[Springframework-developer] Spring Framework 1.0 RC1 released

[<jue...@we...>]

Dear Spring community,
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I'm pleased to announce that Spring Framework 1.0 Release Candidate 1 =
has just been released. This release finally covers all features =
targeted for 1.0.
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Changes since 1.0 M4 include:
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- restructured core, beans and util packages
- reworked PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer, now also able to resolve =
system properties
- new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource, supporting hot reloading of =
message definition files
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- support for transaction suspension, via new propagation behaviors =
REQUIRES_NEW and NOT_SUPPORTED
- javax.transaction.TransactionManager support in JtaTransactionManager, =
for transaction suspension
- support for local JOTM and XAPool instances
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- support for CLOB handling in DefaultLobCreator and OracleLobCreator
- new "evict", "saveOrUpdateCopy" and overloaded "delete" and "update" =
methods in HibernateTemplate
- revised Hibernate-JTA synchronization, respecting a registered =
Hibernate TransactionManagerLookup
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- support for Hessian and Burlap 3.x
- removed deprecated "beanName" property from BaseCommandController
- various refinements and minor renamings in the web support
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- revised distribution JAR files, now one full spring.jar and various =
fine-grained module-specific JARs
- refined framework build process to work standalone
- new sample application "imagedb", illustrating BLOB/CLOB support, =
multipart file upload, Velocity view
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As usual, see the changelog for details.
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Regards,
Juergen
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