3.2 M2 Release

⭐ New Features

• MockFilterChain should support Filters and Servlet [SPR-9745] #14379
• Introduce ConvertingComparator and InstanceComparator [SPR-9730] #14364
• HttpEntity and ResponseEntity value objects do not implement equals(…)/hashCode() [SPR-9714] #14348
• Make DeferredResult testable [SPR-9690] #14324
• DeferredResult/async provides no (obvious) way to handle exceptions [SPR-9689] #14323
• MockHttpSession does not implement invalidate() properly [SPR-9686] #14320
• Introduce strategy for BeanInfo creation [SPR-9677] #14311
• Upgrade to ASM 4.0 and CGLIB 3.0 [SPR-9669] #14303
• Introduce countRowsInTableWhere() and dropTables() in abstract transactional base classes in the TestContext framework [SPR-9665] #14299
• XStreamMarshaller + BinaryStreamDriver [SPR-9663] #14297
• Upgrade to Gradle 1.1 GA [SPR-9660] #14294
• MVC: Put exception in PageContext before sending error [SPR-9653] #14287
• Support single, unnamed transaction manager bean in the TestContext framework [SPR-9645] #14279
• @DateTimeFormat does not work with @Value [SPR-9637] #14271
• SpEL should support standard operators for logical AND and logical OR [SPR-9614] #14248
• SpEL should support case-insensitive null literals [SPR-9613] #14247
• Support TransactionManagementConfigurer for determining the transaction manager in the TestContext framework [SPR-9604] #14238
• Improve getNamedDispatcher(String) method of MockServletContext [SPR-9587] #14221
• Support base package inference for @ComponentScan [SPR-9586] #14220
• org.springframework.web.context.request.async.DeferredResult should have parameter type [SPR-9579] #14213
• Proper handling of parameterized types for @RequestBody parameters [SPR-9570] #14204
• Improve SimpleStreamingClientHttpRequest performance [SPR-9530] #14164
• Update javadoc of HttpMediaTypeException constructor [SPR-9513] #14147
• Infer return type of parameterized static factory methods [SPR-9493] #14127
• Introduce MockEnvironment in the spring-test module [SPR-9492] #14126
• Javadoc for RequestMapping consumes, produces format is misleading, incomplete [SPR-9483] #14118
• Document correct data sql file name in default scripts of embedded database in reference manual [SPR-9467] #14102
• Add Servlet 3 async support related config options [SPR-9399] #14035
• Update documentation with regards to overrid RequestMappingHandlerMapping and RequestMappingHandlerAdapter when using the MVC namespace [SPR-9344] #13982
• com.sun.syndication.feed.rss.Channel/Feed should be rendered by RssChannelHttpMessageConverter/AtomFeedHttpMessageConverter by default [SPR-9336] #13974
• DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver doesn't provide a reason when sending error responses [SPR-9312] #13950
• DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver doesn't handle BindException but does handled other data binding related exceptions [SPR-9310] #13948
• Improved support for REST API error reporting [SPR-9283] #13921
• Add extension element to Spring Web MVC @RequestMapping annotation [SPR-9153] #13791
• Provide bean factory to simplify the customization of Jackson ObjectMapper [SPR-9125] #13764
• Support @MVC methods that can apply to any @Controller [SPR-9112] #13750
• Provide support for ApplicationContextInitializers in the TestContext framework [SPR-9011] #13650
• Provide JdbcTemplate in abstract transactional base classes in the TestContext framework [SPR-8990] #13630
• Reduce log level to DEBUG when @TestExecutionListeners is not present [SPR-8645] #13287
• Spring MVC - Ability to use a Converter based on the Path Extension instead of Accep Header. [SPR-8546] #13190
• Content negotiation improvements [SPR-8410] #13057
• HttpMessageConverter doesn't support typed collections [SPR-8381] #13028
• Better description for DispatcherServlet's "No adapter for handler: Does your handler implement a supported interface like Controller?" exception message [SPR-8338] #12986
• Add support for the HTTP PATCH method [SPR-7985] #12640
• Use of semicolon delimited lists in REST URIs [SPR-7818] #12474
• @RequestMapping should support alternative between a header and a url extension [SPR-7722] #12378
• Introduce request parameter based content negotiation for ResponseBody / HttpMessageConverter approach [SPR-7517] #12175
• Allow Errors/BindingResult after @RequestBody [SPR-7114] #11774
• Proper handling of parameterized types in RestTemplate [SPR-7023] #11685
• Add content-negotiation to RequestBody and ResponseBody processing [SPR-6993] #11658
• Add Gradle task for building zip with dependencies [SPR-6575] #11241
• Ability to exclude HandlerInterceptor from specific path with mvc:interceptor [SPR-6570] #11236
• @RequestMapping should support accept header and url extension [SPR-6497] #11163
• Use split index for Web documentation [SPR-4984] #9660

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Sometimes throws Classcast exception for cglib [SPR-10086] #14719
• Package org.springframework.asm split across core and asm JARs [SPR-9988] #14622
• isFormContentType in org.springframework.web.filter.HttpPutFormContentFilter should return false on an illegal argument exception [SPR-9769] #14403
• Sort candidate @AspectJ methods deterministically [SPR-9729] #14363
• Unable to build spring-framework on Windows platform [SPR-9717] #14351
• spring-orm dependency on spring-web should be optional [SPR-9632] #14266
• SpEL MethodFilter registration fails if custom method resolvers have been set [SPR-9621] #14255
• SpEL fails to parse nested double quotes in expressions [SPR-9620] #14254
• SpEL fails to parse method invocation on an Integer literal [SPR-9612] #14246
• A forward before startAsync is called results in incorrect async request processing [SPR-9611] [#14245](https://githu...

