MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors apply after all other post-processors (for @PostConstruct to be invoked after other BPPs; SPR-6066)

SPR-6308 - Spring Expression Language creates systemProperties bean calling System.getProperties() which in enterprise shared containers is locked down

SPR-5507 Added SmartLifecycle interface with 'isAutoStartup' method and added an 'onRefresh' method to the LifecycleProcessor.

SPR-5507 Factored out Lifecycle management to a LifecycleProcessor strategy with the default implementation as DefaultLifecycleProcessor. The 'lifecycleProcessor' bean may be defined to override the default.

reworked ConfigurationClass(Web)ApplicationContext into AnnotationConfig(Web)ApplicationContext; revised BeansException signatures

* polishing for ConfigurationClassApplicationContext & tests
* added ConfigurationClassWebApplicationContext & tests
* next: refactoring out duplications between ConfigurationClassApplicationContext & ConfigurationClassWebApplicationContext

support for default "conversionService" bean in an ApplicationContext; revised formatting package, now integrated with DataBinder and AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter; revised AccessControlContext access from BeanFactory

* Applied patch submitted by Carlos Zuniga

Servlet/Portlet ApplicationContexts use a specific id based on servlet/portlet name; DefaultListableBeanFactory references are serializable now when initialized with an id; scoped proxies are serializable now, for web scopes as well as for singleton beans; injected request/session references are serializable proxies for the current request now

ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource correctly calculates filenames for locales with variant but without country now (SPR-5716)

revised support for annotated factory methods (merged @FactoryMethod functionality into JavaConfig facility)

@Value values may use ${...} placeholders (driven by PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer); @Autowired uses field/parameter name as fallback qualifier value (SPR-5152)

ApplicationListener beans get obtained on demand, supporting non-singletons as well; ApplicationListeners will be called in the order according to the Ordered contract; generified ApplicationListener interface

Whitespace polishing: leading spaces->tabs; updated eclipse configuration to default to leading tabs for all bundles

EL container integration; support for contextual objects; removal of deprecated Spring 2.0 functionality; Java 5 code style