newBuilder() that clones the current builder
• Preserving DateFormatter behavior on JDK 9

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• 6a368d8 [maven-release-plugin] prepare release gson-parent-2.8.9
• ba96d53 Fix missing bounds checks for JsonTreeReader.getPath() (#2001)
• ca1df7f #1981: Optional OSGi bundle's dependency on sun.misc package (#1993)
• c54caf3 Deprecate Gson.excluder() exposing internal Excluder class (#1986)
• e6fae59 Prevent Java deserialization of internal classes (#1991)
• bda2e3d Improve number strategy implementation (#1987)
• cd748df Fix LongSerializationPolicy null handling being inconsistent with Gson (#1990)
• fe30b85 Support arbitrary Number implementation for Object and Number deserialization...
• 1cc1627 Fix incorrect feature request template label (#1982)
• 7b9a283 Bump bnd-maven-plugin from 5.3.0 to 6.0.0 (#1985)
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