3.1.2 Release

⭐ New Features

• Setting default charset in StringHttpMessageConverter [SPR-7904] #12559
• XStreamMarshaller should convert XStream StreamException to Spring exception in case of unmarshalling an empty stream [SPR-9536] #14170
• Use BufferedInputStream in SimpleMetaDataReader to double performance [SPR-9528] #14162
• Quartz 2.x scheduler support (SimpleTriggerFactoryBean) ignores repeatCount attribute [SPR-9521] #14155
• Backport constructor accepting Charset in StringHttpMessageConverter, from Spring for Android to Spring Web. [SPR-9487] #14122
• Hibernate 4 smart flushing does not work unless CMTTransactionFactory is being specified [SPR-9480] #14115
• Resolve nested ${..} placeholders via PropertyResolver/Environment [SPR-9473] #14108
• Add missing section ids in reference documentation [SPR-9346] #13984
• Use Jackson 2.0 for Jackson based json processing such as MappingJacksonJsonView [SPR-9302] #13940
• Clarify @EnableScheduling javadoc re ExecutorService shutdown [SPR-9280] #13918
• Reduce log level for message re: missing annotation [SPR-9233] #13871
• HttpClientErrorException should provide access to response headers [SPR-7938] #12593
• Invalid MIME-type causes a 500 error [SPR-7712] #12368
• Cache by-type lookups in DefaultListableBeanFactory [SPR-6870] #11536
• Enable Executor qualification with @Async [SPR-6847] #11513

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Documentation for AbstractResource.getFilename() says 'throws IllegalAccessException' when in fact it returns null [SPR-9561] #14195
• DatabasePopulatorUtils uses non-transactional connection [SPR-9457] #14092
• ApplicationContext environment inheritance may causes child context environment property sources to be lost [SPR-9444] #14080
• Fix package cycle established by @EnableSpringConfigured [SPR-9441] #14077
• Fix regression in ClassPathResource descriptions [SPR-9413] #14049
• Unknown status codes (i.e. not in HttpStatus enum) prevent HttpClientErrorException and HttpServerErrorExceptions from being raised [SPR-9406] #14042
• Exposure of setStatisticsEnabled/setSampledStatisticsEnabled causes cache not initialized exception when chaches are defined as spring beans. [SPR-9392] #14028
• Reinstate check for a type-level @RequestMapping annotation to decide if a bean contains @RequestMapping methods [SPR-9374] #14010
• Cannot amend properties in RequestMappingHandlerMapping (e.g. useSuffixPatternMatch) using a bean post processor as ApplicationContextAwareProcessor always fires first initialising RequestMappingHandlerMapping [SPR-9371] #14007
• Regression: Incorrect behavior if a @PathVariable has the same name as a @ModelAttribute's object property [SPR-9349] #13987
• @PathVariable drops extension [SPR-9333] #13971
• UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri brakes url encoded query param [SPR-9317] #13955
• org.springframework.web.multipart.support.StandardServletMultipartResolver.cleanupMultipart causes an IOException on Resin [SPR-9299] #13937
• DispatcherPortlet shouldn't call exposeActionException during event processing [SPR-9287] #13925
• MutablePropertySources#get throws when it should return null [SPR-9179] #13817
• Scoped-proxy memory leak w/ @Resource injection [SPR-9176] #13814
• org.springframework.context misses Import-Package on javax.inject [SPR-9173] #13811
• Avoid infinite loop in AbstractResource#contentLength [SPR-9161] #13799
• AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor ignores quality parameter when selecting a MediaType [SPR-9160] #13798
• "Content-Disposition" in class StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest should be case insensitive [SPR-9149] #13787
• Invalid MIME-type causes a 500 error [SPR-9142] #13781
• Race condition in AnnotationMethodHandlerExceptionResolver [SPR-9138] #13777
• Custom condition in request mapping handler does not work as an exclusion filter [SPR-9134] #13773
• Fix regression in @PropertySource placeholder resolution [SPR-9133] #13772
• ServletContextResource getFile should not rely on getRealPath (for WebLogic 10 compatibility) [SPR-8461] #13107

📔 Documentation

• Backport "Add missing section ids in reference documentation" [SPR-9410] #14046
• INDEX.LIST uses incorrect jar names [SPR-6383] #11049

3.2 M1 Release

⭐ New Features

• Improve documentation for @Bean 'lite' mode and annotated class support in the TestContext Framework [SPR-9401] #14037
• java.sql.SQLTimeoutException not translated to org.springframework.dao.QueryTimeoutException [SPR-9376] #14012
• Possibility of creating multiple custom @RequestConditions [SPR-9350] #13988
• Documentation Typo [SPR-9321] #13959
• Add convenient WebApplicationInitializer base classes [SPR-9300] #13938
• Support binding @PathVariable(s) to a Map [SPR-9289] #13927
• Confusion around binding request parameters to Maps using Spring MVC [SPR-9265] #13903
• Small memory improvements to InjectionMetadata and InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.LifecycleMetadata [SPR-9264] #13902
• Improve Support for Maps of Mixed Types [SPR-9249] #13887
• @RequestBody should have a required parameter to allow a request body to be optional [SPR-9239] #13877
• Allow configuration of a custom MessageCodesResolver in WebMvcConfigurer [SPR-9223] #13861
• SpEL: support references to arrays in the T() construct [SPR-9203] #13841
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler should check that locations is not null [SPR-9186] #13824
• Map Oracle's ORA-30006 to Spring's CannotAcquireLockException [SPR-9141] #13780
• Decode URI variable values when UrlPathHelper.setUrlDecode() is set to false [SPR-9098] #13736
• Improve dependency management for the spring-test module [SPR-8861] #13503
• Missing syntax in the 3.0.0 reference documentation [SPR-8856] #13498
• Support for JCache (JSR-107) [SPR-8774] #13417
• Support not (!) operator for profile selection [SPR-8728] #13370
• Support for Servlet 3.0/3.1 asynchronous request processing [SPR-8517] #13162
• spring-expression: OpPlus should convert operand values to String using registered convertors [SPR-8308] #12957
• Improve build system and source control infrastructure [SPR-8120] #12773
• HttpStatus deprecations/links [SPR-7942] #12597
• Update documentation regarding scoped-proxy and singleton beans [SPR-7940] #12595
• Hibernate LocalSessionFactoryBean schemaUpdate incompatible with automatic dialect detection [SPR-7936] #12591
• Predict specific object type in EhCacheFactoryBean [SPR-7843] #12499
• support pretty printing in MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter [SPR-7201] #11860
• Support initial delay attribute for @Scheduled and task:scheduled [SPR-7022] #11684
• <form:form /> : propose a limited number of values for the method attribute [SPR-6945] #11610
• Some implementation of HandlerExceptionResolver should allow for a list of Exceptions to be ignored [SPR-5193] #9866

