v6.2.0-M5

⭐ New Features

• Harmonize handling of current factory method in SimpleInstantiationStrategy #33192
• Unwrap InvocationTargetException in SpEL's FunctionReference #33174
• Support rendering multiple fragments #33162
• Allow MessageHeaderAccessor to be created with existing headers #33153
• Generalize message conversion for HTTP message content in AssertJ support #33148
• Allow arbitrary packages to be scanned for Reflective usage #33132
• Support external methods referenced by fully-qualified name in @TestBean #33125
• Update Content-Type based on encoding in MVC FreeMarkerView #33119
• Introduce SmartHttpMessageConverter #33118
• Support property placeholders in @Sql script paths #33114
• Reject ModelMap argument types in WebFlux #33109
• Set output_encoding in FreeMarkerView implementations #33106
• Allow encoding to be set with a Charset in FreeMarker support #33102
• Let custom ObjectProvider implementations declare a single method only #33070
• Add support for running assertions on resolved exception in MockMvcTester #33060
• Add dedicated support for printing the MvcResult in MockMvcTester #33059
• Provide a way to determine if a context is in the process of being closed #33058
• MockHttpServletRequestBuilder should merge URI from the parent if necessary #33057
• Fail fast if a @Bean method declares @Autowired as well #33051
• Add dedicated async dispatch support for MockMvcTester #33040
• Add dedicated multipart support for MockMvcTester #33027
• spring-form JSP tags should escape HTML value based on response character encoding #33023
• SimpleClientHttpResponse throws IOException when response body is empty and status code is >= 400 #33020
• MockHttpServletResponse defaults to ISO-8859-1 for JSON while the rest of the framework defaults to UTF-8 #33019
• Propagate context to message converters when streaming with Flux in Spring MVC #32813
• Resolve URI to baseUrl in RestClient #32679
• Constructor data binding support for List, Map and array arguments #32426
• Implement Eclipse Jetty core HTTP handler adapter #32097
• Add better control over generated files registration #31331
• Provide more declarative control over reflection hint registration #29194
• Replace @Nonnull(when = When.MAYBE) by @CheckForNull in @Nullable #27183
• Add JSON support to Protobuf codecs #25457

🐞 Bug Fixes

• AntPathPatternMatcher hardcoded "/" separator in variables matching and comparator #33085
• AOT generates a raw type for a generic type with nested unresolved generics #33069
• Unwrap Kotlin inline value classes return values #33026
• Kotlin Serialization support does not take null-safety into account #33016

📔 Documentation

• Move Testing below other framework concerns in the reference documentation TOC #33083
• Move Servlet HTTP Message Conversion to its own section #33063
• Document AssertJ support for MockMvc #32454

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to HtmlUnit 4.2.0 #33081
• Upgrade to Kotlin Coroutines 1.8.1 #33176
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.14.0-M1 #33170
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.0-M4 #33171

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@gregw, @stonio, and @tafjwr

v6.1.11

⭐ New Features

• Ensure varargs component type for MethodHandle is not null in SpEL's ReflectionHelper #33193
• Confusing WebClient exception message in case of Reactor-Netty PrematureCloseException during response #33127
• Include the bean name in the exception when an invalid factoryBeanObjectType attribute is found #33117
• Use error handler for reactive cache aspect #33073
• getTypeForFactoryMethod should catch NoClassDefFoundError #33075

🐞 Bug Fixes

• SpEL cannot invoke varargs MethodHandle function with an array #33191
• SpEL cannot invoke varargs MethodHandle function with zero variable arguments #33190
• Nested bean instance supplier invocation does not retain previous factory method #33180
• DefaultErrorResponseBuilder does not implement headers(Consumer) #33156
• Fix adaptation of violations on Set method parameter #33150
• Web controller call with invalid body resulting in 500 instead of 400 when using kotlinx-serialization #33138
• "file:." cannot be resolved to java.nio.file.Path (and plain "." value resolves to classpath root) #33124
• Mockito mock falsely initialized as CGLIB proxy with AspectJ aspect #33113
• Fix ClassCastException from return value validation with proxy when adaptConstraintViolations=true #33105
• Spring coroutines AOP is not compatible with @Transactional #33095
• ReactorClientHttpConnector creates new HttpClient for every request #33093
• Trace and Span IDs are no longer propagated RequestBodyAdvice beans #33091
• Early LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean initialization fails in case of null bean definition #33082
• ReactorNettyClientRequest.convertException should include original exception if cause is null #33080
• SpEL incorrectly splits string arguments by comma for Object... varargs method #33013
• ProtobufMessageConverter fails to parse JSON payload if byte array is used #27408

