spring-projects/spring-framework v4.2.0.RC1

4.2 RC1 Release

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⭐ New Features

• @SendTo does not get converter applied when returning Message [SPR-13124] #17715
• Implement hashCode() for synthesized annotations [SPR-13066] #17658
• Implement equals() for synthesized annotations [SPR-13065] #17657
• Implement toString() for synthesized annotations [SPR-13064] #17656
• Introduce putIfAbsent() in AnnotationAttributes [SPR-13060] #17652
• No possible matches for invalid field access in DirectFieldAccessor [SPR-13053] #17645
• mvcUrl is always rendering scheme+host+port, that should be optional only when absolute link is needed [SPR-13045] #17637
• DataBinder should use ConversionService if PropertyEditor cannot produce required type [SPR-13042] #17634
• Ability to prefix each RestTemplate request using some kind of UriPrefixingClientHttpRequestFactory [SPR-13035] #17627
• LocaleChangeInterceptor not protected against CSRF [SPR-13032] #17624
• Document "present" terminology in AnnotationUtils [SPR-13030] #17623
• Provide access to the return type in MethodMetadata [SPR-13024] #17615
• Destroy callback cannot be disabled for AutoCloseable beans [SPR-13022] #17613
• Harmonize default converters with available editors [SPR-13020] #17611
• Avoid eager error message formatting in pre-condition checks [SPR-13007] #17599
• Introduce AopTestUtils in spring-test [SPR-13005] #17597
• Eliminate inspection of meta-annotations on Java annotations [SPR-12989] #17580
• NoHandlerFoundException message should not contain all headers [SPR-12984] #17575
• Automatically register Jackson's JDK 8 module when available [SPR-12983] #17574
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter breaks SockJS and HTTP streaming async responses [SPR-12960] #17552
• Using StandardWebSocketClient it's not possible to customize ClientEndpointConfig before it's passed to WebSocketContainer.connectToServer method [SPR-12955] #17547
• Default RequestPostProcessor should be executed first [SPR-12945] #17538
• Autowiring against a closed ApplicationContext should consistently fail [SPR-12932] #17525
• Spring Performance Optimization, Comparing Classes [SPR-12926] #17519
• Allow for marshalling the messaging Message payload with an user defined marshaller [SPR-12912] #17511
• Configure reply type via JmsListenerContainerFactory [SPR-12911] #17510
• @Configuration enhancer does not throw proper exception in case of mismatched @Bean method [SPR-12905] #17504
• MVC should respect @ResponseStatus on exceptions during mapping [SPR-12903] #17502
• Revisit "ApplicationEventMulticaster not initialized" behavior for early event publication scenarios [SPR-12902] #17501
• Support expression in @SendTo for JMS endpoints [SPR-12899] #17498
• Improve exception message in case of incomplete Caching configuration. [SPR-12898] #17497
• ResourceHttpMessageConverter always returns "application/octet-stream" Content-Type [SPR-12894] #17493
• OkHttp implementations of ClientHttpRequestFactory / AsyncClientHttpRequestFactory [SPR-12893] #17492
• Better exception message for missing @RequestBody method parameter [SPR-12888] #17486
• Support 'selector' header for subscriptions with SimpleBrokerMessageHandler [SPR-12884] #17482
• Support injecting resource as Reader [SPR-12876] #17474
• Improve handling of JDK dynamic proxies in DefaultAopProxyFactory. [SPR-12870] #17468
• CookieGenerator.removeCookie doesnt support secure field [SPR-12865] #17463
• MethodValidationPostProcessor could be more open to extension [SPR-12863] #17461
• Indeterministic UnsatisfiedServletRequestParameterException#paramConditions [SPR-12854] #17452
• Provide Access to Spring WebSocket's Configured PathMatcher [SPR-12845] #17443
• add support of xlsx format to JasperReportsMultiFormatView [SPR-12843] #17441
• HttpSessionHandshakeInterceptor's getSession(request) [SPR-12840] #17438
• Introduce database-name attribute in <jdbc:embedded-database /> [SPR-12835] #17432
• Allow <jdbc:embedded-database /> to be declared as an anonymous bean [SPR-12834] #17431
• HTTP Streaming Directly to the OutputStream [SPR-12831] #17428
• HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory should not depend on CloseableHttpClient [SPR-12826] #17423
• Add setAutoStartup(boolean) to AbstractJmsListenerContainerFactory [SPR-12824] #17421
• Make ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods work on Java 8 default interface methods [SPR-12822] #17419
• On CONNECT and external broker is not available, StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler should return ERROR frame [SPR-12820] #17417
• Support a customizable FieldError creation at SpringValidatorAdapter [SPR-12819] #17416
• Provide an option for trailing slash for AbstractUrlHandlerMapping like RequestMappingHandlerMapping [SPR-12818] #17415
