[Springframework-developer] Spring Framework 1.0 M4 released

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Hello everybody,
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Spring Framework 1.0 M4 has just been released. Due to the introduction =
of significant new features, we have decided to release another =
milestone. Finally, the next release will be 1.0 RC1.
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Beginning with this release, we offer two distributions for download:
- spring-framework-1.0-m4.zip
- spring-framework-1.0-m4-with-dependencies.zip
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Both distributions contain all sources, tests, samples, build scripts, =
and docs. The difference is that "-with-dependencies" contains all third =
party libraries necessary for building the samples and the framework =
itself. Of course, the distributions still contain pre-built JAR files.
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The most important new features are:
- an abstraction of file-based resources, to replace String location =
properties with Resource properties
- factored-out Xml/Properties/Jdbc-BeanDefinitionReaders, working on =
DefaultListableBeanFactory
- support for CGLIB2 in the AOP framework (replacing CGLIB1)
- support for source-level metadata driving AOP, with a default =
implementation for Commons Attributes
- reworked transaction synchronization that also affects =
PROPAGATION_SUPPORTS
- new NativeJdbcExtractor and LobHandler mechanisms in the JDBC support
- support for iBATIS Database Layer, similar to the existing support for =
Hibernate and JDO
- refined remoting support for Hessian/Burlap/RMI and EJB
- support for JAX-RPC, similar to the existing support for Hessian, =
Burlap, and RMI
- our version of the iBATIS JPetStore, with ibatis-db for data access =
and alternative Spring/Struts web tiers
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There are also a couple of new features regarding Hibernate support:
- support for Hibernate 2.1 (still compatible with Hibernate 2.0 as far =
as possible)
- new OpenSessionInViewInterceptor and OpenSessionInViewFilter
- JtaTransactionManager will now properly use ThreadLocal Sessions even =
with EJB CMT
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As always, see the changelog for details.
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Regards,
Juergen
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