from sample applications * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.2 (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 GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor for compatibility with IBM's JDK 1.6 (avoiding NPE) * TypeMismatchException shows type description for mismatching JDK proxy values (listing their implemented interfaces) * exposure through a fully configurable Sun JDK 1.6 HttpServer * added "filters" and "authenticator" property to SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Sun's JDK 1.6 HttpServer * revised HessianExporter's "debug"

from sample applications * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.2 (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 GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor for compatibility with IBM's JDK 1.6 (avoiding NPE) * TypeMismatchException shows type description for mismatching JDK proxy values (listing their implemented interfaces) * exposure through a fully configurable Sun JDK 1.6 HttpServer * added "filters" and "authenticator" property to SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Sun's JDK 1.6 HttpServer * revised HessianExporter's "debug"

GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor for compatibility with IBM's JDK 1.6 (avoiding NPE) * TypeMismatchException shows type description for mismatching JDK proxy values (listing their implemented interfaces) * exposure through a fully configurable Sun JDK 1.6 HttpServer * added "filters" and "authenticator" property to SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Sun's JDK 1.6 HttpServer * revised HessianExporter's "debug" avoids overflow when converting from BigDecimal to BigInteger * NumberUtils automatically supports JDK 1.5+ localized BigDecimal parsing * added various overloaded methods with a CharSequence argument (as

in version 2.5.4 (2008-04-28) ------------------------------------- General * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6 (while retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x) * fixed spring-core.jar's manifest to contain correct expression evaluation bugs through upgrading aspectjweaver.jar to AspectJ 1.6 Package org.springframework.beans * added CharsetEditor for JDK 1.4's "java.nio.charset.Charset" class to default property editors AspectJ LTW work) * ShadowingClassLoader excludes the "com.ibm." package by default as well (for IBM JDK classes, DB2 JDBC driver, etc) Package org.springframework.jdbc * fixed JdbcUtils to not access the

AspectJ LTW work) * ShadowingClassLoader excludes the "com.ibm." package by default as well (for IBM JDK classes, DB2 JDBC driver, etc) Package org.springframework.jdbc * fixed JdbcUtils to not access the SimpleHessian/BurlapServiceExporter as HttpHandlers for Sun JRE 1.6 * introduced SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Spring-style set-up of a Sun JRE 1.6 HttpServer Package org.springframework.samples * PetClinic's attribute access * reworked Spring's Tiles2 support such that it can operate against the Tiles2 (2.0.5+) JDK 1.4 version as well * Tiles2 TilesView explicitly checks whether the Tiles container has been initialized

AspectJ LTW work) * ShadowingClassLoader excludes the "com.ibm." package by default as well (for IBM JDK classes, DB2 JDBC driver, etc) Package org.springframework.jdbc * fixed JdbcUtils to not access the SimpleHessian/BurlapServiceExporter as HttpHandlers for Sun JRE 1.6 * introduced SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Spring-style set-up of a Sun JRE 1.6 HttpServer Package org.springframework.samples * PetClinic's attribute access * reworked Spring's Tiles2 support such that it can operate against the Tiles2 (2.0.5+) JDK 1.4 version as well * Tiles2 TilesView explicitly checks whether the Tiles container has been initialized

AspectJ LTW work) * ShadowingClassLoader excludes the "com.ibm." package by default as well (for IBM JDK classes, DB2 JDBC driver, etc) Package org.springframework.jdbc * fixed JdbcUtils to not access the SimpleHessian/BurlapServiceExporter as HttpHandlers for Sun JRE 1.6 * introduced SimpleHttpServerFactoryBean for Spring-style set-up of a Sun JRE 1.6 HttpServer Package org.springframework.samples * PetClinic's attribute access * reworked Spring's Tiles2 support such that it can operate against the Tiles2 (2.0.5+) JDK 1.4 version as well * Tiles2 TilesView explicitly checks whether the Tiles container has been initialized

an appropriate MBeanServer lookup * "context:mbean-export" falls back to a simple MBeanExporter on JDK 1.4, detecting standard MBeans * introduced "context:mbean-server" configuration element, for setting * deprecated CollectionFactory's "createLinkedSet/LinkedMap/IdentityMapIfPossible" (for usage on JDK 1.4 or higher) * AttributeAccessorSupport uses a LinkedHashMap, keeping the attributes in the order CompositeData/TabularData structures according to Java 5/6 rules * MBeanClientInterceptor uses the standard JDK MBeanServerInvocationHandler if possible (for full MXBean support) * MBeanClientInterceptor propagates

Advised, and framework- decoupled "AopUtils.getTargetClass" method * fixed ClassFilters to provide JDK-1.3/1.4-compatible "hashCode()" implementations for unions and intersections * MethodMatchers and Pointcuts RegexpMethodPointcutAdvisor references ORO classes indirectly, to avoid eager loading of ORO on Solaris JDK 1.6 * AnnotationMethodMatcher and AnnotationMatchingPointcut check for an annotation on the target method target-class proxying to create a JDK proxy in case of the target class being an interface * CGLIB proxies handle "hashCode" calls according to their "equals" behavior, analogous to JDK dynamic proxies * introduced

variable names appropriately * added "createConcurrentMap" method to CollectionFactory, creating a JDK 1.5+ or backport-concurrent ConcurrentHashMap * Constants class always uses upper-case transformation null * fixed AspectJAwareAdvisorAutoProxyCreator's "toString()" implementation to be compatible with JDK 1.3/1.4 * AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator caches Advisors for singleton @Aspect aspects, increasing Advised, and framework- decoupled "AopUtils.getTargetClass" method * fixed ClassFilters to provide JDK-1.3/1.4-compatible "hashCode()" implementations for unions and intersections * MethodMatchers and Pointcuts