4.2.5 Release

⭐ New Features

• Support of SQL warnings in ScriptUtils [SPR-13959] #18532
• PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver should provide consistent logging [SPR-13923] #18495
• Automatically register a fixed path pattern when using a FixedStrategy with VersionResourceResolver [SPR-13883] #18456
• Improve Jackson 2.7 compatibility [SPR-13853] #18426
• Lot of undesired WARN logs after migration from Spring 3 to Spring 4 [SPR-13833] #18406
• Oracle 12c JDBC driver throws inconsistent exception from getParameterType (affecting setNull calls) [SPR-13825] #18398
• SimpleTriggerFactoryBean and CronTriggerFactoryBean fail without jobDetail [SPR-13604] #18182
• SimpleNamespaceContext does not implement the full contract of the NamespaceContext interface [SPR-13713] #17620

🪲 Bug Fixes

• TimerManagerTaskScheduler.TimerScheduledFuture.getDelay is inverted [SPR-13977] #18549
• @Lazy with @Autowired(required=false) throws NullPointerException on invocation [SPR-13967] #18539
• Spring ORM doesn't support addNamedQuery with EclipseLink [SPR-13957] #18530
• (Web)MergedContextConfiguration.equals is not symmetrical [SPR-13951] #18524
• AbstractMarshaller's DocumentBuilderFactory instance may be used by several threads simultaneously [SPR-13935] #18507
• Spring fails to find bean's destroy method in case there is a bridge method [SPR-13922] #18494
• ReflectiveMethodResolver chooses parent class over child for static methods [SPR-13918] #18492
• NullPointerException while building error message in InvocableHandlerMethod [SPR-13917] #18491
• AbstractXlsxView does not work on WebSphere Liberty Profile [SPR-13910] #18484
• Regression: BufferedImageHttpMessageConverter does not set content-type header [SPR-13906] #18480
• STOMP over SockJS is unreliable [SPR-13904] #18478
• @Transactional tests are executed without a transaction if transaction manager is not discovered [SPR-13895] #18469
• Regression: SPR-12443 breaks singleton bean references within a configuration class with null arguments [SPR-13887] #18460
• LocalSessionFactoryBean (hibernate5) does not correctly pass custom ClassLoader to Hibernate [SPR-13879] #18452
• ServletServerHttpRequest.getURI() escape the query parameters twice [SPR-13876] #18449
• SessionDisconnectEvent.getUser() returns null instead of the session user [SPR-13871] #18444
• ResponseEntity CacheControl ignored / extended by RequestMappingHandlerAdapter [SPR-13867] #18440
• FastByteArrayOutputStream$FastByteArrayInputStream behaves incorrectly when no data is available [SPR-13858] #18431
• Spring does not reliably detect circular imports in Java configurations [SPR-13852] #18425
• RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver should defensively handle MethodParameter nesting level and java.util.Optional access [SPR-13850] #18423
• Regression: ResourceUrlEncodingFilter can throw StringIndexOutOfBoundsException with relative URL [SPR-13847] #18420
• Regression: Shared EntityManager proxy insists on actualTransactiveActive flag even with SYNCHRONIZATION_NEVER [SPR-13838] #18411
• Handle RejectedExecutionException in WebAsyncManager [SPR-13836] #18409
• Regression: Spring 4.2.4 fails to load configuration class on Google App Engine [SPR-13829] #18402
• Preserve HTTP headers when caching resources in CachingResourceResolver [SPR-13817] #18390
• Correct spring-websocket-4.2 versus spring-websocket-4.1 xsd declarations [SPR-13804] #18377
• DefaultMessageListenerContainer hangs on shutdown [SPR-11787] #16409

📔 Documentation

• @ComponentScan's includeFilters javadoc is misleading [SPR-13844] #18417
• wrong example given at section 17.4 Handler mappings [SPR-13832] #18405

4.2.4 Release

⭐ New Features

• Base64Utils: Support URL and filename safe alphabet (RFC 4648) [SPR-13784] #22188
• Provide an easy way to populate a request in MockMvc for form input scenarios [SPR-13801] #18374
• Defensive error reporting when ConfigurationClassParser introspects declared methods via StandardAnnotationMetadata [SPR-13791] #18364
• ReflectionUtils cache uses up a fairly big chunk of heap even [SPR-13783] #18357
• Allow for setting TTL on a response sent by @JmsListener [SPR-13774] #18348
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server driver version 4 and above [SPR-13772] #18346
• AbstractRequestLoggingFilter with startAsync: unwrap request to find ContentCachingRequestWrapper [SPR-13764] #18338
• Configure view controllers with the ApplicationContext [SPR-13762] #18335
• BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType should not instantiate all beans of given type before checking qualifier [SPR-13741] #18314
• Consistent bean type checking for endpoint handlers [SPR-13725] #18298
• Add JSR 310 Period and Duration Converters [SPR-13721] #18294
• Cache detected factory methods in ObjectToObjectConverter [SPR-13703] #18278
• @ManagedOperationParameter not marked with @Target/@Retention/@Documented/@Repeatable [SPR-13700] #18275
• Allow SpelCompiler to compile MapAccessor expressions [SPR-13638] #18215
• Conversion support for java.time.YearMonth (as well as MonthDay) [SPR-13518] #18095
• Allow the ManagedResource/Attribute/Metric/Operation to be placed on interface [SPR-13138] #17729
• Allow setting custom ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner on AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext [SPR-9324] #13962
• Add conversion support for Joda Duration and Period [SPR-6706] #11372

