spring-projects/spring-framework v4.3.0.RC1

4.3 RC1 Release

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⭐ New Features

• Scoped proxies are fragile with respect to serialization [SPR-14117] #18689
• Auto-detect Kotlin Jackson module [SPR-14108] #18680
• Make localized field names lookup extensible in JSR-303 validation messages [SPR-14104] #18676
• LocalValidatorFactoryBean should expose a hook for using a custom ValidationProviderResolver [SPR-14100] #18672
• AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource should never apply to GroovyObject methods [SPR-14095] #18667
• AsyncRestTemplate should trigger no-output HTTP requests immediately as well [SPR-14093] #18665
• Refine TestPropertySourceUtils for Spring Boot usage [SPR-14088] #18660
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should enforce consistent alphabetical sorting of directory content [SPR-14085] #18657
• Add setMultiTenantConnectionProvider to org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean [SPR-14072] #18644
• Support for HTTP Vary configuration (e.g. in reaction to locale-based rendering) [SPR-14070] #18642
• MockMvcWebConnection should share CookieManager with HtmlUnit driver [SPR-14066] #18638
• Allow @Autowired to be declared on parameters [SPR-14057] #18629
• Support creation of SynthesizingMethodParameter for constructor parameter [SPR-14054] #18626
• MockHttpServletResponse should convert Cookies into Set-Cookie header [SPR-14051] #18623
• ReflectionTestUtils should automatically unwrap proxies [SPR-14050] #18622
• DefaultUserDestinationResolver does not support "." separator convention [SPR-14044] #18616
• Reject @ManagedResource a on class which is not public [SPR-14042] #18614
• BigDecimal to Integer/Short/Byte should overflow like BigDecimal to Long does [SPR-14041] #18613
• HTTP persistent connections for HTTP Invoker and RestTemplate [SPR-14040] #18612
• Support conversion between Enum and Integer [SPR-14039] #18611
• Provide flag to allow ServletTestExecutionListener to run without @WebAppConfiguration [SPR-14035] #18607
• InjectionPoint/DependencyDescriptor as injectable argument for @Bean methods [SPR-14033] #18605
• Adding ability to read result sets row-by-row for MySql driver [SPR-14028] #18600
• Reconsider enablement of JNDIPropertySource by default [SPR-14026] #18598
• Support for OkHttp 3 [SPR-14024] #18596
• Remove double slash from resolved WebJar resources [SPR-14018] #18590
• Custom key classes for HashMap should implement Comparable [SPR-14017] #18589
• Make TestContextManager.getTestContext() public [SPR-14011] #18583
• Support placeholder for @CrossOrigin [SPR-14010] #18582
• Allow @ComponentScan custom filters to implement *Aware interfaces [SPR-14009] #18581
• Allow non-public @Transactional test methods [SPR-14000] #18573
• Introduce ContextCustomizer API in the TestContext framework [SPR-13998] #18571
• Support @BeforeTransaction and AfterTransaction on non-public methods [SPR-13997] #18570
• Validator is not set after initializing web socket MessageBroker from xml configuration [SPR-13996] #18569
• Introduce common composed annotations for web scopes [SPR-13993] #18566
• Introduce common composed annotations for @RequestMapping [SPR-13992] #18565
• Remove @BootstrapWith from @WebAppConfiguration [SPR-13991] #18564
• Unique XML-specified constructor not accepted in case of unresolvable name [SPR-13987] #18559
• Consistent resolution of factory method exceptions [SPR-13985] #18557
• Support JacksonXmlModule.setDefaultUseWrapper [SPR-13975] #18547
• Support repeatable annotations as composed annotations [SPR-13973] #18545
• Allow a single element to override an array attribute in a meta-annotation [SPR-13972] #18544
• Improve CacheOperation equals/hashCode implementation performance [SPR-13970] #18542
• Allow spring.factories to load package private classes [SPR-13969] #18541
• Improve core container exception meta-data [SPR-13968] #18540
• TestContextManager.afterTestMethod doesn't handle java.lang.Error! [SPR-13961] #18534
• Consistent behavior for unwrap(null) on JPA and Bean Validation wrappers [SPR-13960] #18533
• ObjectFactory lacks method for getting bean with specified constructor arguments [SPR-13956] #18529
• Allow @ContextConfiguration to be omitted [SPR-13955] #18528
• Provide shorter 'alias' for SpringJUnit4ClassRunner [SPR-13954] #18527
• @RequestHeader name/value does not accept placeholders [SPR-13952] #18525
• Prevent accessing the session in ServletRequestAttributes.updateAccessedSessionAttributes() if no session attributes need to be updated [SPR-13950] #18522
• Mis-typed URL should give 404 not 405 [SPR-13944] #18516
• An ObjectFactory variant with lenient not-unique handling [SPR-13943] #18515
• OkHttp RestTemplate adapter uses inappropriate async requests [SPR-13942] #18514
• Support for Common Annotations 1.1's javax.annotation.Resource.lookup() [SPR-13941] #18513
