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                          Commons DbUtils Package
                                Version 1.5
                               Release Notes


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

This is a maintenance release with new features. New projects are encouraged to
use this release of dbutils. There is no urgency for existing projects to
upgrade.

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

BREAKING CHANGES:

 * NONE.

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

Commons DbUtils 1.5 has no dependencies.

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

 * [DBUTILS-67] Add a BeanMapHandler

BUGS FROM PREVIOUS RELEASE
===========================

 * [DBUTILS-77] Updated documentation to better reflect the use of pmdKnownBroken
 * [DBUTILS-73] Added a fixed Locale (Locale.ENGLISH) to all toLowerCase calls in BasicRowProcessor

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

 * [DBUTILS-84] BeanProcessor method processColumn should take SQLXML in consideration
 * [DBUTILS-75] efficient usage from findbugs
 * [DBUTILS-66] ScalarHandler, ColumnHandler and KeyedHandler are missing generics

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

 * NONE

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

 * NONE
 

              Apache Commons DbUtils 
                     Version 1.5 
                    RELEASE NOTES

The Commons DbUtils team is pleased to announce the release of Commons DbUtils 1.5

The Apache Commons-DbUtils package is a set of
  Java utility classes for easing JDBC development.

Bugfixes and addition of BeanMapHandler

Changes in this version include:

New features:
o DBUTILS-67:  Added BeanMapHandler Thanks to Michael Osipov. 

Fixed Bugs:
o DBUTILS-84:  Added case for SQLXML Thanks to Tiago Cavaleiro. 
o DBUTILS-73:  Added a fixed Locale (Locale.ENGLISH) to all toLowerCase calls in BasicRowProcessor Thanks to Sebb. 

Changes:
o           Updated pom.xml: Java 1.6 now required, clirr and compiler plugin removed Thanks to wspeirs. 
o DBUTILS-77:  Updated documentation to better reflect the use of pmdKnownBroken 
o DBUTILS-66:  Added generics to ScalarHandler, ColumnHandler, and KeyedHandler Thanks to Michael Osipov. 


For complete information on Commons DbUtils, including instructions on how to submit bug reports,
patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons DbUtils website:

http://commons.apache.org/dbutils/



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