4.1.1 Release

⭐ New Features

• Allow configuring custom executor with WebSocket message broker [SPR-12272] #16877
• Clarify the single class restriction with @JsonView for a response body advice [SPR-12270] #16875
• PreparedStatement#setBlob(int, InputStream) is not supported in DefaultLobCreator [SPR-12265] #16870
• Update default SockJS CDN [SPR-12254] #16868
• Message broker thread pools should be set up in allowCoreThreadTimeOut mode [SPR-12249] #16863
• Consistent Environment access in XML bean definition parsing code [SPR-12248] #16862
• Create builder for Jackson ObjectMapper [SPR-12243] #16857
• Data binding with java.util.Optional: traversal of nested paths, detection of empty holders [SPR-12241] #16855
• INSERT SELECT of large CLOB causes ORA-01461 on setString [SPR-12240] #16854
• LocalSessionFactoryBean doesn't support JPA 2.1 auto-apply @Converter on Hibernate 4.3 [SPR-12234] #16849
• Expose @Bean method metadata in the BeanDefinition [SPR-12232] #16847
• Provide subclassing hooks in PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver [SPR-12231] #16846
• Explicitly release rolled-back database savepoints during (long-running) transaction [SPR-12228] #16843
• Further optimize ReflectionUtils.isCglibRenamedMethod [SPR-12227] #16842
• Support Jackson based XML serialization in RestTemplate [SPR-12225] #16840
• Improve performance of MapPropertySource.containsProperty [SPR-12224] #16839
• JndiLocatorDelegate.isDefaultJndiEnvironmentAvailable() should apply stronger checks [SPR-12223] #16838
• Support ordering of conditions [SPR-12219] #16833
• Allow configuring custom HandlerMethodArgumentResolver and HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler [SPR-12217] #16831
• DISCONNECT messages created in StompSubProtocolHandler do not contain user information [SPR-12215] #16829
• Add JavaConfig equivalent of tx:jta-transaction-manager [SPR-12197] #16811
• Spring HTTP clients do not enforce RFC 6265 (cookies in a single header) [SPR-12196] #16810
• Add spring macros support for Groovy Markup Templates [SPR-12193] #16807
• Scheduled/JmsListenerAnnotationBeanPostProcessor needlessly scans every scoped instance [SPR-12189] #16803
• Access to propertySources in CompositePropertySource [SPR-12182] #16796
• Set Jackson DEFAULT_VIEW_INCLUSION property to false by default [SPR-12179] #16793
• Using websocket scope in application event listener [SPR-12172] #16786
• Consistent support for java.util.Optional for all applicable handler method arguments [SPR-12171] #16785
• XML bean singleton attribute silently ignored [SPR-12167] #16781
• Log warning for single optional constructor when no default constructor to fall back to [SPR-12161] #16775
• SessionDisconnectEvent should extend AbstractSubProtocolEvent [SPR-12156] #16770
• Use DEBUG log level for broken WebSocket client connections or write failures [SPR-12155] #16769
• ResponseBodyAdvice to accept null values? [SPR-12152] #16766
• FormHttpMessageConverter writes ASCII encoded so that a multipart form data can not contain filenames with German Umlaute [SPR-12108] #16724
• Set Jackson FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES property to false by default [SPR-11891] #16510
• please let context:component-scan base-package eval placeholder then split by comma [SPR-10425] #15058
• make context:exclude-filter expression supports placeholder like context:component-scan base-package [SPR-10424] #15057
• Improve @RequestParam defaultValue's value JavaDoc [SPR-9967] #14601
• Section 15.3.2 - example description not matching example code [SPR-8025] #12680