🪲 Bug Fixes

• StringUtils.parseLocaleString incorrectly parses when language and country are the same and lowercase "de_de" parses to "de_DE_de" [SPR-9420] #14056
• Log4jWebConfigurer: wrong config location URL with some property substitutions [SPR-9417] #14053
• JavaBeanInfo Link broken [SPR-9408] #14044
• ContentNegotiationViewResolver should not decode Request-URI while fetching requested Media-Types [SPR-9390] #14026
• Broken external link in AbstractWireFeedHttpMessageConverter API [SPR-9379] #14015
• AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(Method, Class) fails to find annotation under specific conditions [SPR-9342] #13980
• HttpStatusCodeException cannot be serialized [SPR-9273] #13911
• incorrect message in BeanCreationException [SPR-9260] #13898
• JSON (jackson) @RequestBody marshalling throws java.io.EOFException when body is missing [SPR-9238] #13876
• Reference documentation has incorrect attribute name for Spring url tag [SPR-9188] #13826
• [SpEL] Problem with uppercase property names [SPR-9123] #13761
• Multiple javadoc issues [SPR-9113] #13751
• Encoding issue causes javadoc generation to fail [SPR-9097] #13735
• JibxMarshallerTests causes build failure on Windows [SPR-8360] #13007
• Constants.toCode throws NPE when namePrefix is null [SPR-8278] #12926
• Wrong path mapping combination between type-level and method-level @RequestMapping on @Controller [SPR-7970] #12625
• org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJacksonJsonView does not set the Content-Length response header. [SPR-7866] #12523
• JibxMarshaller doesn't use configured encoding property when unmarshalling documents [SPR-7865] #12522
• Using array syntax generates invalid id in freemarker [SPR-7710] #12366
• Invalid reference to spring version in MultipartResolver javadocs [SPR-5984] #10652

📔 Documentation

• Change green JavaDocs API to standard JavaDoc colors with SpringSource logo [SPR-6787] #11453

3.1.1 Release

⭐ New Features

• Add receive-timeout option to jms:listener-container or jms:listener definition [SPR-9114] #13752
• Synchronization issues occur on a form which heavily uses [SPR-9084] #13722
• UriComponentsBuilder.pathSegments(...) should drop empty segments [SPR-9077] #13715
• ServletUriComponentsBuilder should allow normalizing URIs created [SPR-9076] #13714
• ServletUriComponentsBuilder should provide static method to create URI from request without query parameters [SPR-9075] #13713
• SessionAttributes defined in the controller are not populated from the HttpSession object when the web session fails over to a new server in the cluster [SPR-9047] #13686
• org.springframework.dao.EmptyResultDataAccessException doesn't provide cause Throwable [SPR-9041] #13681
• Provide a way to override the ReflectiveMethodResolver so that subclasses can provide thier own static methods [SPR-9038] #13677
• SimpleMessageListenerContainer creates the consumers in the afterPropertySet instead of the start [SPR-9009] #13648
• Couple of ExtendedBeanInfoTests failing on Java 7 [SPR-9007] #13646
• ORM PersistenceExceptionTranslation does not convert Hibernate3 unique ids error to spring DuplicateKeyException [SPR-8996] #13636
• Initialize property sources before invoking ApplicationContextInitializer [SPR-8991] #13631
• Add the ability to Scan Packages for JAXB Marshalling (java example provided) [SPR-8986] #13626
• Add FlashAttributes to Model for view controllers [SPR-8976] #13616
• Flash attributes with RedirectView [SPR-8968] #13608
• Regression: please expose Configuration object in Hibernate 4 LocalSessionFactoryBean [SPR-8961] #13601
• Spring JDBC does not support JBoss 7 Native JDBC connection [SPR-8957] #13597
• How can Spring 3.1 support hibernate 4 such as support Hibernate 3? [SPR-8940] #13580
• Allow SELECT statements in ResourceDatabasePopulator [SPR-8932] #13572
• Please include block in project pom's. [SPR-8927] #13567
• form:errors tag: include object errors in the documentation [SPR-7799] #12455
• Add QueryTimeoutException to the DataAccessException hierarchy [SPR-7680] #12336
• Allow more flexibility for SQLException translation based on state [SPR-7675] #12331

🪲 Bug Fixes

• PDF documentation still missing images (even in 3.1 final) [SPR-9267] #13905
• @PropertySource annotation with multiple values and a name fails to register all property sources [SPR-9127] #13766
• BeanNameGenerator strategy provided to AnnotationConfig(Web)ApplicationContext does not apply to nested and imported @Configuration classes [SPR-9124] #13762
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler OSGiBundleResource contentLength [cannot be resolved to absolute file path] [SPR-9118] #13756
• StringHttpMessageConverter should use HttpServletRequest encoding for POST body [SPR-9096] #13734
• org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate not throwing IllegalArgumentException when URIVariables map missing values [SPR-9093] #13731
• Incorrect name in documentation for ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter class [SPR-9085] #13723
• JobDetailFactoryBean missing properties to set description and durability on JobDetail [SPR-9080] #13718
• RequestParamMethodArgumentResolver does not resolve multiparts using HTTP PUT [SPR-9079] #13717
• ServletContextResource.isReadable() returns "true" for directories [SPR-9067] #13706
• After upgrade to 3.1.0 from 3.0.5 we've get "Unexpected ClassLoader type" exception during startup of our application under jboss 5.1 [SPR-9065] #13704
• Spring MVC 3.1.GA 405 problem, can not create two mappings with a same url when using 2 methods (GET, POST) and a PathVariable [SPR-9062] #13701
• IllegalStateException when saving flash attributes if the session does not exist [SPR-9060] #13699
• Make spring-test dependency on spring-aspects optional [SPR-9048] #13687
• PropertiesLoaderSupport no longer works with XML-formatted property files when they're loaded as a FileSystemResource. [SPR-9043] #13683
• @ComponentScan with includeFilters on @Import-ed context does not work [SPR-9031] #13670
• javax.Provider Spring support doesn't work for collections [SPR-9030] #13669
• Beanname of @Configuration instance is null when Configuration is imported via @Import [SPR-9023] #13662
• Two matching produces conditions compared incorrectly if media type in 'Accept' header contains a quality parameter [SPR-9021] #13660
• Provide property in RedirectView to disable treating the redirect URL as a URI template [SPR-9016] #13655
• AbstractEnvironment should not call overridable method from constructor [SPR-9013] #13652
• NPE in Spring-JDBC with sqlite [SPR-9006] #13645
• Javadoc error in AbstractRequestCondition subclasses [SPR-9001] #13641
• @ActiveProfiles are not cascaded down to contexts loaded via @ImportResource [SPR-8992] #13632
• NullPointerException when @InitBinder method has an HttpServletResponse argument [SPR-8983] #13623
• UriUtils query parser broken from 3.0.7 to 3.1.0 [SPR-8974] #13614
• spring-context missing optional Import-Package directive for javax.validation.spi [SPR-8973] #13613
• JDBC XML schema refers to a non-existing class EmbeddedDataSourceFactoryBean [SPR-8972] #13612
• Property wrongly converted if field and setter do not match [SPR-8964] #13604
• Bean configuration behaviour in detecting Locale values changed [SPR-8962] #13602
• Regression: SpringValidatorAdapter generates invalid error codes for class-level constraints [SPR-8958] #13598
• Got stackoverflow when scanning for @Configuration [SPR-8955] #13595
• BeanFactory does not return FactoryBeans in case the are looked up by type and type prediction is used [SPR-8954] #13594
• The class org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean does not implement the interface PersistenceExceptionTranslator [SPR-8952] #13592
• PropertyPathFactoryBean requires a bean setter in version 3.1.0.RELEASE. It didn't in 3.0.6.RELEASE [SPR-8949] #13589
• TypeConverterDelegate no longer processes ConversionService ParseException when converting to String [SPR-8944] [#135...

