always takes first exact @RequestMapping path match as best path match * @MVC handler methods, model attribute methods and init binder methods allow for overriding a generic superclass method * @ModelAttribute @ModelAttribute annotated handler method arguments can resolve to a null value as well (when contained in the model) * standard method argument subtypes (such as a Principal subclass) fail with a descriptive exception error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy entire model Map in order to avoid lazy initialization of attribute values * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter

always takes first exact @RequestMapping path match as best path match * @MVC handler methods, model attribute methods and init binder methods allow for overriding a generic superclass method * @ModelAttribute @ModelAttribute annotated handler method arguments can resolve to a null value as well (when contained in the model) * standard method argument subtypes (such as a Principal subclass) fail with a descriptive exception error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy entire model Map in order to avoid lazy initialization of attribute values * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter

error views (for JSP error page compatibility) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not eagerly copy entire model Map in order to avoid lazy initialization of attribute values * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter isolate a model-specified JDBC DataSource (not setting it as view DataSource) * AbstractJasperReportsView gives specified JDBC DataSource precedence over implicit report data value in model * AbstractJasperReportsView ServletContext is null (like in a plain Portlet environment) * HandlerMethodInvoker does not copy whole model Set for session attribute exposure anymore (avoiding lazy value init) * fixed JSP form tags to properly

@InitBinder methods as well * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter always exposes BindingResult objects for model attributes which are binding candidates * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws clear IllegalStateException analogous to AbstractController * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to avoid NPE in case of plain model attribute returned from handler method * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter sends HTTP 404 instead g's COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME in deprecated form (Spring 2.0.x compatibility) * made FormTag's MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME public (as replacement of COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME) * JSP Checkbox(es)Tag

@InitBinder methods as well * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter always exposes BindingResult objects for model attributes which are binding candidates * AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter throws clear IllegalStateException analogous to AbstractController * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to avoid NPE in case of plain model attribute returned from handler method * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter sends HTTP 404 instead g's COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME in deprecated form (Spring 2.0.x compatibility) * made FormTag's MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME public (as replacement of COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME) * JSP Checkbox(es)Tag

analogous to AbstractController * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to avoid NPE in case of plain model attribute returned from handler method * Servlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter sends HTTP 404 instead g's COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME in deprecated form (Spring 2.0.x compatibility) * made FormTag's MODEL_ATTRIBUTE_VARIABLE_NAME public (as replacement of COMMAND_NAME_VARIABLE_NAME) * JSP Checkbox(es)Tag new attributes into the model * added "containsAttribute" method to ModelMap, as a more specific alternative to a general "containsKey" call * introduced Java-5-specific Model interface (for use with MVC

new attributes into the model * added "containsAttribute" method to ModelMap, as a more specific alternative to a general "containsKey" call * introduced Java-5-specific Model interface (for use with MVC to return null if no default found * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to expose the implicit model even when using request-to-view-name translation * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to correctly when setting implicit render parameter * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter preserves implicit model from action phase to render phase * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter applies cache settings

to return null if no default found * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to expose the implicit model even when using request-to-view-name translation * fixed AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter to correctly when setting implicit render parameter * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter preserves implicit model from action phase to render phase * Portlet AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter applies cache settings enumerate model attributes types instead of names * AbstractJasperReportsSingleFormatView converts exporter parameter values in the model (if appropriate) * InternalResourceView lets explicit model attributes

BindStatus to apply HTML-escaping to plain bean values too (when no Errors object is available in the model) * EscapedErrors and BindTag perform HTML escaping for any non-null value (stringifying it), not "GET" and "POST") * added overloaded "showForm" version with request, response, errors and control model to SimpleFormController * added "suppressValidation" calls to AbstractWizardFormController, analogous JasperReportsMultiFormatView, allowing to specify the output format dynamically via a discriminator in the model * JSP EL expressions in Spring's JSP tags will be parsed with JSP 2.0 ExpressionEvaluator on JSP

BindStatus to apply HTML-escaping to plain bean values too (when no Errors object is available in the model) * EscapedErrors and BindTag perform HTML escaping for any non-null value (stringifying it), not "GET" and "POST") * added overloaded "showForm" version with request, response, errors and control model to SimpleFormController * added "suppressValidation" calls to AbstractWizardFormController, analogous JasperReportsMultiFormatView, allowing to specify the output format dynamically via a discriminator in the model * JSP EL expressions in Spring's JSP tags will be parsed with JSP 2.0 ExpressionEvaluator on JSP