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Java 8 introspection causes breakage with FreeMarker Configuration bean [SPR-12448] #17053
• Duplicate entries in ResolvableType cache [SPR-12275] #16880
• MethodReference isn't thread-safe [SPR-12269] #16874
• Spring 4.1 with WebMvcConfigurationSupport enabled does not register a default view resolver [SPR-12267] #16872
• Web Async responses force concurrentResult.toString() call [SPR-12253] #16867
• org.springframework.context.support.LiveBeansView.generateJson(Set) generates invalid JSON when resources already double-quoted [SPR-12252] #16866
• Sending message in ApplicationListener results in ERROR level logging [SPR-12247] #16861
• PropertySource overrides do not work with more than one classpath file [SPR-12244] #16858
• Regression: HttpEntityMethodProcessor does not support HttpEntity subclasses anymore [SPR-12242] #16856
• WebSocketMessageBrokerConfigurationSupport requiring JDK 7+ due to setRemoveOnCancelPolicy [SPR-12238] #16852
• Regression in @Condition exclusion [SPR-12233] #16848
• Protobuf support for Spring MVC 4.1 doesn't work with default settings [SPR-12229] #16844
• Exception in "inboundClientChannel" interceptor for DISCONNECT prevents broker from learning about it [SPR-12218] #16832
• Unexpected override order for @Configuration based property sources [SPR-12198] #16812
• NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException when autowiring static nested class that extends its containing class [SPR-12195] #16809
• Java 8 bridge method handling can lead to false positive detection of autowired annotations [SPR-12187] #16801
• Regression: Slow TypeDescriptor lookups in CachedIntrospectionResults on IBM JVM 6 [SPR-12185] #16799
• Message listener container does not apply proper recovery anymore [SPR-12183] #16797
• Enum to String conversion broken for subclasses [SPR-12181] #16795
• Race condition in ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource since 4.1.0 [SPR-12177] #16791
• JDBC conversion exception for enum types on MySQL [SPR-12174] #16788
• SocketUtils should not be an abstract class [SPR-12169] #16783
• Fix ResourceUrlProvider path check in getForRequestUrl [SPR-12158] #16772
• getObject(index, requiredType) fails for BigInteger on Derby [SPR-12...

4.1 GA Release

⭐ New Features

• Cache.get(Object key, Class type) should be more explicit about what to do in case of a type mismatch [SPR-12145] #16759
• allow value expressions for messaging listener annotation destinations [SPR-12134] #16750
• Call to addResourceLocations should not always be mandatory [SPR-12133] #16749
• Consider enhancing ResourceUrlProvider to be able to change the domain, port, or scheme [SPR-12130] #16746
• Update MVC namespace to match improvements made to the Java config in RC2 [SPR-12129] #16745
• Provide full control over the registration of resolvers and transformers in ResourceHandlerRegistration [SPR-12124] #16740
• RestTemplate does not render correct url for server ports [SPR-12123] #16739
• Performance issue on ResolvableType cache [SPR-12122] #16738
• Include http status code in ServletRequestHandledEvent [SPR-12119] #16735
• Consider adding static badRequest() builder method to ResponseEntity [SPR-12112] #16728
• PropertySources added via @PropertySource aren't available in the environment during component scanning [SPR-12111] #16727
• Placeholder resolution within @PropertySource resource locations can not resolve properties from prior sources [SPR-12110] #16726
• Remove synchronization around filteredPropertyDescriptorsCache in case of non-existing entry [SPR-12106] #16722
• Use putIfAbsent in CachedIntrospectionResults.addTypeDescriptor [SPR-12102] #16718
• MockHttpServletRequest should honor scheme in isSecure() method [SPR-12098] #16714
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver cannot search for "classpath*" patterns in a jar file roots [SPR-12095] #16711
• SchedulerAccessorBean should be able to find a default Scheduler [SPR-12094] #16710
• Convenient EhCache CacheManager setup in an @Bean method [SPR-12093] #16709
• Allow customizing the SockJsMessageCodec in WebSocket Java config and XML namespace [SPR-12091] #16707
• MockHttpServletRequest should honor "Host" header in getServerName() and getServerPort() [SPR-12088] #16704
• Add Exception tracking to JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptor [SPR-12068] #16684
• Allow configuring custom redirect prefix in HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler's [SPR-12054] #16670
• Too many exception stack traces related to disconnected SockJS clients [SPR-11870] #16489
• Support ignoreResourceNotFound as attribute of util:properties [SPR-10614] #15242
• ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource locks properties hashmap and fails under load. [SPR-10500] #15133
• Unnecessarily conservative locking in registerDependentBean is a bottleneck [SPR-8814] #13456
• Can't insert into nvarchar2 using SimpleJdbcInsert whereas it works with SimpleJdbcTemplate [SPR-8571] #13215
• Refactor AssertThrows to support Throwable instead of Exception [SPR-6362] #11028