📔 Documentation

• Harmonize phrasing in URI Encoding section #33166
• Document that ModelMap is not a supported argument type in WebFlux #33107
• Example in Method Injection section of Spring Framework documentation refers to wrong bean names #33096
• Resource writer doesn't consider subclasses of InputStreamResource for content length bypass #33089
• Improve documentation regarding encoding in FreeMarker support #33071
• Exception for validation failure in WebFlux does not match the documentation #33061

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Kotlin 1.9.24 #33177
• Upgrade to Kotlin Serialization 1.6.3 #33175
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.8 #33168
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.8 #33169

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@TAKETODAY, @hunhee98, @imvtsl, @snussbaumer, and @zizare

v6.1.10

⭐ New Features

• Defensive PersistenceExceptionTranslator bean retrieval in PersistenceExceptionTranslationInterceptor on shutdown #33067
• Support all "connection reset" exception phrases in DisconnectedClientHelper #33064

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Duplicate observations recorded with RestClient #33068
• WebFlux validation requires Servlet API since Spring Framework 6.1.3 #33043
• No qualifying bean of type 'java.lang.String' in case of accidental @Autowired @Bean method with @Value parameter #33030
• ConfigurationClassEnhancer does not use correct ClassLoader when called multiple times #33024

📔 Documentation

• Typo in Annotation-driven Listener Endpoints section of Spring Framework documentation #33050
• Container Extension Points section of Spring Framework documentation refer to the wrong property name #33037
• Fix typo in comment #33036
• Incorrect constructor details in the javadoc for ApplicationContextEvent #33032

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@tafjwr

v6.2.0-M4

⭐ New Features

• Add support for converting the whole JSON document without using JSONPath #33018
• Support Protobuf 4.x #33011
• Do not swallow exceptions on failing to release a savepoint #32992
• Being able to provide extended timeouts for specific phases in the DefaultLifecycleProcessor #32985
• Allow json content to be converted using AssertJ's AssertFactory #32953
• Add support for BeanPostProcessor defined in Kotlin companion object #32946
• Support @TestBean factory methods defined in interfaces #32943
• Add a way to set the timeout to reactive jdk client #32941
• Revise convention-based semantics for @TestBean factory methods #32940
• Support field name as fallback qualifier for @TestBean, MockitoBean, and MockitoSpyBean #32939
• Use getMessageSource internally in RequestContext #32926
• MockMvc no longer needs methods that take a String httpMethod for custom methods #32914
• Allow MockMvcTester to prepare the query without the need of static imports #32913
• Rework Bean Overriding feature to better behave with TCF Context Caching #32884
• Introduce API to initialize BeanFactory before singleton instantiation #32836
• Introduce static MultiValueMap factory methods #32832
• Make use of JSONAssert in public API optional #32791
• Refine exception handling in AOT process to provide additional context #32777
• Handle ResponseStatusException thrown by MVC functional endpoints #32689
• Support data binding from request headers #32676
• Ignore trailing semicolons when parsing Accept-Language header #32259
• Introduce request attributes in RestClient #32027
• Make WebSocketMessageBrokerStats optionally export stats to micrometer #31604
• Add Partitioned cookie attribute support for reactive servers #31454
• Add execution metadata to scheduled tasks #24560

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Exception that prevents component scan with REGISTER_BEAN conditions should provide the affected configuration class #32998
• Bean override with REPLACE_OR_CREATE_DEFINITION and byType lookup fails if no match is found #32990
• Bean override factory post processing doesn't work with FactoryBean #32971
• @TestBean factory method not found in multi-level @Nested hierarchy #32951
• Support queries in opaque URLs #32920
• AbstractJsonContentAssert should allow satistfies to run on the json content, not the raw string #32894
• Content negotiation for exception handling fails with WebFlux #32878

📔 Documentation

• Fix typo in WebTestClient expectedXml #32969

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.13.1 #33000
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.0-M3 #33006

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@AlexejTimonin, @andreblanke, @ccorbacho, @earlgrey02, @izeye, @m4tt30c91, and @schnapster

v6.1.9

⭐ New Features

• CRaC: ignore checkpointOnRefresh afterRestore #32978
• Add missing hints for Hibernate @TenantId #32967
• AnnotationUtils performance degrades with deep stacks #32921
• Missing hints for Hibernate generators #32842
• AbstractAutoProxyCreator#determineBeanType can trigger bean initialization at build time for aspects implementing Ordered #32230

