changelog.txt

spring-framework-2.5.2.zip

* HibernateTemplate exposes the "org.hibernate.event.EventSource" and "org.hibernate.classic.Session" interfaces as well
* introduced "EntityManagerFactoryUtils.closeEntityManager" method that protects against exceptions thrown from close
* Hibernate/Jpa/JdoTransactionManager explicitly rollback an active transaction before closing when begin failed
* fixed TopLinkTransactionManager to correctly expose the underlying JDBC Connection in read-write transaction scenarios
* JDO/JPA factories check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader (for WebSphere compatibility)
* added "entityManagerFactoryInterface" property to AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean, as alternative to autodetection
* added "getEntityManagerFactoryInterface()" to JpaVendorAdapter (for WebSphere compatibility of OpenJpaVendorAdapter)
* added "getPersistenceProviderRootPackage()" to JpaVendorAdapter, for excluding provider classes from class overriding
* introduced EclipseLinkJpaVendorAdapter and EclipseLinkJpaDialect, supporting EclipseLink 1.0 M4 or higher

Package org.springframework.remoting
* factored out RemotingSupport base class from RemoteAccessor and RemoteExporter
* (Jndi)RmiClientInterceptor properly detects CORBA connect failures on the IBM JVM
* HessianClientInterceptor and BurlapClientInterceptor expose the bean ClassLoader as thread context CL (if necessary)
* added overloaded "executeRequest" method with original MethodInvocation argument to HttpInvokerClientInterceptor
* added "hostname" bean property to SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean, for a specific network address to bind to

Package org.springframework.scripting
* introduced "ScriptFactory.requiresScriptedObjectRefresh(ScriptSource)" for object refresh even after a type check call
* GroovyScriptFactory and JRubyScriptFactory refresh scripted object instances even after an intermediate type check
* introduced "ScriptSource.suggestedClassName()" for dynamic Groovy scripts that do not define a class themselves
* GroovyScriptFactory uses resource filename (for files) or bean name (for inline scripts) as suggested class name
* added "depends-on" attribute to "lang:bsh/groovy/jruby" configuration element

Package org.springframework.test
* TestContextManager ignores default TestExecutionListeners that cannot be instantiated (e.g. due to spring-tx missing)
* AbstractJUnit38SpringContextTests runs "afterTestMethod" callbacks even when "beforeTestMethod" or "setUp" failed
* AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests executes Spring default callbacks in any case (marked with "alwaysRun = true")
* added configurable "sqlScriptEncoding" property to AbstractTransactionalXxxSpringContextTests (for reading scripts)

Package org.springframework.util
* revised ConcurrencyThrottleSupport's interruption handling to throw an IllegalStateException instead of 'busy' waiting
* deprecated ResponseTimeMonitor and PerformanceMonitorListener classes in favor of custom classes for specific needs

Package org.springframework.validation
* DataBinder's "initDirectFieldAccess()" sets the "extractOldValueForEditor" flag by default, analogous to bean access

