<p>
    The following changes were made between the 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 releases:
  </p>

  <ul>
    <li>
      Added a "discard results" search result listener that can be used in cases where
      a search should be performed, but the actual contents of any applicable search
      result entries or references are not needed.  The number of entries and
      references returned will still be available in the search result.  For example,
      this may be useful for testing purposes, if a search should be performed and
      you want to verify the result and potentially the number of entries and/or
      references returned, but you don't need to examine their contents.
      <br><br>
    </li>

    <li>
      Added client-side support for a W3C trace context request control that can be
      used to convey information for use in distributed tracing (e.g., via
      OpenTelemetry).  This control was originally defined in the ForgeRock Directory
      Server (now known as PingDS), and will also be supported in the Ping Identity
      Directory Server.
      <br><br>
    </li>

    <li>
      Updated the server set blacklist manager to improve debug logging in the event
      that servers are added to or removed from the blacklist.  The round robin and
      fewest connections server sets can be configured to use this blacklist manager to
      temporarily avoid attempting to create connections to a server when health
      checking determines that it's not in an acceptably usable state.
      <br><br>
    </li>

    <li>
      Updated the PropertyManager class to make it possible to cache property values
      for faster access with less contention.  Caching is disabled by default, but
      you can enable it by specifying a maximum cache duration.  Additional methods
      are provided to clear the cache, and to populate the cache based on the
      currently defined system properties and environment variables.