simply catching Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate BlobStringType with configurable character encoding for both Hibernate2 and Hibernate3 * updated Spring's JDO support to be compatible with JPOX JDO 2.0 API snapshot-9 (corresponding to JDO 2.0 final draft) * JdoTransactionManager OrderForm, AccountForm and UserSession as Serializable Package org.springframework.scheduling * added support for Quartz 1.5's merged JobDataMap to QuartzJobBean, falling back to plain JobDataMap on Quartz

operates correctly in case of no "ignoredMethods" specified Package org.springframework.orm * iBATIS support works correctly with "useTransactionAwareDataSource" and JTA transaction resume with subsequent reflective calls * removed warning for read-only from JdoTransactionManager, since a vendor dialect may support it * Hibernate3 LocalSessionFactoryBean automatically sets JTATransactionFactory if given a "jt IllegalStateException if there is already a root application context present * refined GenericFilterBean to fully support initialization as bean in a Spring bean factory (without FilterConfig) * refined OncePerRequestFilter

IllegalStateException if there is already a root application context present * refined GenericFilterBean to fully support initialization as bean in a Spring bean factory (without FilterConfig) * refined OncePerRequestFilter simply catching Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate BlobStringType with configurable character encoding for both Hibernate2 and Hibernate3 * updated Spring's JDO support to be compatible with JPOX JDO 2.0 API snapshot-9 (corresponding to JDO 2.0 final draft) * JdoTransactionManager

BeanReferenceFactoryBean; use the available alias mechanisms instead * reworked CustomScopeConfigurer to only support Scope instances as values for the "scopes" map * DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry keeps singleton beans with a ParserContext argument * moved ComponentDefinition, ReaderContext and support classes from "beans.factory.support" to "beans.factory.parsing" * reworked ReaderEventListener to take AliasDefin te operations without parameter object to SqlMapClientOperations/Template * refined Hibernate3 support to detect Hibernate 3.2's FlushMode.MANUAL as well, while remaining compatible with 3.0/3.1 * factored

the same aspect * added @Order annotation support for @AspectJ style aspects, as alternative to implementing the Ordered interface * redesigned AspectJ support SPI: AspectInstanceFactory, AspectJPointcutAdvisor always injects transactional EntityManager with extended interfaces (if any) * included OpenJPA support classes (OpenJpaDialect, OpenJpaVendorAdapter), tested against OpenJPA 0.9.6 Package org.springframework BeanReferenceFactoryBean; use the available alias mechanisms instead * reworked CustomScopeConfigurer to only support Scope instances as values for the "scopes" map * DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry keeps singleton beans

SEC03 (2011-09-06) ------------------------------------- Package org.springframework.web * added support for web.xml context-param "springJspExpressionSupport" (explicit "true"/"false") Changes in version version 2.5.6 (2008-10-31) ------------------------------------- General * removed outdated EAR support from sample applications * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.2 (retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x "checkNameUniqueness" method to protected * XML list/set/map elements (in both the beans and the util namespace) support nested description element Package org.springframework.cache * EhCacheFactoryBean obtains decorated

version 2.5.6 (2008-10-31) ------------------------------------- General * removed outdated EAR support from sample applications * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.2 (retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x "checkNameUniqueness" method to protected * XML list/set/map elements (in both the beans and the util namespace) support nested description element Package org.springframework.cache * EhCacheFactoryBean obtains decorated cleaned path for relative resources as well * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "vfszip" as jar file (to search JBoss-managed jars) * GenericCollectionTypeResolver correctly resolves

syntax * added support for 'early access singletons' to AbstractFactoryBean, exposing a proxy in case of a circular reference * ListFactoryBean, SetFactoryBean and MapFactoryBean support exposure of a (in particular AccessControlException) * introduced XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException, with special support for SAXParseException and its location information * XmlBeanDefinitionReader chooses XSD validation updated Groovy support to Groovy 1.0 final * added optional GroovyObjectCustomizer constructor arg to GroovyScriptFactory, to allow for setting a custom MetaClass * updated JRuby support to JRuby 0.9.2

----------------------------------- General * basic scheduling support is included in "spring-context.jar", with only Quartz support added in "spring-support.jar" * all checks for library presence are explicitly 4-compatible "hashCode()" implementations for unions and intersections * MethodMatchers and Pointcuts support IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher for unions and intersections * added pointcut union operation to value as well, simply using the child collection as-is in this case * indexed constructor arguments support collection merging (driven by merge="true", analogous to property values) * BeanDefinitions returned

the JDBC driver * fixed JdbcTemplate's fallback support for batch updates to properly handle InterruptibleBatchPreparedStatementSetters * added scale support to SqlParameter, for declaring numeric RdbmsOperation protected to public * JmsInvokerClientInterceptor/ProxyFactoryBean and JmsInvokerServiceExporter support a configurable MessageConverter Package org.springframework.jndi * TypeMismatchNamingException carries 'foreign' existing synchronization even in case of begin failure * revised OC4JJtaTransactionManager to support the "oracle.j2ee.transaction" package on OC4J later than 10.1.3.2 Package org.springframework.ui