to correctly ignore abstract FactoryBeans * added "import" element for XML bean definitions, to allow for loading further bean definitions from relative paths * modified SingletonBeanFactoryLocator to "createRelative" implementation in ClassPathResource to correctly handle relative subdirectories * allow for explicit ClassLoader in ClassPathResource, DefaultResourceLoader, PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver org.springframework.beans * reworked BeanWrapperImpl's property-specific custom editor handling to allow registration for uninitialized subpaths * refined BeanWrapperImpl's "findCustomEditor" to consider

multi-dimensional collections to BeanWrapperImpl (e.g. "map[myKey][0]" or "map[myKey][0].name") * allow arbitrary bean types passed into BeanUtils' "copyProperties" method (as long as the bean properties static field expression if no other properties specified * fixed PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader to allow bean names that contain dots * deprecated constructing an XmlBeanFactory with InputStream, in favor DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser throws an exception in case of multiple "property" definitions for the same name * allow "bean*" rather than "bean+" in XML bean definitions, i.e. no bean definitions in a file (just imports)

etc Package org.springframework.mock * implemented "getResourcePaths" in MockServletContext, to allow for pattern matching via the ServletContext Package org.springframework.orm * fixed Hibernate/JTA FreeMarkerConfigurationFactory, to be able to suppress file system access * added JasperReportsUtils to allow for convenient rendering of CSV/HTML/PDF/XLS reports with Jasper Reports Package org.springframework "getFormSessionAttributeName" method non-final, to allow for specifying the name * turned AbstractWizardFormController's "getPageSessionAttributeName" method non- final, to allow for specifying the name * changed Ab

for writeEmptyElement() followed by writeAttribute() (SPR-11254) * fixed CronTriggerFactoryBean to allow calendar name and description to be specified (SPR-9771) Changes in version 3.2.6 (2013-12-12) methods with non boolean returns (SPR-11142) * support multiple comma-separated values in X-Forwarded-Host header (SPR-11140) * fixed tests related to java.beans.BeanInfo changes in JDK8-b117 (SPR-11139) * (SPR-11131) * fixed support for combining multiple @Cacheable within @Caching annotation (SPR- 11124) * allow autowire qualified scoped-proxy @Bean definitions (SPR-11116) * fixed type resolution fails for uninitialized

methods with non boolean returns (SPR-11142) * support multiple comma-separated values in X-Forwarded-Host header (SPR-11140) * fixed tests related to java.beans.BeanInfo changes in JDK8-b117 (SPR-11139) * (SPR-11131) * fixed support for combining multiple @Cacheable within @Caching annotation (SPR- 11124) * allow autowire qualified scoped-proxy @Bean definitions (SPR-11116) * fixed type resolution fails for uninitialized arguments (SPR-10411) * fixed GenericTypeResolver issues relating to ParameterizedType (SPR-10819) * allow indexed constructors to be used with @Autowire resolution (SPR-11019) * refined JavaConfig overrides

declaration of private static final logger variables (SPR-11905) fixed documentation links (SPR-11935) allow HttpHeaders to return getAllow() if it was previously set to an empty collection (SPR-11917) improved with Java 8 (SPR-11979, SPR-11889) fixed MBeanExportConfiguration.SpecificPlatform issue (SPR-11877) allow manually registered transaction manager to be recognized by qualifiedBeanOfType (SPR-11915) fixed for writeEmptyElement() followed by writeAttribute() (SPR-11254) * fixed CronTriggerFactoryBean to allow calendar name and description to be specified (SPR-9771) Changes in version 3.2.6 (2013-12-12)

Package org.springframework.aop * added "setClassFilter" method to StaticMethodMatcherPointcut, to allow for overriding the default ClassFilter.TRUE * factored out AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSource superclass methods if appropriate (e.g. for regexp) Package org.springframework.beans * fixed BeanWrapperImpl to allow custom PropertyEditor (setValue) to kick in before applying String[]-to-CSV conversion * added "g bean objects if wrapped by a BeanPostProcessor * reworked AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory to allow for multiple disposable inner beans of the same name * changed DefaultListableBeanFactory's "getBeansOfType"

double-quoted (SPR-12252) allow for further locking optimizations for the retrieval of non-singleton beans (SPR-12250) improved error messages for MockRestServiceServer (SPR-12230) allow spring HTTP clients ----------- fixed cachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close (SPR-12148) allow Cache.get(Object key, Class type) to be more explicit about what to do in case of a type mismatch includeFilters and excludeFilters of @ComponentScan cause failures when used in meta-annotations (SPR-12065) allow AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter to be more lenient when loading types (SPR-12042) fixed incorrect

double-quoted (SPR-12252) allow for further locking optimizations for the retrieval of non-singleton beans (SPR-12250) improved error messages for MockRestServiceServer (SPR-12230) allow spring HTTP clients ----------- fixed cachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close (SPR-12148) allow Cache.get(Object key, Class type) to be more explicit about what to do in case of a type mismatch includeFilters and excludeFilters of @ComponentScan cause failures when used in meta-annotations (SPR-12065) allow AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter to be more lenient when loading types (SPR-12042) fixed incorrect

double-quoted (SPR-12252) allow for further locking optimizations for the retrieval of non-singleton beans (SPR-12250) improved error messages for MockRestServiceServer (SPR-12230) allow spring HTTP clients ----------- fixed cachingConnectionFactory should catch exceptions on logical close (SPR-12148) allow Cache.get(Object key, Class type) to be more explicit about what to do in case of a type mismatch includeFilters and excludeFilters of @ComponentScan cause failures when used in meta-annotations (SPR-12065) allow AbstractTypeHierarchyTraversingFilter to be more lenient when loading types (SPR-12042) fixed incorrect