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 Spring Data MongoDB Changelog
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+Changes in version 1.9.4.RELEASE (2016-09-29)
+---------------------------------------------
+* DATAMONGO-1498 - MongoMappingContext doesn't know about types usually auto-detected (JodaTime, JDK 8 date time types).
+* DATAMONGO-1497 - MappingMongoConverter's check for whether a value is available for a property should use DbObjectAccessor.
+* DATAMONGO-1495 - Release 1.9.4 (Hopper SR4).
+
+
 Changes in version 1.8.6.RELEASE (2016-09-29)
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 * DATAMONGO-1499 - Release 1.8.6 (Gosling SR6).