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Jackson @JSONView not taken in account when using XML serialization [SPR-12149] #16763
• CachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close [SPR-12148] #16762
• InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInstantiation called with wrong beanClass for bean declared on JavaConfig [SPR-12142] #16756
• Plain FactoryBean declaration on @Bean method leads to early call (pre injection) [SPR-12141] #16755
• InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInstantiation not called for bean declared on JavaConfig [SPR-12140] #16754
• CssLinkResourceTransformer does not use resolveUrlPath properly [SPR-12137] #16752
• Metadata provided by ImportAware ignores conditions and is dependent on the order of the configuration classes [SPR-12128] #16744
• GuavaCacheManager ignores cache specification due to eager initialization of internal cache map with static cache names [SPR-12120] #16736
• OpenEntityManagerInViewInterceptor doesn't always close connections with WildFly 8 [SPR-12118] #16734
• PropertySource named cannot be added relative to itself (@PropertySource processing fails) [SPR-12115] #16731
• MockMvc security filters causes FileUploadException: the request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found [SPR-12114] #16730
• ServerEndpointExporter causes application context refresh to fail with an NPE when used in a Spring Boot app [SPR-12109] #16725
• Wrong string equality in Indexer [SPR-12105] #16721
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter doesn't support Servlet 3.1 setContentLengthLong [SPR-12097] #16713
• @Async Supporting ListenableFuture not applied with AspectJ [SPR-12092] #16708
• UncaughtExceptionHandler is not configured with AspectJ [SPR-12090] #16706
• getBean(Object.class) fails when introspecting Environment bean [SPR-10542] #15172
• LazyInitTargetSourceCreator does not work in Java-based configuration [SPR-10508] #15140
• Injecting EXTENDED @PersistenceContext into JUnit 4 test class causes NoSuchBeanDefinitionException [SPR-8834] #13476

📔 Documentation

• Document how to register custom MIME type in MockServletContext [SPR-12126] #16742
• Update reference docs table 29.1. (Cache SpEL available metadata) with @CachePut details [SPR-12125] #16741
• Update documentation to describe the resource handling additions in 4.1 [SPR-12117] #16733
• Update reference for JSONP support [SPR-12113] #16729
• Documentation misses chapters 4.13 and 4.14 [SPR-12107] #16723
• Document support for merging custom TELs with default TELs in the reference manual [SPR-12083] #16699
• Document automatic discovery of default TestExecutionListeners in the reference manual [SPR-12082] #16698
• Document @TestPropertySource support in the reference manual [SPR-12076] #16692
• Document Groovy script support in the TestContext framework in the reference manual [SPR-12027] #16643
• Document programmatic test transaction management support [SPR-11941] #16558
• Document @Sql script support in the reference manual [SPR-11849] #16468
• No real documentation on using the spring mvc artifact [SPR-11534] #16159
• Document JCache configuration in the cache section [SPR-10176] [#14809](https://github.com/s...

4.0.7 Release

⭐ New Features

• Performance issue on ResolvableType cache [SPR-12122] #16738
• Cache.get(Object key, Class type) should be more explicit about what to do in case of a type mismatch [SPR-12145] #16759
• BeanNameViewResolver should not try to use non-View beans [SPR-12079] #16695
• AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter should be more lenient when loading types [SPR-12042] #16658
• ConcurrentMapCacheManager has interdependent setters [SPR-12026] #16642
• RestTemplate with InputStreamResource does not work if Content-Length is not set [SPR-12017] #16633
• Exceptions thrown during AbstractApplicationContext.refresh() not being logged right when they are caught [SPR-12010] #16626
• XmlBeanDefinitionReader runs 10x slower due to resetBeanDefinition check [SPR-8318] #12966

