- combines from JUnit Jupiter with from the Spring TestContext Framework.

- an implementation of multiple extension APIs from JUnit Jupiter.

Complete support for Junit 5 Jupiter and many enhancements in existing TestContext framework.

New WebClient with reactive support on the client side.

spring-core, DataBuffer and Encoder/Decoder abstractions with non-blocking semantics.

In spring framework 5.0, following are the enhancements as a reactive programming model. This means that it should be possible to express static or dynamic data flows with ease in the programming languages used, and that the underlying execution model will automatically propagate changes through the data flow.

Most of the deprecated classes and methods removed.Īs per wiki reactive programming is a programming paradigm oriented around data flows and the propagation of change.

Support for Portlet, Velocity, JasperReports, XMLBeans, JDO, Guava dropped.

Packages such as 2 and orm.hibernate3/hibernate4 dropped.Hence Tiles 3 and Hibernate 5 be compulsarily used.

Package mock.static mock removed from spring-aspects module and hence no support for AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.

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Java EE 7 required to run Spring Framework 5.0 applications.Hence, requires Servlet 3.1, JMS 2.0, JPA 2.1.

Java 8 as a minimum requirement as entire framework codebase is based on Java 8.

As we all must be knowing the second milestone of Spring Framework 5.0 got released in September last year as a new functional web framework.It is completely based on Reactive Programming Model.Spring Framework 5.0 has many major enhancements and upgrades with Java 8 as a minimum requirement with a compatability with JDK 9.

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