MySQL Connector/J 6.0.2 m1 Development Release has been released

[Jocelyn Ramilison]

Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 6.0.2 m1 Development Release is a developer milestone
release for the 6.0.x series.

It is the first public release of the current Connector/J 6.0 development
branch, providing an insight to upcoming features. Although some of
these are still under development, this release includes the following
new features and changes (in comparison to the current Connector/J 5.1
production release), also available in more detail on
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/en/news-6-0-2.html:

As always, we recommend that you check the "CHANGES" file in the download
archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application.

Enjoy!

Changes in MySQL Connector/J 6.0.2 (2016-04-11, Milestone 1)

Version 6.0.2 Milestone 1 is the first development release of the
6.0 branch of MySQL Connector/J.

The major features of Connector/J 6.0 include:

* Supports MySQL 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7.

* Supports the JDBC 4.2 specification.

* Supports the Java 8 platform (use Connector/J 5.1 for
Java 7 or earlier).

* Supports the new X DevAPI. The X DevAPI enables
application developers to write code that combines the
strengths of the relational and document models using a
modern, NoSQL-like syntax that does not assume previous
experience writing traditional SQL. To learn more about
how to write applications using the X DevAPI see the X
DevAPI User's Guide
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/x-devapi-userguide/en/).
For more information about how the X DevAPI is
implemented in Connector/J, MySQL Connector/J X DevAPI
Reference (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/dev/connector-j).
Please note that the X DevAPI requires at least MySQL
Server version 5.7.12 or higher with the X Plugin
enabled. For general documentation about how to get started
using MySQL as a Document Store, see
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/document-store.html).

For other significant changes from Connector/J 5.1 to 6.0,
see Changes in Connection Properties
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/6.0/en/connector-j-properties-changed.html)
and Changes in the Connector/J API
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/6.0/en/connector-j-api-changes.html).
Connector/J 6.0.2 includes all the bug fixes that have been
incorporated into Connector/J 5.1.38, plus the fixes
described below.

Bugs Fixed

* FabricMySQLDataSource.getConnection() threw a null pointer
exception when a master failover took place. (Bug
#22598938)

* The OSGi manifest file in the Connector/J JAR file did not
expose the MySQL Fabric packages, so the Fabric-related
classes could not be resolved even though they were
present in the JAR file. (Bug #22385172)

Documentation
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Online: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/6.0/en/index.html

Reporting Bugs
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We welcome and appreciate your feedback and bug reports:
http://bugs.mysql.com/

On Behalf of the MySQL/ORACLE RE Team
Hery Ramilison