ion in case of any circular reference * ResourceEntityResolver catches any kind of Exception in system root URL check (in particular AccessControlException) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser trims whitespace ignores classpath roots that cannot be resolved as jar or in file system * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver properly handles jar file roots returned by the ClassLoader (e.g. on Resin) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor in seconds within the annotation Package org.springframework.util * ClassUtils falls back to the system class loader if the thread context class loader is inaccessible * added "containsWhitespace", "trimAllWhitespace"

Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate a set/list of patterns handling) * "contextConfigLocation" params in "web.xml" support "${...}" style placeholders for system properties * deprecated BindUtils and BindInitializer in package "web.bind" in favor of direct S InputSource (useful to pass in XML system id or java.io.Reader) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports system property placeholders in import paths: e.g. "file:${user.dir}/ctx.xml" * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser

Throwable and ignoring it * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver considers URL protocol "wsjar" as jar file (to load from WebSphere-managed jars) * ResourceArrayPropertyEditor can translate a set/list of patterns handling) * "contextConfigLocation" params in "web.xml" support "${...}" style placeholders for system properties * deprecated BindUtils and BindInitializer in package "web.bind" in favor of direct S InputSource (useful to pass in XML system id or java.io.Reader) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports system property placeholders in import paths: e.g. "file:${user.dir}/ctx.xml" * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser

InputSource (useful to pass in XML system id or java.io.Reader) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports system property placeholders in import paths: e.g. "file:${user.dir}/ctx.xml" * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser * UrlResource sets the "UseCaches" flag to "false" for every URLConnection, mainly to avoid jar file locking on Windows * DefaultResourceLoader and PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver obtain thread springframework.util * Log4jConfigurer resolves ${...} placeholders in Log4J config locations as system properties * factored out ConcurrencyThrottleSupport base class from ConcurrencyThrottleInterceptor

springframework.util * Log4jConfigurer resolves ${...} placeholders in Log4J config locations as system properties * factored out ConcurrencyThrottleSupport base class from ConcurrencyThrottleInterceptor * added "searchSystemEnvironment" bean property to PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, for checking "System.getenv()" too * refined "toString()" implementations of Root/ChildBeanDefinition to expose more "localOverride" property to PropertiesLoaderSupport, for configurable overriding (local or properties from file) * PropertiesLoaderSupport also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename

* added "searchSystemEnvironment" bean property to PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, for checking "System.getenv()" too * refined "toString()" implementations of Root/ChildBeanDefinition to expose more "localOverride" property to PropertiesLoaderSupport, for configurable overriding (local or properties from file) * PropertiesLoaderSupport also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename web * refactored HtmlUtils implementation, reading character entity references from a properties file in the classpath * changed HtmlUtils' "htmlEscape" method to return standard entity references by

"localOverride" property to PropertiesLoaderSupport, for configurable overriding (local or properties from file) * PropertiesLoaderSupport also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename web * refactored HtmlUtils implementation, reading character entity references from a properties file in the classpath * changed HtmlUtils' "htmlEscape" method to return standard entity references by ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, building an Activation FileTypeMap from a mapping file and from local mappings * added default "mime.types" mapping file, loaded by default ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, used by JavaMailSenderImpl

web * refactored HtmlUtils implementation, reading character entity references from a properties file in the classpath * changed HtmlUtils' "htmlEscape" method to return standard entity references by ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, building an Activation FileTypeMap from a mapping file and from local mappings * added default "mime.types" mapping file, loaded by default ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, used by JavaMailSenderImpl for merged properties too * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource accepts non-refreshable (non-file-system) resources even if "cacheSeconds" >0 Package org.springframework.core * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver

ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, building an Activation FileTypeMap from a mapping file and from local mappings * added default "mime.types" mapping file, loaded by default ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, used by JavaMailSenderImpl for merged properties too * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource accepts non-refreshable (non-file-system) resources even if "cacheSeconds" >0 Package org.springframework.core * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver "1213" as SQL error code for CannotAcquireLockException on MySQL (in the default "sql-error-codes.xml" file) * added LOB accessor methods that take column names to LobHandler interface, pre- implemented in

Connection cleanup Package org.springframework.samples * changed JPetStore's "declarativeServices.xml" file to avoid autowiring (avoid autowiring for BeanPostProcessors!) * introduced C3P0 ComboPooledDataSource resource locations to files in the file system (without any logging) * Log4jConfigurer accepts a "classpath:" URL or a "file:" URL as location too, not just a plain file path * Log4jConfigurer accepts config config files that do not reside in the file system, as long as there is no refresh interval * fixed DefaultPropertiesPersister to correctly handle empty property values when reading with specific encoding