Re: [Springframework-developer] Spring Framework 1.2 RC2 released

[Thomas R. <tho...@tr...>]

I updated the home page and the news page - will do the api docs as 
soon as my download completes.

Thomas


On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Juergen Hoeller wrote:

> I'm pleased to announce that Spring 1.2 RC2 has just been released.
>
> This release introduces one major new feature:
>
> * support for JCA's Common Client Interface (CCI), including support 
> for CCI
> local transactions
>
> Furthermore, there are various minor enhancements, for example:
>
> * deprecated ListableBeanFactory's "getBeanDefinitionNames(type)", in 
> favor
> of "getBeanNamesForType"
> * added "value"/"value-ref" shortcut attributes to XML "entry" tag for 
> maps
> * added "alias" root element for XML bean definition files, for 
> aliases for
> beans in other files
>
> * JdbcAccessor lazily initializes the SQLExceptionTranslator by 
> default now
> * added further configuration options to LocalSessionFactoryBean for
> Hibernate3
> * added "defaultDestinationName" property to JmsTemplate, for a dynamic
> default destination
>
> * refined Resource support for compatibility with JDK 1.3's classic VM 
> and
> with JRockit's jar paths
> * refactored static PathMatcher class into PathMatcher interface and
> AntPathMatcher implementation
> * added ConfigurableMimeFileTypeMap, with extensive MIME type mappings
> out-of-the-box
>
> * added "context.i18n" package, with LocaleContext abstraction and 
> global
> LocaleContextHolder
> * DispatcherServlet exposes the current LocaleResolver through the 
> global
> LocaleContextHolder
> * added RemoteInvocationTraceInterceptor, logging remote calls and
> exceptions on the server
>
> * updated JasperReports support for JR 0.6.6, using JRDefaultCompiler 
> as
> default report compiler
> * reworked AbstractJasperReportsView to work on JasperPrint instance 
> rather
> than JasperReport instance
> * added support for reports with embedded SQL statements to
> AbstractJasperReportsView
>
> For a detailed list of enhancements and bug fixes, see the changelog.
>
> This release candidate is considered stable and recommended for 
> development
> use. We expect Spring 1.2 final to be released in about two weeks.