final preparations for 3.1 GA release

Author: jhoeller

build-spring-framework/resources/changelog.txt

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 Changes in version 3.1 GA (2011-12-12)
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+* SmartLifecycle beans in Lifecycle dependency graphs are only being started when isAutoStartup=true
 * ConversionService is able to work with "Collections.emptyList()" as target type (again)
 * restored DataBinder's ability to bind to an auto-growing List with unknown element type
 * added SmartValidator interface with general support for validation hints
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 * optimized AnnotationTransactionAspect and AnnotationCacheAspect pointcuts to avoid runtime checks
 * renamed @CacheEvict's "afterInvocation" attribute to "beforeInvocation" (for better readability)
 * added "mappingResources" property to LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean (pointing to orm.xml)
+* Hibernate 4.0 variant of HibernateTransactionManager properly works with Open Session in View now
 * JmsInvokerClientInterceptor/FactoryBean always uses createConnection/createSession when on JMS 1.1
 * added out-of-the-box MappingJacksonMessageConverter impl for Spring's JMS MessageConverter facility
+* DispatcherServlet's "dispatchOptionsRequest" only sets the default 'Allow' header if actually needed
 * ResourceHttpRequestHandler sends content without content-type header if no media type found
 * ResourceHttpRequestHandler and ContentNegotiatingViewResolver use consistent mime type resolution
+* simplified support package layout in "web.method" and "web.servlet.mvc.method"
 * added "useTrailingSlashMatch" property to RequestMappingHandlerMapping
 * Portlet MVC annotation mapping allows for distributing action names across controllers
 * added String constants to MediaType

build-spring-framework/resources/readme.txt

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-SPRING FRAMEWORK 3.1 RC2 (November 2011)
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+SPRING FRAMEWORK 3.1 GA (December 2011)
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 http://www.springsource.org
 
 1. INTRODUCTION