Package org.springframework.web
* ServletRequestAttributes keeps hold onto the original session if a "request.getSession" call suddenly returns null
* added "setConfigLocation" method to ConfigurableWeb/PortletApplicationContext, accepting an init-param style value
* added "initServletContext(ServletContext)" template method to WebApplicationObjectSupport
* optimized ServletContextResource's and PortletContextResource's "exists()" check to avoid unnecessary stream opening
* Commons(Portlet)MultipartResolver catches and logs any exception thrown from file item cleanup (not propagating it)
* introduced NativeWebRequest and MultipartRequest interfaces for even finer-grained generic request access options
* introduced FacesRequestAttributes adapter, with attributes access falling back to current JSF FacesContext by default
* added "dispatchOptionsRequest/TraceRequest" properties to FrameworkServlet, for dispatching all HTTP request methods
* deprecated PathMap attribute and CommonsPathMapHandlerMapping class in favor annotation-based request mapping
* deprecated ThrowawayController and ThrowawayControllerHandlerAdapter in favor annotation-based controllers
* @RequestMapping's "method" attribute supported at type level as well, expressing restriction for entire handler
* @RequestMapping's "params" attribute supported at type level for Servlets, expressing precondition for entire handler
* @RequestMapping's "params" attribute supported at type level for Portlets, mapping mode+params onto specific handler
* @RequestMapping annotation supports "!myParam" expressions for non-presence of a specific parameter as well
* introduced WebArgumentResolver interface and "customArgumentResolver(s)" property on AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
* factored out common HandlerMethodResolver/Invoker classes from Servlet/Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
* AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter does not restrict supported HTTP methods by default (allowing for PUT, DELETE as well)
* AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter narrows through method name resolution even for a set of equal non-empty mappings
* AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter resolves the target type for a generically typed @RequestParam/@ModelAttribute argument
* AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter properly allows for resolving a Principal argument to null (in case of none defined)
* AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter resolves InputStream/OutputStream and Reader/Writer subclasses as well
* added "synchronizeOnSession" property to AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, analogous to AbstractController
* fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to avoid NPE in case of plain model attribute returned from handler method
* Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter sends HTTP 404 instead of throwing IllegalState if no handler method found
* Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws UnavailableException instead of IllegalState if no handler method found
* added "prepareResponse"/"generatesDownloadContent" methods to AbstractView, for HTTPS cache header workaround for IE
* AbstractPdfView and Abstract(J)ExcelView participate in AbstractView's HTTPS cache header workaround for IE
* AbstractJasperReportsView does not perform a hard response reset, in favor of AbstractView's HTTPS cache workaround
* AbstractTemplateView catches "HttpServletResponse.getContentType()" exceptions (for JBoss Portal compatibility)
* InternalResourceView only exposes forward attributes when running on Servlet <2.5 (for GlassFish compatibility)
* InternalResourceView detects circular dispatching to the same view even in case of pattern matches for same handler
* InternalResourceView prevents dispatch to same handler path only if the "preventDispatchLoop" flag is set to "true"
* InternalResourceViewResolver sets "preventDispatchLoop" to "true" for conventional name-based View instances only
* JstlView exposes a JSTL-aware MessageSource even for a custom MessageSource passed in through the constructor
* re-added AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag's COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME in deprecated form (Spring 2.0.x compatibility)
* made FormTag's MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME public (as replacement of COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME)
* JSP Checkbox(es)Tag and RadioButton(s)Tag render label as HTML label element after input element (for HTML compliance)
* JSP CheckboxesTag and RadioButtonsTag compare raw item / raw Map key for selection check as well
* JSP SelectTag and OptionsTag compare raw Map key for selection check as well


Changes in version 2.5.1 (2008-01-09)
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General
* refined PDF formatting settings for the reference documentation
* added coverage of JAX-WS support to the reference documentation
* added section on J2EE RAR deployment to the reference documentation
* moved "org.springframework.web.bind/multipart" packages from spring-web.jar to spring-webmvc.jar
* updated AspectJ jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to AspectJ 1.5.4
* updated Groovy jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to Groovy 1.5.1
* updated Hessian jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to Hessian 3.1.3
* updated iText jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to iText 2.0.7
* updated POI jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to POI 3.0.1

Package org.springframework.aop
* ProxyFactory caches CGLIB proxies only when underlying (Smart)ClassLoader does not indicate a reloadable Class
* added "logTargetClassInvocation" property to AbstractMonitoringInterceptor, for logging the target invocation trace