🪲 Bug Fixes

• java.lang.NullPointerException at org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultHandlers.(MockM‌​vcResultHandlers.java:44) [SPR-13802] #18375
• VersionResourceResolver's versionStrategyMap should keep insertion order [SPR-13798] #18371
• Jdbc4SqlXmlHandler should return null as documented (instead of throwing NPE) [SPR-13782] #18356
• VerifyError when trying to compile constructor invocation with SpEL [SPR-13781] #18355
• Regression: HttpEntityMethodProcessor does not allow other Http methods than defined in the HttpMethod Enum [SPR-13776] #18350
• MessagingMessageListenerAdapter provides a BytesMessage that has already been read [SPR-13769] #18343
• Inefficient and inconsistent setAllowedOrigins collection types in AbstractSockJsService/OriginHandshakeInterceptor [SPR-13761] #18334
• allowed-origins are not resolved from properties variables [SPR-13760] #18333
• ControllerAdviceBean javadoc is inconsistent with its implementation [SPR-13759] #18332
• ResourceUrlEncodingFilter improperly encodes URLs on root page [SPR-13757] #18330
• Second call to MVC handler method with Optional parameter fails with argument type mismatch [SPR-13755] #18328
• MockHttpServletResponse.setIntHeader throws exception for 'Content-Length' header [SPR-13752] #18325
• The URL content negotiation "format" parameter values are case sensitive and only lowercase values are accepted [SPR-13747] #18320
• SubProtocolWebSocketHandler does not update lastSessionCheckTime [SPR-13745] #18318
• NoClassDefFoundError: org/joda/time/YearMonth for joda-time < 2 [SPR-13730] #18303
• CssLinkResourceTransformer is incompatible with FixedVersionStrategy VersionResourceResolver [SPR-13727] #18300
• Regression: AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessor fails on startup when encountering ambiguous TaskExecutor beans [SPR-13720] #18293
• Regression: ShallowEtagHeaderFilter does not add Etag header for ResponseEntity returning methods [SPR-13717] #18290
• Regression: UriTemplate does not match when URI ends with slash [SPR-13705] #18280
• SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler fails when no applicationDestinationPrefixes configured or Rabbit endpoint present [SPR-13704] #18279
• SynthesizedAnnotation is not visible from class loader [SPR-13696] #18271
• Regression: Spring on WildFly causing ClassNotFoundException in ASM when deployed outside of EAR [SPR-13695] #18270
• HTTP Range requests hang on large file in nested jar [SPR-13661] #18236
• EventListenerMethodProcessor resolves classes of lazy beans causing NoClassDefFoundError [SPR-13712] #17619
• SpEL compiler creating bad byte code for some values that are added together via OpPlus [SPR-12426] #17032

📔 Documentation

• Documentation is missing for sendTimeLimit bufferSizeLimit for ConcurrentWebSocketSessionDecorator [SPR-13753] #18326
• Cacheable#key should define the available arguments [SPR-13746] #18319

4.1.9 Release

⭐ New Features

• Allow setting custom ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner on AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext [SPR-9324] #13962
• Skip Content-Disposition header when status != 2xx [SPR-13588] #18165
• Avoid NPE for anonymous SqlParameter in CallMetaDataContext [SPR-13628] #18206
• Content-Disposition with fixed file name "f.txt" causes confusion [SPR-13643] #18220
• Revisit BeansException warn logging after startup failure [SPR-13663] #18238
• Implement containsKey for HttpHeaders returned from ServletServerHttpResponse [SPR-13668] #18243
• BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType should not instantiate all beans of given type before checking qualifier [SPR-13741] #18314
• Configure view controllers with the ApplicationContext [SPR-13762] #18335
• AbstractRequestLoggingFilter with startAsync: unwrap request to find ContentCachingRequestWrapper [SPR-13764] #18338
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server driver version 4 and above [SPR-13772] #18346
• Allow for setting TTL on a response sent by @JmsListener [SPR-13774] #18348
• Defensive error reporting when ConfigurationClassParser introspects declared methods via StandardAnnotationMetadata [SPR-13791] #18364