• Support SpEL in bean class names [SPR-12817] #17414
• SubProtocolWebSocketHandler should check is session is open before adding it to its map [SPR-12812] #17409
• SpEL's ReflectiveMethodResolver should use distance computation by default [SPR-12808] #17405
• @Order annotations not consistently honored within DispatcherServlet and other parts of the framework [SPR-12806] #17403
• Make initDirectFieldAccess work with array, List and Map [SPR-12805] #17402
• Support for named parameters in SimpleJdbcCall [SPR-12801] #17398
• Allow use of MvcUriComponentsBuilder independent of Servlet request lifecycle [SPR-12800] #17397
• Support for Transport connectivity check in JavaMailSender [SPR-12799] #17396
• TypeDescriptor should support arbitrary levels of meta-annotations [SPR-12793] #17390
• SpEL: reduce restrictions on compiling mathematical expressions [SPR-12789] #17386
• UrlTag mishandles foreign root context URIs [SPR-12782] #17380
• Re-allow handling empty request body [SPR-12778] #17376
• ProxyAsyncConfiguration is eagerly loaded due to AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessor [SPR-12761] #17358
• Support for Hibernate Validator 5.2 [SPR-12758] #17355
• FlashMap's cannot be easily serialized by means other than java serialization [SPR-12757] #17354
• ProxyFactory should not discard objenesis cache, thereby enabling efficient proxy instantiation [SPR-12755] #17352
• Support @ControllerAdvice registrations in the MockMvcBuilders standalone setup [SPR-12751] #17348
• Provide option in RestTemplate to encode slash in URI variables [SPR-12750] #17347
• Allowing access to scheduled tasks in the ScheduledTaskRegistrar [SPR-12748] #17345
• Allow easier use of custom RequestMappingHandlerMapping in WebMvcConfigurationSupport [SPR-12746] #17343
• MvcUriComponentsBuilder drops trailing slash from @RequestMapping [SPR-12742] #17339
• Allow use of @JsonView on @MessageMapping methods [SPR-12741] #17338
• Collections returned from @EventListener methods should result in each element being published as an individual event [SPR-12733] #17330
• Customize STOMP ERROR frame [SPR-12732] #17329
• Add TimeoutException to JmsInvokerClientInterceptor [SPR-12731] #17328
• MessageConverter implementation that marshals from/to XML [SPR-12726] #17323
• All HttpMessageConverters should support StreamingHttpOutputMessage [SPR-12715] #17312
• ResolvableType.getType() should reflect the set up type correctly [SPR-12701] #17298
• Support global @MessageExceptionHandler [SPR-12696] #17293
• Cache aspect should also clear expression caches on shutdown [SPR-12691] #17289
• Improve extensibility of TestContext bootstrap and context caching mechanisms [SPR-12683] #17282
• Make resolveContextLoader() method in AbstractTestContextBootstrapper protected [SPR-12682] #17281
• Improve charset parsing in MockHttpServletRequest and Response [SPR-12677] #17276
• Unable to explicitly order WebRequestInterceptors via addInterceptors method [SPR-12673] #17272
• ResourceBundleMessageSource should allow for custom PropertyResourceBundle subclass [SPR-12666] #17265
• context register @Configuration doesn't respect @Order [SPR-12657] #17257
• Add support for @Lazy on @Resource injection points [SPR-12654] #17255
• TransactionAwareCacheDecorator method clear not synchronised with transaction [SPR-12653] #17254
• Support for java.util.Optional as a @RequestPart [SPR-12644] #17245
• @Order should get detected in case of proxyTargetClass=false as well [SPR-12636] #17237
• Provide reusable parts of Cache implementation for others [SPR-12622] #17223
• Configuration of path mapping options for websockets via XML [SPR-12621] #17222
• task:annotation-driven does not process exception-handler with mode aspectj [SPR-12619] #17220
• Allow customizing "base" path in MvcUriComponentsBuilder (e.g. path prefix for locale) [SPR-12617] #17218
• Allow readTimeout / connectTimeout in Netty4ClientHttpRequestFactory [SPR-12612] #17213
• Document how HandlerInterceptor should differentiate an ASYNC dispatch [SPR-12608] #17209
• Provide access to the target HandlerMethod from @ExceptionHandler methods [SPR-12605] #17206
• Explicit failure if multiple @BootstrapWith annotations are used on the same test [SPR-12602] #17203
• Log warning for Isolation.READ_UNCOMMITTED with Propagation.NOT_SUPPORTED [SPR-12600] #17201
• Support CompletableFuture as alternative to DeferredResult in MVC [SPR-12597] #17198
• Support Jackson @JsonFilter [SPR-12586] #17187
• Merge default request config with local customizations [SPR-12583] #17184
• Flash attributes not working with spaces in query parameters [SPR-12569] #17170
• Support for apache commons-pool2 [SPR-12532] #17137
• Make BeanWrapperImpl use BeanUtils [SPR-12520] #17125
