Re: [Springframework-developer] Spring Framework 1.1 final released

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

I've updated the web site docs, and posted announcements on the web 
site, forums and springframework.com.


jürgen höller [werk3AT] wrote:

>Dear Spring community,
> 
>I'm pleased to announce that Spring 1.1 final has just been released. Since 1.1 RC2, some API clarifications have happened and a number of bugs have been fixed. There is also a variety of minor new features:
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>* reworked BeanWrapperImpl's property-specific custom editor handling to allow registration for uninitialized subpaths
>* added "applyBeanPropertyValues" method to AutowireCapableBeanFactory, for populating an existing bean instance
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>* added "(abstract)" marker for properties bean definitions respectively "abstract" attribute for XML bean definitions
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>* added support for SqlReturnType interface which allows to return custom types from stored procedures
>* added auto-conversion of java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar to java.sql.Date/Time/Timestamp for JDBC parameters
>* added support for WebSphere 4 to WebSphereNativeJdbcExtractor, autodetecting WebSphere 5 and 4 now
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>* added WebLogicServerTransactionManagerFactoryBean, to be used with WebLogicJtaTransactionManager on WebLogic 7.0
>* added support for direct JTA synchronization to AbstractLobType, as alternative to Spring transaction synchronization
>* added "flush" method to HibernateOperations/HibernateTemplate and JdoOperations/JdoTemplate, for eager flushing
>* added "getReportQueryIteratorByQuery" method to OJB PersistenceBrokerOperations and PersistenceBrokerTemplate
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>* deprecated AbstractJndiLocator base class in favor of new JndiObjectLocator base class with explicit "lookup" method
>* added JndiObjectTargetSource which performs a fresh JNDI lookup for each call, allowing for hot redeployment in JNDI
>* added "cache" flag to JndiDestinationResolver, to allow for turning off the caching of Destination objects from JNDI
>* added support for ObjectMessage to SimpleMessageConverter, converting between Serializable objects and ObjectMessages
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>* added RemoteConnectFailureException and RemoteLookupFailureException as RemoteAccessException subclasses
>* added JndiRmiServiceExporter, JndiRmiClientInterceptor, JndiRmiProxyFactoryBean (for RMI-IIOP resp. CORBA)
>* added "lookupStubOnStartup", "cacheStub" and "refreshStubOnConnectFailure" flags to RmiClientInterceptor
>* added "lookupHomeOnStartup" and "refreshHomeOnConnectFailure" flags to AbstractRemoteSlsbInvokerInterceptor
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>* added "createMimeMessage(InputStream)" method to JavaMailSender, building a MimeMessage from raw MIME content
>* MimeMessageHelper creates "multipart/related" now, to make mails with inline images compatible with Outlook Express
>* added "validateAddresses" property to MimeMessageHelper (off by default), delegating to JavaMail 1.3's "validate"
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>* added "http10Compatible" flag to RedirectView, to be turned off for sending HTTP 1.1 status code 303 rather than 302
>* added "buildPdfMetadata" callback to AbstractPdfView, for adding meta fields like author to the iText PDF Document
>* added LookupDispatchActionSupport class to Struts support, analogous to ActionSupport but for LookupDispatchActions
>
>As usual, see the changelog for details. Note that the 1.1 code base contains minor changes in various SPIs which are not backwards-compatible. The API as typically used in applications is as close to 100% compatible as possible, though.
> 
>Regards,
> 
>Juergen
> 
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