• Duplicate method signature in reference doc example [SPR-13940] #18512
• Provide way in MVC Java config to modify rather than replace default HandlerExceptionResolvers [SPR-13931] #18503
• ThreadPoolTaskExecutor does not allow for decorating Runnables [SPR-13930] #18502
• Consistent API between spring-web and spring-messaging HandlerMethod infrastructure [SPR-13929] #18501
• Speed up AntPathMatcher by doing prefix-match [SPR-13913] #18487
• Ability to add a custom ResourceLoader conveniently in AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext or conveniently as can be done via spring boot [SPR-13905] #18479
• Convenient access to session and request attributes in controller methods [SPR-13894] #18468
• Support 'primary' transaction managers and data sources in the TestContext Framework [SPR-13891] #18465
• AnnotationAwareOrderComparator getPriority does not work if bean is a proxy [SPR-13884] #18457
• Add support for UTF-8 and other charset/encoding to @PropertySource [SPR-13874] #18447
• Support for conditional PUT in Web MVC (using If-Unmodified-Since header) [SPR-13863] #18436
• ResourceAccessException message could leak sensitive information [SPR-13860] #18433
• MultipartFile argument requires multipart request even when optional (and empty) [SPR-13849] #18422
• Validate @RequestMapping methods on AOP proxies [SPR-13842] #18415
• Support RFC 5861 (Cache Control Extensions) in com.springframework.http.CacheControl [SPR-13841] #18414
• @AliasFor attribute name should default to declaring attribute [SPR-13828] #18401
• BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType does not work for @Qualifier on bean class [SPR-13819] #18392
• Consistent validation of annotated methods behind AOP proxies [SPR-13816] #18389
• EventListener condition SpEL cannot invoke bean methods [SPR-13814] #18387
• Add a convenience constructor to InternalResourceViewResolver [SPR-13813] #18386
• Cacheable condition SpEL cannot invoke bean methods [SPR-13812] #18385
• Users logged in to multiple servers do not get messages in sessions on remote servers [SPR-13800] #18373
• Support global separator in jdbc:initialize-database [SPR-13792] #18365
• ListenableFutureAdapter.addCallback may or may not propagate failures from a FailureCallback in the calling thread [SPR-13785] #18358
• Support weak Etags in ShallowEtagHeaderFilter [SPR-13778] #18352
• Lazy GenericMessage payload extraction for JMS endpoints [SPR-13777] #18351
• Support store-by-value in ConcurrentMapCacheManager [SPR-13758] #18331
• Avoid scoped destruction callbacks in case of no post-processor actually applying [SPR-13744] #18317
• Support mock-like handler method reference in Spring MVC Test [SPR-13736] #18309
• Parse form data request content and populate request params in Spring MVC Test [SPR-13733] #18306
• Background initialization option for JPA EntityManagerFactory / Hibernate SessionFactory [SPR-13732] #18305
• Revise AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter's generic type adaptation [SPR-13728] #18301
• Improve support for custom HTTP verbs in Spring MVC Test [SPR-13719] #18292
• Differentiate between TypeDescriptors with same annotations but different attributes [SPR-13714] #18287
• Hibernate5 metadata access [SPR-13710] #18285
• RedirectView should allow for bypassing HttpServletResponse#encodeRedirectURL [SPR-13693] #18268
• Caffeine caching support [SPR-13690] #18265
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver does not consider manifest based classpaths [SPR-13685] #18260
• Add @RestControllerAdvice annotation [SPR-13673] #18248
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler does not take into account mime types configured in WebMvcConfigurerAdapter [SPR-13658] #18233
• Add HTTP status 451: Unavailable For Legal Reasons [SPR-13632] #18210
• Allow specifying HTTP response Content-Type without losing default charset [SPR-13631] #18209
• Support SpEL next to placeholders in annotation attributes (e.g. @Scheduled) [SPR-13625] #18203
• Add support for x-forwarded- HttpServletRequest wrapping [SPR-13614] #18192
• @Value cannot be used as aliased meta-annotation [SPR-13603] #18181
• Clarify how to prevent overwriting Cache-Control when @SessionAttribute is used [SPR-13598] #18176
• SystemEnvironmentPropertySource should try to replace hyphens as well [SPR-13594] #18172
• Make use of native doUpgrade operation in Undertow 1.3.5+ / 1.4 [SPR-13593] #18171
• Cannot inject List even using @Named [SPR-13585] #18162
• Support @SendTo at the class level [SPR-13578] #18155
• MockMvc: jsonpath with skip prefix [SPR-13577] #18154
• resttemplate multipart post with InputStreamResource not working [SPR-13571] #18147
• @DateTimeFormat's JSR-310 formatter is not strict in case of pattern [SPR-13567] #18143
• ability to set response status on ModelAndView [SPR-13560] #18136
• allow ResponseStatus on Controller class [SPR-13547] #18123
