Patch version of 2.16, released December 24th 2023.

Following fixes are included in this patch release.

• #1141: NPE in Version.equals() if snapshot-info null
• #1161: NPE in "FastDoubleParser", method "JavaBigDecimalParser.parseBigDecimal()"
• #1168: JsonPointer.append(JsonPointer.tail()) includes the original pointer

• #4200: JsonSetter(contentNulls = FAIL) is ignored in delegating @JsonCreator argument
• #4216: Primitive array deserializer not being captured by DeserializerModifier
• #4219: JsonNode.findValues() and findParents() missing expected values in 2.16.0

• #303: NullPointerException in IonParser.nextToken()

• #616: Fix mismatch in setNextIsUnwrapped(boolean) in XmlBeanSerializerBase#serializeFieldsFiltered()

• #445: YAMLParser throws unexpected NullPointerException in certain number parsing cases

• #286: Breaking change in InstantDeserializer API between 2.15 and 2.16
• #288: LocalDateTime serialization issue with custom-configured LocalDateTimeSerializer

• #231: Missed change of javax.activation;resolution:=optional to jakarta.activation;resolution:=optional in jakarta-xmlbind/pom.xml

• #178: Deprecate local LRUMap, use jackson-databind provided one instead

• #178: Deprecate local LRUMap, use jackson-databind provided one instead