spring

Various bugfixes and refinements were made. The PetClinic sample was updated to serve as a showcase for JMX export: the JDBC version now exposes a cache refresh operation and a call monitor via JMX. All users of 1.2 RC/final are encouraged to upgrade, especially if the Hibernate3 integration is used.

This third (and final) release candidate of Spring.NET 0.6 is both
a feature enhancement and a bugfix release. Among the new features
are configuration of existing objects using the Configure methods
of IObjectFactory and support for environment variable expansion
in PropertyPlaceHolderConfigurer. Important changes and bugfixes
include strongly named assemblies and removal of the use of the DTD for
validation.

This release includes: integration with HiveMind, allowing for HiveMind services to be exposed as Spring beans; Spring-style integration classes for JSR-94 rules engines such as Jess and Drools; Spring-style configuration for OSWorkflow; and integration classes for Commons Validator (taken from the Spring sandbox).

This release introduces one major new feature: support for JCA's Common Client Interface (CCI), including support for CCI local transactions. Furthermore, there are various minor enhancements all around. This release candidate is considered stable and recommended for development use. It is the last release candidate before 1.2 final.