3.0.7 Release

⭐ New Features

• TransactionSynchronizationManager should remove ThreadLocal if removal of void ResourceHolder leaves resources map empty [SPR-8845] #13487
• Add support for setting an MBeanServerForwarder to ConnectorServerFactoryBean [SPR-8820] #13462
• Support JDO 3.x [SPR-8655] #13297
• MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter should have getObjectMapper() method [SPR-8605] #13248
• AbstractCachingViewResolver does not cache negative lookups [SPR-8524] #13168
• SpEL: Unnecessary conversion of Map arguments [SPR-8518] #13163
• Update SQL error code mapping for H2 1.3.154 [SPR-8235] #12883
• GenericTypeResolver's getTypeVariableMap(...) and resolveType(...) should be public [SPR-8005] #12660
• Poor multithread performance in AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.filterPropertyDescriptorsForDependencyCheck method [SPR-7863] #12520
• org.h2.jdbc.JdbcSQLException: NULL nicht zulässig für Feld "xyz" gets translated to org.springframework.jdbc.UncategorizedSQLException [SPR-7480] #12138

🪲 Bug Fixes

• CollectionsToCollectionsConverter no longer handles java.util.Collections$EmptyList -> java.util.Collections$EmptyList [SPR-7293] #11952
• @Transactional with qualifier can't find PlatformTransactionManager defined in parent context [SPR-7679] #12335
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler shouldn't return 404 when mime-type of existing resource can't be determined (and maybe try harder) [SPR-7713] #12369
• CollectionToCollectionConverter does not convert if the source is empty [SPR-7728] #12384
• Setting "file-encoding" attribute in a "context:property-placeholder" element in spring xml configuration doesn't work [SPR-8024] #12679
• Exception during SpringSessionSynchronization.aftercompletion() results in IllegalStateException/SessionHolder never unbound from thread [SPR-8757] #13399
• Using DataBinder with an auto-growing list is broken [SPR-8828] #13470
• PortletUtils.getSessionMutex() needs to use APPLICATION_SCOPE [SPR-8888] #13529
• Autowire of overriden setters with generic parameter regression [SPR-8905] #13545
• SimpleJdbcTestUtils.executeSqlScript doesn't close script InputStream [SPR-8872] #13513
• @RequestMapping(headers="foo!=bar") does not work for non media type headers [SPR-8862] #13504
• JDO PersistenceManager should not be closed until after transaction completion [SPR-8846] #13488
• TransactionSynchronizationManager should not return void ResourceHolder when unbinding [SPR-8844] #13486
• AbstractAsyncExecutionAspect setExecutor wrong assignment [SPR-8772] #13415
• ClassCastException possible when converting to a target type that is a subtype of T for a Converter<S, T> convertible type. [SPR-8718] #13360
• 3.0.6 Map to Map conversion shallow copying maps causing unexpected results on upgrade from 3.0.5 [SPR-8714] #13356
• DefaultResponseErrorHandler IOException Bug [SPR-8713] #13355
• contentLength method is not correctly implemented for all Resource subclasses [SPR-8709] #13351
• GenericTypeResolver can throw null pointer exception when types cannot be resolved [SPR-8698] #13340
• Media type such as "*/xml" should not be accepted [SPR-8697] #13339
• wrong getBody() implementation in ServletServerHttpRequest [SPR-8688] #13330
• Collection Binding broken - TypeConverterDelegate does bind Collection Elements to Collection type instead of the collection elements Type [SPR-8674] #13316
• Bridged method detection leads to false positive detection of autowired annotations [SPR-8660] #13302
• Incorrect output of big numbers when using NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.queryForLong [SPR-8652] #13294
• StringUtils.parseLocaleString incorrectly constrains the characters of the variant parts of a locale String [SPR-8637] #13279
• RmiClientInterceptorUtils.isConnectFailure() fails to detect java.rmi.MarshalException caused by java.net.SocketException [SPR-8628] #13271
• pdf documentation doesn't contain images [SPR-8512] #13158
• StandardEvaluationContext.setRootObject should test parameter rather than private for null [SPR-8241] #12889
• AbstractCachingViewResolver does not query cache correctly [SPR-8173] #12824
• LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap does not correctly implement putAll() [SPR-7969] #12624
• EntityManagerFactoryUtils fails to apply transaction timeout for EclipseLink update and delete queries [SPR-7947] #12602
• CurrencyEditor#getAsText() documents wrong return value [SPR-7890] #12546
• AbstractFileResolvingResource.exists() method incorrectly returns 'true' for non-existent HTTP resources [SPR-7881] #12537
• formMultiSelect macro in spring.ftl causes freemarker.template.TemplateException [SPR-7721] #12377

