Stop referring to old Spring versions in Javadoc

Author: sbrannen

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,18 +54,17 @@
  *
  * <h3>Autowired Parameters</h3>
  * <p>Although {@code @Autowired} can technically be declared on individual method
- * or constructor parameters since Spring Framework 5.0, most parts of the
- * framework ignore such declarations. The only part of the core Spring Framework
- * that actively supports autowired parameters is the JUnit Jupiter support in
- * the {@code spring-test} module (see the
+ * or constructor parameters, most parts of the framework ignore such declarations.
+ * The only part of the core Spring Framework that actively supports autowired
+ * parameters is the JUnit Jupiter support in the {@code spring-test} module (see the
  * <a href="https://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/testing.html#testcontext-junit-jupiter-di">TestContext framework</a>
  * reference documentation for details).
  *
  * <h3>Multiple Arguments and 'required' Semantics</h3>
  * <p>In the case of a multi-arg constructor or method, the {@link #required} attribute
  * is applicable to all arguments. Individual parameters may be declared as Java-8 style
- * {@link java.util.Optional} or, as of Spring Framework 5.0, also as {@code @Nullable}
- * or a not-null parameter type in Kotlin, overriding the base 'required' semantics.
+ * {@link java.util.Optional} as well as {@code @Nullable} or a not-null parameter
+ * type in Kotlin, overriding the base 'required' semantics.
  *
  * <h3>Autowiring Arrays, Collections, and Maps</h3>
  * <p>In case of an array, {@link java.util.Collection}, or {@link java.util.Map}

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/ConfigurableApplicationContext.java

@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ public interface ConfigurableApplicationContext extends ApplicationContext, Life
 	 * on JVM shutdown unless it has already been closed at that time.
 	 * <p>This method can be called multiple times. Only one shutdown hook
 	 * (at max) will be registered for each context instance.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.2, the {@linkplain Thread#getName() name} of
-	 * the shutdown hook thread should be {@link #SHUTDOWN_HOOK_THREAD_NAME}.
+	 * <p>The {@linkplain Thread#getName() name} of the shutdown hook thread
+	 * should be {@link #SHUTDOWN_HOOK_THREAD_NAME}.
 	 * @see java.lang.Runtime#addShutdownHook
 	 * @see #close()
 	 */

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/instrument/classloading/glassfish/GlassFishLoadTimeWeaver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * {@link LoadTimeWeaver} implementation for GlassFish's
  * {@code org.glassfish.api.deployment.InstrumentableClassLoader InstrumentableClassLoader}.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.0, this weaver supports GlassFish 4+.
+ * <p>This weaver supports GlassFish 4+.
  *
  * @author Costin Leau
  * @author Juergen Hoeller

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/instrument/classloading/jboss/JBossLoadTimeWeaver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
  * {@link LoadTimeWeaver} implementation for JBoss's instrumentable ClassLoader.
  * Thanks to Ales Justin and Marius Bogoevici for the initial prototype.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.0, this weaver supports WildFly 8+.
- * As of Spring Framework 5.1.5, it also supports WildFly 13+.
+ * <p>This weaver supports WildFly 13+.
  *
  * @author Costin Leau
  * @author Juergen Hoeller

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/config/ScheduledTaskRegistrar.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ public void addTriggerTask(TriggerTask task) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Add a {@link Runnable} task to be triggered per the given cron {@code expression}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.2, this method will not register the task if the
-	 * {@code expression} is equal to {@link #CRON_DISABLED}.
+	 * <p>This method will not register the task if the {@code expression} is
+	 * equal to {@link #CRON_DISABLED}.
 	 */
 	public void addCronTask(Runnable task, String expression) {
 		if (!CRON_DISABLED.equals(expression)) {

