Spring Framework - v6.0.9

:star: New Features

• Consistent support for MultiValueMap and common Map implementations in CollectionFactory #30440
• Introduce internal constants for implicit bounds in TypeUtils #30423
• Update major/minor version properties in MockServletContext #30395
• Reject null and empty SpEL expressions #30371
• Test AOT processing fails with GraalVM tracing agent and Native Build Tools #30281
• Introduce Environment.matchesProfiles() for profile expressions #30206
• Optimize MultiValueMap iteration operations #29972

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Respect TaskDecorator configuration on DefaultManagedTaskExecutor #30442
• Qualifiers registered programmatically are not supported by AOT #30410
• Support for InjectionPoint in bean factory methods when using AOT #30401
• Bean methods with generic array/varargs parameters break native compilation #30407
• ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter supports non-matching generic events #30399
• Processing several @PersistenceContext injection points on the same class with AOT generates code that does not compile #30437
• Make maximum SpEL expression length configurable #30380
• Record beans do not compile to native images #30383
• Missing resource hint for @PropertySource#value #30376
• ApplicationEventPublisher - PayloadApplicationEvent not received by EventListener if event fired from child context #30360
• StringDecoder.decode() should release chunks on cancellation #30299
• Quote '?' in Quoted Printable filename #30252
• Missing reflection hint for custom PropertySourceFactory in native image #30175
• Aot generated sources fail to compile with 'File name too long' error #29846

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Update package-info for CGLIB fork #30461
• Clarify differences between GenericBeanDefinition and RootBeanDefinition #30444
• Document how to configure FactoryBean with a configurable target with AOT #30434
• Add Antora docs-build branch #30415
• Switch the reference documentation to Antora #30414
• @ResponseStatus documentation incorrect #30305

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.10.7 #30451
• Upgrade to Reactor 2022.0.7 #30450

:heart: Contributors

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

@divcon, @izeye, @luozhenyu, @rwinch, @sigee, and @yuzawa-san