Spring 2.0 RC1 發布了。這是Spring 2.0的第一個candidate版本, 在過去的六個月里, Spring 共發布了5次milestone版本...Spring 2.0的新特性包括:Configuration SimplificationBean definitions based on XML schema, with out-of-the-box XML namespaces for simplifying common configuration tasksSupport for extended bean scopes in application contexts, with web request and session scopes as main targetsBean definition enhancements: lazy loading of bean classes, collection merging, and intelligent error messagesAOPSimplified AOP configuration based on XML schema namespacesSupport for AspectJ pointcut expression language and @AspectJ-style aspectsSupport for dependency injection on any object, including fine grained domain objects (based on AspectJ)Persistence and JPAEnhanced JDBC support: named SQL parameters, generics-based SimpleJdbcTemplateExplicit support for Hibernate 3.1 and 3.2 (while remaining compatible with Hibernate 3.0)Support for the Java Persistence API (JPA), including the full container contract with class instrumentationScheduling and MessagingTaskExecutor abstraction for submitting asynchronous workSupport for various thread pools, such as a Java 5 ThreadPoolExecutor and a CommonJ WorkManagerSupport for asynchronous JMS ('Message-Driven POJOs') based on message listener containersWeb Application DevelopmentConventions-based web MVC: controller mappings, model attribute namesJSP form tag library for use with Spring Web MVC and Spring Web FlowFull support for Portlet environments, including Portlet-style MVC based on a DispatcherPortlet官方站點：http://www.springframework.org/node/298ebSpring論壇:http://www.matrix.org.cn/topic.shtml?forumId=26