spring-projects/spring-framework v7.0.4

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⭐ New Features

• Cache method annotations in MethodParameter and AnnotatedMethod #36307
• Consistently support @Lazy as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36306
• Consistently support @Validated as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36305
• Let developers disable default registrations in HttpMessageConverters #36303
• Log which HandlerInterceptor threw the exception #36281
• Improve performance of hashcode calculations for request mappings #36279
• Improve performance of HandlerMethod bean lookup #36278
• Improve performance of version mapping #36276
• Improve performance of single pattern request mappings #36275
• Improve performance of validation groups determination #36274
• Add setPackagesToScan configuration method to LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean #36270
• Remove outdated GraalVM substitution #36257
• Introduce beforeRetry callback with RetryState argument #36245
• Optimize NamedParameterUtils#buildValueArray by lazily fetching SqlParameter #36230
• Allow customization of the ProxyFactory in HttpServiceProxyFactory used to create HTTP service proxies #36225
• Consistently close streams through try-with-resources in FileCopyUtils #36223
• Use Java Files utilities in FileCopyUtils #36221
• SqlBinaryValue and SqlCharacterValue should support InputStream content with undetermined length #36219
• Support JtaTransactionManager and SpringBeanContainer configuration on HibernateJpaVendorAdapter #36216
• Add TaskCallback/Callable/Runnable wrapper for retryable tasks #36208
• Refine YamlProcessor to allow different empty values #36207
• Anticipate fixing Kotlin 2.3 compilation warning #36203
• Allow YAML processors to create a flattened map with nulls included #36197
• Use Reader.transferTo in FileCopyUtils #36196
• DataBufferUtils.write() with NettyDataBuffer on JDK 25 hangs indefinitely #36184
• Make SendToMethodReturnValueHandler and SubscriptionMethodReturnValueHandler customizable, to allow for pass-through of message headers #36179
• Introduce RestClient.ResponseSpec#requiredBody #36173
• Make scope fully configurable in BeanRegistry/BeanRegistrar #36171
• ConcurrencyThrottleSupport and thread interruption #36167
• Add overloaded sendAndReceive methods to JmsTemplate to use explicit response queue #36162
• WebClient (Reactor) attributes on Netty channel do not clear after connection release #36158
• Support HttpEntity on ContentRequestMatchers.multipartData #36154
• Reintroduce WebLogicJtaTransactionManager in Spring Framework 6.2.x #36151
• Back-off for DefaultMessageListenerContainer is not applied consistently in case of listener setup failure #36143
• Early support for JPA 4.0 EntityAgent (autowiring a shared proxy) #36025
• Early compatibility with JPA 4.0 and Hibernate ORM 8.0 #35705

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Resolved HttpEntity Controller argument does not reflect mutated HTTP headers #36298
• Avoid lock congestion in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #36293
• AbstractMessageConverter does not support wildcards in supported MIME types #36285
• Make LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean#setDataSource work on Hibernate as well as EclipseLink #36271
• StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler fails to restart due to test context pausing #36266
• Deadlock might occur when calling System.exit on startup (against multiple shutdown hooks) #36260
• Missing resource hint for BeanRegistrar implementing ImportAware #36242
• Inconsistent behavior with @Retryable on annotated interfaces #36233
• Netty4HeadersAdapter.remove returns empty list instead of null for non-existing key #36226
• Generic type in AsyncTaskExecutor.submit(Callable) should be @Nullable #36191
• EclipseLinkConnectionHandle can fail against transaction isolation race condition #36165

📔 Documentation

• Remove obsolete code in Redirecting to a resource section #36284
• Fix formatting in Web MVC HTTP Message Conversion documentation #36250
• Remove obsolete doc for spring.context.annotated-bean-reader.create #36241
• Document @SpringExtensionConfig in the reference manual #36240
• Fix JSON syntax in STOMP overview documentation #36229
• Revise documentation on JSR-330 support in the reference manual #36222
• Fix links to JUnit User Guide #36217
• Corrected the definition of coroutines #36209
• Fix LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean#setPersistenceUnitName javadoc #36205
• Update documentation on trailing slash handling where type-level @GetMapping("/base") is combined with method level @GetMapping("/") #36198
• Update documentation on the MediaType used for ProblemDetail #36192
• Extract DispatcherServlet snippets #36175
• Replace getErrors() with getBindingResult() in examples #36170
• Refine CORS documentation to match latest changes #36156

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Apache POI 5.5 #36174
• Upgrade to ASM 9.9.1 and Objenesis 3.5 #36243
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.6.3 #36287
• Upgrade to Reactor 2025.0.3 #36288

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Ivarz, @catturtle123, @chschu, @deejay1, @dingqianwen, @dungdm93, @furaizi, @izeye, @kchung1995, @kilink, @msridhar, @ngocnhan-tran1996, @pgoslatara, @philwebb, @pisek, and @shub-est