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Injecting EXTENDED @PersistenceContext into JUnit 4 test class causes NoSuchBeanDefinitionException [SPR-8834] #13476
• getBean(Object.class) fails when introspecting Environment bean [SPR-10542] #15172
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter doesn't support Servlet 3.1 setContentLengthLong [SPR-12097] #16713
• ServerEndpointExporter causes application context refresh to fail with an NPE when used in a Spring Boot app [SPR-12109] #16725
• MockMvc security filters causes FileUploadException: the request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found [SPR-12114] #16730
• GuavaCacheManager ignores cache specification due to eager initialization of internal cache map with static cache names [SPR-12120] #16736
• Plain FactoryBean declaration on @Bean method leads to early call (pre injection) [SPR-12141] #16755
• CachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close [SPR-12148] #16762
• Tiles 3 TilesViewResolver should allow for custom TilesView subclasses [SPR-12075] #16691
• includeFilters and excludeFilters of @ComponentScan cause failures when used in meta-annotations [SPR-12065] #16681
• Spring may invoke @Bean methods too early in case of a circular reference [SPR-12018] #16634
• AbstractMessageListenerContainer#doExecuteListener can cause a dropped message if using CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE and the container is stopped and subsequently started again. [SPR-12015] #16631
• Non-stable BeanCurrentlyInCreationException with wrong Java config [SPR-12004] #16620
• Changes to AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster in 3.2.9 break HttpSessionEventPublisher in Google AppEngine Runtime [SPR-12002] #16618
• NPE in SelectedValueComparator with null bound value [SPR-12001] #16617
• StaxStreamXMLReader ignores significant whitespace [SPR-12000] #16616
• UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString may not parse correctly when there is no path [SPR-11970] #16586
• Exception during context refresh swallowed by subsequent LifecycleProcessor exception handling [SPR-10000] #14634

📔 Documentation

• Incorrect documentation for AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer.getServletConfigClasses() [SPR-12028] #16644
• Documentation typo [SPR-12020] #16636
• user destinations docs are missing the brokerPrefix [SPR-11992] #16608
• Remove outdated IDE, JIRA and Tomcat references [SPR-7521] #12179

3.2.11 Release

⭐ New Features

• XmlBeanDefinitionReader runs 10x slower due to resetBeanDefinition check [SPR-8318] #12966
• Exceptions thrown during AbstractApplicationContext.refresh() not being logged right when they are caught [SPR-12010] #16626
• RestTemplate with InputStreamResource does not work if Content-Length is not set [SPR-12017] #16633

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Injecting EXTENDED @PersistenceContext into JUnit 4 test class causes NoSuchBeanDefinitionException [SPR-8834] #13476
• Exception during context refresh swallowed by subsequent LifecycleProcessor exception handling [SPR-10000] #14634
• getBean(Object.class) fails when introspecting Environment bean [SPR-10542] #15172
• UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString may not parse correctly when there is no path [SPR-11970] #16586
• StaxStreamXMLReader ignores significant whitespace [SPR-12000] #16616
• NPE in SelectedValueComparator with null bound value [SPR-12001] #16617
• Changes to AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster in 3.2.9 break HttpSessionEventPublisher in Google AppEngine Runtime [SPR-12002] #16618
• AbstractMessageListenerContainer#doExecuteListener can cause a dropped message if using CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE and the container is stopped and subsequently started again. [SPR-12015] #16631
• Tiles 3 TilesViewResolver should allow for custom TilesView subclasses [SPR-12075] #16691
• MockMvc security filters causes FileUploadException: the request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found [SPR-12114] #16730
• Plain FactoryBean declaration on @Bean method leads to early call (pre injection) [SPR-12141] #16755
• CachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close [SPR-12148] #16762

