General * many javadoc refinements and clarifications * declared all internal ThreadLocal variables as final (to avoid class reloading issues) * overall startup/shutdown logging at info level is less verbose Spring's JDO support to be compatible with JPOX JDO 2.0 API snapshot-9 (corresponding to JDO 2.0 final draft) * JdoTransactionManager does explicit "isActive()" check before attempting a rollback, to turned AbstractCommandController's and AbstractFormController's "handleRequestInternal" methods non-final * refactored AbstractFormController's session form check into one single place, throwing SessionRequiredException

Spring's JDO support to be compatible with JPOX JDO 2.0 API snapshot-9 (corresponding to JDO 2.0 final draft) * JdoTransactionManager does explicit "isActive()" check before attempting a rollback, to turned AbstractCommandController's and AbstractFormController's "handleRequestInternal" methods non-final * refactored AbstractFormController's session form check into one single place, throwing SessionRequiredException * added StaticLabeledEnum, a convenient base class for type-safe enum classes declared as static final member variables * reworked ShortCoded, StringCoded and LetterCoded enum implementations to be non-

FRAMEWORK CHANGELOG ========================== http://www.springframework.org Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching removed custom detach/attach/newNamedQuery hooks from JdoDialect, expecting providers to follow the final JDO 2.0 API * deprecated JdoTemplate's "attachCopy" methods in favor of revised "makePersistent"

Spring's JDO support to be compatible with JPOX JDO 2.0 API snapshot-9 (corresponding to JDO 2.0 final draft) * JdoTransactionManager does explicit "isActive()" check before attempting a rollback, to turned AbstractCommandController's and AbstractFormController's "handleRequestInternal" methods non-final * refactored AbstractFormController's session form check into one single place, throwing SessionRequiredException * added StaticLabeledEnum, a convenient base class for type-safe enum classes declared as static final member variables * reworked ShortCoded, StringCoded and LetterCoded enum implementations to be non-

RadioButtonTag/RadioButtonsTag use registered property editor for value rendering Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching removed custom detach/attach/newNamedQuery hooks from JdoDialect, expecting providers to follow the final JDO 2.0 API * deprecated JdoTemplate's "attachCopy" methods in favor of revised "makePersistent"

RadioButtonTag/RadioButtonsTag use registered property editor for value rendering Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching removed custom detach/attach/newNamedQuery hooks from JdoDialect, expecting providers to follow the final JDO 2.0 API * deprecated JdoTemplate's "attachCopy" methods in favor of revised "makePersistent"

only (for Portlet compatibility) * made RedirectView's "renderMergedOutputModel" implementation non-final * VelocityConfigurer exposes ServletContext as VelocityEngine attribute (analogous to the standard RadioButtonTag/RadioButtonsTag use registered property editor for value rendering Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching

only (for Portlet compatibility) * made RedirectView's "renderMergedOutputModel" implementation non-final * VelocityConfigurer exposes ServletContext as VelocityEngine attribute (analogous to the standard RadioButtonTag/RadioButtonsTag use registered property editor for value rendering Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching

* added StaticLabeledEnum, a convenient base class for type-safe enum classes declared as static final member variables * reworked ShortCoded, StringCoded and LetterCoded enum implementations to be non- until *after* advice has been applied (SPR-1250) * lowered Cglib2AopProxy's log level for detected final methods on a proxy class from "warn" to "info" Package org.springframework.beans * fixed BeanWrapperImpl's "whenExhaustedActionName" bean properties to CommonsPoolTargetSource * Cglib2AopProxy logs warnings when a final method cannot be proxied (CGLIB will simply ignore such a method) Package org.springframework.beans

RadioButtonTag/RadioButtonsTag use registered property editor for value rendering Changes in version 2.5 final (2007-11-19) ----------------------------------------- General * updated javadoc and reference documentation context before calling refresh * made AbstractController's handleRequest entry point method non-final (allowing for overriding and CGLIB proxying) * AbstractUrlHandlerMapping always takes the first matching removed custom detach/attach/newNamedQuery hooks from JdoDialect, expecting providers to follow the final JDO 2.0 API * deprecated JdoTemplate's "attachCopy" methods in favor of revised "makePersistent"