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/DataBinder.java

@@ -549,11 +549,10 @@ public String[] getAllowedFields() {
 	 * well as direct equality.
 	 * <p>The default implementation of this method stores disallowed field patterns
 	 * in {@linkplain PropertyAccessorUtils#canonicalPropertyName(String) canonical}
-	 * form. As of Spring Framework 5.2.21, the default implementation also transforms
-	 * disallowed field patterns to {@linkplain String#toLowerCase() lowercase} to
-	 * support case-insensitive pattern matching in {@link #isAllowed}. Subclasses
-	 * which override this method must therefore take both of these transformations
-	 * into account.
+	 * form and also transforms disallowed field patterns to
+	 * {@linkplain String#toLowerCase() lowercase} to support case-insensitive
+	 * pattern matching in {@link #isAllowed}. Subclasses which override this
+	 * method must therefore take both of these transformations into account.
 	 * <p>More sophisticated matching can be implemented by overriding the
 	 * {@link #isAllowed} method.
 	 * <p>Alternatively, specify a list of <i>allowed</i> field patterns.

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MethodValidationInterceptor.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
  * at the type level of the containing target class, applying to all public service methods
  * of that class. By default, JSR-303 will validate against its default group only.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring 5.0, this functionality requires a Bean Validation 1.1+ provider.
+ * <p>This functionality requires a Bean Validation 1.1+ provider.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/MethodValidationPostProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  * inline constraint annotations. Validation groups can be specified through {@code @Validated}
  * as well. By default, JSR-303 will validate against its default group only.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring 5.0, this functionality requires a Bean Validation 1.1+ provider.
+ * <p>This functionality requires a Bean Validation 1.1+ provider.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 3.1

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/SpringValidatorAdapter.java

@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
  * {@link CustomValidatorBean} and {@link LocalValidatorFactoryBean},
  * and as the primary implementation of the {@link SmartValidator} interface.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.0, this adapter is fully compatible with
- * Bean Validation 1.1 as well as 2.0.
+ * <p>This adapter is fully compatible with Bean Validation 1.1 as well as 2.0.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sam Brannen

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/SpringVersion.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
  * <p>Note that some ClassLoaders do not expose the package metadata,
  * hence this class might not be able to determine the Spring version
  * in all environments. Consider using a reflection-based check instead &mdash;
- * for example, checking for the presence of a specific Spring 5.2
- * method that you intend to call.
+ * for example, checking for the presence of a specific Spring method that you
+ * intend to call.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 1.1

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/env/Profiles.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,10 +62,9 @@ public interface Profiles {
 	 * without using parentheses. For example, {@code "a & b | c"} is not a valid
 	 * expression: it must be expressed as {@code "(a & b) | c"} or
 	 * {@code "a & (b | c)"}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.1.17, two {@code Profiles} instances returned
-	 * by this method are considered equivalent to each other (in terms of
-	 * {@code equals()} and {@code hashCode()} semantics) if they are created
-	 * with identical <em>profile expressions</em>.
+	 * <p>Two {@code Profiles} instances returned by this method are considered
+	 * equivalent to each other (in terms of {@code equals()} and {@code hashCode()}
+	 * semantics) if they are created with identical <em>profile expressions</em>.
 	 * @param profileExpressions the <em>profile expressions</em> to include
 	 * @return a new {@link Profiles} instance
 	 */

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/FileSystemResource.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
  * Supports resolution as a {@code File} and also as a {@code URL}.
  * Implements the extended {@link WritableResource} interface.
  *
- * <p>Note: As of Spring Framework 5.0, this {@link Resource} implementation uses
- * NIO.2 API for read/write interactions. As of 5.1, it may be constructed with a
- * {@link java.nio.file.Path} handle in which case it will perform all file system
- * interactions via NIO.2, only resorting to {@link File} on {@link #getFile()}.
+ * <p>Note: This {@link Resource} implementation uses NIO.2 API for read/write
+ * interactions and may be constructed with a {@link java.nio.file.Path} handle
+ * in which case it will perform all file system interactions via NIO.2, only
+ * resorting to {@link File} on {@link #getFile()}.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sam Brannen

