changelog.txt

spring-framework-2.5.2.zip

* BeanDefinitionParserDelegate stores definition source for metadata attributes and qualifier attributes
* qualifier attributes consist of "key" and "value" in spring-beans-2.5.xsd (formerly "name" and "value")
* AbstractBeanDefinition's qualifier handling provides a unified "addQualifier(AutowireCandidateQualifier)" method
* AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser applies full scope to inner beans, making them eligible for destruction callbacks
* added "getParentName" template method to AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser, allowing for child bean definitions
* @Autowired qualifier annotations may be defined with target 'type' as well, marking the target bean class
* Autowired/Common/PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor implement PriorityOrdered and expose an "order" bean property
* "depends-on" kicks in before the affected bean is entering its creation phase; can be used to resolve circular refs
* added "registers-scope" annotation to spring-tool.xsd, allowing a tool to determine valid scope names

Package org.springframework.context
* AbstractApplicationContext calls "cancelRefresh" method in case of refresh failure now, resetting the 'active' flag
* AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext calls the full "destroyBeans()" method when refreshing the bean factory
* ClassPathXmlApplicationContext and FileSystemXmlApplicationContext trim passed-in config location Strings
* added "concurrentUpdates" flag to AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster, enabling copy-on-write for the listener set
* AnnotationConfigUtils checks for EntityManagerFactory class instead of PersistenceContext (for Tomcat 6 compatibility)
* moved CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor class from package "beans.factory.annotation" to "context.annotation"
* CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor supports @Resource's "mappedName" attribute as (potentially global) JNDI location
* added "alwaysUseJndiLookup" flag to CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor, enforcing Java EE 5 JNDI lookups
* CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the JAX-WS @WebServiceRef annotation as well
* CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the EJB 3 @EJB reference annotation (if present) as well
* @PostConstruct/@PreDestroy methods are only called once even if they are specified as standard init/destroy methods
* added "context:mbean-export" configuration element to "spring-context-2.5" schema, for annotation-driven JMX export

Package org.springframework.core
* NestedRuntimeException/NestedCheckedException's "contains" checks the nested causes of any kind of wrapped exception
* added "ConcurrentMap createConcurrentMap" method to CollectionFactory, exposing a common ConcurrentMap interface
* deprecated CollectionFactory's "createLinkedSet/LinkedMap/IdentityMapIfPossible" (for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher)
* AttributeAccessorSupport uses a LinkedHashMap, keeping the attributes in the order of registration
* "Conventions.getVariableName" follows JavaBeans property naming rules in case of multiple upper case letters
* added "getURI()" method to Resource interface
* added constructor with URI argument to UrlResource class
* FileSystemResource's "getURL()" builds URLs that can be converted to an URI
* introduced ContextResource interface with "getPathWithinContext()" method (exposed for context-relative lookups)
* reworked "core.asm.ClassReaderFactory" into "core.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory" (with internal ASM usage only)
* AspectJTypeFilter uses a given ClassLoader instead of the default ClassLoader

Package org.springframework.ejb
* spring-jee.xsd explicitly declares defaults for its boolean flags

Package org.springframework.instrument
* added WebLogicLoadTimeWeaver for BEA WebLogic version 10 or higher

Package org.springframework.jdbc
* SimpleJdbcTemplate's varargs handling always considers a single array argument as collection of arguments

Package org.springframework.jms
* JmsTemplate only starts lazily created transactional Connections if actually necessary (-> "startConnection" flag)
* JmsTransactionManager does not start transactional Connections until a transactional Session actually requires it
* added DestinationResolver support to StandardJmsActivationSpecFactory, for Destination objects on JCA ActivationSpecs
* DefaultJmsActivationSpecFactory autodetects WebSphere's JMS ResourceAdapter and extended ActivationSpec properties
* "spring-jms.xsd" supports "destination-resolver" attribute for "jca-listener-container" element as well
* JmsNamespaceHandler registers class names only, allowing tools to run without the JMS API on the classpath