🪲 Bug Fixes

• SpEL compiler creating bad byte code for some values that are added together via OpPlus [SPR-12426] #17032
• mvc:view-resolvers does not reliably find declared ContentNegotiationManager [SPR-13559] #18135
• Content-Disposition header causes download in browser for Spring Boot Actuator endpoints [SPR-13587] #18164
• AbstractJdbcCall's compiled variable should be declared as volatile [SPR-13617] #18195
• webjars resource handling may run into NPE in JarURLInputStream [SPR-13620] #18198
• Content-Disposition added for @ResponseBody methods explicitly mapped to ".html" or other extensions [SPR-13629] #18207
• SerializableTypeWrapper.MethodInvokeTypeProvider can be exploited for unsafe deserialization [SPR-13656] #18232
• CommonsMultipartFile.getOriginalFilename() does not strip file path properly [SPR-13662] #18237
• AbstractApplicationContext.isRunning throws IllegalStateException when called too early [SPR-13667] #18242
• SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler fails when no applicationDestinationPrefixes configured or Rabbit endpoint present [SPR-13704] #18279
• CssLinkResourceTransformer is incompatible with FixedVersionStrategy VersionResourceResolver [SPR-13727] #18300
• SubProtocolWebSocketHandler does not update lastSessionCheckTime [SPR-13745] #18318
• The URL content negotiation "format" parameter values are case sensitive and only lowercase values are accepted [SPR-13747] #18320
• MockHttpServletResponse.setIntHeader throws exception for 'Content-Length' header [SPR-13752] #18325
• Second call to MVC handler method with Optional parameter fails with argument type mismatch [SPR-13755] #18328
• ResourceUrlEncodingFilter improperly encodes URLs on root page [SPR-13757] #18330
• ControllerAdviceBean javadoc is inconsistent with its implementation [SPR-13759] #18332
• allowed-origins are not resolved from properties variables [SPR-13760] #18333
• Inefficient and inconsistent setAllowedOrigins collection types in AbstractSockJsService/OriginHandshakeInterceptor [SPR-13761] #18334
• MessagingMessageListenerAdapter provides a BytesMessage that has already been read [SPR-13769] #18343
• VerifyError when trying to compile constructor invocation with SpEL [SPR-13781] #18355
• Jdbc4SqlXmlHandler should return null as documented (instead of throwing NPE) [SPR-13782] #18356
• VersionResourceResolver's versionStrategyMap should keep insertion order [SPR-13798] #18371

📔 Documentation

• Fix cron trigger example in reference documentation [SPR-10474] #15107
• Revisit remaining XmlBeanFactory usage in reference documentation [SPR-13485] #18064
• Error in RequestEntity's javadoc [SPR-13666] #18241
• Cacheable#key should define the available arguments [SPR-13746] #18319
• Documentation is missing for sendTimeLimit bufferSizeLimit for ConcurrentWebSocketSessionDecorator [SPR-13753] #18326

3.2.16 Release

⭐ New Features

• Skip Content-Disposition header when status != 2xx [SPR-13588] #18165
• Avoid NPE for anonymous SqlParameter in CallMetaDataContext [SPR-13628] #18206
• Content-Disposition with fixed file name "f.txt" causes confusion [SPR-13643] #18220
• Revisit BeansException warn logging after startup failure [SPR-13663] #18238
• BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType should not instantiate all beans of given type before checking qualifier [SPR-13741] #18314
• Support for Microsoft SQL Server driver version 4 and above [SPR-13772] #18346

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Content-Disposition header causes download in browser for Spring Boot Actuator endpoints [SPR-13587] #18164
• AbstractJdbcCall's compiled variable should be declared as volatile [SPR-13617] #18195
• Content-Disposition added for @ResponseBody methods explicitly mapped to ".html" or other extensions [SPR-13629] #18207
• CommonsMultipartFile.getOriginalFilename() does not strip file path properly [SPR-13662] #18237
• AbstractApplicationContext.isRunning throws IllegalStateException when called too early [SPR-13667] #18242
• Jdbc4SqlXmlHandler should return null as documented (instead of throwing NPE) [SPR-13782] #18356

