Changes between 5.16.0 and 5.17.0.RC2

This is a pre-release for 5.17.0, a maintenance release with bug fixes, usability improvements, and dependency upgrades. It is compatible with 5.16.x. All users of the 5.x.x series are encouraged to test it.

Thanks to Nikita Nefedov (@nikita2206) for his contribution.

Remove hard dependency on Jackson in OAuth 2 support

GitHub PR: #969

NPE in AbstractMetricsCollector when channel limit is exceeded

GitHub issue: #944

Report publish failures for the closed channel as well

GitHub PR: #943

Remove dependency on java.sql.Timestamp

GitHub PR: #878

Bump dependencies

GitHub issue: #848

Dependency

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
  <artifactId>amqp-client</artifactId>
  <version>5.17.0.RC2</version>
</dependency>

Make sure to set up our milestone repository:

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>packagecloud-rabbitmq-maven-milestones</id>
    <url>https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/maven-milestones/maven2</url>
    <releases>
      <enabled>true</enabled>
    </releases>
    <snapshots>
      <enabled>false</enabled>
    </snapshots>
  </repository>
</repositories>

Gradle

compile 'com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:5.17.0.RC2'

Make sure to set up our milestone repository:

repositories {
  maven {
    url "https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/maven-milestones/maven2"
  }
}