[dbunit-developer] dbUnit 2.6.0 Released

[Jeff J. <jj...@ap...>]

Thanks to the multiple contributors we have a new release with new
features, updates, and fixes.  Please refer to the changes report for
details:
http://dbunit.sourceforge.net/changes-report.html

Of particular note is the new ValueComparer feature.  Please refer to these
pages for more information:
* http://dbunit.sourceforge.net/datacomparisons.html
* http://dbunit.sourceforge.net/components.html#valuecomparer
*
http://dbunit.sourceforge.net/testcases/PrepAndExpectedTestCase.html#Using_ValueComparer_Column_Comparison


Changes in this version include:

New features:
o DefaultPrepAndExpectedTestCase, VerifyTableDefinition: support
ValueComparer.  Issue: 208.
o ValueComparer: DbUnitAssert: add assert method that strategizes the
compare algorithm on a per column basis.  Issue: 208.
o Add Dockerfiles for running ITs: MySQL, Oracle 11, Postgres and SQL
Server  Issue: 220.
o Change build to use Java 8 compiler and target 1.8: update compileSource
to 1.8.  Issue: 219.
o DatabaseEnvironment loads dbunit.properties.  See "Integration Tests"
page for docs.  Issue: 215. Thanks to deragon.
o Convert devguide.xml to devguide.apt.  Issue: 214. Thanks to deragon.
o Add PostgreSQL OID data type.  Issue: 179. Thanks to mfrechePgest.

Fixed Bugs:
o Fix JavaDoc gen  Issue: 396.
o Fixed documentation regarding the blob tags.  Issue: 406. Thanks to
deragon.
o Fix changes report tracker links (Bugs, Features) to support both.
Issue: 352.
o Fix all (except one Oracle test) database integration tests to work
again.

Changes:
o DefaultPrepAndExpectedTestCase: VerifyTableDefinitions and expected
tables can silently mismatch, add
ExpectedDataSetAndVerifyTableDefinitionVerifier  Issue: 207.
o Update tests to support build running Java 8.  Issue: 195. Thanks to
jkearns.
o CachedDataSet has redundant code.  Issue: 200. Thanks to deragon.
o FlatDtdDataSet has redundant code.  Issue: 199. Thanks to deragon.
o Use Apache POI 3.17.  Issue: 205. Thanks to msymons81.