simply catching Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate JTA synchronization in DataSourceUtils to release JDBC Connection on suspend (for JBoss JTA compatibility) * relaxed OracleLobHandler's eager "oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection" class check to avoid potential JmsTemplate to only pass in the NoLocal argument in case of an actual Topic (for WebSphere 6.0 compatibility) Package org.springframework.jmx * fixed InterfaceMBeanInfoAssembler to expose methods declared

springframework.mail * refined JavaMailSenderImpl to avoid "Session.getInstance(Properties)" call, for compatibility with (old) JavaMail 1.1 Package org.springframework.mock * added overloaded constructors to MockFilterConfig simply catching Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate JTA synchronization in DataSourceUtils to release JDBC Connection on suspend (for JBoss JTA compatibility) * relaxed OracleLobHandler's eager "oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection" class check to avoid potential

springframework.mail * refined JavaMailSenderImpl to avoid "Session.getInstance(Properties)" call, for compatibility with (old) JavaMail 1.1 Package org.springframework.mock * added overloaded constructors to MockFilterConfig simply catching Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate JTA synchronization in DataSourceUtils to release JDBC Connection on suspend (for JBoss JTA compatibility) * relaxed OracleLobHandler's eager "oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection" class check to avoid potential

2 (retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x and 1.6.x) * upgraded to EHCache 1.5.0 (retaining compatibility with EHCache 1.2 and higher) * upgraded to TestNG 5.8 (retaining compatibility with TestNG 5 5.5 and higher) * upgraded to OpenJPA 1.1.0 (retaining compatibility with OpenJPA 1.0.x as well as 1.2.0) * upgraded to EclipseLink 1.0.1 (EclipseLinkJpaVendorAdapter requires EclipseLink 1.0.0+ now) cleaned path for relative resources as well * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "vfszip" as jar file (to search JBoss-managed jars) * GenericCollectionTypeResolver correctly resolves

2 (retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x and 1.6.x) * upgraded to EHCache 1.5.0 (retaining compatibility with EHCache 1.2 and higher) * upgraded to TestNG 5.8 (retaining compatibility with TestNG 5 5.5 and higher) * upgraded to OpenJPA 1.1.0 (retaining compatibility with OpenJPA 1.0.x as well as 1.2.0) * upgraded to EclipseLink 1.0.1 (EclipseLinkJpaVendorAdapter requires EclipseLink 1.0.0+ now) cleaned path for relative resources as well * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "vfszip" as jar file (to search JBoss-managed jars) * GenericCollectionTypeResolver correctly resolves

JTA synchronization in DataSourceUtils to release JDBC Connection on suspend (for JBoss JTA compatibility) * relaxed OracleLobHandler's eager "oracle.jdbc.OracleConnection" class check to avoid potential JmsTemplate to only pass in the NoLocal argument in case of an actual Topic (for WebSphere 6.0 compatibility) Package org.springframework.jmx * fixed InterfaceMBeanInfoAssembler to expose methods declared helper method * refined PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver's jar entry matching to handle the zip protocol as well * fixed ResourceArrayPropertyEditor to include the original IOException message if resource

* upgraded to Hibernate 3.3.0 (while retaining compatibility with Hibernate 3.1/3.2) * upgraded to iBATIS SQL Maps 2.3.2 (while retaining compatibility with iBATIS 2.3.0) Package org.springframework replacement values Package org.springframework.beans * revised GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor for compatibility with IBM's JDK 1.6 (avoiding NPE) * TypeMismatchException shows type description for mismatching interfaces) * CustomNumberEditor explicitly removes all inline whitespace from input Strings (for compatibility with French locales) * added "getDescription()" method to BeanDefinition interface (exposing the

helper method * refined PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver's jar entry matching to handle the zip protocol as well * fixed ResourceArrayPropertyEditor to include the original IOException message if resource yFactoryBean, to be turned off for lazy init Package org.springframework.samples * fixed Image Database to have its NativeJdbcExtractor defined for C3P0 (applied when using OracleLobHandler) Package PetClinic, exported via Spring's MBeanExporter * dropped unmaintained alternative scenarios (with database access) from Countries sample application * revised all XML application context definition files

through validation * LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap overrides putAll method as well (for IBM JDK 1.6 compatibility) * optimized DefaultListableBeanFactory's PropertyDescriptor caching for concurrent access * EhCacheFactoryBean * SpringValidatorAdapter accepts non-indexed set paths (for Hibernate Validator compatibility) * TransactionSynchronizationManager eagerly cleans up void ResourceHolders on any access * SimpleJdbcTestUtils SessionFactory anymore * fixed MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean's Quartz 2.0 support * added Quartz 2.1 compatibility while preserving Quartz 2.0 support * introduced JobDetail/CronTrigger/SimpleTriggerFactoryBean

implementation falls back to getRealPath for non-existent files * fixed StandardServletMultipartResolver compatibility with Resin (only deleting actual file parts) * fixed RequestConditionHolder to return null when JBossNativeJdbcExtractor is compatible with JBoss AS 7 as well * restored JBossLoadTimeWeaver compatibility with JBoss AS 5.1 * Provider injection works with generically typed collections of beans as well properties to JobDetailFactoryBean * fixed QuartzJobBean and MethodInvokingJobDetailFactoryBean for compatibility with Quartz 2.0/2.1 * JMS CachingConnectionFactory never caches consumers for temporary queues