The first patch version of 2.8, released July 20th, 2016.

Following fixes are included.

• #1256: Optional.empty() not excluded if property declared with type Object
• #1288: Type id not exposed for JsonTypeInfo.As.EXTERNAL_PROPERTY even when visible set to true
• #1289: Optimize construction of ArrayList, LinkedHashMap instances
• #1291: Backward-incompatible behaviour of 2.8: deserializing enum types with two static factory methods fail by default
• #1297: Deserialization of generic type with Map.class
• #1302: NPE for ResolvedRecursiveType in 2.8.0 due to caching

• #87: JacksonJaxbJsonProvider should use the real "value.getClass()" to build the root type