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v7.0.4

⭐ New Features

• Cache method annotations in MethodParameter and AnnotatedMethod #36307
• Consistently support @Lazy as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36306
• Consistently support @Validated as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths #36305
• Let developers disable default registrations in HttpMessageConverters #36303
• Log which HandlerInterceptor threw the exception #36281
• Improve performance of hashcode calculations for request mappings #36279
• Improve performance of HandlerMethod bean lookup #36278
• Improve performance of version mapping #36276
• Improve performance of single pattern request mappings #36275
• Improve performance of validation groups determination #36274
• Add setPackagesToScan configuration method to LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean #36270
• Remove outdated GraalVM substitution #36257
• Introduce beforeRetry callback with RetryState argument #36245
• Optimize NamedParameterUtils#buildValueArray by lazily fetching SqlParameter #36230
• Allow customization of the ProxyFactory in HttpServiceProxyFactory used to create HTTP service proxies #36225
• Consistently close streams through try-with-resources in FileCopyUtils #36223
• Use Java Files utilities in FileCopyUtils #36221
• SqlBinaryValue and SqlCharacterValue should support InputStream content with undetermined length #36219
• Support JtaTransactionManager and SpringBeanContainer configuration on HibernateJpaVendorAdapter #36216
• Add TaskCallback/Callable/Runnable wrapper for retryable tasks #36208
• Refine YamlProcessor to allow different empty values #36207
• Anticipate fixing Kotlin 2.3 compilation warning #36203
• Allow YAML processors to create a flattened map with nulls included #36197
• Use Reader.transferTo in FileCopyUtils #36196
• DataBufferUtils.write() with NettyDataBuffer on JDK 25 hangs indefinitely #36184
• Make SendToMethodReturnValueHandler and SubscriptionMethodReturnValueHandler customizable, to allow for pass-through of message headers #36179
• Introduce RestClient.ResponseSpec#requiredBody #36173
• Make scope fully configurable in BeanRegistry/BeanRegistrar #36171
• ConcurrencyThrottleSupport and thread interruption #36167
• Add overloaded sendAndReceive methods to JmsTemplate to use explicit response queue #36162
• WebClient (Reactor) attributes on Netty channel do not clear after connection release #36158
• Support HttpEntity on ContentRequestMatchers.multipartData #36154
• Reintroduce WebLogicJtaTransactionManager in Spring Framework 6.2.x #36151
• Back-off for DefaultMessageListenerContainer is not applied consistently in case of listener setup failure #36143
• Early support for JPA 4.0 EntityAgent (autowiring a shared proxy) #36025
• Early compatibility with JPA 4.0 and Hibernate ORM 8.0 #35705

🐞 Bug Fixes

• Resolved HttpEntity Controller argument does not reflect mutated HTTP headers #36298
• Avoid lock congestion in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap #36293
• AbstractMessageConverter does not support wildcards in supported MIME types #36285
• Make LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean#setDataSource work on Hibernate as well as EclipseLink #36271
• StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler fails to restart due to test context pausing #36266
• Deadlock might occur when calling System.exit on startup (against multiple shutdown hooks) #36260
• Missing resource hint for BeanRegistrar implementing ImportAware #36242
• Inconsistent behavior with @Retryable on annotated interfaces #36233

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• 006c0bc Release v7.0.4
• 4734837 Upgrade to Netty 4.2.10, Hibernate ORM 7.2.4, Checkstyle 13.2
• 4a13655 Polishing
• 5ef9972 Allow to disable defaults in HttpMessageConverters
• a9b1d63 avoid unnecessary locking in ConcurrentReferenceHashMap's implementation of c...
• 98d4046 Document that @⁠Validated & @⁠Lazy may be used as meta-annotations
• 282fee5 Consistently find @⁠Lazy as a meta-annotation at arbitrary depths
• 0d4737a Polishing
• 1ef8734 Cache method annotations in AnnotatedMethod as well
• 6dfa54b Cache method annotations in MethodParameter
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