Package org.springframework.jmx
* MBeanExporter applies NotificationPublisherAware callbacks to objects registered via "registerManagedResource" as well
* MBeanExporter's "exposeManagedResourceClassLoader" defaults to "true" now, for interaction with third-party MBeans
* MBeanExporter uses AUTODETECT_ALL as default if no beans have been specified explicitly
* MBeanExporter supports dynamic AOP proxies with the target class being a standard MBean/MXBean
* introduced AnnotationMBeanExporter with conveniently pre-configured AnnotationJmxAttributeSource
* ManagedResource annotation allows for specifying the "objectName" as annotation value as well
* MetadataNamingStrategy falls back to bean key (bean name) if no "objectName" specified in source-level metadata
* fixed IdentityNamingStrategy to obtain the package name through class name inspection rather than "Class.getPackage()"
* MBeanClientInterceptor automatically converts MXBean CompositeData/TabularData structures according to Java 5/6 rules
* MBeanClientInterceptor uses the standard JDK MBeanServerInvocationHandler if possible (for full MXBean support)
* MBeanClientInterceptor propagates exceptions thrown by the target MBean directly (i.e. not wrapped in a JmxException)

Package org.springframework.mail
* added "getJavaMailProperties()" method to JavaMailSenderImpl, allowing for convenient configuration of specific keys

Package org.springframework.mock
* MockServletContext supports "getContext" (allowing to register contexts through the new "registerContext" method)
* MockServletContext supports "getMimeType" if the Java Activation Framework is present on the classpath
* added convenience constructors to MockPortletConfig, MockActionRequest and MockRenderRequest

Package org.springframework.orm
* LocalSessionFactoryBean always uses the bean ClassLoader for "mappingResources" as well as for SessionFactory building
* HibernateInterceptor can be interleaved with JTA transactions and non-transactional access even with async tx timeouts
* removed custom detach/attach/newNamedQuery hooks from JdoDialect, expecting providers to follow the final JDO 2.0 API
* deprecated JdoTemplate's "attachCopy" methods in favor of revised "makePersistent" with a JDO2-style return value
* LocalPersistenceManagerFactoryBean passes the application ClassLoader into "JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory"
* added "persistenceManagerFactoryName" property to LocalPersistenceManagerFactoryBean, supporting JDO 2.1 PMF lookup
* added "jdoPropertyMap" property to LocalPersistenceManagerFactoryBean, allowing for non-String JDO property values
* JdoTransactionManager and JpaTransactionManager support REQUIRES_NEW transactions in afterCompletion callbacks
* JPA support exposes the application ClassLoader as PersistenceUnitInfo ClassLoader even without a LoadTimeWeaver
* JPA support uses InstrumentationLoadTimeWeaver as default weaver if InstrumentationSavingAgent is active
* revised CommonsLoggingSessionLog to work with TopLink 11 as well (remaining compatible with TopLink 10.1.3)

Package org.springframework.remoting
* fixed Hessian/BurlapClientInterceptor's "convertHessian/BurlapAccessException" method to return the exception properly
* JndiRmiClientInterceptor's "prepare()" doesn't declare NamingException anymore (just RemoteLookupFailureException)
* JaxRpcPortClientInterceptor's "prepare()" doesn't declare ServiceException anymore (just RemoteLookupFailureException)
* JaxRpcPortClientInterceptor extracts the original exception as far as provided by JAX-RPC in case of a SOAP fault
* introduced JAX-WS 2.0/2.1 support in package "org.springframework.remoting.jaxws"
* introduced RemoteInvocationFailureException, thrown by RMI/HTTP/JMS invoker proxies in case of server-side failure
* introduced SoapFaultException, thrown by JAX-RPC/JAX-WS proxies in case of a SOAP fault being reported

Package org.springframework.stereotype
* added @Service and @Controller stereotypes to the existing Component and Repository annotations