3.1 GA Release

⭐ New Features

• HibernateTransactionManager.doBegin() is trowing NullPointerException without additional clarification [SPR-8909] #13549
• Add system-properties-mode back into the 3.1 schema for context:property-placeholder/ [SPR-8901] #13541
• useDefaultSuffixPattern in RequestMappingHandlerMapping [SPR-8898] #13539
• Add String constants to MediaType for use in @RequestMapping consumes and produces conditions [SPR-8892] #13533
• AspectJ @Transactional aspect uses runtime checks [SPR-8890] #13531
• Allow multiple @Filter 'value' args for concision [SPR-8881] #13522
• Add methods to RequestContext to resolve URLs relative to servlet path [SPR-8863] #13505
• Make MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean compatible with Quartz 2.x [SPR-8741] #13383
• RestTemplate should support Void response types [SPR-8572] #13216
• Add 'mappingLocations' to LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean to scan any JPA mapping files (ORM.xml) in the classpath. [SPR-8440] #13086
• 3.1.0.M2 update of the RestTemplate for Apache HTTP Components will default to sending 2 requests on authentication and doesn't support HttpContext parameters without significant extention/rewrite [SPR-8367] #13014
• Ability to specify ResourceResolver property for SchemaFactory in Jaxb2Marshaller [SPR-8349] #12996
• Allow AnnotationTypeFilter to consider interfaces as well [SPR-8336] #12984
• Support JSF 2.1 (JSR-314) [SPR-8102] #12756
• ValidationUtils: add support for Validation group interfaces [SPR-7847] #12504
• DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping does not allow for distributing Portlet 2.0 action names across controllers [SPR-7685] #12341
• Support Java-Based Application Configuration [SPR-7420] #12078
• Provide alternatives to using FactoryBean types within @Bean methods [SPR-7418] #12076
• please add JMS JsonMessageConverter [SPR-7404] #12062
• RequestMapping header condition should apply for exact match only [SPR-7219] #11878
• Support for validation groups in @Valid used by spring MVC [SPR-6373] #11039
• When doing a redirect anything that is not org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.isSimpleValueType silently gets left off of the redirect query string [SPR-5957] #10625
• ServletRequestDataBinder is not Extensible [SPR-5660] #10331
• Allow developers to introduce custom @RequestMapping implementations [SPR-5269] #9942
• Allow locations value in PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer be resolved [SPR-4902] #9578
• Global Errors are clumsy to bind and display in JSP [SPR-3028] #7714

🪲 Bug Fixes

• The DefaultLifecycleProcessor, when starting autostartup beans, should be checking isAutoStartup on dependencies before starting them [SPR-8912] #13552
• org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager fails with NoSuchMethodError against SessionFactory.getCurrentSession() [SPR-8908] #13548
• org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer's Javadoc missed a semi-colon; [SPR-8897] #13538
• Hibernate Class Level Validators cause IllegalArgument Exception [SPR-8895] #13536
• PortletUtils.getSessionMutex() needs to use APPLICATION_SCOPE [SPR-8888] #13529
• RestTemplate.headForHeaders throws "IllegalArgumentException: No InputStream specified" on server resource which status code are 4xx [SPR-8883] #13524
• Using DataBinder with an auto-growing list is broken [SPR-8828] #13470
• RestTemplate headers not sent when bufferRequestBody is false [SPR-8809] #13451
• NPE when injecting @Value into @Configuration methods [SPR-8762] #13405
• @Scheduled doesn't work with well with proxies [SPR-8651] #13293
• ContextLoaderListener overwriting config location set in WebApplicationContext [SPR-8510] #13156
• Multiple @CacheEvict meta-annotated annotations not recognized [SPR-8082] #12737
• Response contains twice the Allow header when using @RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.OPTIONS) [SPR-7837] #12493
• CollectionToCollectionConverter does not convert if the source is empty [SPR-7728] #12384
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler shouldn't return 404 when mime-type of existing resource can't be determined (and maybe try harder) [SPR-7713] #12369
• @Transactional with qualifier can't find PlatformTransactionManager defined in parent context [SPR-7679] #12335
• CollectionsToCollectionsConverter no longer handles java.util.Collections$EmptyList -> java.util.Collections$EmptyList [SPR-7293] #11952

📔 Documentation

• Add package-info.java where missing [SPR-8768] #13411
• Chapter 7.2.1 of the ref manual still refers to the Spring-with-dependencies distribution [SPR-7788] #12444

3.1 RC2 Release

⭐ New Features

• Support by-type lookup/injection of primitive types [SPR-8874] #13515
• Introduce SystemEnvironmentPropertySource [SPR-8869] #13510
• LocalSessionFactoryBean in Spring 3.1.0.RC1 unable to set NamingStrategy [SPR-8864] #13506
• EhCacheFactoryBean does not support setting setStatisticsEnabled field. [SPR-8855] #13497
• change log level on AbstractWebArgumentResolverAdapter.supportsParameter [SPR-8851] #13493
• Javadoc for ResourceHolder.isVoid contains misspelling [SPR-8843] #13485
• reconsider ValueWrapperImpl name [SPR-8833] #13475
• introduce meta annotation for declaring multiple @Cache annotations [SPR-8830] #13472
• Add ServletUriComponentsBuilder [SPR-8823] #13465
• Allow @Configuration classes to self-@ComponentScan [SPR-8808] #13450
• UriComponentsBuilder should also contain subtractive methods [SPR-8803] #13445
• Add a way to easily reverse 'ignoreDefaultModelOnRedirect' default when using mvc:annotation-driven [SPR-8801] #13443
• Improve documentation on options for configuring Spring MVC [SPR-8784] #13427
• Button Tag [SPR-8755] #13397
• RequestMappingHandlerMapping lacks detectHandlersInAncestorContexts [SPR-8753] #13395
• MockServletRequest and MockServletResponse Ignore Content-Type [SPR-8750] #13392
• Implement new method from ClassLoadHelper to make Spring work with Quartz 2.1 [SPR-8727] #13369
• Allow for a more flexible @CacheEvict annotation [SPR-8629] #13272
• UriTemplate doesn't encode query parameters [SPR-8403] #13050
• Provide @Configuration support for annotation-based caching [SPR-8312] #12960
• Ease creating Location headers in REST controllers [SPR-8020] #12675
• Improve documentation of the context caching mechanism in the TestContext framework [SPR-7996] #12651
• Introduce @EnableSpringConfigured [SPR-7888] #12544
• Add updateOnly option to @Cacheable annotation [SPR-7833] #12489