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

4.1 RC1 Release

⭐ New Features

• AnnotationUtils should use threadsafe ConcurrentMap (contention) [SPR-12878] #17476
• Customize concurrency per JMS listener [SPR-11988] #16604
• DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader should ignore the 'profile' attribute for custom namespaces [SPR-11975] #16591
• Add ability to check specific error on field within Spring MVC test framework [SPR-11971] #16587
• Support JMS 2.0's shared consumers in message listener containers [SPR-11969] #16585
• Add hooks in spring-messaging for Spring Security [SPR-11966] #16582
• Add AppCacheResourceTransformer for HTML5 offline applications [SPR-11964] #16580
• Ordering of MessageConverters in AbstractMessageBrokerConfiguration [SPR-11961] #16577
• SQLExceptionTranslators do not reliably translate QueryTimeoutException [SPR-11959] #16575
• Reduce PlatformTransactionManager lookups in TransactionAspectSupport [SPR-11954] #16570
• Optimize logging at different levels with WebSocket/Messaging [SPR-11943] #16560
• Add support for caching destination resolver [SPR-11939] #16556
• Support for Types.NCLOB in SqlLobValue to simplify use with NamedParameterJdbcTemplate. [SPR-11938] #16555
• Support for argument-resolvers and return-value-handlers in MVC namespace [SPR-11927] #16545
• Seamless support for Groovy bean definitions mixed with XML bean definitions [SPR-11924] #16542
• @Async Supporting ListenableFuture [SPR-11909] #16528
• Introduce @SqlConfig for common SQL script configuration [SPR-11896] #16515
• Provide lock free access to BeanFactory methods by calling BF methods on the AbstractApplicationContext instance directly [SPR-11863] #16482
• ServletUriComponentsBuilder should consider X-Forwarded-Host [SPR-11855] #16474
• Add HTTP status code 308 Permanent Redirect [SPR-11854] #16473
• Add missing HandshakeInterceptor configuration to WebSocket config [SPR-11845] #16464
• HttpInvokerProxyFactoryBean and co do not reliably expose correct type when declared via @Bean [SPR-11842] #16461
• Support for java.util.Optional with @Inject (a la @Autowired's required=false) [SPR-11833] #16452
• Support for java.util.Optional as a @RequestParam [SPR-11829] #16448
• MarshallingView does not support JAXBElement value by default [SPR-11827] #16446
• Extend MockRestServiceServer to support AsyncRestTemplate [SPR-11822] #16442
• Make ListenableFuture lambda compliant [SPR-11820] #16440
• MessageReceivingOperations returns 'null' if the payload cannot be converted [SPR-11817] #16437
• Create a common interface for AnnotationConfigApplicationContext and AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext [SPR-11814] #16434
• Add events for subscribe/unsubscribe stomp commands [SPR-11813] #16433
• Enhance ResourceHttpRequestHandler with ResourceTransformer strategy [SPR-11800] #16420
• Expose current HttpServletResponse for autowiring [SPR-11795] #16416
• Support Groovy markup templating in Spring MVC [SPR-11789] #16411
• Support org.springframework.messaging.Message as an alternative to MessageCreator in the JMS support [SPR-11772] #16394
• Allow configuration of path mapping options for websocket handler mapping (e.g. alwaysUseFullPath) [SPR-11771] #16393
• Add SQL error code mapping for SAP HANA database [SPR-11770] #16392
• @ComponentScan should get processed without @Configuration as well [SPR-11769] #16391
• Move Spring Boot's YAML properties into the core framework. [SPR-11767] #16389
• MockHttpServletRequest should not require setContent for non-null getInputStream() result [SPR-11764] #16386
• Path matching options in MVC Java/XML config should apply to all handler mappings [SPR-11753] #16375
• Provide builders for HttpEntity and ResponseEntity [SPR-11752] #16374
• Make constants in HttpHeaders public [SPR-11749] #16371
• Improve reconnect attemps option in DefaultMessageListenerContainer [SPR-11746] #16368
• Expose STOMP/WebSocket monitoring info and internal stats [SPR-11739] #16361
• Skip Java immutable objects in session when processing the accessed attributes [SPR-11738] #16360
• Cacheable javadoc wrongly explains how cache keys are generated [SPR-11736] #16358
• Auto-proxy creation should not consider GroovyObject as a user-specified interface [SPR-11715] #16337
• Introduce isAnnotation() in ClassMetadata API [SPR-11711] #16333
• Add support of @SendTo for JMS listeners [SPR-11707] #16329
• Detect default JmsListenerContainerFactory automatically [SPR-11706] #16328
• Add support for @RequestMapping method return values of type ListenableFuture [SPR-11695] #16317
• Cannot add script after setting scripts in ResourceDatabasePopulator [SPR-11691] #16313
• Assert preconditions in ResourceDatabasePopulator [SPR-11690] #16312
• SchedulerFactoryBean should support non-durable jobs as well [SPR-11689] #16311
• Expose Spring MVC handled exception as request attribute when no view rendering is required [SPR-11686] #16309
• Allow use of "." as path separator in @MessageMapping methods and in simple broker [SPR-11660] #16283
• Use javax.annotation.Priority as an alternative for @Order [SPR-11639] #16262
• Introduce execute(DataSource) in ResourceDatabasePopulator [SPR-11629] #16252
• Relax websocket-enabled attribute on websocket:sockjs [SPR-11624] #16247
• CglibAopProxy needs to detect package-visible methods when defined in a different ClassLoader [SPR-11618] #16241
• Create a synchronous SettableListenableFuture implementation [SPR-11614] #16237
• JdbcTemplate should support JDBC 4.1 getObject(columnIndex, type) [SPR-11600] #16223
• Support RECEIPT frame on disconnect [SPR-11599] #16222
• Exception handling with SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster [SPR-11551] #16176
• Add supp...

