Informix * JdbcTemplate by default uses "PreparedStatement.setString" for any CharSequence (including String and StringBuilder) * JdbcTemplate does not check static SQL for bind parameters anymore, to avoid array * added CharArrayPropertyEditor to translate String value into char array * CharacterEditor supports unicode specification passed in as literal String, for example "\u00F6" * FieldRetrievingFactoryBean preinstantiate bean definition if explicit singleton object already registered * added "loadBeanDefinitions(String[] locations)" method to BeanDefinitionReader and AbstractBeanDefinitionReader Package org.springframework

array * added CharArrayPropertyEditor to translate String value into char array * CharacterEditor supports unicode specification passed in as literal String, for example "\u00F6" * FieldRetrievingFactoryBean preinstantiate bean definition if explicit singleton object already registered * added "loadBeanDefinitions(String[] locations)" method to BeanDefinitionReader and AbstractBeanDefinitionReader Package org.springframework overloaded constructor to StringArrayPropertyEditor, allowing to specify a custom separator for String splitting * fixed ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker to perform conversion attempts on a copy of the

overloaded constructor to StringArrayPropertyEditor, allowing to specify a custom separator for String splitting * fixed ArgumentConvertingMethodInvoker to perform conversion attempts on a copy of the BeanCurrentlyInCreationException message instead of stacktrace * PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader trims String values for special keys such as "(class)", "(parent)", etc * added "default-init-method" and "d ClassUtils's "forName(String)" method uses "getDefaultClassLoader()" instead of thread context ClassLoader only * fixed "StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray" to properly handle an empty String as delimiter

fixed AbstractPerformanceMonitorInterceptor to have "prefix" and "suffix" initialized with emtpy String (avoiding NPE) Package org.springframework.beans * reworked BeanUtils's "copyProperties" method WebLogic MBeanHome (by default the local one) Package org.springframework.jndi * added "lookup(String jndiName, Class requiredType)" method to JndiLocatorSupport, used by JndiObjectFactoryBean Package "loadBeanDefinitions(location)" method to BeanDefinitionReader interface, given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a Re

"loadBeanDefinitions(location)" method to BeanDefinitionReader interface, given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a Re listeners * added overloaded DefaultMessageSourceResolvable constructor that accepts a single code String Package org.springframework.core * added ByteArrayResource adapter, useful for example to create to JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" method: turning Blob/Clob object into byte array respectively String * JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" explicitly extracts Timestamp if metadata indicate Timestamp (Oracle

"loadBeanDefinitions(location)" method to BeanDefinitionReader interface, given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a Re listeners * added overloaded DefaultMessageSourceResolvable constructor that accepts a single code String Package org.springframework.core * added ByteArrayResource adapter, useful for example to create to JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" method: turning Blob/Clob object into byte array respectively String * JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" explicitly extracts Timestamp if metadata indicate Timestamp (Oracle

"loadBeanDefinitions(location)" method to BeanDefinitionReader interface, given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a Re listeners * added overloaded DefaultMessageSourceResolvable constructor that accepts a single code String Package org.springframework.core * added ByteArrayResource adapter, useful for example to create to JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" method: turning Blob/Clob object into byte array respectively String * JdbcUtils's "getResultSetValue" explicitly extracts Timestamp if metadata indicate Timestamp (Oracle

Package org.springframework.beans * BeanWrapperImpl supports JDK 1.5 enums and old-style enum classes: String values will be treated as enum value names * added convenience constructor to PropertyComparator EscapedErrors to not stringify and HTML-escape non-String values, to keep type even with escaping turned on * changed BindStatus to not stringify and HTML-escape non-String values for "value" but only for "displayValue" "detachCopy" and "attachCopy" to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * added support for JDO2 single string queries and named queries to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * updated DefaultJdoDialect for JDO2:

EscapedErrors to not stringify and HTML-escape non-String values, to keep type even with escaping turned on * changed BindStatus to not stringify and HTML-escape non-String values for "value" but only for "displayValue" "detachCopy" and "attachCopy" to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * added support for JDO2 single string queries and named queries to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * updated DefaultJdoDialect for JDO2: ContextJndiBeanFactoryLocator in the context package * deprecated SingletonBeanFactoryLocator's alias-through-String-bean feature, in favor of BeanReferenceFactoryBean Package org.springframework.core * added public

"detachCopy" and "attachCopy" to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * added support for JDO2 single string queries and named queries to JdoOperations and JdoTemplate * updated DefaultJdoDialect for JDO2: ContextJndiBeanFactoryLocator in the context package * deprecated SingletonBeanFactoryLocator's alias-through-String-bean feature, in favor of BeanReferenceFactoryBean Package org.springframework.core * added public EscapedErrors and BindTag perform HTML escaping for any non-null value (stringifying it), not just for String values * added "toolboxConfigLocation" property to VelocityViewResolver, for creating VelocityToolboxView