spring-projects/spring-framework v4.3.0.RC2

4.3 RC2 Release

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⭐ New Features

• SpEL Compiler: problems using primitives with instanceof operator [SPR-14250] #18823
• Timeout problem with Spring and Atomikos [SPR-14239] #18812
• Allow @Cacheable method to return java.util.Optional variant of cached value [SPR-14230] #18804
• Add get/set-IfUnmodifiedSince, get/set-IfMatch methods on HttpHeaders [SPR-14228] #18802
• Behavior of checkNotModified(String etag, long lastModifiedTimestamp) does not match HTTP recommendations [SPR-14224] #18798
• Consistent handling of multi-valued headers in HttpHeaders [SPR-14223] #18797
• Refactor HTTP Range support with a new ResourceRegion class [SPR-14221] #18795
• ServletWebRequest.isEtagNotModified does not support commas and spaces in client ETags [SPR-14216] #18790
• Support non-blocking receiveTimeout in AbstractPollingMessageListenerContainer [SPR-14212] #18786
• ScriptTemplateView can't load web-app resources [SPR-14210] #18784
• Support manual ACK and NACK in Stomp Client [SPR-14208] #18782
• HttpSessionRequiredException should have a getter for 'expected session attribute' [SPR-14206] #18780
• ResponseEntity should allow the usage of unassigned HTTP status codes [SPR-14205] #18779
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should not re-resolve root URLs [SPR-14202] #18776
• @RequestHeader doesn't accept RFC-1123 for conversion to java.time.Instant [SPR-14201] #18775
• DefaultMessageListenerContainer doesn't shutdown gracefully if long recovery interval is set [SPR-14200] #18774
• Java 8 default methods not detected as bean properties [SPR-14198] #18772
• Add text/markdown to MediaType [SPR-14192] #18765
• Support test annotations on interfaces [SPR-14184] #18755
• Support @BeforeTransaction and @AfterTransaction on interface default methods [SPR-14183] #18754
• Let @Scheduled work with a non-void method how is possible with task:scheduled [SPR-14175] #18746
• Rename MimeType's getCharSet() to getCharset() [SPR-14172] #18744
• Improve failure metadata that is available from BeanInstantiationException [SPR-14166] #18738
• RestTemplate: Support default urlVariables at template level [SPR-14147] #18719
• Placeholder resolution for annotation attributes is not active by default [SPR-14140] #18712
• Add method to TestPropertySourceUtils to add properties files directly to the environment [SPR-14131] #18703
• Improve MimeTypeUtils to handle the case of only a delimiter passed [SPR-14124] #18696
• Unable to define empty java.util.Optional bean in spring xml [SPR-14121] #18693
• Possibility to configure a custom WebJarAssetLocator [SPR-14092] #18664
• Proper load-time weaving support for Hibernate 5 [SPR-13886] #18459
• AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator should consistently detect package-visible methods [SPR-14174] #17890
• @Scheduled methods in @Lazy beans are not scheduled [SPR-12872] #17470
• Improve handling of missing JSF session in SessionScope [SPR-12402] #17010
• ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor should unregister tasks on destruction of individual beans [SPR-12216] #16830
• Detect LoadTimeWeaver bean when declared through @Bean method as well [SPR-10856] #15483

🪲 Bug Fixes

• AntPathMatcher Regression for trimTokens=true [SPR-14247] #18820
• CharacterEncodingFilter should have an option to avoid forcing encoding on responses [SPR-14240] #18813
• Annotated class with @SendToUser overrides @SendTo on method [SPR-14238] #18811
• Regression: Handler method detection reporting ambiguous methods for explicit HEAD mapping [SPR-14182] #18753
• MockWebResponseBuilder can't handle null domain in cookie [SPR-14169] #18741
• AntPathMatcher regression in 4.3 RC1 [SPR-14141] #18713

📔 Documentation

• Add note constrain/restriction for task:scheduled about method signature such as @Scheduled [SPR-14195] #18768
• Update Testing chapter regarding avoiding false positives with JPA [SPR-9032] #13671