2.9.0.RC1

Changes between 2.8.1 and 2.9.0.RC1

This is a pre-release with a new feature, a usability enhancement, bug fixes, and dependency upgrades. All users are encouraged to test this pre-release.

Make PerfTest generate JSON payloads with random data & specific size

GitHub issue: #211

Connect to different node on connection recovery

GitHub issue: #209

long parameters are not deserialized correctly in PerfTestMulti

GitHub issue: #214

PerfTest does not call System#exit on normal termination

GitHub issue: #215

Bump dependencies

GitHub issue: #210