📔 Documentation

• Fix cron trigger example in reference documentation [SPR-10474] #15107

4.2.3 Release

⭐ New Features

• Support for HtmlUnit 2.19 [SPR-13686] #18261
• Implement containsKey for HttpHeaders returned from ServletServerHttpResponse [SPR-13668] #18243
• Revisit BeansException warn logging after startup failure [SPR-13663] #18238
• AbstractAutoProxyCreator.getCacheKey generate lots of String garbage [SPR-13655] #18231
• Consistent method selection for listeners and endpoint mappings [SPR-13654] #18230
• @EventListener does not work if put it at method in class that implements interface [SPR-13650] #18226
• Content-Disposition with fixed file name "f.txt" causes confusion [SPR-13643] #18220
• JCache CacheResultInterceptor does not allow null values to be cached [SPR-13641] #18218
• JmsListenerEndpointRegistry - expose @JmsListener ids [SPR-13633] #18211
• Avoid NPE for anonymous SqlParameter in CallMetaDataContext [SPR-13628] #18206
• UriTemplate should support regex matching with n times {n} pattern [SPR-13627] #18205
• Improve and/or provide control over ETag/If-None-Match logic in HttpEntityMethodProcessor [SPR-13626] #18204
• Performance regression on startup (in particular in AnnotationUtils) [SPR-13621] #18199
• Offer public API to add default collection converters [SPR-13618] #18196
• Support Spring-WS's MessageDispatcherServlet in AbstractDispatcherServletInitializer [SPR-13616] #18194
• MockMvc: afterCompletion is never called on CallableProcessingInterceptor and DeferredResultProcessingInterceptor [SPR-13615] #18193
• Consistent warn logging without stacktrace in Portlet HandlerExceptionResolver [SPR-13611] #18189
• Add selection of compare mode for Json assertion [SPR-13607] #18185
• Inappropriate warn logging in AbstractHandlerExceptionResolver (e.g. for 404 status) [SPR-13596] #18174
• SseEmitter cannot use "send(SseEventBuilder builder)" method with custom SseEventBuilder implementation [SPR-13591] #18169
• Skip Content-Disposition header when status != 2xx [SPR-13588] #18165
• Spring JDBC not correctly processing Postgresql ?-contained operator [SPR-13582] #18159
• Incorrect @JmsListener parameter matching when the listener is a JDK proxy [SPR-13576] #18153
• Make CharacterEncodingFilter more friendly for use in Servlet 3.0+ environments [SPR-13572] #18148
• Compatibility with WebLogic 12.2.1 / Tyrus 1.11 [SPR-13234] #17825
• Unable to use Configuration classes in signed jar due to CGLIB [SPR-12833] #17430

🪲 Bug Fixes

• @EventListener doesn't work when @PreAuthorize is present on any interface method implemented by the same class [SPR-13866] #18439
• EventListener in a Request scoped bean fails context initialization [SPR-13681] #18256
• ScheduledTaskRegistrar's task list getters fail with NPE when no tasks set [SPR-13680] #18255
• CorsConfiguration#combine() should handle correctly * in "other" parameter [SPR-13674] #18249
• ShallowEtagHeaderFilter.setContentLength causes an error when rendering a jsp which performs an include: [SPR-13671] #18246
• SimpleJdbcCall does not throw an Exception for a missing stored procedure if the name does not contain "." [SPR-13669] #18244
• AbstractApplicationContext.isRunning throws IllegalStateException when called too early [SPR-13667] #18242
• CommonsMultipartFile.getOriginalFilename() does not strip file path properly [SPR-13662] #18237
• SerializableTypeWrapper.MethodInvokeTypeProvider can be exploited for unsafe deserialization [SPR-13656] #18232
• CommonsMultipartResolver.setMaxUploadSizePerFile() does not work if encoding does not match the default encoding [SPR-13653] #18229
• Setting StandaloneMockMvcBuilder.useSuffixPatternMatch = false does not work [SPR-13637] #18214
• IllegalArgumentException when using AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation [SPR-13634] #18212
• Content-Disposition added for @ResponseBody methods explicitly mapped to ".html" or other extensions [SPR-13629] #18207
• webjars resource handling may run into NPE in JarURLInputStream [SPR-13620] #18198
• UndertowRequestUpgradeStrategy not compatible with WildFly anymore [SPR-13619] #18197
• AbstractJdbcCall's compiled variable should be declared as volatile [SPR-13617] #18195
• Autowiring throws NullPointerException [SPR-13599] #18177
• Content-Disposition header causes download in browser for Spring Boot Actuator endpoints [SPR-13587] #18164
• mvc:view-resolvers does not reliably find declared ContentNegotiationManager [SPR-13559] #18135
• Unable to intercept methods with mixed enum types as varargs [SPR-13328] #17913

📔 Documentation

• Error in RequestEntity's javadoc [SPR-13666] #18241
• Clarify javadoc for ContentNegotiationConfigurer's ignoreAcceptHeader [SPR-13642] #18219
• Explain when to use MediaType constants [SPR-13531] #18108
• Explain when and why use Jaxb2RootElementHttpMessageConverter vs MarshallingHttpMessageConverter [SPR-13530] #18107
• Update reference documentation for spring JSP Tag Library [SPR-13520] #18097
• Improve documentation about CookieLocaleResolver vs SessionLocaleResolver [SPR-13505] #18083
• Revisit remaining XmlBeanFactory usage in reference documentation [SPR-13485] #18064
• Fix cron trigger example in reference documentation [SPR-10474] #15107
• Documentation example miss @EnableScheduling [SPR-10448] #15081
• Provide better documentation for support of JSR-330 (@Inject) [SPR-7858] #12515