3.2.10 Release

⭐ New Features

• Misleading exception message for using JPA with custom IsolationLevels [SPR-8325] #12974
• Revisit class cache in CachedIntrospectionResults [SPR-11867] #16486
• Performance regression for custom autowireBean calls with many properties [SPR-11875] #16494
• ReflectionUtils slow down application startup on WebSphere [SPR-11882] #16501
• Improve performance of ReflectionUtils.isCglibRenamedMethod [SPR-11894] #16513
• Consistent declaration of private static final logger variables [SPR-11905] #16524
• Manually registered transaction manager are not recognized by qualifiedBeanOfType [SPR-11915] #16534
• Unclear error message on BeanPostProcessor returning null [SPR-11951] #15997

🪲 Bug Fixes

• RequestAttributes in FrameworkPortlet [SPR-11295] #15919
• StandardPortletEnvironment is not properly populated [SPR-11816] #16436
• isGlobalRollbackOnly always returns 'false' with WebSphereUOWTransactionManager [SPR-11876] #16495
• MBeanExportConfiguration.SpecificPlatform never calls afterPropertiesSet() [SPR-11877] #16496
• URIComponentsBuilder shares state across calls of .build() [SPR-11885] #16504
• Spring 3.2.9 breaks JBoss EAP 5.1.1 VFS compatibility [SPR-11887] #16506
• HttpHeaders fails to return getAllow() if it was previously set to an empty collection [SPR-11917] #16536
• Objects created by FactoryBeans might get processed multiple times by BeanPostProcessors if beans are created lazily [SPR-11937] #16554
• Backward compatibility issue in RestTemplate's messageConverters after SPR-11351 [SPR-11962] #16578
• Java 8: ASM5 visitors required for parsing INVOKESPECIAL/STATIC on interfaces [SPR-11979] #16595

📔 Documentation

• Dead link to "MVC application step-by-step" guide [SPR-11935] #16552

4.0.6 Release

⭐ New Features

• TypedValue should have proper equals(…) / hashCode() methods [SPR-11960] #16576
• Improve logic for removing subscriptions from DefaultSubscriptionRegistry [SPR-11930] #16548
• Shared EntityManager should immediately throw TransactionRequiredException if no transaction in progress [SPR-11923] #16541
• Workaround for Wildfly WFLY-3474 NPE in HttpServletResponse.getHeaders [SPR-11919] #16538
• Manually registered transaction manager are not recognized by qualifiedBeanOfType [SPR-11915] #16534
• @Async isn't applied, if the interface doesn't have concrete implementation [SPR-11910] #16529
• Consistent declaration of private static final logger variables [SPR-11905] #16524
• Improve performance of ReflectionUtils.isCglibRenamedMethod [SPR-11894] #16513
• Check inactive WebSocket/SockJS sessions before they're connected on the STOMP level [SPR-11884] #16503
• ReflectionUtils slow down application startup on WebSphere [SPR-11882] #16501
• Performance regression for custom autowireBean calls with many properties [SPR-11875] #16494
• Revisit class cache in CachedIntrospectionResults [SPR-11867] #16486
• Unloadable nested classes in @Import should not fail if associated conditions exclude them anyway [SPR-11844] #16463
• Unclear error message on BeanPostProcessor returning null [SPR-11951] #15997
• Misleading exception message for using JPA with custom IsolationLevels [SPR-8325] #12974

