changelog.txt

spring-framework-2.5.2.zip

SPRING FRAMEWORK CHANGELOG
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Changes in version 2.5.2 (2008-02-29)
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General
* various reference documentation revisions (e.g. updated transaction management chapter)
* removed outdated showcases sample applications from Spring distribution
* spring-context.jar does not include InstrumentationSavingAgent class anymore (for parent-last class loaders)

Package org.springframework.aop
* AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut matches against target class as well, not just against method's declaring class
* ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractAutoProxyCreator check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader
* Cglib2AopProxy properly detects overridden "finalize()" methods, never dispatching them to the interceptor chain
* CustomizableTraceInterceptor properly escapes method names and exception messages for regex parsing (wrt "$" signs)
* marked AbstractRefreshableTargetSource's status accessors as synchronized
* AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSourceCreator applies containing BeanFactory's configuration to internal BeanFactory
* AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSourceCreator creates an independent internal BeanFactory per target bean
* deprecated ClassLoaderAnalyzerInterceptor and associated ClassLoaderUtils class
* reintroduced AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary(ParserContext,Object) for Spring 2.0 compatibility

Package org.springframework.beans
* introduced PropertyAccessorFactory facade for obtaining BeanWrapper and direct field accessor instances
* deprecated BeanWrapper's "setWrappedInstance" method in favor of recreating a BeanWrapper per target instance
* BeanWrapperImpl trims an enum candidate value before matching it against the available enum values
* BeanWrapperImpl resolves the target type for a generically typed bean property, performing appropriate type conversion
* StringArrayPropertyEditor (for comma-delimited splitting of array elements) registered for short[], int[], long[] too
* CustomDateEditor and CustomNumberEditor preserve original ParseException as root cause of IllegalArgumentException
* MethodInvokingFactoryBean falls back to interpreting specified arguments as single method argument of array type
* deprecated RefreshablePagedListHolder class and associated PagedListSourceProvider interface
* added "getOriginatingBeanDefinition()" method to BeanDefinition interface, exposing the decorated definition (if any)
* PropertyOverrideConfigurer is able to properly override target bean definitions behind a scoped proxy decorator
* added "nullValue" property to PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, allowing for resolving specific Strings into a null value
* CustomEditorConfigurer and CustomScopeConfigurer accept editor/scope values as class names as well
* factored out AliasRegistry/SimpleAliasRegistry from BeanDefinitionRegistry/AbstractBeanFactory
* introduced SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry implementation for bean definition reader testing
* "registerAlias" allows for overriding as long as bean definition overriding is allowed
* added convenient "autowireBean(Object existingBean)" method to AutowireCapableBeanFactory
* AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory removes singleton if created for type check in case of circular reference issues
* AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory applies specified TypeConverter to bean references as well (not just to literals)
* AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory resolves the target type for a generically typed dependency (method parameter)
* AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory's "applyBeanPropertyValues" fully initializes the BeanWrapper used for binding
* AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory's "applyBeanPropertyValues" and "configureBean" use a cached merged bean definition
* fixed AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory's "configureBean" (@Configurable) to avoid bean name creation for inner beans
* fixed AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory to skip invocation of InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessors for null bean
* fixed AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory to always resolve the bean class before a FactoryBean type check
* added "freezeConfiguration()" method to Configurable/DefaultListableBeanFactory, allowing for eager metadata caching
* revised bean destruction logging to log at WARN level with exception toString only (full exception at DEBUG level)
* AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor resolves the target type for a generically typed dependency (method parameter)
* fixed AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor to correctly cache a collection with a single autowired bean as element
* fixed AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor to not cache special dependencies such as request and session references
* deprecated AbstractBeanDefinition's Spring 1.2 style "setSingleton" method in favor of Spring 2.0's "setScope"
* deprecated BeanDefinitionBuilder's "addConstructorArg" in favor of the consistently named "addConstructorArgValue"
* deprecated various rarely used BeanDefinitionBuilder methods in favor of settings on the raw BeanDefinition object
* added overloaded "genericBeanDefinition(beanClass)" method and "setParentName" method to BeanDefinitionBuilder
* added support for "(scope)" key to PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader: e.g. "myBean.(scope)=prototype"
* refactored AbstractBeanConfigurerAspect into Abstract(InterfaceDriven)DependencyInjectionAspect
* nested XML decoration elements (e.g. "aop:scoped-proxy") are explicitly rejected if no corresponding handler present
* InitDestroy/Autowired/Common/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor perform appropriate debug logging
* factored out generic SpringBeanELResolver and SimpleSpringBeanELResolver from "web.jsf.SpringBeanFacesELResolver"

