mongo-java-driver 2.9.0-RC2 released

[Jeff Yemin]

Version 2.9.0-RC2 of the MongoDB Java driver has been released.

Highlights:

* JAVA-474 - Enhance read preference support.  See ReadPreference Javadoc

* JAVA-381 - Support redundant mongos connections. See Mongo constructor Javadoc

* JAVA-590 - Helper method for aggregation framework.  See aggregate method in DBCollection Javadoc

* JAVA-610 - Make DBCursor finalizer optional and disable it in all cases where there is no cursor maintained on the server. See MongoOptions Javadoc

* JAVA-613 - Expand connection pool JMX stats to include the current operation being executed by each in use connection.  See ConnectionPoolStat Javadoc

* JAVA-295 - Support Android platform

Downloads: github and maven central
Fill list of resolved issues: Jira release notes
Docs: http://api.mongodb.org/java/2.9.0-RC2/

As always, we greatly appreciate any feedback.  Please report bugs at jira.mongodb.org against the 2.9.0 release or start a discussion on this list.

-Jeff