the request object after request completion * DispatcherServlet exposes the Servlet spec's error attributes to error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy allow for overriding * AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser properly ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most methods as well * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter always exposes BindingResult objects for model attributes which are binding candidates * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws clear IllegalStateException

accepted by most servlet containers) * DispatcherServlet removes error-view-driven servlet request attributes after rendering (for Tomcat compatibility) * exposed "getParamName()" method on LocaleChangeInterceptor the request object after request completion * DispatcherServlet exposes the Servlet spec's error attributes to error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy allow for overriding * AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser properly ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most

accepted by most servlet containers) * DispatcherServlet removes error-view-driven servlet request attributes after rendering (for Tomcat compatibility) * exposed "getParamName()" method on LocaleChangeInterceptor the request object after request completion * DispatcherServlet exposes the Servlet spec's error attributes to error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy allow for overriding * AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser properly ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most

allow for overriding * AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser properly ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most methods as well * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter always exposes BindingResult objects for model attributes which are binding candidates * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws clear IllegalStateException finer- grained generic request access options * introduced FacesRequestAttributes adapter, with attributes access falling back to current JSF FacesContext by default * added "dispatchOptionsRequest/TraceRequest"

allow for overriding * AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser properly ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most methods as well * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter always exposes BindingResult objects for model attributes which are binding candidates * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws clear IllegalStateException finer- grained generic request access options * introduced FacesRequestAttributes adapter, with attributes access falling back to current JSF FacesContext by default * added "dispatchOptionsRequest/TraceRequest"

finer- grained generic request access options * introduced FacesRequestAttributes adapter, with attributes access falling back to current JSF FacesContext by default * added "dispatchOptionsRequest/TraceRequest" getContentType()" exceptions (for JBoss Portal compatibility) * InternalResourceView only exposes forward attributes when running on Servlet <2.5 (for GlassFish compatibility) * InternalResourceView detects circular contexts) Package org.springframework.ui * fixed ModelMap's "mergeAttributes" to correctly copy new attributes into the model * added "containsAttribute" method to ModelMap, as a more specific alternative

contexts) Package org.springframework.ui * fixed ModelMap's "mergeAttributes" to correctly copy new attributes into the model * added "containsAttribute" method to ModelMap, as a more specific alternative view name and default resolver) * JstlView detects session-scoped JSTL LocalizationContext/Locale attributes and merges them with its own context * JstlView and (JspAware)RequestContext consistently use initialized (throwing a descriptive exception) * Tiles2 TilesView exposes Servlet 2.4 forward request attributes (for non-2.4- compliant web containers like OC4J) * fixed JSP BindTag to correctly detect and ignore

springframework.jndi * fixed "jee:jndi-lookup" tag to correctly handle "default-value" and "default-ref" attributes Package org.springframework.orm * Hibernate SpringSessionSynchronization explicitly disconnects * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter applies cache settings (prevents caching when session attributes are involved) * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter allows default @RequestMapping annotations response in include case (for correct charset handling on Tomcat) * exposed applicable standard HTML attributes on JSP "form:option" and "form:options" tags * JSP form tags always autogenerate valid HTML ids

DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser trims whitespace from "class" attributes in XML bean definitions * removed default for "abstract"/"singleton" attributes in "spring-beans.dtd", for 2.0-style inheritance for inner get/put calls on its attribute cache * TransactionAttributeEditor does not accept transaction attributes with invalid whitespace anymore * added "timeout" attribute to Transactional annotation, allowing such as "(class)", "(parent)", etc * added "default-init-method" and "default-destroy-method" attributes to the XML bean definition format * refined DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to explicity check

statistics issues with EhCache (SPR-11092, SPR-11080) * fixed classpath scanning issue on private meta-attributes (SPR-11091) * fixed potential NPE when calling stored procedures (SPR-11076) * added synchronization Quartz 2.2 (SPR-10775) * updated spring-instrument manifest to include JDK 7 redefine/retransform attributes (SPR-10731) * TypeDescriptor class is marked as Serializable now (SPR-10631) * ConfigurationClassPostProcessor getBeansWithAnnotation ignores abstract bean definitions (SPR- 10672) * fixed regression with non-String value attributes on custom stereotypes (SPR- 10580) * fixed regression in nested placeholder resolution in case