Package org.springframework.beans
* ConfigurablePropertyAccessor extends the TypeConverter interface (moved up from BeanWrapper interface)
* BeanWrapper supports well-known collection implementation types for generic element conversion again (like Spring 2.0)
* TypeConverterDelegate protects its text conversion step against PropertyEditors which don't support "setValue" calls
* factored out FactoryBeanRegistrySupport base class from AbstractBeanFactory and AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory
* optimized AbstractBeanFactory's access to cached FactoryBean-exposed objects, avoiding unnecessary locks
* ConstructorResolver prefers concrete class matches over interface matches at the same level when checking arguments
* revised accidental public exposure of "isPrimary" method in ConfigurableListableBeanFactory/DefaultListableBeanFactory
* moved "resolveDependency" implementation from AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory down to DefaultListableBeanFactory
* revised DefaultListableBeanFactory's "resolveDependency" exceptions with respect to clarity and context inclusion
* DefaultListableBeanFactory does not eagerly initialize FactoryBeans for type checks even with factory-bean reference
* DefaultListableBeanFactory throws descriptive exception in case of factory-bean circular reference
* DefaultListableBeanFactory supports ObjectFactory indirection for resolvable dependencies
* DefaultListableBeanFactory always resolves bean class before checking a bean definition as autowire candidate
* AbstractBeanDefinition stores and exposes the originating Resource (rather than just the resource description)
* XmlBeanDefinitionReader detects recursive loading of the same resource (e.g. through import cycles)
* DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader sends ImportDefinition events containing the actually resolved Resource objects
* DefaultDocumentLoader includes the JAXP IllegalArgumentException in the rethrown ParserConfigurationException
* ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner marks default init/destroy methods as not enforced (accepting beans without those)
* SingletonBeanFactoryLocator falls back to a single bean of type BeanFactory (if any) when given a null locator key
* SingletonBeanFactoryLocator removes bean factory group definition if its initialization fails
* factored out protected "getTargetBean" method in ObjectFactoryCreatingFactoryBean (for easier overriding)
* revised BeanConfigurerSupport to allow for usage as a delegate as well, not just as a base class
* revised BeanConfigurerSupport to re-initialize its default BeanWiringInfoResolver for each context refresh
* fixed AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor to properly cache dependencies that do not correspond to a registered bean
* annotation processors detect already managed methods/fields, avoiding double invocation in case of multiple processors
* explicit annotation processors override implicit default processors (as built by annotation-config / component-scan)

Package org.springframework.cache
* added "cacheManagerName" property to EhCacheManagerFactoryBean

Package org.springframework.context
* fixed AbstractApplicationContext to only send ContextStoppedEvent in case of "stop()" (i.e. not for "close()")
* fixed AbstractApplicationContext to always detect LoadTimeWeaverAwareProcessor in the local ClassLoader (for OSGi)
* ClassPath/FileSystemXmlApplicationContext perform early check for null elements in config location array
* added "addMessages(Map, Locale)" method to StaticMessageSource, for bulk adding messages
* ContextTypeMatchClassLoader does not generally exclude classes in the "org.springframework" package anymore
* DefaultContextLoadTimeWeaver only chooses GlassFishLoadTimeWeaver when running in the EAR ClassLoader
* DefaultContextLoadTimeWeaver removes all registered transformers from the VM Instrumentation object (if applicable)
* CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor properly ignores @Resource-annotated JAX-WS WebServiceContext references
* AnnotationBeanNameGenerator (used by "context:component-scan") detects default name values in custom annotation types
* ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider ("context:component-scan") ignores non-static inner and local classes
* "context:property-placeholder" configuration element does not require a "location" attribute (for system properties)

Package org.springframework.core
* introduced SmartClassLoader marker interface, declaring a "boolean isClassReloadable(Class clazz)" operation
* OverridingClassLoader excludes the "oracle." package by default as well (e.g. for TopLink's custom annotations)
* MethodParameter uses reflection to obtain parameter annotations (for compatibility with the IBM 1.4.2 VM's debug mode)
* LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer caches parameter names per method and obtained ASM ClassReaders per class
* added "getEnclosingClassName()", "hasEnclosingClass()" and "isIndependent()" methods to ClassMetadata interface

Package org.springframework.ejb
* "jee:local-slsb" and "jee:remote-slsb" work for EJB3 Session Beans as well (as alternative to "jee:jndi-lookup")
* introduced EJB3-compliant SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor for processing Spring's @Autowired in EJB3 SBs/MDBs

Package org.springframework.instrument
* InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver allows for operating on a pre-defined ClassLoader and for removing transformers again
* TomcatInstrumentableClassLoader always passes local ClassLoader into ClassFileTransformers (makes AspectJ LTW work)