The XStream committers proudly present XStream 1.3!

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.

This release contains some major refactorings concerning Java annotations, improved XML support regarding encoding and character sets, some minor new features, deprecations and a lot of bug fixes.

• Annotation support is now implemented as Mapper and Annotations can either be processed in advance or on-the-fly (see Annotations tutorial for limitations).
• Improved encoding support for JSON and XML (including automated support for XML headers). Enforceable check for valid XML characters in the written stream.
• Dedicated converters can now be configured for individual fields also using the XStream facade.
• New converters for java.lang.StringBuilder, java.util.UUID, javax.xml.datatype.Duration, and javax.swing.LookAndFeel. New generic converter for types using a java.beans.PropertyEditor. Auto-instantiated SingleValueConverter for Java enums to support enum values as attributes.
• XML elements are now sorted by default according their declaration with the fields defined in parent classes first to improve support for type hierarchies in XML schemata.
• A lot of bug fixes to improve JSON support for arbitrary types. Added section in FAQ for limitations and operation modes.
• Native support for SAP VM.
• All text-based files are now shipped with an appropriate license header to clean-up legal issues.

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