Package org.springframework.test
* introduced TestNG support based on the new test context framework

Package org.springframework.transaction
* TransactionSystemException preserves the original application exception, if any, in case of commit/rollback failure
* revised AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource's template methods for specific attribute/annotation retrieval
* AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource supports a customizable TransactionAnnotationParser strategy
* AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource supports EJB3's TransactionAttribute annotation (if present) as well
* TransactionAspectSupport ignores transaction attributes when not configured with a transaction manager
* added "tx:jta-transaction-manager" configuration element to "spring-tx-2.5" schema

Package org.springframework.ui
* "ModelMap.addObject(Object)" follows JavaBeans property naming rules in case of multiple upper case letters

Package org.springframework.util
* "ClassUtils.getShortNameAsProperty" strips the outer class name in case of an inner class

Package org.springframework.web
* added "resolveLazily" flag to Commons(Portlet)MultipartResolver, allowing to switch to lazy multipart resolution
* reworked MultipartException into a RuntimeException (it may be thrown from file/parameter access methods as well now)
* changed UrlPathHelper's and AbstractUrlHandlerMapping's/AbstractUrlMethodNameResolver's "urlDecode" default to "true"
* added "getAttributeNames" method to RequestAttributes interface
* introduced WebBindingInitializer interface, supported by BaseCommandController and MultiActionController
* introduced annotation-based controller approach using @Controller, @RequestMapping, @RequestParam and @ModelAttribute
* introduced annotation-based command/form controller facilities using @InitBinder, @FormAttributes and FormStatus
* introduced DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping and AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter for Servlet MVC and Portlet MVC
* added "caseSensitive", "pathPrefix" and "basePackage" properties to ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping
* added "getActualValue()" method to BindStatus, exposing the raw property value for comparison purposes
* added "exposeModelAttributes" property to RedirectView, allowing to suppress model exposure completely
* added "exposeContextBeansAsAttributes" property to InternalResourceView and InternalResourceViewResolver
* JstlView sets "exposeContextBeansAsAttributes" to "true" by default, allowing JSTL expressions to access Spring beans
* factored out a "loadReport()" method in AbstractJasperReportsView (called by "initApplicationContext()")
* revised AbstractJasperReportsView to allow for obtaining a report dynamically (through overriding "getReport()")
* TagWriter in JSP AbstractFormTag reobtains the Writer from the PageContext all the time (for FreeMarker compatibility)
* introduced "modelAttribute" property for JSP FormTag, superseding the "commandName" property for general purposes
* JSP SelectTag, OptionTag and OptionsTag properly detect a selected value even for Maps with converted keys
* JSP CheckboxTag caches converted candidate value when comparing it with collection elements
* introduced JSP CheckboxesTag (form:checkboxes) and RadioButtonsTag (form:radiobuttons)
* JSF 1.1 DelegatingVariableResolver checks Spring bean match first (analogous to JSF 1.2 DelegatingFacesELResolver)


Changes in version 2.1 M4 (2007-09-09)
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General
* updated build to use JUnit 4.4 for the tiger test suite while sticking with JUnit 3.8 for the main test suite
* moved GlassFish and OC4J instrumentation support from spring-context-support.jar to spring-context.jar
* renamed spring-mock.jar to spring-test.jar, reflecting the focus on the test context framework
* factored out Struts 1.x support (including Tiles 1.x support) into spring-webmvc-struts.jar
* Spring-style pattern matching ("*xxx", "xxx*", "*xxx*") supports multi-part patterns as well now ("xxx*yyy")

Package org.springframework.aop
* ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean are serializable if their target and interceptors are
* made parts of ReflectiveMethodInvocation and other internal impl classes public again (for framework integration)
* "AopNamespaceUtils.registerAutoProxyCreatorIfNecessary" registers a plain InfrastructureAdvisorAutoProxyCreator no