v6.2.0-M2

⭐ New Features

• Make it easier to register reflection hints on interface hierarchies #32824
• Support varargs invocations in SpEL for varargs array subtype in compiled expressions #32804
• Align StandaloneMockMvcBuilder with trailing slash defaults #32796
• Use lambda expressions consistently #32765
• Bean overriding in tests should use by-type semantic if no name is specified #32761
• Add ServerRequest.pathVariableOrNull Kotlin extension #32738
• Throw an exception for suspending factory methods #32719
• Introduce ReflectiveIndexAccessor convenience class in SpEL #32714
• Add BodyInserters.fromValue(T, ParameterizedTypeReference<T>) and related APIs #32713
• Rename AssertableMockMvc to MvcTester and review assertions structure #32712
• Introduce generateCodeForArgument() in CodeFlow #32708
• Make SpelNode compilation aware #32707
• Add a requiredBody() extension to RestClient.ResponseSpec #32703
• Add IndexAccessor support to SpEL's SimpleEvaluationContext #32702
• Support compilation of array and list indexing with Integer in SpEL #32694
• Avoid unnecessary compilation attempts in SpEL's Indexer #32677
• Adds support for qualifying columns with table. #32653
• Omit empty resource description in DeprecatedBeanWarner's log message #32647
• Introduce getName() in SpEL's BeanReference #32640
• Validate that private JUnit Jupiter lifecycle methods are not annotated with @Autowired #32627
• Ensure removal of Content-Type header if body Publisher is empty #32622
• Introduce CompilableIndexAccessor SPI in SpEL #32613
• AbstractJackson2Decoder doesn't support decoding NDJSON arrays into Flux #32579
• Handle DataBufferLimitException as HTTP 413 responses #32558
• Introduce URL parser based on algorithm provided in Living URL standard #32513
• JettyClientHttpRequestFactory should set request/response timeout #32330
• Remove Hibernate substitutions and deprecated properties usage #32314
• Register DynamicPropertyRegistry as a singleton bean in a test's ApplicationContext #32271
• Allow for AbstractUrlHandlerMapping to add/remove handlers at runtime #32064
• Make it possible for Spring Security to align with Spring MVC without HandlerMappingIntrospector #31823
• Create Filter to handle URLs with trailing slashes #31366
• Add testing support for WebMvc.fn #30477
• Use URL and HTTP method in DefaultResponseErrorHandler #28958
• CacheAspectSupport initialization failure should throw dedicated exceptions, rather than IllegalStateException #22442
• Clear AspectJExpressionPointcut cache when it is no longer used #12334

🐞 Bug Fixes

• MediaTypeAssert risk false negative with isNotEqual assertion #32756
• IndexAccessor cannot support custom Collection target type #32736
• Custom IndexAccessor cannot support String index type #32706
• HttpHeaders should reject negative ContentLength values #32660

📔 Documentation

• Improve wording in Spring Framework Overview documentation #32829
• Clarify supported targets for annotations in the TestContext framework #32772
• Modernize the lazy-initialized beans refdoc section #32767
• Document SpEL IndexAccessor support in the reference manual #32735
• Use lowercase package name in code snippets #32734
• Fix class name typo in reference documentation #32664
• Introduce configuration code includes and tabs in the Integration section #32600
• Document bean override support in the TestContext framework in the reference manual #32490

🔨 Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to HtmlUnit 4.1.0 #32740
• Upgrade to Micrometer 1.13.0 #32811
• Upgrade to Reactor 2024.0.0-M2 #32785
• Upgrade to webjars-locator-lite 1.0.0 #32564

❤️ Contributors

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

@Donghh0221, @GeorgePap-719, @LeMikaelF, @MichaelKunze, @NadChel, @SharadK10, @attermann, @awmeinema, @dukbong, @earlgrey02, @evan-mc, @jerzykrlk, @laterlaugh, @mysend12, @onjik, and @quaff