4.2.2 Release

⭐ New Features

• Add support for configuring ObjectMapper's default typing using Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder [SPR-13569] #18145
• Compatibility with GlassFish 4.1.1 / Tyrus 1.12 [SPR-13566] #18142
• Improve error reporting in StandardScriptEvaluator [SPR-13557] #18133
• Protect against RFD exploits [SPR-13548] #18124
• Provide empty Model to @ExceptionHandler methods [SPR-13546] #18122
• Throw exception with meaningful message if JUnit 4.9+ not present [SPR-13521] #18098
• Improve org.springframework.util.StopWatch [SPR-13509] #18087
• SseEmitter should ignore calls to send after timeout [SPR-13498] #18076
• Make UndertowRequestUpgradeStrategy compatible with Undertow 1.3 [SPR-13494] #18072
• Revise script engine retrieval for better error reporting [SPR-13491] #18069
• Improve error reporting for template rendering in ScriptTemplateView [SPR-13488] #18066
• Consider Nashorn ScriptEngine instance scope in ScriptTemplateView [SPR-13487] #18065
• Origins doesn't anticipate an Origin header with a path [SPR-13478] #18057
• Support @CrossOrigin as a merged composed annotation [SPR-13468] #18047
• Same origin stops working for WebSocket/SockJS once any origin is configured [SPR-13464] #18044
• Add 'null-value' attribute to context:property-placeholder [SPR-13461] #18041
• Expose view url to render function in ScriptTemplateView [SPR-13453] #18033
• SseEmitter does not expose super constructor with timeout value [SPR-13446] #18026
• Read large data using InputStreamResource at ResourceHttpMessageConverter [SPR-13443] #18023
• Support @ResponseStatus as a merged composed annotation [SPR-13441] #18021
• Double slashes (optional Path variable) removed via MockHttpServletRequestBuilder [SPR-13435] #18014
• ClasspathXmlApplicationContext cannot be closed twice [SPR-13425] #18004
• Make UndertowXhrTransport compatible with Undertow 1.3 [SPR-13366] #17950
• Jackson2ObjectMapperFactoryBean.setAutoDetectGettersSetters(boolean) does not affect "is" getters [SPR-13073] #17665
• Support for last-modified resolution in Tomcat's unpackwar=false mode [SPR-13393] #17434
• RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor should turn IOException to HttpMessageNotReadableException [SPR-12745] #17342
• Better handling of illegal locale values in LocaleChangeInterceptor [SPR-9456] #14091
• Add valueSeparator property to context:property-placeholder [SPR-7794] #12450

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Clarify whether HttpInputMessage.getBody() is allowed to return null [SPR-13563] #18139
• Close processing triggered by shutdown hook isn't thread safe [SPR-13556] #18132
• DefaultSubscriptionRegistry loses track of subscribers in its cache [SPR-13555] #18131
• JCacheCache doesn't recognize null values in other JVMs [SPR-13553] #18129
• Modifications to UndertowXhrTransport for Undertow 1.3 introduce breaking changes [SPR-13551] #18127
• Consistently detect spring-beans.dtd reference [SPR-13549] #18125
• Null Pointer when receiving an invalid transport type during SockJS request [SPR-13545] #18121
• PayloadApplicationEvent can't hit cache [SPR-13543] #18119
• MessageHeaders is declared immutable - but writeObject() removes any non-serializable fields [SPR-13541] #18117
• OutOfMemory Exception when publishing User Events [SPR-13540] #18116
• Spring incorrectly interprets a bean to be a spring eventlistener [SPR-13538] #18114
• ClassNotFoundException: org.xnio.StreamConnection in Wildfly 10.0.0.CR2 [SPR-13529] #18106
• EventListenerMethodProcessor unconditionally instantiates certain beans, leading to BeanCreationException during deployment [SPR-13526] #18103
• Not valid processing of 'Origin' http header [SPR-13525] #18102
• HtmlUnitRequestBuilder doesn't handle query parameters without equals sign [SPR-13524] #18101
• ResourceHttpRequestHandler fails with IllegalArgumentException: No matching constant for [0] [SPR-13516] #18093
• YamlProcessor subclasses can no longer instantiate StrictMapAppenderConstructor [SPR-13504] #18082
• ETag/If-None-Match logic in HttpEntityMethodProcessor should not affect methods other than HTTP GET [SPR-13496] #18074
• ConcurrentModificationException when executing AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean [SPR-13493] #18071
• Potential double invocation of getMissingCache in AbstractCacheManager [SPR-13492] #18070
• AbstractEmbeddedDatabaseConfigurer.shutdown does not close JDBC resources [SPR-13474] #18053
• ConcurrentMapCache.putIfAbsent doesn't support null values [SPR-13458] #18038
• Regression: UrlPathHelper.getLookupPathForRequest(…) returns different results for URIs containing matrix parameters [SPR-13455] #18035
• DeferredResult not thread-safe for isSetOrExpired call [SPR-13451] #18031
• MessagingException should not provide empty description String to NestedRuntimeException [SPR-13447] #18027
• ScriptTemplateView should close the template InputStream [SPR-13445] #18025
• ConcurrentModificationException in SingleConnectionFactory$AggregatedExceptionListener [SPR-13421] #18000
• ServletWebRequest.checkNotModified attempts to call HttpServletResponse.getHeader(String) on Servlet 2.5 [SPR-13420] #17999
• Regression: @RequestBody(required = false) not respected [SPR-13417] #17996
• StompDecoder fails for partial headers containing escape sequence [SPR-13416] #17995
• ConcurrentModificationException when doing a merge on AbstractEnvironment [SPR-13213] #17805
• ConcurrentModificationException in DefaultListableBeanFactory.doGetBeanNamesForType() [SPR-13123] #17714
• Registering two beans at the same time throws ConcurrentModificationException [SPR-12503] #17108

