The Apache Commons team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Commons Configuration Version 2.5.
The Commons Configuration software library provides a generic configuration interface which enables an application to read configuration data from a variety of sources. This is a minor release with new features and updated dependencies. Changes in this version include: Fixed Bugs: o CONFIGURATION-731: Allow user to specify the comments and separator chars. Thanks to Shuai Zhang, Gary Gregory. Changes: o CONFIGURATION-738: Update Jackson from 2.9.7 to 2.9.8. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-739: Update Apache Commons Codec from 1.11 to 1.12. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-740: Update Apache Commons VFS from 2.2 to 2.3. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-741: Update Spring from 4.3.19 to 4.3.22. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-743: Update optional library snakeyaml from 1.23 to 1.24. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-747: Update Apache Commons Lang from 3.8.1 to 3.9. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-746: Update Jackson from 2.9.8 to 2.9.9. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-747: Update Spring from 4.3.22 to 4.3.24. Thanks to Gary Gregory. o CONFIGURATION-745: Add the special key "includeoptional" for properties files. Thanks to Gary Gregory. Historical list of changes: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/changes-report.html For complete information on Apache Commons Configuration, including instructions on how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Apache Commons Configuration website: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/ You can download source and binaries from our download page: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/download_configuration.cgi Alternatively, you can pull it from the central Maven repositories: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId> <artifactId>commons-configuration2</artifactId> <version>2.5</version> </dependency> Gary Gregory, on behalf of the Apache Commons Team