• empty set in MVC @ModelAttribute is null [SPR-13502] #18080
• Full support for Jackson 2.7 [SPR-13483] #18062
• Support @Cache* as merged composed annotations [SPR-13475] #18054
• Detect @Autowired constructors for configuration classes [SPR-13471] #18050
• Support custom qualifier annotations in @Transactional [SPR-13452] #18032
• Introduce predefined composed annotations in core Spring [SPR-13442] #18022
• Use AnnotatedElementUtils instead of AnnotationUtils wherever feasible [SPR-13440] #18020
• Coerce @ResponseBody CharSequences to strings [SPR-13423] #18002
• Request parameters cannot bind to Optional<List> [SPR-13418] #17997
• Support MessageSourceResolvable to string argument value at SpringValidatorAdapter [SPR-13406] #17986
• Prevent binding for @ModelAttribute [SPR-13402] #17982
• Flexible locale resolution based on supported languages [SPR-13330] #17915
• @MessageMapping should support generically typed Message argument with converted payload [SPR-13288] #17878
• BCP 47 compatible Locale support [SPR-13274] #17865
• JsonView support for JMS [SPR-13237] #17828
• Better parameterized type serialization for the request body in RestTemplate [SPR-13154] #17745
• @ComponentScan should be repeatable [SPR-13151] #17742
• Spring should have default support for OPTIONS, HEAD and Allow [SPR-13130] #17721
• MockRestRequestMatchers should have matchers for form data [SPR-13044] #17636
• Generics support improvement for core.convert.support.GenericConversionService [SPR-12948] #17541
• Support multiple composed annotations on a single annotated element [SPR-13486] #17490
• Add support to enhance default resource loader [SPR-12857] #17455
• Support of client interceptors in Spring's AsyncRestTemplate [SPR-12538] #16971
• Make @Autowired optional on a single constructor of a class decorated with @Component [SPR-12278] #16883
• @Autowired does not work for target bean of type Collection [SPR-12180] #16794
• Improve @PropertySource loading support [SPR-12116] #16732
• MVC config should register custom arguments resolvers with default ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver [SPR-12058] #16674
• Allow @SendToUser applied to class [SPR-12047] #16663
• UriTemplate does not escape semicolons in path segments [SPR-11652] #16275
• MockRestServiceServer should allow for an expectation to occur multiple times. [SPR-11365] #15991
• @ExceptionHandler cannot handler java.lang.Error despite the annotation accept ? extends Throwable [SPR-11106] #15732
• Allow adding resources to ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource [SPR-10314] #14948
• Log at info level when skipping an application context due to profile not being active [SPR-10202] #14835
• Spring MVC Test support for expectations on multivalue response headers [SPR-10087] #14720
• UriComponents cannot process collections [SPR-9712] #14346
• Using Spring beans as a part of key in cache annotations (@Cacheable etc.) doesn't work [SPR-9578] #14212
• Cannot reference FactoryBean in a SpEL expression [SPR-9511] #14145
• Provide means to configure multithreaded access for cache abstraction [SPR-9254] #13892
• Allow the use of custom PropertySource annotations in @Configuration classes [SPR-8963] #13603
• Support @Autowired-like self injection [SPR-8450] #13096
• Limit size of context cache in the TestContext framework [SPR-8055] #12710
• Allow for normal bean wiring semantics for types assignable to Map [SPR-7915] #12570
• Spring AOP proxies with annotation-based pointcuts are not serializable [SPR-6910] #11575
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should close jar file from JarURLConnection if not cached [SPR-6295] #10961
• Adding trim-capability to property configurers [SPR-5839] #10509
• Allow DispatcherServlet/ServletWrappingController to work with the extended WebDAV methods [SPR-4799] #9476

🪲 Bug Fixes

• In the latest 4.3 snapshots HttpEntityMethodProcessor uses a Java 8 API [SPR-14086] #18658
• Transitive implicit aliases do not always work with @AliasFor in merged annotations [SPR-14069] #18641
• Behaviour of configuration class constructor injection changes with the presence of @Configuration [SPR-14015] #18587
• Fix order of arguments passed to assert in HeaderResultMatchers#string(String, String) [SPR-14004] #18576
• Optional autowire of Map<String, BeanType> accidentally falls back to unrelated Map<String, String> [SPR-13963] #18536
• Part list/array gets resolved to all parts in current request [SPR-13893] #18467
• Container tries to autowire dependencies despite explicit arguments given [SPR-13808] #18381

📔 Documentation

• FormTag's "modelAttribute" should consistently supersede "commandName" [SPR-14094] #18666
• Cache documentation wrongly states that Java does not support repeating annotations [SPR-14012] #18584
• [doc] Update reference on RestTemplate test support to mention strategies and option to test using MockMvc as the server [SPR-13815] #18388