General * removed outdated EAR support from sample applications * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.2 (retaining compatibility with AspectJ 1.5.x and 1.6.x) * upgraded to EHCache 1.5.0 (retaining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 springframework.beans * BeanUtils skips conventional editor check for array classes (in order to not break AspectJ weaving) * BeanWrapper's introspection resolves bridge methods to find setter method for setter level only Changes 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 OSGi Import-Package

CHANGELOG #### http://www.springsource.org #### Changes in version 3.0.1 (2010-02-18) * upgraded to AspectJ 1.6.8 * full support for JPA 2.0 persistence schema and PersistenceUnitInfo SPI * support for JPA subclasses * BeanNameAutoProxyCreator detects alias matches for specified bean names * proxies with AspectJ pointcuts are fully serializable within a BeanFactory now * SharedEntityManagerCreator's EntityManager (in favor of JAX-WS) ##### Changes in version 3.0.0.RC1 (2009-09-25) * upgraded to CGLIB 2.2, AspectJ 1.6.5, Groovy 1.6.3, EHCache 1.6.2, JUnit 4.7, TestNG 5.10 * introduced early support for JSR-330

* added @Order annotation support for @AspectJ style aspects, as alternative to implementing the Ordered interface * redesigned AspectJ support SPI: AspectInstanceFactory, AspectJPointcutAdvisor springframework.transaction * clarified @Transactional semantics for JDK/CGLIB proxies as well as for AspectJ * AbstractPlatformTransactionManager properly propagates an "afterCommit" synchronization AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator to explicitly ignore FactoryBeans when looking for aspect beans * reworked AspectJ auto-proxy creation to avoid the creation of unnecessary proxies * renamed ScopedObject's

aspect * added @Order annotation support for @AspectJ style aspects, as alternative to implementing the Ordered interface * redesigned AspectJ support SPI: AspectInstanceFactory, AspectJPointcutAdvisor springframework.transaction * clarified @Transactional semantics for JDK/CGLIB proxies as well as for AspectJ * AbstractPlatformTransactionManager properly propagates an "afterCommit" synchronization AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator to explicitly ignore FactoryBeans when looking for aspect beans * reworked AspectJ auto-proxy creation to avoid the creation of unnecessary proxies * renamed ScopedObject's "remove"

org #### Changes 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 OSGi Import-Package code now Package org.springframework.aop * fixed various AspectJ expression evaluation bugs through upgrading aspectjweaver.jar to AspectJ 1.6 Package org.springframework.beans * added CharsetEditor bind/multipart" packages from spring-web.jar to spring-webmvc.jar * updated AspectJ jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution to AspectJ 1.5.4 * updated Groovy jar in "-with-dependencies" distribution

XML configuration.....23 2.3.2. Support for @AspectJ aspects.....23 2.3.3. Support for bean name pointcut element.....23 2.3.4. Support for AspectJ load-time weaving.....23 2.4. The Middle Tier .... 239 9.5.8. Advising transactional operations ..... 240 9.5.9. Using Transactional with AspectJ ..... 243 9.6. Programmatic transaction management ..... 243 9.6.1. Using the Transaction Template XML, and significantly less verbose as a result; and Spring 2.0 integrates with the AspectJ pointcut language and @AspectJ aspect declaration style. The chapter entitled Chapter 6, Aspect Oriented Programming

Proxies ..... 323 5.4. @AspectJ support ..... 323 5.4.1. Enabling @AspectJ Support ..... 324 Enabling @AspectJ Support with Java Configuration ..... 324 Enabling @AspectJ Support with XML Configuration Choosing which AOP Declaration Style to Use ..... 375 5.6.1. Spring AOP or Full AspectJ? ..... 375 5.6.2. @AspectJ or XML for Spring AOP? ..... 375 5.7. Mixing Aspect Types ..... 376 5.8. Proxying Proxies ..... 377 5.9. Programmatic Creation of @AspectJ Proxies ..... 382 5.10. Using AspectJ with Spring Applications ..... 382 5.10.1. Using AspectJ to Dependency Inject Domain Objects with Spring

XML configuration.....23 2.3.2. Support for @AspectJ aspects.....23 2.3.3. Support for bean name pointcut element.....23 2.3.4. Support for AspectJ load-time weaving.....23 2.4. The Middle Tier 123 6.1.2. Spring AOP capabilities and goals ..... 125 6.1.3. AOPProxies ..... 126 6.2. @AspectJ support ..... 126 6.2.1. Enabling @AspectJSupport ..... 126 6.2.2. Declaring an aspect ..... Choosing which AOP declaration style to use ..... 151 6.4.1. Spring AOP or full AspectJ? ..... 151 6.4.2. @AspectJ or XML for Spring AOP? ..... 151 6.5. Mixing aspecttypes ..... 152 6.6. Proxying

configuration ..... 24 2.3.2. Support for @AspectJ aspects ..... 24 2.3.3. Support for bean name pointcut element ..... 24 2.3.4. Support for AspectJ load-time weaving ..... 24 2.4. The Middle AOP capabilities and goals ..... 124 6.1.3. AOP Proxies ..... 125 6.2. @AspectJ support ..... 125 6.2.1. Enabling @AspectJ Support ..... 125 6.2.2. Declaring an aspect ..... 126 6.2.3. Declaring Choosing which AOP declaration style to use ..... 150 6.4.1. Spring AOP or full AspectJ? ..... 150 6.4.2. @AspectJ or XML for Spring AOP? ..... 150 6.5. Mixing aspect types ..... 151 6.6. Proxying

XML configuration.....23 2.3.2. Support for @AspectJ aspects.....23 2.3.3. Support for bean name pointcut element.....23 2.3.4. Support for AspectJ load-time weaving.....23 2.4. The Middle Tier ... 239 9.5.8. Advising transactional operations ..... 240 9.5.9. Using @Transactional with AspectJ ..... 243 9.6. Programmatic transaction management ..... 243 9.6.1. Using the Transaction Template XML, and significantly less verbose as a result; and Spring 2.0 integrates with the AspectJ pointcut language and @AspectJ aspect declaration style. The chapter entitled Chapter 6, Aspect Oriented Programming