spring-projects/spring-framework v4.2.1.RELEASE

4.2.1 Release

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⭐ New Features

• AsyncRestTemplate should wrap RuntimeExceptions in ExecutionException [SPR-13413] #17992
• DefaultDeserializer should use ConfigurableObjectInputStream [SPR-13409] #17988
• Support transitive implicit attribute aliases with @AliasFor [SPR-13405] #17985
• SimpleAliasRegistry should detect circles between non-canonical aliases as well [SPR-13390] #17971
• Method lookup doesn't allow for overriding definitions in parent bean [SPR-13388] #17969
• VersionResourceResolver should add ETag headers when resolving resources [SPR-13382] #17963
• Support CALL Statement for SAP HANA [SPR-13381] #17962
• Quote if necessary Etags set with ResponseEntity builder API [SPR-13378] #17960
• Introduce hook for creating a custom BeanPropertyBindingResult in DataBinder [SPR-13373] #17955
• Log connection URL for embedded databases [SPR-13370] #17954
• Add 'preparer-factory' attribute to mvc:tiles-configurer/ [SPR-13363] #17947
• Add Jdk7Module to Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder's well known modules [SPR-13354] #17938
• Introduce JsonPath matchers for empty and non-empty content [SPR-13352] #17936
• Avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods with multiple parameters [SPR-13349] #17933
• Revisit RedirectView's use of getCurrentWebApplicationContext() [SPR-13346] #17930
• Support implicit attribute aliases with @AliasFor [SPR-13345] #17929
• Introduce SmartMessageConverter interface with conversionHint arguments [SPR-13343] #17927
• StompSubProtocolHandler should send SessionSubscribeEvent after ChannelSecurityInterceptor has validated access rights [SPR-13339] #17924
• Provide a SpringConstraintValidatorFactory variant for use with validation.xml [SPR-13327] #17912
• BeanPropertyRowMapper should log if mapRow doesn't find a PropertyDescriptor [SPR-13323] #17908
• Introduce additional JsonPath matchers in Spring MVC Test [SPR-13320] #17905
• File upload with Servlet 3 multipart requests should support filename with charset encoding (RFC 2231) [SPR-13319] #17904
• Deprecate JdkVersion (for optimistic compatibility with newer JDK generations) [SPR-13312] #17897
• UriComponents should support URI variables that contain a regex [SPR-13311] #17896
• HibernateJpaDialect should warn about connection release mode other than ON_CLOSE (when upgrading from 4.0.x) [SPR-13269] #17860
• Support for JSR-356 WebSockets on WebSphere Liberty Profile [SPR-12367] #16973

🪲 Bug Fixes

• MethodValidationPostProcessor fails for certain generic method signatures when running against Hibernate Validator 5 [SPR-12237] #22186
• Spring response handler returning abstract object drops unique fields from concrete class [SPR-13429] #18008
• Regression: BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyDescriptor does not allow nested paths [SPR-13403] #17983
• ServletWebRequest.checkNotModified attempts to call HttpServletResponse.getStatus() on Servlet 2.5 [SPR-13396] #17976
• ScopedProxyMode resolution for custom scope meta-annotation not working with @Bean methods (with ASM-based scanning) [SPR-13394] #17974
• MessageHeaders mutable through Map.Entry.setValue() [SPR-13385] #17966
• Cannot set a Content-Type using ScriptTemplateView [SPR-13379] #17961
• Regression: SpringHandlerInstantiator breaks stand-alone support in the MVC Test framework [SPR-13375] #17957
• ResourceUrlProvider should only consider paths and not request parameters [SPR-13374] #17956
• JsonPath assertions fail to differentiate between definite and indefinite results in checks for existence [SPR-13351] #17935
• Default value of CommonsPool2TargetSource#maxWait is incorrect [SPR-13350] #17934
• ResponseBodyEmitter doesn't get headers written immediately [SPR-13341] #17925
• AnnotationUtils fails to synthesize nested maps into annotations [SPR-13338] #17923
• AnnotationUtils fails to throw exception if meta-annotation is not present [SPR-13335] #17921
• Race condition when inbound message handling fails and StompSubProtocolHandler sends ERROR frame [SPR-13326] #17911
• @AliasFor potentially overrides attribute in wrong meta-annotation [SPR-13325] #17910
• SocketUtils does not properly detect available port on localhost [SPR-13321] #17906
• Jackson 2.6: message converter should use type only for collections [SPR-13318] #17903
• Multipart request tests fail when enabling spring security [SPR-13317] #17902
• MockHttpServletRequest returns empty cookies array instead of null if instance is built using MockHttpServletRequestBuilder [SPR-13314] #17899
• AllEncompassingFormHttpMessageConverter prioritizes Jackson 2 XML over JSON [SPR-13309] #17894
• Regression: PropertiesFactoryBean values do not get converted to target type without ConversionService [SPR-13256] #17847

📔 Documentation

• Add a section about HttpMessageConverter customization in the reference documentation [SPR-13411] #17990
• Misleading note on readonly and disabled flags in spring-form.tld [SPR-13397] #17977
• [doc] Document use of @Transactional on controller via @MessageMapping [SPR-13384] #17965
• [doc] Update Javadoc on RestTemplate/AsyncRestTemplate to highlight supported HTTP client libraries [SPR-13313] #17898
• Document selenium-htmlunit-driver dependency [SPR-13299] #17889