Package org.springframework.context
* added "getId()" method to ApplicationContext interface, with corresponding "setId" in AbstractApplicationContext class
* moved CONFIG_LOCATION_DELIMITERS constant from ConfigurableWebApplicationContext to ConfigurableApplicationContext
* fixed AbstractApplicationContext to correctly ignore FactoryBean results that implement the Lifecycle interface
* AbstractApplicationContext processes Lifecycle callbacks in the order of bean creation by default
* AbstractApplicationContext explicitly freezes its bean factory configuration at the end of the "refresh()" phase
* exposed "allowBeanDefinitionOverriding"/"allowCircularReferences" properties in AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext
* factored out AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext base class for common handling of specified config locations
* ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and FileSystemXmlApplicationContext allow for bean-style configuration
* StaticApplicationContext builds GenericBeanDefinitions by default (instead of RootBeanDefinitions)
* added "initApplicationContext(ApplicationContext)" template method to ApplicationObjectSupport
* ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner detects scoped-proxy bean definitions as compatible (in case of duplicate scanning)
* refactored ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner into various template methods (for easier overriding)
* refactored ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser into various template methods (for easier overriding)
* ComponentScanBeanDefinitionParser includes annotation config processors in nested composite component
* "context:component-scan" resolves "${...}" placeholders in package paths against system properties
* "context:component-scan" explictly ignores directories that accidentally match a specified custom resource pattern
* fixed "context:load-time-weaver" to not break post-processor detection in case of Spring jars deployed as shared libs
* added "context:property-override" configuration element, as a sibling to "context:property-placeholder"

Package org.springframework.core
* introduced Named(Inheritable)ThreadLocal, used throughout the framework for self-descriptive thread-bound context 
* added "getParameterName()" method to MethodParameter, activated through a ParameterNameDiscoverer
* factored out GenericTypeResolver from BridgeMethodResolver and GenericCollectionTypeResolver
* factored out DecoratingClassLoader base class from OverridingClassLoader and ShadowingClassLoader
* added "isReadable()" method to Resource interface, giving a readability hint upfront (supported by FileSystemResource)
* fixed ClassMetadataReadingVisitor (as used by "context:component-scan") to correctly ignore *usage* of inner classes

Package org.springframework.dao
* PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor extends ProxyConfig and applies its settings to newly created proxies

Package org.springframework.ejb
* Local/SimpleRemoteSlsbInvokerInterceptor use EJB(Local)Home for EJB 2.x detection, for WebSphere compatibility
* SimpleRemoteSlsbInvokerInterceptor properly detects CORBA connect failures on the IBM JVM (for WebSphere EJB access)

Package org.springframework.instrument
* added public "isInstrumentationAvailable()" method to InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver, avoiding direct access to agent
* fixed ShadowingClassLoader to not attempt defining a package in case of a class in the default package

Package org.springframework.jca
* ResourceAdapterApplicationContext registers BootstrapContext as resolvable dependency type (for @Autowired)
* ResourceAdapterApplicationContext registers WorkManager as lazily resolvable dependency type (for @Autowired)
* added "workManagerName" property to WorkManagerTaskExecutor, for J2EE env lookups in JNDI (e.g. a Geronimo gbean-ref)
* introduced JBossWorkManagerTaskExecutor as adapter for the JBoss JCA WorkManager (analogous to CommonJ)
* introduced GlassFishWorkManagerTaskExecutor as adapter for the GlassFish JCA WorkManager (analogous to CommonJ)

