fixed AspectJ pointcut handling to strictly match generic return types according to Java language rules * AspectJ pointcut matching only registers LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer if ASM is present attributes in the order of registration * "Conventions.getVariableName" follows JavaBeans property naming rules in case of multiple upper case letters * added "getURI()" method to Resource interface * added constructor MBeanClientInterceptor automatically converts MXBean CompositeData/TabularData structures according to Java 5/6 rules * MBeanClientInterceptor uses the standard JDK MBeanServerInvocationHandler if possible (for full

or in the local ClassLoader (for OSGi) * ClassPath/FileSystemXmlApplicationContext perform early check for null elements in config location array * added "addMessages(Map, Locale)" method to StaticMessageSource methods (as alternative to view name) * fixed Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to explicitly check for Action/Render*Response* (to work on Liferay) * InternalResourceView prevents dispatching to same fixed AspectJ pointcut handling to strictly match generic return types according to Java language rules * AspectJ pointcut matching only registers LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer if ASM is present

well, not just against method's declaring class * ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractAutoProxyCreator check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader * Cglib2AopProxy properly detects AutowireCapableBeanFactory * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory removes singleton if created for type check in case of circular reference issues * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory applies specified TypeConverter fixed AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory to always resolve the bean class before a FactoryBean type check * added "freezeConfiguration()" method to Configurable/DefaultListableBeanFactory, allowing for eager

to use a post-processing lock (for proper synchronization of annotation scanning) * dependency check "simple" accepts Number, Date, URI, URL and Locale as well (consistent with simple MVC value types) AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between beans well, not just against method's declaring class * ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractAutoProxyCreator check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader * Cglib2AopProxy properly detects

AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between beans well, not just against method's declaring class * ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractAutoProxyCreator check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader * Cglib2AopProxy properly detects AutowireCapableBeanFactory * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory removes singleton if created for type check in case of circular reference issues * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory applies specified TypeConverter

AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between beans well, not just against method's declaring class * ProxyFactoryBean and AbstractAutoProxyCreator check autodetected proxy interfaces for visibility in the ClassLoader * Cglib2AopProxy properly detects AutowireCapableBeanFactory * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory removes singleton if created for type check in case of circular reference issues * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory applies specified TypeConverter

matching FactoryBean itself Package org.springframework.beans * BeanUtils skips conventional editor check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves to use a post-processing lock (for proper synchronization of annotation scanning) * dependency check "simple" accepts Number, Date, URI, URL and Locale as well (consistent with simple MVC value types) AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between beans

matching FactoryBean itself Package org.springframework.beans * BeanUtils skips conventional editor check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves to use a post-processing lock (for proper synchronization of annotation scanning) * dependency check "simple" accepts Number, Date, URI, URL and Locale as well (consistent with simple MVC value types) AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between beans

CollectionFactory, creating a JDK 1.4 LinkedHashSet or Commons ListOrderedSet * added initial capacity check to CollectionFactory, to always pass a positive capacity number to Commons Collections * added F springframework.ui * activated caching by default in VelocityEngineFactory, with file timestamp check for resources in the file system * added "preferFileSystemAccess" property to VelocityEngineFactory SimpleMappingExceptionResolver's "exceptionMappings" to support exception patterns (similar to rollback rules) * changed SimpleMappingExceptionResolver's "mappedHandlers" property from List to Set (reflecting

to TypeConverter interface in beans module * @Value injection works in combination with formatting rules such as @DateTimeFormat (SPR-9637) * @Autowired-driven ObjectFactory/Provider resolution works in AbstractHandlerMapping * add required flag to @RequestBody annotation * Jaxb2Marshaller performs proper "supports" check for scanned packages (SPR-9152) * add convenient WebAppInitializer base classes (SPR-9300) * support connections * optimized converter lookup in GenericConversionService to avoid contention in JDK proxy check * DataBinder correctly handles ParseException from Formatter for String->String case * CacheNamespaceHandler