🪲 Bug Fixes

• [Documentation] Wrong namespace declaration in c-namespace example in reference guide. [SPR-8879] #13520
• Truncated HTTP responses [SPR-8867] #13509
• @InitBinder and @ModelAttribute caches in RequestMappingHandlerAdapter ignore "prototype" controllers [SPR-8859] #13501
• Path variable in class-level @RequestMapping not working properly [SPR-8858] #13500
• JUnit Dependency not in Central [SPR-8852] #13494
• Spring 3.1 RC1 includes stale duplicate of spring-cache XSD [SPR-8850] #13492
• Misplaced "foo bar" in Reference Documentation under "Classpath scanning and managed components" [SPR-8842] #13484
• DateTimeFormat javdoc mistake [SPR-8838] #13480
• @Configuration class enhancement is not idempotent [SPR-8824] #13466
• Unguarded access to first iterator element in RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping [SPR-8819] #13461
• org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean fails if 'packagesToScan' is not set [SPR-8812] #13454
• ExtendedBeanInfo raises 'type mismatch' error with covariant property types [SPR-8806] #13448
• Regression: HibernateJpaDialect adding SessionFactory as txResource not getting cleaned up [SPR-8800] #13442
• DefaultFlashMapManager does not support URLs with multiple parameter values [SPR-8798] #13440
• New non-optional dependencies in org.springframework.web-3.1.0.RC1.jar [SPR-8788] #13431
• Update and improve AnnotationDrivenBeanDefinitionParser javadoc [SPR-8783] #13426
• RedirectAttributes parameter results in IllegalArgumentException if using DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping or AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter [SPR-8782] #13425
• 3.1 RC1 does not work on Google App Engine because direct InitialContext usage (which is restricted) [SPR-8781] #13424
• Transaction synchronization resources are not properly cleaned-up [SPR-8778] #13421
• java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.hibernate.SessionFactory.openSession()Lorg/hibernate/classic/Session; [SPR-8776] #13419
• MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean doesn't actually return the JobDetail if Quartz 2.0 in use [SPR-8775] #13418
• Jpa transaction manager transaction suspension ignores dialect resources [SPR-8771] #13414
• RequestDataValueProcessor not called in RedirectView [SPR-8770] #13413
• Spring tries to instantiate nested annotation with a @Component annotation [SPR-8761] #13404
• SimpleMappingExceptionResolver: setStatusCodes getter return not same as setter. Makes override impossible [SPR-8759] #13402
• Code example bug in Cache Abstraction document [SPR-8708] #13350
• Duplicate "type" attribute rendered in JSP InputTag [SPR-8694] #13336
• form:hidden disabled attribute is created regardless if value is true or false [SPR-8661] #13303
• NumberFormatException caused by property paths from JSR-303 based validation with no index into a collection [SPR-8634] #13276
• Formatter subsystem's ParserConverter skips Parser invocation if input string is empty [SPR-8321] #12969
• NotificationListenerBean constructor accepts null NotificationListener [SPR-8091] #12746

3.1 RC1 Release

⭐ New Features

• Refactor AnnotationUtils#findAllAnnotationAttributes to accommodate non-default class loader [SPR-8752] #13394
• Support 'destroy method inference' for @Bean methods [SPR-8751] #13393
• Allow for setting of custom KeyGenerator in <cache:annotation-driven /> XML namespace [SPR-8730] #13372
• Expose BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE with RequestMappingHandlerMapping [SPR-8712] #13354
• Clarify stereotype and exception translation Javadoc [SPR-8691] #13333
• Clarify BeanFactory#containsBean Javadoc [SPR-8690] #13332
• UriTemplate takes wrong approach at encoding substituted template variables [SPR-8662] #13304
• Throw a more specific exception for a missing part in a multipart request, providing access to the name of the missing part [SPR-8642] #13284
• Introduce a generic method for invoking any non-public method in ReflectionTestUtils [SPR-8633] #13275
• ContentNegotiatingViewResolver should be able to follow redirect:views [SPR-8611] #13254
• Make JDBC namespace more placeholder and SpEL friendly [SPR-8592] #13236
• Maybe typo in the reference document [SPR-8591] #13235
• Add generic composite servlet filter [SPR-8585] #13229
• Typo in Spring Document [SPR-8579] #13223
• Would be useful to have getContentAsString method in MockPageContext [SPR-8575] #13219
• Document Lifecycle.stop() method synchronous or asynchronous behaviour [SPR-8570] #13214
• Spring embedded database fails to execute script after encoding changes [SPR-8562] #13206
• ContextCache should be keyed by MergedContextConfiguration instead of String [SPR-8549] #13193
• Introduce ConfigurableEnvironment#addActiveProfile(String) [SPR-8548] #13192
• Register JndiPropertySource by default in StandardServletEnvironment [SPR-8545] #13189
• Add support for load time weaving in JBoss AS7 [SPR-8533] #13177
• Add support for arguments of type javax.servlet.http.Part [SPR-8532] #13176
• MockHttpServletResponse API is incompatible with Servlet 3.0 HttpServletResponse [SPR-8529] #13173
• Please allow disabling of Cache in EhCacheFactoryBean [SPR-8504] #13150
• JavaMailSenderImpl should re-use protocol from mail session when creating transport instance [SPR-8501] #13147
• Tasks created using task:scheduled-tasks never start if default-lazy-init="true" [SPR-8498] #13144
• Make BeanFactoryLocator aware of autowiring (and primary flag) [SPR-8489] #13135
• Allow access to named sections of a multipart request body [SPR-8483] #13129
• Provide PropertySource implementation for command line arguments [SPR-8482] #13128
• When a cache can not be found from a @Cacheable annotation, no exception should be thrown to increase flexibility. [SPR-8477] #13123
• Use 400 Bad request instead of 500 when JSON payload is well formed but has an invalid structure [SPR-8476] #13122
• CollectionToObjectConverter uses the first element of a collection even when the collection could be assigned to an Object [SPR-8465] #13111
• Introduce Registration objects in Spring MVC Java-based configuration API [SPR-8454] #13100
• SpringOXM CastorMarshaller tests [SPR-8453] #13099
• Expose statusCodes field in SimpleMappingExceptionResolver as a read-only map. [SPR-8452] #13098
• SimpleUrlHandlerMapping Warning logs on startup [SPR-8449] #13095
• MVC handler exceptions missing context [SPR-8447] #13093
• spring:eval tag doesn't support dot(.) operator for accessing map values [SPR-8444] #13090
• Resolve ${...} placeholders in @PropertySource resource locations [SPR-8442] #13088
• Allow RedirectView to expose a bookmarkable URL [SPR-8431] #13077
• LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean#setPackagesToScan should accept String... [SPR-8427] #13073
• AnnotationConfigContextLoader should not restrict the name of default configuration classes to ContextConfiguration [SPR-8395] #13042
• Update documentation of TransactionCallback.doInTransaction() [SPR-8390] #13037
• Introduce a DelegatingSmartContextLoader [SPR-8387] #13034
• Introduce SmartContextLoader SPI [SPR-8386] #13033
• Need support for Quartz 2.0 [SPR-8359] #13006
• Spring OXM CastorMarshaller unmarshalling methods [SPR-8341] #12989
• Spring OXM schema improvement for CastorMarshaller [SPR-8309] #12958
• Support Quartz 2.0.x [SPR-8275] #12923
• Support for better schemaName auto-detection in the TableMetaDataProvider [SPR-8270] #12918
• Allow default ParameterNameDiscoverer such that works by default for BeanFactory [SPR-8184] #12835
• Introduce @EnableAspectJAutoProxy (equivalent to aop:aspectj-autoproxy) [SPR-8138] #12789
• Support Hibernate 4.0.x [SPR-8096] #12751
• Register JndiPropertySource by default in StandardPortletEnvironment [SPR-8038] #12693
• Not specifying a multipart resolver for a multipart POST of files results in org.springframework.web.bind.MissingServletRequestParameterException [SPR-8001] #12656
• HDIV and Spring MVC integration [SPR-7943] #12598
• Checking for @XmlRootElement annotation should be made optional in Jaxb2Marshaller [SPR-7931] #12586
• Better handling of 204 No Content in RestTemplate [SPR-7911] #12566
• Allow custom request mapping conditions [SPR-7812] #12468
• @PathVariable and @ModelAttribute incompatibility prevent me from having a nice "update" handler [SPR-7608] #12264
• Support for JDK 7's JDBC 4.1 (JSR-TBD) [SPR-7579] #12235
• Support for JDK 7's concurrency and collections updates (JSR-166y) [SPR-7578] #12234
• Improvement to JDBC Named Parameter Replacement Strategy [SPR-7476] #12134
• Views: setModelKey, setRenderedAttributes should be consistent [SPR-7210] #11869
• ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer should provide setAutoGrowNestedPaths method [SPR-7038] [#1170...