• Jackson @JsonView deserialization support for request bodies [SPR-12501] #17106
• Support for Undertow 1.2 / WildFly 9.0 [SPR-12469] #17075
• Support org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer usage programmatically (in Servlet 3.0+ environments) [SPR-12430] #17036
• Introduce BEFORE_METHOD and BEFORE_CLASS modes for @DirtiesContext [SPR-12429] #17035
• Support @Order on ApplicationListeners [SPR-12410] #17018
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler serves all files with must-revalidate cache header, should not do that when using a content versioning strategy [SPR-12562] #16988
• Two trailing slashes and the default servlet cannot resolve to a controller [SPR-12372] #16979
• Make use of response encoding when HTML escaping the default [SPR-12369] #16976
• Ability to use webjar with spring without specifying version info in HTML/jsp file [SPR-12323] #16928
• Custom @RequestMapping annotations [SPR-12296] #16901
• Support JavaScript Templating [SPR-12266] #16871
• HTTP Streaming and Server-Sent Events (SSE) [SPR-12212] #16826
• Support for JSR-354 Money & Currency [SPR-12209] #16823
• Support CompletableFuture as return value in @MessageMapping handlers [SPR-12207] #16821
• DirectFieldAccessor should support collections [SPR-12206] #16820
• Default conversion from and to java.util.stream.Stream [SPR-12175] #16789
• Support destination variable placeholders in @SendTo and @SendToUser for STOMP endpoints [SPR-12170] #16784
• Support ListenableFuture as return value in @MessageMapping handlers [SPR-12168] #16782
• Add generics / parameterized type support to ListableBeanFactory getBeanNamesForType/getBeansOfType methods [SPR-12147] #16761
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter should use a more efficiently dynamically resizing buffer than ResizableByteArrayOutputStream [SPR-12081] #16697
• Add support for transaction bound application events [SPR-12080] #16696
• Expose information about STOMP/WebSocket connections and subscriptions [SPR-12029] #16645
• StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToSet and removeDuplicateStrings should preserve original order [SPR-12003] #16619
• Improve HTTP support and update with new HTTP RFCs [SPR-11886] #16505
• Support standard javax.transaction.Transactional in AspectJ [SPR-11803] #16423
• Server-side HTTP caching improvements [SPR-11792] #16413
• SpEL should not restrict 'NEW' identificator as 'new' token for constructor [SPR-11783] #16405
• Java based config should support class-only component declarations through @Import [SPR-11740] #16362
• Support for Hibernate ORM 5.0 [SPR-11694] #16316
• Within Cache abstraction, log when a value was found for a key, and when not. [SPR-11654] #16277
• ApplicationListener-like annotation for consuming application events [SPR-11622] #16245
• Support user destinations with multiple WebSocket servers [SPR-11620] #16243
• Favor more locally declared composed annotations over inherited annotations [SPR-11598] #16221
• STOMP client support [SPR-11588] #16212
• Provide public methods to register and un-register handler method mappings [SPR-11541] #16166
• Document and test status quo for AnnotatedElementUtils [SPR-11514] #16139
• Introduce support for explicit annotation attribute overrides [SPR-11513] #16138
• Introduce unified support for declaring and looking up annotation attribute aliases [SPR-11512] #16137
• Heartbeat in Messaging SimpleBroker [SPR-10954] #15582
• @Bean on Java 8 default methods in interfaces [SPR-10919] #15547
• Add support for http byte-range requests [SPR-10805] #15431
• TypeMismatchException for @RequestParam does not contain parameter name [SPR-10153] #14786
• ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitionsForModelMethod should take into account the allowBeanDefinitionOverride settings [SPR-9682] #14316
• Beans defined by @ComponentScan are skipped in @Configuration override [SPR-9567] #14201
• CORS support [SPR-9278] #13916
• Introduce support for generating unique names for embedded databases [SPR-8849] #13491
• ApplicationEvent should take generics into account when dispatching events [SPR-8201] #12850
• AnnotationTransactionAspect retains reference to closed BeanFactory [SPR-7964] #12619
• Provide a formatter registry capability local to a controller [SPR-7773] #12429
• Provide @Rule alternative to SpringJUnit4ClassRunner [SPR-7731] #12387
• When a bean definition is overridden, detect whether the definition has changed and log accordingly [SPR-7607] #12263
• Support for XSSFWorkbook and SXSSFWorkbook (xmlx format; POI 3.9+) [SPR-6898] #11563
• Support setting and getting static fields in ReflectionTestUtils [SPR-6792] #11458
• No way to register Formatter instances by field on DataBinder [SPR-6069] #10737
• ScriptFactory for JSR-223 [SPR-5215] #9888

