"(class)", "(parent)", etc * added "default-init-method" and "default-destroy-method" attributes to the XML bean definition format * refined DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to explicity check for empty ref name wrapped by a ServletException (for nicer root cause handling) * "contextConfigLocation" params in "web.xml" support "${...}" style placeholders for system properties * deprecated BindUtils and BindInitializer InputSource (useful to pass in XML system id or java.io.Reader) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports system property placeholders in import paths: e.g. "file:${user.dir}/ctx.xml" * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser

necessary * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename Package org.springframework.core * fixed ClassPathResource to fall back to or properties from file) * PropertiesLoaderSupport also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename * added "enums" package, containing support for type-safe enums with code "cacheableMappingLocations" property to LocalSessionFactoryBean, for Hibernate3's caching of parsed XML as bins * added dedicated support for Hibernate Annotation 3.0 beta 2: AnnotationSessionFactoryBean

ServletContextParameterFactoryBean, explicitly retrieving and exposing a "context-param" defined in web.xml * AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver/FixedLocaleResolver throw UnsupportedOperationException from "setLocale" given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a ResourcePatternResolver) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser registers unique necessary * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename Package org.springframework.core * fixed ClassPathResource to fall back to

ServletContextParameterFactoryBean, explicitly retrieving and exposing a "context-param" defined in web.xml * AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver/FixedLocaleResolver throw UnsupportedOperationException from "setLocale" given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a ResourcePatternResolver) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser registers unique necessary * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename Package org.springframework.core * fixed ClassPathResource to fall back to

AccessControlException) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser trims whitespace from "class" attributes in XML bean definitions * removed default for "abstract"/"singleton" attributes in "spring-beans.dtd", for "(class)", "(parent)", etc * added "default-init-method" and "default-destroy-method" attributes to the XML bean definition format * refined DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to explicity check for empty ref wrapped by a ServletException (for nicer root cause handling) * "contextConfigLocation" params in "web.xml" support "${...}" style placeholders for system properties * deprecated BindUtils and BindInitializer

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 ServletContextParameterFactoryBean, explicitly retrieving and exposing a "context-param" defined in web.xml * AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver/FixedLocaleResolver throw UnsupportedOperationException from "setLocale" given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a ResourcePatternResolver) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser registers unique

"(class)", "(parent)", etc * added "default-init-method" and "default-destroy-method" attributes to the XML bean definition format * refined DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to explicity check for empty ref name wrapped by a ServletException (for nicer root cause handling) * "contextConfigLocation" params in "web.xml" support "${...}" style placeholders for system properties * deprecated BindUtils and BindInitializer InputSource (useful to pass in XML system id or java.io.Reader) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports system property placeholders in import paths: e.g. "file:${user.dir}/ctx.xml" * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser

given resource location/pattern String * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser supports resource patterns for XML "import" tag (requires a ResourcePatternResolver) * DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser registers unique necessary * ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename Package org.springframework.core * fixed ClassPathResource to fall back to or properties from file) * PropertiesLoaderSupport also supports JDK 1.5's properties XML files, for files with ".xml" filename * added "enums" package, containing support for type-safe enums with code

reworked ResourceEntityResolver to depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to correctly parse null keys for XML map entries Package org.springframework.context * reworked LocaleContextHolder to use an InheritableThreadLocal action" * added TypeDefinitionBean, representing a Hibernate3 type definition (TypeDef / typedef XML tag) in bean-style format * added "typeDefinitions" property to LocalSessionFactoryBean for Hibernate3

reworked ResourceEntityResolver to depend on ResourceLoader only and moved it to package "beans.factory.xml" * factored out resource editor registration from AbstractApplicationContext into ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils ConfigurableBeanFactoryUtils helper * fixed DefaultXmlBeanDefinitionParser to correctly parse null keys for XML map entries Package org.springframework.context * reworked LocaleContextHolder to use an InheritableThreadLocal action" * added TypeDefinitionBean, representing a Hibernate3 type definition (TypeDef / typedef XML tag) in bean-style format * added "typeDefinitions" property to LocalSessionFactoryBean for Hibernate3