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Behaviour change in ScheduledAnnotationBeanPostProcessor: canceling scheduled tasks on ContextClosedEvent v6.0 -> v6.1 #33009
• ContentCachingRequestWrapper may allocate too much memory #32987
• Support canEncode() for JAXBElement in Jaxb2XmlEncoder #32977
• AspectJ CTW aspects executed twice #32970
• @Valid annotations on container elements for handler argument validation not supported #32964
• Add support for double backslashes to StringUtils#cleanPath #32962
• @CacheEvict condition uses wrapper comparison instead of actual objects #32960
• ConcurrentHashMap.computeIfAbsent used in AdvisedSupport can cause virtual thread pinning #32958
• Exception mapping does not work as expected when plugging in ReactorNettyClientRequestFactory into RestTemplate and RestClient #32952
• ReactorResourceFactory not working with CRaC onRefresh checkpoint #32945
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into an array or list with an Integer #32908
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into a Map with a primitive #32903
• BeanUtils.copyProperties no longer copies generic type properties from a base class that has been enhanced #32888
• Application not starting with @EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ) #32882
• ReactorNettyClientResponse should not throw exception if no body is available #32805
• Observation in ServerHttpObservationFilter is never stopped for asynchronous requests #32730

📔 Documentation

• Fix typo in the Simple Broker section of the reference documentation #32993
• Remove outdated copyright from index.adoc #32983
• Use HttpStatusCode consistently in reference guide #32966
• Entity name in MappingSqlQuery example of reference guide is wrong #32957
• Fix RegisterReflectionForBinding Javadoc #32947
• Reference documentation sample for MethodValidationPostProcessor is missing a static keyword #32929
• Fix typo in Jakarta validation documentation #32928
• Refine KotlinDetector.isKotlinType documentation for Kotlin 2.x lambdas #32905
• Complete Kotlin example for HTTP message codecs in reference doc #32877
• Use Threadlocal.remove() instead of .set(null) in documentation #32874
• Unexpected bean override / inject behavior #32825
• Document why complex object structure are not supported as paremeters or properties by AOT #32273

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.12.7 #33001
• Upgrade to Reactor 2023.0.7 #33007

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Attacktive, @Seungpang, @deblockt, @hlmg, @ozooxo, @soglad, and @ypyf

v6.0.22

⭐ New Features

• AnnotationUtils performance degrades with deep stacks #32922

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Observation in ServerHttpObservationFilter is never stopped for asynchronous requests #32986
• AspectJ CTW aspects executed twice #32973
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into a Map with a primitive #32912
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into an array or list with an Integer #32910
• Application not starting with @EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ) #32883

📔 Documentation

• Remove outdated copyright from index.adoc #32984

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Reactor 2022.0.20 #33008

v5.3.37

⭐ New Features

• AnnotationUtils performance degrades with deep stacks #32923

🐞 Bug Fixes

• AspectJ CTW aspects executed twice #32974
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into a Map with a primitive #32911
• SpEL compilation fails when indexing into an array or list with an Integer #32909
• Application not starting with @EnableTransactionManagement(mode = AdviceMode.ASPECTJ) #32885

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Reactor 2020.0.45 #33010

v6.2.0-M3

⭐ New Features

• Lazily register DynamicValuesPropertySource in the TestContext framework #32871
• Introduce getRequest and getResponse on MvcTestResult #32846
• Add support for qualifiers in test bean overriding and consider improving by-type matching #32822
• Support Content Negotiation and view rendering in ResponseEntityExceptionHandler #31936

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Change default phase for STOMP message handling components to be ahead of Boot's WebServerStartStopLifecycle default phase #27519

v6.1.8

⭐ New Features

• Avoid creation of SAXParserFactory for every read operation in Jaxb2Marshaller and co #32851
• Suppress deprecation warning for AOT-generated code that refers to a deprecated bean type #32850

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Overridden aspect method runs twice #32865
• @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE\_TIME) cannot convert UTC without milliseconds to java.util.Date #32856
• Spring AOP fails against registered @Configurable aspect #32838
• MockHttpServletRequest should not use a shared reader when no content is available #32820

📔 Documentation

• Modernize Antora Build #32864
• Modernize Antora Build #32863
• Refine CDS documentation #32843
• Revisit validation documentation to better explain when method validation is invoked #32807

❤️ Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@rwinch

v6.0.21

⭐ New Features

• Avoid creation of SAXParserFactory for every read operation in Jaxb2Marshaller and co #32855

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Overridden aspect method runs twice #32867
• @DateTimeFormat(iso = DateTimeFormat.ISO.DATE\_TIME) cannot convert UTC without milliseconds to java.util.Date #32859
• MockHttpServletRequest should not use a shared reader when no content is available #32848
• Spring AOP fails against registered @Configurable aspect #32839