Release v7.0.0-M6 · spring-projects/spring-framework

⭐ New Features

Allow FixedBackOff to be constructed with only a custom interval #35028
Use String.replace in MetadataEncoder #35025
Revise @Nullable declarations for contains*() methods in CollectionUtils #35023
Introduce JacksonJsonMessageConverter.getObjectMapper() #34963
Remove (String, String) variants of setProperty() and withProperty() from MockEnvironment #34948
Allow access to env from SupplierContextDsl #34943
Consistently declare nullability @Contract for core utilities #34934
Update HttpServiceGroupConfigurer API #34926
Make ProblemDetailJacksonXmlMixin compatible with Jackson 3 #34925
Introduce hints in RestClient API #34924
Add Kotlin body advices #34923
Add support for callable references to BeanRegistrarDsl #34922
Additional updates for API versioning in test and client support #34919
Define nullability @Contract for quote and getFilename in StringUtils #34896
Support @Import on interfaces #34820
Use HexFormat in CharacterEditor #34798
Use HexFormat in ContentDisposition #34797
Introduce minimal retry functionality as a core framework feature #34716
Add support for "application/*+x-protobuf" media type #34645
Support OutputStream and InputStream in HTTP Interface clients #32358

@Contract for SupplierUtils.resolve(Supplier) incorrectly declares !null -> !null #34987
Consistent null check on injection points for pre-existing singleton beans #34952

Refine null-safety documentation terms #34982
Stop referring to JUnit 5 in documentation #34970
Fix typos in API versioning #34961
Add missing since attributes for @Deprecated declarations #34942
Improve Javadoc for getFilename() and getFilenameExtension() in StringUtils #34932
Add documentation for HTTP service proxy registry #34912
Update outdated JettyHttpHandlerAdapter example in reference documentation #34877

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