3.0.6 Release

⭐ New Features

• Invalid MIME-type causes a 500 error [SPR-7712] #12368
• Required annotation processing can't be skipped by using bean definition meta element [SPR-8617] #13260
• Allow read and connect timeouts and request headers to be set on SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor [SPR-8615] #13258
• Allow the read and connect timeout to be set on SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory [SPR-8614] #13257
• ExposeInvocationInterceptor should always be highest precedence [SPR-8544] #13188
• Add setInstanceName and setInstanceId methods into LocalTaskExecutorThreadPool [SPR-8542] #13186
• CollectionToObjectConverter uses the first element of a collection even when the collection could be assigned to an Object [SPR-8538] #13182
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler should check for directory traversal [SPR-8515] #13160
• Type conversion not applied on @Resource annotation [SPR-8480] #13126
• Javadocs on CustomDateEditor misleading [SPR-7759] #12415
• ConcurrentModificationException in DefaultListableBeanFactory when using your own bean factory to register beans [SPR-7757] #12413
• improve the process of finding actual methods for servlet and portlet handlers [SPR-7703] #12359
• Reduce footprint due to BeanDefinitions [SPR-7491] #12149
• Double EL expression evaluation in JSP MessageTag [SPR-5308] #9981

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Problem using SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor with @Value annotation in a Stateless Session Bean [SPR-8621] #13264
• RedirectView always sends 302s in HTTP/1.0 (default) mode [SPR-8612] #13255
• PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor does not operate on the most specific persistence annotation declaration [SPR-8594] #13238
• Can not inject primitive values from property file using @Value annotation into servlet [SPR-8574] #13218
• subelement in throws BeanDefinitionParsingException [SPR-8563] #13207
• Synchronisation during performance tests - TypeDescriptor [SPR-8559] #13203
• MapToMapConverter invalidly returns source map for empty maps [SPR-8554] #13198
• @PathVariable incorrect matching [SPR-8543] #13187
• Backport JUnit 4 and @Rule execution order change to 3.0.x [SPR-8537] #13181
• ConfigurationClassPostProcessor throws IllegalStateException when its postProcessBeanDefinitionRegistry is called with different registries [SPR-8527] #13171
• org.springframework.transaction bundle is missing import of org.jboss.resource.work [SPR-8505] #13151
• Non-fatal exception thrown/logged by TypeConverterDelegate [SPR-8499] #13145
• GenericConverter specifies Set getConvertibleTypes(), but ConvertiblePair doesn't override hashCode and equals. [SPR-8459] #13105
• CachingConnectionFactory too eagerly Session.commit [SPR-8437] #13083
• Concurrency problem in CachingConnectionFactory on closing Session [SPR-8436] #13082
• By default, there is broken conversion String -> ContextResource [SPR-8383] #13030
• RmiInvocationWrapper methods must not be declared as idempotent for Weblogic cluster [SPR-8369] #13016
• Debug logging forces instantiation of scoped beans [SPR-8297] #12945
• ExceptionDepthComparator handle comparison of exact object is incorrect [SPR-8231] #12880
• Spring ORM 3_0_5 does not set the JPA timeout in milliseconds [SPR-8086] #12741
• ConcurrentModificationException at Autowired [SPR-7956] #12611
• BeanDefinitionVisitor does not actually visit factory method names [SPR-7953] #12608
• Annotation based injection into non public base classes does not work [SPR-7900] #12555
• Problem with FormattingConversionService [SPR-7875] #12532
• Accept-Charset header with '*' results in java.nio.charset.IllegalCharsetNameException [SPR-7869] #12526
• FormHttpMessageConverter.read() always ignores post data when processing request (from Tomcat) [SPR-7845] #12502
• DataBinder should be able to define a different strategy for BeanWrapperImpl how autogrowing should handle gaps in collection properties [SPR-7842] #12498
• HttpHeaders.getEtag() mangles the value [SPR-7834] #12490
• StringUtils incorrectly interprets UNIX-style hidden directories as file extensions [SPR-7828] #12484
• ConversionService broken since 3.0.4 [SPR-7816] #12472
• EhCacheManagerFactoryBean should close stream obtained from configLocation [SPR-7813] #12469
• ServletRequestDataBinder does not bind MultipartFile with HiddenHttpMethodFilter and Multipart Request [SPR-7795] #12451
• FormHttpMessageConverter does not honor the charset in the content type when writing a form and uses a wrong default charset [SPR-7789] #12445
• @RequestParam - wanting List getting List [SPR-7781] #12437
• Vulnerability in LocaleChangeInterceptor [SPR-7779] #12435
• Wrong data-type resolution using custom Converter [SPR-7766] #12422
• MediaType incorrectly calls the toString() method instead of name() method causing RestTemplate on Android to fail [SPR-7729] #12385
• 304 responses should not have non-0 Content-Length [SPR-7706] #12362
• Missing package imprts in bundle org.springframework.aspects [SPR-7702] #12358
• Problem by invoking method NamedParameterJdbcTemplate.query() if parameter contains a array [SPR-7699] #12355
• NullPointerException in InjectionMetadata [SPR-7686] #12342
• AbstractBindingResult.hashCode() throws NullPointerException [SPR-7682] #12338
• Unresolved thread safety issue in AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.AutowiredMethodElement [SPR-7635] #12291
• ThreadLocal leaking in AbstractBeanFactory and XmlBeanDefinitionReader [SPR-7441] #12099

