BeanUtils 1.8.0 RC1 is available for review here: http://people.apache.org/~niallp/beanutils-1.8.0-rc1/

I have tested this with JDK 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6. This RC is built with JDK 1.5 (I tried building with JDK 1.4, but has the same problem Henri ran into with Lang 2.4: http://commons.markmail.org/message/wqqs67eyi6hq3mcq )

The tag is here: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/beanutils/tags/BEANUTILS_1_8_0_RC1/

Release Notes: http://people.apache.org/~niallp/beanutils-1.8.0-rc1/RELEASE-NOTES.txt

Site: http://people.apache.org/~niallp/beanutils-1.8.0-rc1/site/ (note some links are broken since the 1.8.0 directories are not yet created)

Clirr Report (compared to 1.8.0 Beta) http://people.apache.org/~niallp/beanutils-1.8.0-rc1/site/clirr-report.html (note breaking compatibility with 1.8.0 Beta was discussed here: http://commons.markmail.org/message/xpeify7dioksg7xg )

I plan to leave this for at least a week for review and hopefully final feedback on BEANUTILS-291. If it all looks good, then I'll create a second RC with the proper version number.

Niall