ignores null bean instances * "aop:aspect" doesn't insist on aspect bean reference to be specified when just containing declare-parents elements * "bean" pointcut matches exposed FactoryBean products only; springframework.beans * BeanUtils skips conventional editor check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves bridge methods to find setter method for "getBeanClass(Name)" * DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry eagerly cleans up cached dependency information when destroying a bean * AbstractBeanFactory rejects getBean request with arguments in case of a pre- existing

ignores null bean instances * "aop:aspect" doesn't insist on aspect bean reference to be specified when just containing declare-parents elements * "bean" pointcut matches exposed FactoryBean products only; springframework.beans * BeanUtils skips conventional editor check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves bridge methods to find setter method for "getBeanClass(Name)" * DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry eagerly cleans up cached dependency information when destroying a bean * AbstractBeanFactory rejects getBean request with arguments in case of a pre- existing

accidentally match a specified custom resource pattern * fixed "context:load-time-weaver" to not break post-processor detection in case of Spring jars deployed as shared libs * added "context:property-override" xml" mappings for MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle * DatabaseStartupValidator lets startup continue instead of 'busy' waiting in case of thread interruption * JdbcTemplate falls back to type VARCHAR "stop", for a notification after actual stopping * DefaultMessageListenerContainer lets shutdown continue instead of 'busy' waiting in case of thread interruption * fixed DefaultMessageListenerContainer

chained cause) once * DefaultListableBeanFactory only registers causes during constructor resolution when resolution eventually fails * DefaultListableBeanFactory checks primary attribute in bean definitions specific bean * BeanConfigurerSupport (@Configurable processing) includes type of bean in warn log when called in unconfigured state * restored BeanConfigurerSupport's silent skipping in case of no BeanFactory provider is not available on startup * fixed DefaultMessageListenerContainer to avoid race condition when stopping through lock on unified monitor * added "container-class" attribute to "jms:listener-container"

JarFiles (for WebSphere compatibility) * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver catches NoClassDefFoundError when looking for presence of Equinox classes * SimpleMetadataReaderFactory uses ResourceLoader's ClassLoader WebApplicationContext retrieval) to DelegatingFilterProxy and FrameworkServlet * RequestContext does not fail when WebApplicationContext's ServletContext is null (like in a plain Portlet environment) * fixed JSP AccessController for bean creation * DefaultListableBeanFactory does not eagerly initialize target beans when autowiring a PriorityOrdered post-processor * PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer supports nested keys

AccessController for bean creation * DefaultListableBeanFactory does not eagerly initialize target beans when autowiring a PriorityOrdered post-processor * PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer supports nested keys AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor marks @Autowired bean properties as processed * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation post-processor ordering to apply most specific processors

instead of NPE (SPR-13782) fixed AbstractApplicationContext.isRunning throws IllegalStateException when called too early (SPR-13667) fixed CommonsMultipartFile.getOriginalFilename() does not strip file avoid NPE for anonymous SqlParameter (SPR-13628) improved Content-Disposition header to be skipped when status != 2xx (SPR-13588) improved documentation of Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean (SPR-13765) improved DeferredResult not thread-safe for isSetOrExpired call (SPR-13451) fixed ConcurrentModificationException when doing a merge on AbstractEnvironment (SPR-13213) avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods

DeferredResult not thread-safe for isSetOrExpired call (SPR-13451) fixed ConcurrentModificationException when doing a merge on AbstractEnvironment (SPR-13213) avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods fixed disable DTD by default when parsing untrusted XML input (SPR-13136) fixed remoting over JMS with receiveTimeout blocks service forever (SPR-13052) fixed NPE when using @args as pointcut (SPR-13102) allowEmpty=false (SPR-13010) fixed infinite loop in PatternMatchUtils (SPR-12971) fixed infinite loop when CronSequenceGenerator constructor is called with invalid increments (SPR-12871) fixed incorrect value

fixed disable DTD by default when parsing untrusted XML input (SPR-13136) fixed remoting over JMS with receiveTimeout blocks service forever (SPR-13052) fixed NPE when using @args as pointcut (SPR-13102) allowEmpty=false (SPR-13010) fixed infinite loop in PatternMatchUtils (SPR-12971) fixed infinite loop when CronSequenceGenerator constructor is called with invalid increments (SPR-12871) fixed incorrect value message from BeanWrapperImpl.setPropertyValue (SPR-12866) fixed SpEL chooses wrong method to invoke when varargs method is present (SPR- 12803) fixed StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest.StandardMultipartFile

does not get a MessageSource injected in the MVC Java config (SPR-12380) fixed NPE inTilesConfigurer when no definitions found (SPR-12363) fixed @Import in another annotation results in double scan (SPR-12334) concurrentResult.toString() call (SPR-12253) fixed LiveBeansView.generateJson generates invalid JSON when resources already double-quoted (SPR-12252) allow for further locking optimizations for the retrieval should accept empty Content-Type header (SPR-12173) add log warning for single optional constructor when no default constructor to fall back to (SPR-12161) fixed util:map does not recognize the attribute