first cut of changelog for M3

build-spring-framework/resources/changelog.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,40 @@ SPRING FRAMEWORK CHANGELOG
 http://www.springsource.org
 
 
+Changes in version 3.0.0.M3 (2009-04-06)
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+* Spring 3.0 is shipping with proper Maven POMs now
+* updated to JRuby 1.2 (remaining compatible with JRuby 1.1 and above)
+* updated to Hessian 3.2.1 (remaining compatible with Hessian 3.1.3 and above)
+* removed Axis 1.x support package, keeping basic JAX-RPC support only (next to JAX-WS)
+* introduced new converter subsystem in "core.convert"
+* introduced support for annotated factory methods
+* introduced support for JavaConfig-style @Configuration classes
+* @Autowired uses field/parameter name as fallback qualifier value
+* qualifier annotations can be used at method level as well (applying to all parameters)
+* @Value annotation can be used at method level as well (e.g. on bean property setters)
+* @Value values may use ${...} placeholders (driven by PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer)
+* fixed EL evaluation of prepared constructor arguments for repeated prototype creation
+* ConstructorArgumentValues exposed indexed arguments in the order of definition
+* declarative destroy-method="..." specifications get validated at bean creation time
+* CachedIntrospectionResults always caches bean classes except in case of custom BeanInfo
+* GenericTypeResolver's type variable cache uses weak values (for OSGi compatibility)
+* fixed CachingMapDecorator to support garbage-collected weak references (again)
+* SessionAwareMessageListener supports generic declaration of concrete JMS Message type
+* RmiServiceExporter and RmiRegistryFactoryBean synchronize registry lookup/creation
+* added "unregisterManagedResource" method to MBeanExporter/MBeanExportOperations
+* TimerTaskExecutor creates non-daemon Timer and uses bean name as default Timer name
+* added TaskScheduler interface and Trigger abstraction
+* added ConcurrentTaskScheduler and ThreadPoolTaskScheduler
+* added CommonJ TimerManagerTaskScheduler
+* added CronTrigger implementation for cron expression support
+* JSF FacesContext and ExternalContext are resolvable dependencies by default, if available
+* FacesRequestAttributes (as used by RequestContextHolder) can access global Portlet session
+* request handler methods with @ModelAttribute annotation always return a model attribute
+* FreeMarkerView can be initialized with ServletContext only (e.g. for testing)
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+
 Changes in version 3.0.0.M2 (2009-02-25)
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