Package org.springframework.jdbc
* DriverManagerDataSource's "driverClassName" throws IllegalStateException instead of CannotGetJdbcConnectionException
* added "defaultTransactionIsolationName" property to LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy
* SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator translates "01*" data truncation codes into DataIntegrityViolationException
* SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator translates "61*" deadlock codes into ConcurrencyFailureException
* SQLErrorCodesSQLExceptionTranslator falls back to SQL state translation for IBM DB2 and MS SQL by default
* added further default "sql-error-codes.xml" mappings for MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle
* DatabaseStartupValidator lets startup continue instead of 'busy' waiting in case of thread interruption
* JdbcTemplate falls back to type VARCHAR for a null value in case of an unknown SQL type specified against IBM DB2
* JdbcTemplate uses "PreparedStatement.setString" in case of LONGVARCHAR and CLOB (if given a String value)
* fixed CallMetaDataContext to skip SqlParameter objects without name (avoiding NPE)
* merged AbstractBeanPropertyRowMapper into concrete BeanPropertyRowMapper class
* removed BeanPropertyRowMapper's "newInstance" method to avoid confusion with ParameterizedBeanPropertyRowMapper
* revised BeanPropertyRowMapper to use JavaBean property introspection instead of expecting field/setter name matches
* factored out "initBeanWrapper"/"getColumnValue" template methods in BeanPropertyRowMapper, allowing for customization
* BeanPropertyRowMapper shares ResultSet value access logic with SingleColumnRowMapper
* BeanPropertyRowMapper and SingleColumnRowMapper perform Oracle-specific "getObject" checks for unknown specified types
* added ParameterizedSingleColumnRowMapper with a convenient "newInstance" method to specify the required type only once
* BeanPropertySqlParameterSource derives a default SQL type from the corresponding property type (for typed null values)

Package org.springframework.jms
* improved SimpleMessageConverter's exception message for an unsupported message payload
* DefaultMessageListenerContainer logs listener setup failures at INFO instead of ERROR level
* DefaultMessageListenerContainer allows for specifying a callback on "stop", for a notification after actual stopping
* DefaultMessageListenerContainer lets shutdown continue instead of 'busy' waiting in case of thread interruption
* fixed DefaultMessageListenerContainer to correctly process "sessionTransacted=true" in case of locally exposed Session
* SimpleMessageListenerContainer exposes listener Session as thread-bound resource for JmsTemplate calls (like DMLC)
* deprecated ServerSessionMessageListenerContainer in favor of DefaultMessageListenerContainer/JmsMessageEndpointManager
* DefaultJmsActivationSpecFactory is compatible with WebSphere MQ 6.0.2.1 as well now

Package org.springframework.jmx
* factored out "doUnregister(objectName)" and "onRegister(objectName,mbean)" methods in MBeanRegistrationSupport
* MBeanExporter actually sets "exposeManagedResourceClassLoader" to "true" by default (matching the 2.5 javadoc now)
* MBeanExporter explicitly removes all of its registered NotificationListeners from the target MBeanServer on shutdown
* introduced NotificationListenerRegistrar for registering a listener with any MBean on any MBeanServer(Connection)

Package org.springframework.mail
* added "text/csv" to ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap's and thus MimeMessageHelper's default MIME mappings

Package org.springframework.mock
* added "getServletContext()" method to MockHttpServletRequest (not available in the HttpServletRequest interface)

Package org.springframework.orm
* introduced "postProcessMappings" template method in Hibernate LocalSessionFactoryBean
* fixed Hibernate AnnotationSessionFactoryBean to allow for mixed mapping sources (despite 2.5.1's "buildMappings" call)