🪲 Bug Fixes

• remove jackson dependency in AbstractHttpReceivingTransportHandler [SPR-11963] #16579
• Backward compatibility issue in RestTemplate's messageConverters after SPR-11351 [SPR-11962] #16578
• CachingConnectionFactory doesn't properly cache all consumers with JMS 2.0 [SPR-11956] #16572
• CachedMessageProducer does not support all JMS 2.0 MessageProducer methods [SPR-11950] #16567
• CachingConnectionFactory doesn't properly cache producers with JMS 2.0 [SPR-11949] #16566
• Objects created by FactoryBeans might get processed multiple times by BeanPostProcessors if beans are created lazily [SPR-11937] #16554
• DefaultSubscriptionRegistry does not update destination cache when subscribed twice to same destination [SPR-11931] #16549
• Prevent accumulation of cancelled SockJS heartbeat tasks [SPR-11918] #16537
• HttpHeaders fails to return getAllow() if it was previously set to an empty collection [SPR-11917] #16536
• Fix session initialization concurrency issue in SockJS session implementations [SPR-11916] #16535
• Regression: Form select tag forces "multiple" attribute even when explicitly set to false [SPR-11903] #16522
• [TypeDescriptor] Unable to obtain nested generic from ? at level 1 [SPR-11898] #16517
• Spring 3.2.9 breaks JBoss EAP 5.1.1 VFS compatibility [SPR-11887] #16506
• URIComponentsBuilder shares state across calls of .build() [SPR-11885] #16504
• MBeanExportConfiguration.SpecificPlatform never calls afterPropertiesSet() [SPR-11877] #16496
• isGlobalRollbackOnly always returns 'false' with WebSphereUOWTransactionManager [SPR-11876] #16495
• AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation fails with poor diagnostics if it encounters an Annotation that references an unloadable class [SPR-11874] #16493
• Infinite loop caused by import of XML configuration that declares a ConfigurationClassPostProcessor [SPR-11858] #16477
• Unsubscribing from an endpoint that no longer exists throws NPE [SPR-11832] #16451
• StompSubProtocolHandler eventPublisher being cleared by SubProtocolWebSocketHandler [SPR-11825] #16444
• StandardPortletEnvironment is not properly populated [SPR-11816] #16436
• RequestAttributes in FrameworkPortlet [SPR-11295] #15919

📔 Documentation

• Code snippet for many JDBC methods are showing wrong arguments. [SPR-11945] #16562
• Latest documentation does not state "application" as scope for beans [SPR-11944] #16561
• Dead link to "MVC application step-by-step" guide [SPR-11935] #16552
• Bad reference to HttpClient homepage [SPR-11853] #16472

4.0.5 Release

⭐ New Features

• Improve prefix detection in StringUtils.cleanPath [SPR-11793] #16414
• StandardServletMultipartResolver should support lazy resolution along the lines of CommonsMultipartResolver [SPR-11730] #16352

🪲 Bug Fixes

• StringUtils.parseLocaleString: locale variant cannot contain country code [SPR-11806] #16426
• getTestExecutionListeners() doesn't detect NoClassDefFoundError within BeanInstantiationException [SPR-11804] #16424
• SPR-10829: Spring JMS problem with Oracle AQ still exists if underlying DataSource is decorated [SPR-11791] #16412
• @Conditional may prevent an import from taking effect [SPR-11788] #16410
• JDBC findColumn gives wrong result in case of duplicate column labels [SPR-11786] #16408
• MemorySafeUndeclaredThrowableStrategy class not found [SPR-11782] #16404
• PropertyEditorRegistrySupport throws ExceptionInInitializerError when on endorsed classpath [SPR-11780] #16402
• Protect against security exploits via system identifier in DTD declaration [SPR-11768] #16390
• Regression: GenericTypeResolver returns null for partially resolvable type arguments [SPR-11763] #16385
• IdToEntityConverter throws Access Denied exception within Spring MVC application on WebSphere 8.x [SPR-11758] #16380
• ConcurrentModificationException in DefaultSubscriptionRegistry cache [SPR-11755] #16377
• Servlet 3 multipart parameter binding does not work on Weblogic12c (12.1.2.0) [SPR-11074] #15700

