[RELEASE] Java driver 3.5.0 and DSE driver 1.6.6

[Olivier Michallat]

We've just released version 3.5.0 of the driver.

Here's the changelog:

- [improvement] JAVA-1448: TokenAwarePolicy should respect child policy ordering.

- [bug] JAVA-1751: Include defaultTimestamp length in encodedSize for protocol version >= 3.

- [bug] JAVA-1770: Fix message size when using Custom Payload.

- [documentation] JAVA-1760: Add metrics documentation.

- [improvement] JAVA-1765: Update dependencies to latest patch versions.

- [improvement] JAVA-1752: Deprecate DowngradingConsistencyRetryPolicy.

- [improvement] JAVA-1735: Log driver version on first use.

- [documentation] JAVA-1380: Add FAQ entry for errors arising from incompatibilities.

- [improvement] JAVA-1748: Support IS NOT NULL and != in query builder.

- [documentation] JAVA-1740: Mention C*2.2/3.0 incompatibilities in paging state manual.

- [improvement] JAVA-1725: Add a getNodeCount method to CCMAccess for easier automation.

- [new feature] JAVA-708: Add means to measure request sizes.

- [documentation] JAVA-1788: Add example for enabling host name verification to SSL docs.

- [improvement] JAVA-1791: Revert "JAVA-1677: Warn if auth is configured on the client but not the server."

- [bug] JAVA-1789: Account for flags in Prepare encodedSize.

- [bug] JAVA-1797: Use jnr-ffi version required by jnr-posix.

In addition, the DSE driver 1.6.6 contains all the changes above, plus the following:

- [bug] JAVA-1757: Fix race condition in MultiResponseRequestHandler.

- [new feature] JAVA-1781: Add DETERMINISTIC and MONOTONIC clauses for Function and Aggregate.

- [improvement] JAVA-1783: Include artifact pom files in tarball distribution.

- [new feature] JAVA-1718: Add NodeSync table option to SchemaBuilder.

- [improvement] JAVA-1724: Fix regressions from JAVA-1692 for 1.6. 

- [bug] JAVA-1663: Fix prepared conditional updates.

- [new feature] JAVA-1610: Add DSE_V2 protocol.

- [new feature] JAVA-1580: Support new 'nodesync' option.

- [documentation] JAVA-1479: Update README.

- [new feature] JAVA-1311: Create a fluent way of batching updates to graph.

- [new feature] JAVA-1603: Send keyspace option per-query.

- [documentation] JAVA-1549: Clarify API docs for .fromGeoJson() geometry types.

- [improvement] JAVA-1644: Use DsePlainTextAuthProvider for DseCluster.withCredentials.

- [bug] JAVA-1653: Always use metadata from first ROWS response for Continuous Paging.

- [improvement] JAVA-1620: Expose ports and server_id in Host metadata.

The drivers are available from the usual locations:

<dependency>

  <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>

  <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>

  <version>3.5.0</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

  <groupId>com.datastax.dse</groupId>

  <artifactId>dse-java-driver-core</artifactId>

  <version>1.6.6</version>

</dependency>

http://downloads.datastax.com/java-driver/

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