Patch version of 2.8, released February 21st, 2017.

Following fixes are included.

• #935: @JsonProperty(access = Access.READ_ONLY) - unexpected behaviour
• #1317: '@JsonIgnore' annotation not working with creator properties, serialization
• #1367: No Object Id found for an instance when using @ConstructorProperties
• #1505: @JsonEnumDefaultValue should take precedence over DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_NUMBERS_FOR_ENUMS
• #1506: Missing KeyDeserializer for CharSequence
• #1513: MapSerializer._orderEntries() throws NPE when operating on ConcurrentHashMap

• #34: Reading Avro with specified reader and writer schemas
• #35: Serialization of multiple objects (SequenceWriter)
• #38: Deserialization of multiple (root) values from Avro
• #39: Problem decoding Maps with union values

• #220: Avoid root-level wrapping for Map-like types, not just Maps
• #222: DefaultXmlPrettyPrinter indentation configuration not preserved

• #102: NoSuchMethodException with Hibernate 5.2