📔 Documentation

• Dispel the myth that Spring MVC Test only works with JUnit [SPR-13552] #18128
• Documentation for Portlet MVC does not refer to Portlet 2.0 spec (JSR-286) [SPR-13513...

4.1.8 Release

⭐ New Features

• Make AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.computeTransactionAttribute(…) protected [SPR-13246] #17837
• Avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods with multiple parameters [SPR-13349] #17933
• Support for last-modified resolution in Tomcat's unpackwar=false mode [SPR-13393] #17434
• ClasspathXmlApplicationContext cannot be closed twice [SPR-13425] #18004
• Protect against RFD exploits [SPR-13548] #18124
• Compatibility with GlassFish 4.1.1 / Tyrus 1.12 [SPR-13566] #18142

🪲 Bug Fixes

• ConcurrentModificationException when doing a merge on AbstractEnvironment [SPR-13213] #17805
• PathResourceResolver should not resolve "/" as a JAR resource [SPR-13241] #17832
• PropertyOrFieldReference throws ClassCastException [SPR-13247] #17838
• Race condition when inbound message handling fails and StompSubProtocolHandler sends ERROR frame [SPR-13326] #17911
• Regression: SpringHandlerInstantiator breaks stand-alone support in the MVC Test framework [SPR-13375] #17957
• ScopedProxyMode resolution for custom scope meta-annotation not working with @Bean methods (with ASM-based scanning) [SPR-13394] #17974
• StompDecoder fails for partial headers containing escape sequence [SPR-13416] #17995
• ConcurrentModificationException in SingleConnectionFactory$AggregatedExceptionListener [SPR-13421] #18000
• MessagingException should not provide empty description String to NestedRuntimeException [SPR-13447] #18027
• DeferredResult not thread-safe for isSetOrExpired call [SPR-13451] #18031
• ConcurrentMapCache.putIfAbsent doesn't support null values [SPR-13458] #18038
• AbstractEmbeddedDatabaseConfigurer.shutdown does not close JDBC resources [SPR-13474] #18053
• YamlProcessor subclasses can no longer instantiate StrictMapAppenderConstructor [SPR-13504] #18082
• Null Pointer when receiving an invalid transport type during SockJS request [SPR-13545] #18121
• Consistently detect spring-beans.dtd reference [SPR-13549] #18125
• JCacheCache doesn't recognize null values in other JVMs [SPR-13553] #18129
• DefaultSubscriptionRegistry loses track of subscribers in its cache [SPR-13555] #18131
• Close processing triggered by shutdown hook isn't thread safe [SPR-13556] #18132
• Clarify whether HttpInputMessage.getBody() is allowed to return null [SPR-13563] #18139
• NullPointerException in DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.removeSubscription [SPR-13205] #17797
• Wrong assertion message in ShallowEtagHeaderFilter [SPR-13194] #17786
• STOMP CONNECT ignored ("No session for...") when using websocket:decorator-factories [SPR-13190] #17782
• ConcurrentModificationException when calling SimpMessagingTemplate.convertAndSend [SPR-13185] #17777

📔 Documentation

• Misleading note on readonly and disabled flags in spring-form.tld [SPR-13397] #17977
• Documentation for Portlet MVC does not refer to Portlet 2.0 spec (JSR-286) [SPR-13513] #18090
• Dispel the myth that Spring MVC Test only works with JUnit [SPR-13552] #18128