🪲 Bug Fixes

• An exception is thrown when validation fails on public nested fields [SPR-13107] #17698
• SynthesizedAnnotation must be public [SPR-13057] #17649
• In SPEL projection expression, #this as the same value as #root [SPR-13055] #17647
• Wrong URL with MvcUriComponentsBuilder::fromMethodCall in case of inheritance [SPR-13033] #17625
• AntPathMatcher should throw an IllegalArgumentException if patterns cannot be combined [SPR-12998] #17590
• MvcUriComponentsBuilder does not support bridged methods [SPR-12977] #17568
• AnnotatedElementUtils fails to find type-level annotations on interfaces [SPR-12944] #17537
• AnnotationUtils does not support arbitrary levels of meta-annotations on methods [SPR-12941] #17534
• ConfigurationClassEnhancer.enhanceFactoryBean is not transparent for method calls other than getObject() [SPR-12915] #17514
• HttpClientErrorException missing response body if callback is registered [SPR-12887] #17485
• MockHttpServletRequestBuilder should not decode query string [SPR-12880] #17478
• HttpEntity controller method arguments should allow null body [SPR-12861] #17459
• Contract of @RequestPart(required=false) not obeyed [SPR-12860] #17458
• BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(factory, RepositoryFactoryInformation.class, false, false) doesn't find beans that are found in 4.1 [SPR-12846] #17444
• CompositePropertySource doesn't fulfil EnumerablePropertySource [SPR-12788] #17385
• @JmsListener cannot be a scoped proxy [SPR-12774] #17371
• Favor more locally declared composed annotations over inherited annotations in the TestContext framework [SPR-12749] #17346
• AnnotatedElementUtils fails to find annotations on abstract, bridge, or interface methods [SPR-12738] #17335
• ClassCastException in ResponseBodyEmitterReturnValueHandler.supportsReturnType(…) [SPR-12693] #17291
• SpEL Collection Selection: "selectionExpression" with method invocation pushes root object as active context instead of current item [SPR-12035] #16651
• DefaultMessageListenerContainer#doShutdown hangs [SPR-11841] #16460
• Collection selection and the use of #this [SPR-10417] #15050

📔 Documentation

• Add xsd description for default handling of autowire and lazy-init attributes [SPR-13038] #17630
• Improve description of shutting down the IoC container in reference document [SPR-13000] #17592
• Modify typo in the reference document [SPR-12993] #17585
• Remove the RemoteAccountService(sample code for JAX-RPC) from the reference document [SPR-12992] #17584
• OXM exception hierarchy image is not displayed in reference manual [SPR-12990] #17582
• JpaDialect description replace to EclipseLink from TopLink [SPR-12988] #17579
• Remove descriptions of classic API of ORM(JDO/JPA) [SPR-12987] #17578
• Improve description of DefaultLobHandler in reference manual [SPR-12985] #17576
• Bad grammar in reference document [SPR-12981] #17572
• Reference manual should not refer to deprecated ParameterizedBeanPropertyRowMapper [SPR-12980] #17571
• Update documentation for the resultsMapCaseInsensitive flag in JdbcTemplate [SPR-12979] #17570
• Document meta-annotation support in AnnotationUtils [SPR-12940] #17533
• [doc] Update reference for STOMP client [SPR-12814] #17411
• Documentation regression: some TIP and NOTE wrongly displayed [SPR-12791] #17388
• Documentation the limitation of injecting components in @Configuration classes [SPR-12773] #17370
• Improve RedirectAttributes reference documentation [SPR-12759] #17356
• Document event infrastructure improvements [SPR-12702] #17299
• Document how to prevent a JNDI DataSource retrieved using JavaConfig to be removed on shutdown of the context [SPR-12551] #17153
• Modularize Asciidoc [SPR-12309] #16914