[RELEASE] Java Driver 3.6.0 and DSE Java Driver 1.7.0

[Andy Tolbert]

Yesterday afternoon we released Java Driver 3.6.0 and DSE Java Driver 1.7.0.

The 3.6.0 driver release includes the following:

- [improvement] JAVA-1394: Add request-queue-depth metric.
- [improvement] JAVA-1857: Add Statement.setHost.
- [bug] JAVA-1920: Use nanosecond precision in LocalTimeCodec#format().
- [bug] JAVA-1794: Driver tries to create a connection array of size -1.
- [new feature] JAVA-1899: Support virtual tables.
- [bug] JAVA-1908: TableMetadata.asCQLQuery does not add table option 'memtable_flush_period_in_ms' in the generated query.
- [bug] JAVA-1924: StatementWrapper setters should return the wrapping statement.
- [new feature] JAVA-1532: Add Codec support for Java 8's LocalDateTime and ZoneId.
- [improvement] JAVA-1786: Use Google code formatter.
- [bug] JAVA-1871: Change LOCAL\_SERIAL.isDCLocal() to return true.
- [documentation] JAVA-1902: Clarify unavailable & request error in DefaultRetryPolicy javadoc.
- [new feature] JAVA-1903: Add WhiteListPolicy.ofHosts.
- [bug] JAVA-1928: Fix GuavaCompatibility for Guava 26.
- [bug] JAVA-1935: Add null check in QueryConsistencyException.getHost.
- [improvement] JAVA-1771: Send driver name and version in STARTUP message.
- [improvement] JAVA-1388: Add dynamic port discovery for system.peers\_v2.
- [documentation] JAVA-1810: Note which setters are not propagated to PreparedStatement.
- [bug] JAVA-1944: Surface Read and WriteFailureException to RetryPolicy.
- [bug] JAVA-1211: Fix NPE in cluster close when cluster init fails.
- [bug] JAVA-1220: Fail fast on cluster init if previous init failed.
- [bug] JAVA-1929: Preempt session execute queries if session was closed.

Merged from 3.5.x:

- [bug] JAVA-1872: Retain table's views when processing table update.

The DSE 1.7.0 driver release includes all changes in OSS 3.6.0 in addition to:

- [bug] JAVA-1953: Allow Distance to be Serializable.

The drivers are available from the usual locations:

<dependency>

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

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

  <version>3.6.0</version>

</dependency>

<dependency>

  <groupId>com.datastax.dse</groupId>

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

  <version>1.7.0</version>

</dependency>

Thanks,

The Java driver team