3.2.15 Release

⭐ New Features

• Avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods with multiple parameters [SPR-13349] #17933
• Protect against RFD exploits [SPR-13548] #18124

🪲 Bug Fixes

• ConcurrentModificationException when doing a merge on AbstractEnvironment [SPR-13213] #17805
• DeferredResult not thread-safe for isSetOrExpired call [SPR-13451] #18031
• AbstractEmbeddedDatabaseConfigurer.shutdown does not close JDBC resources [SPR-13474] #18053
• JCacheCache doesn't recognize null values in other JVMs [SPR-13553] #18129
• Clarify whether HttpInputMessage.getBody() is allowed to return null [SPR-13563] #18139

📔 Documentation

• Misleading note on readonly and disabled flags in spring-form.tld [SPR-13397] #17977
• Documentation for Portlet MVC does not refer to Portlet 2.0 spec (JSR-286) [SPR-13513] #18090

4.2.1 Release

⭐ New Features

• AsyncRestTemplate should wrap RuntimeExceptions in ExecutionException [SPR-13413] #17992
• DefaultDeserializer should use ConfigurableObjectInputStream [SPR-13409] #17988
• Support transitive implicit attribute aliases with @AliasFor [SPR-13405] #17985
• SimpleAliasRegistry should detect circles between non-canonical aliases as well [SPR-13390] #17971
• Method lookup doesn't allow for overriding definitions in parent bean [SPR-13388] #17969
• VersionResourceResolver should add ETag headers when resolving resources [SPR-13382] #17963
• Support CALL Statement for SAP HANA [SPR-13381] #17962
• Quote if necessary Etags set with ResponseEntity builder API [SPR-13378] #17960
• Introduce hook for creating a custom BeanPropertyBindingResult in DataBinder [SPR-13373] #17955
• Log connection URL for embedded databases [SPR-13370] #17954
• Add 'preparer-factory' attribute to mvc:tiles-configurer/ [SPR-13363] #17947
• Add Jdk7Module to Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder's well known modules [SPR-13354] #17938
• Introduce JsonPath matchers for empty and non-empty content [SPR-13352] #17936
• Avoid ambiguous property warning for setter methods with multiple parameters [SPR-13349] #17933
• Revisit RedirectView's use of getCurrentWebApplicationContext() [SPR-13346] #17930
• Support implicit attribute aliases with @AliasFor [SPR-13345] #17929
• Introduce SmartMessageConverter interface with conversionHint arguments [SPR-13343] #17927
• StompSubProtocolHandler should send SessionSubscribeEvent after ChannelSecurityInterceptor has validated access rights [SPR-13339] #17924
• Provide a SpringConstraintValidatorFactory variant for use with validation.xml [SPR-13327] #17912
• BeanPropertyRowMapper should log if mapRow doesn't find a PropertyDescriptor [SPR-13323] #17908
• Introduce additional JsonPath matchers in Spring MVC Test [SPR-13320] #17905
• File upload with Servlet 3 multipart requests should support filename with charset encoding (RFC 2231) [SPR-13319] #17904
• Deprecate JdkVersion (for optimistic compatibility with newer JDK generations) [SPR-13312] #17897
• UriComponents should support URI variables that contain a regex [SPR-13311] #17896
• HibernateJpaDialect should warn about connection release mode other than ON_CLOSE (when upgrading from 4.0.x) [SPR-13269] #17860
• Support for JSR-356 WebSockets on WebSphere Liberty Profile [SPR-12367] #16973

🪲 Bug Fixes

• MethodValidationPostProcessor fails for certain generic method signatures when running against Hibernate Validator 5 [SPR-12237] #22186
• Spring response handler returning abstract object drops unique fields from concrete class [SPR-13429] #18008
• Regression: BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyDescriptor does not allow nested paths [SPR-13403] #17983
• ServletWebRequest.checkNotModified attempts to call HttpServletResponse.getStatus() on Servlet 2.5 [SPR-13396] #17976
• ScopedProxyMode resolution for custom scope meta-annotation not working with @Bean methods (with ASM-based scanning) [SPR-13394] #17974
• MessageHeaders mutable through Map.Entry.setValue() [SPR-13385] #17966
• Cannot set a Content-Type using ScriptTemplateView [SPR-13379] #17961
• Regression: SpringHandlerInstantiator breaks stand-alone support in the MVC Test framework [SPR-13375] #17957
• ResourceUrlProvider should only consider paths and not request parameters [SPR-13374] #17956
• JsonPath assertions fail to differentiate between definite and indefinite results in checks for existence [SPR-13351] #17935
• Default value of CommonsPool2TargetSource#maxWait is incorrect [SPR-13350] #17934
• ResponseBodyEmitter doesn't get headers written immediately [SPR-13341] #17925
• AnnotationUtils fails to synthesize nested maps into annotations [SPR-13338] #17923
• AnnotationUtils fails to throw exception if meta-annotation is not present [SPR-13335] #17921
• Race condition when inbound message handling fails and StompSubProtocolHandler sends ERROR frame [SPR-13326] #17911
• @AliasFor potentially overrides attribute in wrong meta-annotation [SPR-13325] #17910
• SocketUtils does not properly detect available port on localhost [SPR-13321] #17906
• Jackson 2.6: message converter should use type only for collections [SPR-13318] #17903
• Multipart request tests fail when enabling spring security [SPR-13317] #17902
• MockHttpServletRequest returns empty cookies array instead of null if instance is built using MockHttpServletRequestBuilder [SPR-13314] #17899
• AllEncompassingFormHttpMessageConverter prioritizes Jackson 2 XML over JSON [SPR-13309] #17894
• Regression: PropertiesFactoryBean values do not get converted to target type without ConversionService [SPR-13256] #17847

