ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor accepting "failOnExisting"/"ignoreExisting"/"replaceExisting" * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation (being able to resolve J2EE "jdbc/myDb" ENC names by default) * NativeJdbcExtractorAdapter only processes DatabaseMetaData Connection if non-null (for WebLogic cluster compatibility) * fixed SQLException

ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor accepting "failOnExisting"/"ignoreExisting"/"replaceExisting" * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation (being able to resolve J2EE "jdbc/myDb" ENC names by default) * NativeJdbcExtractorAdapter only processes DatabaseMetaData Connection if non-null (for WebLogic cluster compatibility) * fixed SQLException

ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor accepting "failOnExisting"/"ignoreExisting"/"replaceExisting" * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation (being able to resolve J2EE "jdbc/myDb" ENC names by default) * NativeJdbcExtractorAdapter only processes DatabaseMetaData Connection if non-null (for WebLogic cluster compatibility) * fixed SQLException

the standard VelocityViewServlet) * revised XsltView to specify full resource URI as StreamSource system id, for properly resolving relative paths * officially deprecated AbstractXsltView in favor of XsltView ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor accepting "failOnExisting"/"ignoreExisting"/"replaceExisting" * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation

the standard VelocityViewServlet) * revised XsltView to specify full resource URI as StreamSource system id, for properly resolving relative paths * officially deprecated AbstractXsltView in favor of XsltView ignores namespace declaration attributes ("xmlns"/"xmlns:") * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Autowired annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor accepting "failOnExisting"/"ignoreExisting"/"replaceExisting" * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor processes @Resource annotation on most specific method only (when overriding) * revised default annotation

ignore FactoryBean results that implement the Lifecycle interface * AbstractApplicationContext processes Lifecycle callbacks in the order of bean creation by default * AbstractApplicationContext explicitly composite component * "context:component-scan" resolves "${...}" placeholders in package paths against system properties * "context:component-scan" explictly ignores directories that accidentally match a specified "context:property-placeholder" configuration element does not require a "location" attribute (for system properties) Package org.springframework.core * introduced SmartClassLoader marker interface, declaring

"context:property-placeholder" configuration element does not require a "location" attribute (for system properties) Package org.springframework.core * introduced SmartClassLoader marker interface, declaring whitespace) * UrlPathHelper detects a context path of "/" (as exposed by Jetty for includes) and processes it as root context ("") * improved NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException's error message to include CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the JAX-WS @WebServiceRef annotation as well * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the EJB 3 @EJB reference annotation (if present)

CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the JAX-WS @WebServiceRef annotation as well * CommonAnnotationBeanPostProcessor detects and processes the EJB 3 @EJB reference annotation (if present) "isPrototype()" method that checks for an independent instance * PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer detects and processes placeholders in scope names as well * AbstractBeanFactory throws BeanCreationException will full unless an actual dependency check is needed * ResourceEntityResolver catches any kind of Exception in system root URL check (in particular AccessControlException) * introduced XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException

stricter checks) * UrlPathHelper detects a context path of "/" (as exposed by Jetty for includes) and processes it as root context ("") * DispatcherServlet consistently logs correct request URI for include requests "isPrototype()" method that checks for an independent instance * PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer detects and processes placeholders in scope names as well * AbstractBeanFactory throws BeanCreationException will full unless an actual dependency check is needed * ResourceEntityResolver catches any kind of Exception in system root URL check (in particular AccessControlException) * introduced XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException

"isPrototype()" method that checks for an independent instance * PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer detects and processes placeholders in scope names as well * AbstractBeanFactory throws BeanCreationException will full unless an actual dependency check is needed * ResourceEntityResolver catches any kind of Exception in system root URL check (in particular AccessControlException) * introduced XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException TreeSet/TreeMap * LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer uses current ClassLoader for ASM analysis (not the system ClassLoader) * PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver properly handles jar file roots returned by the