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$Id: RELEASE-NOTES.txt 1188860 2011-10-25 19:09:44Z simonetripodi $


                          Commons Digester Package
                                Version 3.1
                               Release Notes


INTRODUCTION
============

This is a maintenance release with new features. New projects are encouraged to
use this release of digester. There is no urgency for existing projects to
upgrade; Digester 3.0 has proven to be a stable release.

IMPORTANT NOTES
================

BREAKING CHANGES:

 * NONE.

DEPENDENCIES
=============

Digester 3.1 users should upgrade to the recommended dependency set below
where possible.

The Recommended Dependency Set for Digester 3.0 is:
   Digester 3.1 + Logging 1.1.1 + BeanUtils 1.8.3

It is also possible to use Logging 1.0.x or BeanUtils 1.7.0 instead.

NEW FEATURES
=============

 * Asynchronous parser
       Using Java5 Concurrent APIs it is possible to parse documents asynchronously.

BUGS FROM PREVIOUS RELEASE
===========================

 * NONE

IMPROVEMENTS OVER PREVIOUS RELEASE
===================================

 * [DIGESTER-150] Use Java5 Concurrent APIs to asynchronous parse()

DEPRECATIONS
============

 * NONE

OTHER NOTES
============

 * NONE