3.1 M2 Release

⭐ New Features

• @ExceptionHandler should be able to return ResponseEntity [SPR-8839] #13481
• Reference Documentation, Chapter 15 - WebMVC, minor issues [SPR-8391] #13038
• Allow convenient addition of custom Converter types against ConfigurableEnvironment / ConfigurablePropertyResolver [SPR-8389] #13036
• Support "contextInitializerClasses" init-param for FrameworkServlet [SPR-8366] #13013
• Support introspection of nested classes with ClassMetadata [SPR-8358] #13005
• Introduce AbstractEnvironment#customizePropertySources [SPR-8354] #13001
• Consolidate support for HandlerInterceptor and MappedInterceptor types in AbstractHandlerMapping [SPR-8352] #12999
• When using Java-based configuration, nested ViewResolvers in ContentNegotiatingViewResolver may require bean initialization [SPR-8350] #12997
• Introduce ResourcePropertySource [SPR-8328] #12977
• Documentation for @BeanAge [SPR-8327] #12976
• Add Environment.getProperty(String name, Class targetType, T defaultValue); [SPR-8322] #12971
• Add option to register configuration classes via Class<?> in AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext [SPR-8320] #12968
• Provide @Configuration support for enabling load-time weaving (@EnableLoadTimeWeaving) [SPR-8317] #12965
• Provide @Configuration support for PropertySource registration (@PropertySource) [SPR-8314] #12962
• Provide @Configuration support for annotation-based transaction management [SPR-8313] #12961
• Provide @Configuration support for async method execution [SPR-8311] #12959
• Allow recursive use of @ComponentScan [SPR-8307] #12956
• ConversionServiceFactory.addDefaultConverters() should add symetric converters [SPR-8306] #12955
• Provide @Configuration support for configuring Spring @MVC [SPR-8310] #12953
• cache mutable operations should not return values [SPR-8298] #12946
• Extension for CastorMarshaller - additional unmarshaller properties [SPR-8296] #12944
• Extension for CastorMarshaller - additional marshaller properties [SPR-8295] #12943
• Provide @Configuration support for scheduled tasks [SPR-8262] #12910
• Introduce @Role annotation [SPR-8260] #12908
• Allow ref= as well as for mvc:interceptor/ [SPR-8252] #12900
• Provide HandlerMethod-based implementations of HandlerMapping, HandlerAdapter, and HandlerExceptionResolver [SPR-8214] #12864
• Relax requirement for transaction manager name/reference in EnableTransactionManagement [SPR-8207] #12857
• Scheduled tasks should allow a reference to a Trigger bean in XSD [SPR-8205] #12855
• Introduce a reserved default profile name [SPR-8203] #12852
• Automatically detect and register nested @Configuration classes [SPR-8186] #12837
• Allow child ApplicationContext to inherit parent Environment [SPR-8185] #12836
• Support automatic detection of close methods [SPR-8114] #12768
• MapPropertySource constructor should have public visibility [SPR-8107] #12761
• Support Hibernate 3.6.x [SPR-8100] #12755
• Support injection against setter methods with non-void return types [SPR-8079] #12734
• Introduce HibernateExceptionTranslator [SPR-8076] #12731
• BindException method signatures still use raw types [SPR-8062] #12717
• Allow other delimiters in profile XML attribute [SPR-8033] #12688
• Cache support - extend key features [SPR-8007] #12662
• Support Quartz 1.8.x or better [SPR-7987] #12642
• Process @ImportResource with current ResourceLoader [SPR-7973] #12628
• Cache KeyGenerator.extract() should allow to use the bean identity [SPR-7971] #12626
• TestContext framework should support declarative configuration of bean definition profiles [SPR-7960] #12615
• SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException() improperly swallows underlying HibernateException [SPR-7933] #12588
• Allow target access in Cache Key SpEL [SPR-7832] #12488
• Add support for package binding in the JibxMashaller [SPR-7805] #12461
• JibxMarshaller supports method returns true for classes not in the configured binding [SPR-7804] #12460
• Make it easier to customize or extend the HandlerAdapter for annotated methods [SPR-7792] #12448
• Support configuring Servlet container in Spring using Servlet 3.0 programmatic config [SPR-7672] #12328
• ExceptinHandler method behaves differently than request handler [SPR-7637] #12293
• Construct org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor programatically for collections [SPR-7597] #12253
• GeneratedKeyHolder.getKey returns NULL with postgres [SPR-7564] #12221
• Automatically expose @PathVariables in the Model [SPR-7543] #12200
• Support lazy initialization for jee:jndi-lookup [SPR-7477] #12135
• CastorMarshaller should have suppressXMLDeclaration [SPR-7442] #12100
• JSON (jackson) @RequestBody marshalling throws awkward exception [SPR-7439] #12097
• HandlerInterceptor improvement - insufficient context (no handler method) information [SPR-7408] #12066
• TypeDescriptor.forElementType() does not work for TypeDescriptor obtained via TypeDescriptor.valueOf() [SPR-7390] #12048
• JDBC data source initializer should be able to execute PL/SQL with embedded statements [SPR-7364] #12022
• Add equivalent of JAX-RS @Consumes to Spring MVC [SPR-7354] #12013
• Add equivalent of JAX-RS @Produces to Spring MVC [SPR-7353] #12012
• @RequestHeader negation expressions (e.g. !Accept=text/plain) are not applied [SPR-7346] #12005
• TestContext should generate cache keys based on all metadata that uniquely identify ApplicationContext configuration [SPR-7326] #11984
• Extend JdbcTemplate to allow larger batch updates [SPR-7290] #11949
• Per-Controller MessageConverter [SPR-7213] [#11872](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/...