[Springframework-developer] Spring 1.1.2 released

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Dear Spring community,
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I'm pleased to announce that Spring 1.1.2 has just been released. This =
is a bugfix and minor enhancement release. Among the new features are:
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* added support for multi-dimensional collections to BeanWrapperImpl =
(e.g. "map[myKey][0]" or "map[myKey][0].name")
* added "getType(name)" method to BeanFactory interface, checking the =
type of object that "getBean" would return
* added "getBeansOfType(type)" convenience method to ListableBeanFactory =
interface, without explicit filters
* added PropertyPathFactoryBean, allowing to evaluate the property path =
of a target bean and expose the result
* allow "bean*" rather than "bean+" in XML bean definitions, i.e. no =
bean definitions in a file (just imports)

* AbstractApplicationContext automatically registers a context-aware =
ResourceArrayPropertyEditor for Resource arrays
* added GenericApplicationContext class, allowing for arbitrary =
definition formats (via a single internal BeanFactory)
* improved ResourceBundleMessageSource and =
ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource implementations
* added "setText(plainText, htmlText)" method to MimeMessageHelper, for =
alternative texts in the same mail

* added "objectResult(collection,type)" and =
"intResult"/"longResult(collection)" convenience methods to =
DataAccessUtils
* added support for pre-bound Sessions (e.g. =
OpenSessionInViewFilter/Interceptor) with JTA and =
TransactionManagerLookup
* added "load(entity, id)" method to HibernateOperations and =
HibernateTemplate
* added "initialize" and "closeIterator" methods to =
HibernateOperations/Template, following "Hibernate.initialize/close"
* added "queryCacheRegion" property to HibernateTemplate, specifying the =
cache region used for queries

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* added ServletContextResourcePatternResolver, to find matching =
resources within a web app even in an unexpanded WAR
* added "defaultStatusCode" property to SimpleMappingExceptionResolver, =
specifying the HTTP status code for error views
* UrlBasedViewResolver supports a "redirect:" prefix now, for convenient =
redirects through special view names
* added "springMessage"/"springMessageText" macros for Velocity and =
"message"/"messageText" macros for FreeMarker

For details, please have a look at the changelog.
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Note that this Spring distribution comes with an updated HSQLDB version, =
namely 1.7.2.7. Unfortunately, the HSQLDB 1.7.2 branch is incompatible =
with 1.7.1 in some areas. While all Spring sample apps have been adapted =
accordingly, please be aware that updating your own applications with =
the new hsqldb.jar requires your HSQLDB server to be updated too (i.e. =
both need to run version 1.7.2). Furthermore, watch out when running on =
JBoss <3.2.6, which ships with HSQLDB 1.7.1 in the server classpath.
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Cheers,
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Juergen