Release v6.0.0-RC2 · spring-projects/spring-framework

⭐ New Features

Ensure classpath checks can be evaluated at build-time #29352
Register reflection hints for JPA persistence callbacks #29348
Check @RegisterReflectionForBinding specifies at least one class #29346
Introduce builder API for AOT processor Settings #29341
Allow in-progress AOT processing to be detected #29340
Reorganize HTTP Observation types #29334
Perform basic property determination without java.beans.Introspector #29320
Add Kotlin data class components support to BindingReflectionHintsRegistrar #29316
Switch HttpServiceFactory and RSocketServiceProxyFactory to builder model for programmatic configuration first #29296
Introduce PreComputeFieldFeature based on GraalVM FieldValueTransformer API #29081
Introduce SPI for processing ApplicationContext failures in the TestContext framework #28826
SimpleEvaluationContext should disable array allocation #28808
DateTimeFormatterRegistrar should fall back to ISO parsing by default #26985

Avoid NPEs in DefaultServerRequestObservationConvention #29359
ServerHttpObservationFilter can throw ClassCastException when NoopObservation used #29356
ServerHttpObservationFilter should not overwrite response status #29353
Possible regression in PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver #29333
Jackson Decoder ignores method parameter information when resolving media types for custom ObjectMapper registration #29307
Deprecation warning for composed Bean Validation constraint annotation #29206
Code generation no longer supports a list of inner BeanDefinitions #29075
NamedParameterUtils has broken square brackets handling #27925

Refine @RegisterReflectionForBinding Javadoc #29345
Mention @ImportRuntimeHints in RuntimeHintsRegistrar Javadoc #29337
Add Javadoc since for SimpleInstantiationStrategy.setCurrentlyInvokedFactoryMethod() #29326
Use correct RFC number for ProblemDetail support in Javadoc #29302

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!