check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves bridge methods to find setter method for getter method with covariant return type * TypeMismatchException component-scan preserves original source of scanned bean definitions, for silently ignoring already scanned classes * annotation-config registers PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor independent from client bundle's (to search JBoss-managed jars) * GenericCollectionTypeResolver correctly resolves collection element type even when target bean is a collection itself Package org.springframework.ejb * SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor

check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves bridge methods to find setter method for getter method with covariant return type * TypeMismatchException component-scan preserves original source of scanned bean definitions, for silently ignoring already scanned classes * annotation-config registers PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor independent from client bundle's (to search JBoss-managed jars) * GenericCollectionTypeResolver correctly resolves collection element type even when target bean is a collection itself Package org.springframework.ejb * SpringBeanAutowiringInterceptor

ertyDescriptor for compatibility with IBM's JDK 1.6 (avoiding NPE) * TypeMismatchException shows type description for mismatching JDK proxy values (listing their implemented interfaces) * CustomNumberEditor performing a deep search on a specific bean * BeanConfigurerSupport (@Configurable processing) includes type of bean in warn log when called in unconfigured state * restored BeanConfigurerSupport's silent skipping canner always accepts explicit bean definition of same name as override for scanned bean * added type="custom" expression="" option to component-scan's "include- filter"/"exclude-filter" *

NoClassDefFoundError when looking for presence of Equinox classes * SimpleMetadataReaderFactory uses ResourceLoader's ClassLoader for loading annotation classes (for OSGi compatibility) Package org.springframework ProxyFactoryBean assumes a target bean if type cannot be determined for last element in "interceptorNames" list * AbstractAutoProxyCreator predicts proxy class as bean type if known already (instead of predicting interface * AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between

ProxyFactoryBean assumes a target bean if type cannot be determined for last element in "interceptorNames" list * AbstractAutoProxyCreator predicts proxy class as bean type if known already (instead of predicting interface * AbstractBeanFactory does not log full exception stack trace (at debug level) on FactoryBean type check anymore * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory allows for resolving circular reference between * added "ignoreUnresolvableEditors" property to CustomEditorConfigurer, allowing to ignore type/editor classes not found * XmlBeanDefinitionReader's "getValidationModeForResource" method is protected now

the available enum values * BeanWrapperImpl resolves the target type for a generically typed bean property, performing appropriate type conversion * StringArrayPropertyEditor (for comma-delimited splitting MethodInvokingFactoryBean falls back to interpreting specified arguments as single method argument of array type * deprecated RefreshablePagedListHolder class and associated PagedListSourceProvider interface * AutowireCapableBeanFactory * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory removes singleton if created for type check in case of circular reference issues * AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory applies specified

clarity and context inclusion * DefaultListableBeanFactory does not eagerly initialize FactoryBeans for type checks even with factory-bean reference * DefaultListableBeanFactory throws descriptive exception enforced (accepting beans without those) * SingletonBeanFactoryLocator falls back to a single bean of type BeanFactory (if any) when given a null locator key * SingletonBeanFactoryLocator removes bean factory StaticMessageSource, for bulk adding messages * ContextTypeMatchClassLoader does not generally exclude classes in the "org.springframework" package anymore * DefaultContextLoadTimeWeaver only chooses GlassFishLoadTimeWeaver

constructed with a URI directly * fixed AbstractLabeledEnum to correctly determine the default enum type for a top- level enum class (again) Package org.springframework.jdbc * added "registerDatabase" method into WebUtils/PortletUtils, for reuse in custom code * InternalResourceView explicitly sets content type on response in include case (for correct charset handling on Tomcat) * exposed applicable standard springframework.beans * DefaultListableBeanFactory now supports autowiring of FactoryBean instances 'by type' * revised DefaultListableBeanFactory's exception handling for clearer wrapping of nested exceptions

revised ProxyConfig/AdvisedSupport's "toString()" output * RegexpMethodPointcutAdvisor references ORO classes indirectly, to avoid eager loading of ORO on Solaris JDK 1.6 * revised SingletonTargetSource's and AbstractAutoProxyCreator considers all Advices (not just MethodInterceptors) as infrastructure classes to ignore Package org.springframework.beans * fixed BeanWrapperImpl's "toString()" output in case Number objects (as property or argument values) are automatically coerced into the target Number type (if necessary) * refined PropertyAccessExceptionsException to show nested details even when wrapped

SQL error codes for MS SQL, MySQL, and Oracle * OracleLobHandler lazily initializes Oracle driver classes, always loading via the actual Connection's class loader * fixed DataSourceUtils to correctly re-suspend JdbcTemplate * SingleColumnRowMapper explicitly calls "ResultSet.getBigDecimal()" if the required type is BigDecimal * fixed SingleColumnRowMapper to explicitly check "ResultSet.wasNull()" after "get with an encoding to use for reading * added StaticLabeledEnum, a convenient base class for type-safe enum classes declared as static final member variables * reworked ShortCoded, StringCoded and LetterCoded