📔 Documentation

• Chapter 34.4 title is chopped off [SPR-11751] #16373

3.2.9 Release

⭐ New Features

• Overriding bean definition message does not take parent definition into account [SPR-9671] #14305
• CollectionToCollectionConverter.convert() improvement for untyped collections [SPR-11479] #16104
• Treat empty log config refresh interval as infinite interval in Log4jWebConfigurer [SPR-11507] #16132
• Improve exception message for failed property access in SpEL [SPR-11535] #16160
• ResizableByteArrayOutputStream and ByteArrayOutputStream capacities [SPR-11594] #16218
• MarshallingView should avoid temporary byte array when copying to response [SPR-11646] #16269
• Fix/optimize handling of @Bean method override regression with return type narrowing on JDK 8 [SPR-11718] #16340
• Metadata reading should never use ASM for java.* and javax.* types (in particular on JDK 8) [SPR-11719] #16341
• AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor.isEligible(…) does not consider proxy interfaces [SPR-11725] #16347
• StandardServletMultipartResolver should support lazy resolution along the lines of CommonsMultipartResolver [SPR-11730] #16352
• AbstractMarshaller should avoid SAXSource workaround when processExternalEntities=true [SPR-11737] #16359
• Improve prefix detection in StringUtils.cleanPath [SPR-11793] #16414
• ConfigurationClassParser.invokeAwareMethods(…) does not consider EnvironmentAware [SPR-11744] #16366
• Basic Java 8 bytecode compatibility for Spring 3.2.x through ASM 5.0.2 [SPR-11656] #16279

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Java config FactoryBean proxy causes class loader leak [SPR-9274] #13912
• Unsafe fallback pointcut construction in AspectJExpressionPointcut [SPR-9335] #13973
• Servlet 3 multipart parameter binding does not work on Weblogic12c (12.1.2.0) [SPR-11074] #15700
• double evaluation of method arguments in SpEL [SPR-11445] #16071
• XmlValidationModeDetector: length of a string is always greater than index of any of its characters [SPR-11477] #16102
• SpringBeanELResolver - setValue throws PropertyNotWritableException [SPR-11502] #16127
• Unable to retrieve FlashMap when target parameters are encoded [SPR-11504] #16129
• Default KeyGenerator doesn't work for methods with arguments of array types [SPR-11505] #16130
• Spring MVC Test can fail to obtain async result due to timing issue [SPR-11516] #16141
• ConstructorResolver will generate NPE in case of no factory method found when there are explicit args [SPR-11517] #16142
• Memory leak when using annotation based auto-wiring in child context [SPR-11520] #16145
• Providing unique names to prototype inner beans causes excessive memory and CPU use [SPR-11545] #16170
• BufferedImageHttpMessageConverter fails if JAI is installed [SPR-11581] #16205
• Log Forging in DispatcherServlet via requestURI [SPR-11591] #16215
• AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster can leak classes [SPR-11606] #16229
• Referencing static field of class that extends Map in expression language causes class cast exception [SPR-11609] #16232
• Servlet mocks are not reinjected into test instance between TestNG test methods [SPR-11626] #16249
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler not closing Resource's input stream [SPR-11644] #16267
• UrlResource.exists() does not properly detect JBoss vfszip resources [SPR-11676] #16299
• ConcurrentReferenceHashMap doesn't limit upper concurrency level [SPR-11720] #16342
• SpringProperties: the ClassLoader might be null, if class is loaded by the bootstrap class loader [SPR-11721] #16343
• If-Modified-Since header is parsed as HTTP-date; but IE 10 sends length [SPR-11727] #16349
• JRubyScriptUtils fails against JRuby 1.7.12 with NullPointerException in findClassNode [SPR-11747] #16369
• IdToEntityConverter throws Access Denied exception within Spring MVC application on WebSphere 8.x [SPR-11758] #16380
• Protect against security exploits via system identifier in DTD declaration [SPR-11768] #16390
• JDBC findColumn gives wrong result in case of duplicate column labels [SPR-11786] #16408
• SPR-10829: Spring JMS problem with Oracle AQ still exists if underlying DataSource is decorated [SPR-11791] #16412
• getTestExecutionListeners() doesn't detect NoClassDefFoundError within BeanInstantiationException [SPR-11804] #16424
• StringUtils.parseLocaleString: locale variant cannot contain country code [SPR-11806] #16426