Re: [Springframework-developer] Spring Framework 2.1 M4 released - moving on to 2.5 RC1!

[Steven D. <ste...@gm...>]

Hey Juergen,

Regarding:

> * built-in support for AspectJ load-time weaving

I can't find any reference in the changelog. What has changed compared to M3?

Thanks

Steven



On 9/10/07, Juergen Hoeller <jue...@in...> wrote:
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> Dear Spring community,
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> I'm pleased to announce that Spring Framework 2.1 M4 has been released! This
> milestone release introduces:
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> * 'qualifier' annotation support for choosing a specific @Autowired match;
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> * our next-generation Spring TestContext Framework with support for JUnit4;
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> * SimpleJdbcCall operation object for stored procedure calls;
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> * support for autowiring of scripted objects (Groovy, JRuby, BeanShell);
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> * support for Tiles2 views in Spring Web MVC.
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> The M4 release is now available from SourceForge:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/springframework
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> Which leads me to some further exciting news...
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> We've been reviewing the overall set of features that we introduced in the
> recent 2.1 milestones:
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> * full Java 6 and Java EE 5 support
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> * full-featured annotation-driven dependency injection
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> * support for component scanning in the classpath
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> * "beanName" pointcut element in AspectJ pointcut expressions
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> * built-in support for AspectJ load-time weaving
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> * further XML configuration namespaces (context, jms)
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> * extended SimpleJdbcTemplate functionality
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> * officially certified WebSphere support
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> * Spring ApplicationContext can be deployed as RAR file
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> * JCA 1.5 message endpoint management (for JMS and CCI)
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> * completely revised framework for integration tests
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> We concluded that this goes significantly beyond what we originally planned
> for Spring 2.1. The version number 2.1, as used for the milestones, does not
> reflect the significance and the comprehensiveness of the features in this
> release.
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> So I'm pleased to announce that the next release will be called Spring
> Framework 2.5 RC1, with the 2.1 milestones seamlessly leading into Spring
> Framework 2.5 as the upcoming major release! Check out
> http://blog.interface21.com for the official announcement and for upcoming
> posts on specific Spring 2.5 features as we move closer to the final
> release.
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> Spring 2.1 M4 is here. Long live Spring 2.5! :-)
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> Cheers,
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> Juergen
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> Juergen Hoeller
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