📔 Documentation

• Add a section about HttpMessageConverter customization in the reference documentation [SPR-13411] #17990
• Misleading note on readonly and disabled flags in spring-form.tld [SPR-13397] #17977
• [doc] Document use of @Transactional on controller via @MessageMapping [SPR-13384] #17965
• [doc] Update Javadoc on RestTemplate/AsyncRestTemplate to highlight supported HTTP client libraries [SPR-13313] #17898
• Document selenium-htmlunit-driver dependency [SPR-13299] #17889

4.2 GA Release

⭐ New Features

• ResourceBundleMessageSource performance optimization for getStringOrNull [SPR-13295] #17885
• Unable to override RequestMappingHandlerAdapter#createRequestMappingMethod [SPR-13293] #17883
• Introduce 'value' alias for 'attribute' in @AliasFor [SPR-13289] #17879
• RequestMapping: case insensitive path matching [SPR-13286] #17876
• Support @Rollback at the class level [SPR-13276] #17867
• DispatcherServlet: enable applyDefaultViewName to access multipart request parameters [SPR-13272] #17863
• @MessageMapping with placeholders [SPR-13271] #17862
• InvocableHandlerMethod.getMethodArgumentValues() failure should lead to warn-level logging by default [SPR-13267] #17858
• Jackson @JsonView deserialization support for @MessageMapping payloads [SPR-13265] #17856
• Add a new ResultMatcher for date formats in HTTP headers [SPR-13263] #17854
• RFC 3986: UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString should support empty URIs [SPR-13257] #17848
• SockJS client does not use HttpHeaders passed by WebSocketConnectionManager for ServerInfo request [SPR-13254] #17845
• AsyncAnnotationBeanPostProcessor could find TaskExecutor by type/name [SPR-13248] #17839
• Make AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource.computeTransactionAttribute(…) protected [SPR-13246] #17837
• Inconsistent JPA behavior using no transaction, propagation SUPPORTS and OpenEntityManager pattern [SPR-13243] #17834
• Transaction propagation SUPPORTS leads to “HHH000326: Cannot join transaction” warning [SPR-13242] #17833
• AllEncompassingFormHttpMessageConverter does not prefer Jackson2 over JAXB for XML marshalling [SPR-13240] #17831
• ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor should fall back to default TaskScheduler by name [SPR-13236] #17827
• Add MockMvc HtmlUnit Integration [SPR-13158] #17749
• Introduce @Commit alias for @Rollback(false) [SPR-13279] #17372
• MockHttpServletResponse.setDateHeader does not perform date formatting [SPR-11912] #16531

🪲 Bug Fixes

• onCompletion SseEmitter callback never gets called [SPR-13292] #17882
• Regression in 4.2: NPE due to WebJarsResourceResolver [SPR-13291] #17881
• MockMvc.perform with the TestContext framework causes additional perform invocations to be "polluted" [SPR-13260] #17851
• Reset Pragma header in WebContentGenerator when caching resources [SPR-13252] #17843
• PropertyOrFieldReference throws ClassCastException [SPR-13247] #17838
• PathResourceResolver should not resolve "/" as a JAR resource [SPR-13241] #17832
• Regression: AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver fails to resolve VaadinView [SPR-13239] #17830
• Regression in ResponseStatusExceptionResolver: setStatus versus sendError [SPR-13226] #17817

📔 Documentation

• Doc: Autowiring in @Configuration classes with post-processor definitions [SPR-13285] #17875
• Document changes about HTTP cache header defaults in migration docs [SPR-13253] #17844
• AOP section referencs outdated resources [SPR-13238] #17829
• Document SpringClassRule and SpringMethodRule in the reference manual [SPR-13037] #17629
• Document AopTestUtils in the reference manual [SPR-13006] #17598
• Document support for generating unique names for embedded databases in the reference manual [SPR-12839] #17437