Docs + changelog updates, 4.16.0 version

Author: absurdfarce

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 *If you're reading this on github.com, please note that this is the readme for the development 
 version and that some features described here might not yet have been released. You can find the
 documentation for latest version through [DataStax Docs] or via the release tags, e.g. 
-[4.15.0](https://github.com/datastax/java-driver/tree/4.15.0).*
+[4.16.0](https://github.com/datastax/java-driver/tree/4.16.0).*
 
 A modern, feature-rich and highly tunable Java client library for [Apache Cassandra®] \(2.1+) and 
 [DataStax Enterprise] \(4.7+), and [DataStax Astra], using exclusively Cassandra's binary protocol

changelog/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 <!-- Note: contrary to 3.x, insert new entries *first* in their section -->
 
+### 4.16.0
+
+- [improvement] JAVA-3058: Clear prepared statement cache on UDT type change event
+- [improvement] JAVA-3060: Add vector type, codec + support for parsing CQL type
+- [improvement] DOC-2813: Add error handling guidance linking to a helpful blog post
+- [improvement] JAVA-3045: Fix GraalVM native image support for GraalVM 22.2
+
 ### 4.15.0
 
 - [improvement] JAVA-3041: Update Guava session sample code to use ProgrammaticArguments

manual/core/bom/README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ To import the driver's BOM, add the following section in your application's own
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
         <artifactId>java-driver-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>4.15.0</version>
+        <version>4.16.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ good idea to extract a property to keep it in sync with the BOM:
 ```xml
 <project>
   <properties>
-    <java-driver.version>4.15.0</java-driver.version>
+    <java-driver.version>4.16.0</java-driver.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>

manual/core/integration/README.md

@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ Here are the recommended TinkerPop versions for each driver version:
 
 <table>
 <tr><th>Driver version</th><th>TinkerPop version</th></tr>
+<tr><td>4.16.0</td><td>3.5.3</td></tr>
 <tr><td>4.15.0</td><td>3.5.3</td></tr>
 <tr><td>4.14.1</td><td>3.5.3</td></tr>
 <tr><td>4.14.0</td><td>3.4.10</td></tr>