4.1 RC2 Release

⭐ New Features

• Improve Reference Documentation about Spring JMS (infrastructure) [SPR-12073] #16689
• Make @Payload as ElementType.METHOD too [SPR-12071] #16687
• Consider adding static notFound() builder method to ResponseEntity [SPR-12070] #16686
• JmsMessagingExceptionTranslator package tangle [SPR-12064] #16680
• Add more HttpHeaders constants for standard HTTP headers [SPR-12063] #16679
• Improve exception message: Default SmartContextLoaders do not support locations and @Configuration classes simultaneously [SPR-12060] #16676
• Shortcut method for building HEAD requests with MockMvcRequestBuilders [SPR-12055] #16671
• Introduce @TestPropertySource support in the TestContext framework [SPR-12051] #16667
• String to Enum Interface conversion not working [SPR-12050] #16666
• Missing custom entity type filter in LocalSessionFactoryBean [SPR-12049] #16665
• Improve comment in RuntimeTestWalker [SPR-12044] #16660
• Document that MockHttpServletRequest does not comply with Servlet spec regarding Accept-Language header [SPR-12043] #16659
• SpEL Compiler: Make OpModulus compilable [SPR-12041] #16657
• JmsListener/ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor should use SmartInitializingSingleton instead of ContextRefreshedEvent [SPR-12039] #16655
• JmsMessagingTemplate should not throw JmsException directly [SPR-12038] #16654
• Update JmsMessagingTemplate to support MessageRequestReplyOperations [SPR-12037] #16653
• Enhance ResourceHandlerRegistration API for resource transformers/resolvers [SPR-11982] #16598
• Isolation support for JPA with Hibernate EntityManager 4 [SPR-11942] #16559
• Provide initial support for Undertow 1.1 [SPR-11914] #16533
• Support Jackson2 based XML serialization/deserialization [SPR-11785] #16407
• @Configuration imported via @ImportResource is not processed [SPR-11723] #16345
• Introduce mechanism for automatic discovery of default TestExecutionListeners [SPR-11466] #16092
• @Configuration imported via ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar is not processed as configuration [SPR-11430] #16056
• Support for JSR-356 on WebLogic 12.1.3 [SPR-11293] #15917
• BeanFactory lacks method for getting bean by type with specified constructor arguments [SPR-11235] #15860
• Support Groovy scripts for bean definitions in the TestContext framework [SPR-11233] #15858
• Compatibility with GlassFish 4.1 and Tyrus 1.8 (WebSocket 1.1) [SPR-11094] #15720
• @ComponentScan does not allow for registering beans with lazy initialization [SPR-10459] #15092
• Spel Implicit Map [SPR-9472] #14107
• Hibernate4 version of SpringSessionContext.currentSession() does not create a session if TransactionSynchronizationManager does not contain one [SPR-9020] #13659
• readOnly transaction doesn't work with JPA and Hibernate 4 [SPR-8959] #13599
• Introduce mechanism for registering default TELs if a custom TEL is registered via @TestExecutionListeners [SPR-8854] #13496
• UrlBasedViewResolver should implement setExposedContextBeanNames (not InternalResourceViewResolver) [SPR-8064] #12719
• Passing lookup-method arguments to created bean constructor [SPR-7431] #12089
• Spring REST @MVC: Add support for google Protocol Buffers resource representation format [SPR-5807] #10477
• @LookupMethod annotation for use with component scanning [SPR-5192] #9865
• Binding in Velocity templates using EL accessors ([, ]) for collections produces non xhtml strict compliant output [SPR-5172] #9845
• HibernateJpaDialect does not support setting a specific isolation level per transaction [SPR-5012] #9687
• How to implement Pessimistic Locking with JPA [SPR-3812] #8492
• Implement synchronous request / response logic in JmsTemplate [SPR-3332] #8017

🪲 Bug Fixes

• SpEL Compiler: NPE on Indexer compilation, when is used map accessor [SPR-12045] #16661
• SpEL Compiler produces incompatible code with method generic returns [SPR-12040] #16656
• SockJsClient doesn't propagate "subProtocols" and "extensions" to the handshake request [SPR-12030] #16646
• NPE in DefaultListableBeanFactory#getPriority [SPR-12024] #16640
• Restore method signature for ViewControllerRegistration.setViewName [SPR-12016] #16632
• NPE in Elvis Expression (ExitTypeDescriptor null) [SPR-12014] #16630
• ThymeleafViewResolver not used by Spring 4.1 resulting in "circular view path" error [SPR-12013] #16629
• Spring 4.1 schema issues [SPR-12011] #16627

📔 Documentation

• Update references to RFC 2616 [SPR-12067] #16683
• Improve documentation for using "." vs "/" as separators with STOMP/WebSocket messaging [SPR-12007] #16623
• Add documentation for Java SockJS client [SPR-12006] #16622
• Enrich Spring reference documentation (Websocket Support section) with details on how to filter messages [SPR-11952] #16568
• No messaging module overview in the 2.2. Modules section [SPR-11847] #16466
• Document how to use custom @Cacheable annotation with AspectJ [SPR-11503] #16128
• Create an epub version of the Spring framework reference [SPR-11167] #15793
• Doc: Spring MVC and the most 'specific' @RequestMapping URL pattern [SPR-10576] #15205
• Explicitly mention proper URL-escaping in RestTemplate, UriTemplate, and UriComponents API Javadoc [SPR-10497] #15130
• Documentation does not explain how @Cacheable and @CacheEvict behave in a multi-threaded environment [SPR-9588] #14222
• [doc] CSRF prevention support in spring form controller [SPR-6125] #10793