The Apache Commons Team is pleased to announce the availability of Apache Commons BeanUtils 1.9.0. The Apache Commons BeanUtils library is a component that provides easy to use wrappers around the Java Reflection and Introspection capabilities. Release 1.9.0 contains some bug fixes and improvements that have accumulated after the 1.8.3 release. The most obvious change is that the new version now requires JDK 1.5 or higher, and that language features introduced with Java 5 (mainly generics) are used. A full list of all changes can be found in the release notes at http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/beanutils/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Source and binary distributions are available for download from the Apache Commons download site: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils/download_beanutils.cgi When downloading, please verify signatures using the KEYS file available at the above location when downloading the release. For complete information on Commons BeanUtils, including instructions on how to submit bug reports, patches, or suggestions for improvement, see the Apache Commons BeanUtils website: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils/ Oliver Heger, on behalf of the Apache Commons community