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/StopWatch.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
  * <p>This class is normally used to verify performance during proof-of-concept
  * work and in development, rather than as part of production applications.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.2, running time is tracked and reported in
- * nanoseconds. As of 6.1, the default time unit for String renderings is
- * seconds with decimal points in nanosecond precision. Custom renderings with
- * specific time units can be requested through {@link #prettyPrint(TimeUnit)}.
+ * <p>Running time is tracked and reported in nanoseconds. As of Spring Framework
+ * 6.1, the default time unit for String renderings is seconds with decimal points
+ * in nanosecond precision. Custom renderings with specific time units can be
+ * requested through {@link #prettyPrint(TimeUnit)}.
  *
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller

spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/DatabasePopulatorUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ public abstract class DatabasePopulatorUtils {
 
 	/**
 	 * Execute the given {@link DatabasePopulator} against the given {@link DataSource}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3.11, the {@link Connection} for the supplied
-	 * {@code DataSource} will be {@linkplain Connection#commit() committed} if
-	 * it is not configured for {@link Connection#getAutoCommit() auto-commit} and
-	 * is not {@linkplain DataSourceUtils#isConnectionTransactional transactional}.
+	 * <p>The {@link Connection} for the supplied {@code DataSource} will be
+	 * {@linkplain Connection#commit() committed} if it is not configured for
+	 * {@link Connection#getAutoCommit() auto-commit} and is not
+	 * {@linkplain DataSourceUtils#isConnectionTransactional transactional}.
 	 * @param populator the {@code DatabasePopulator} to execute
 	 * @param dataSource the {@code DataSource} to execute against
 	 * @throws DataAccessException if an error occurs, specifically a {@link ScriptException}

spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/support/incrementer/MySQLMaxValueIncrementer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
  * "useNewConnection" property to false. In this case you <i>MUST</i> use a non-transactional
  * storage engine like MYISAM when defining the incrementer table.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3.7, {@code MySQLMaxValueIncrementer} is compatible with
+ * <p>Note that {@code MySQLMaxValueIncrementer} is compatible with
  * <a href="https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/mysql-tips.html#safe-updates">MySQL safe updates mode</a>.
  *
  * @author Jean-Pierre Pawlak
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public MySQLMaxValueIncrementer(DataSource dataSource, String incrementerName, S
 	 * {@code false} is sufficient if the storage engine of the sequence table
 	 * is non-transactional (like MYISAM), avoiding the effort of acquiring an
 	 * extra {@code Connection} for the increment operation.
-	 * <p>Default is {@code true} since Spring Framework 5.0.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code true}.
 	 * @since 4.3.6
 	 * @see DataSource#getConnection()
 	 */

spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/annotation/JmsListener.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@
 
 	/**
 	 * The name for the durable subscription, if any.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3.26, if an explicit subscription name is not
-	 * specified, a default subscription name will be generated based on the fully
-	 * qualified name of the annotated listener method &mdash; for example,
+	 * <p>If an explicit subscription name is not specified, a default subscription
+	 * name will be generated based on the fully qualified name of the annotated
+	 * listener method &mdash; for example,
 	 * {@code "org.example.jms.ProductListener.processRequest"} for a
 	 * {@code processRequest(...)} listener method in the
 	 * {@code org.example.jms.ProductListener} class.

spring-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/jms/listener/adapter/MessagingMessageListenerAdapter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * are provided as additional arguments so that these can be injected as
  * method arguments if necessary.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3.26, {@code MessagingMessageListenerAdapter} implements
+ * <p>Note that {@code MessagingMessageListenerAdapter} implements
  * {@link SubscriptionNameProvider} in order to provide a meaningful default
  * subscription name. See {@link #getSubscriptionName()} for details.
  *

spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate5/HibernateTransactionManager.java

@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ protected final SessionFactory obtainSessionFactory() {
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the JDBC DataSource that this instance should manage transactions for.
-	 * The DataSource should match the one used by the Hibernate SessionFactory:
+	 * <p>The DataSource should match the one used by the Hibernate SessionFactory:
 	 * for example, you could specify the same JNDI DataSource for both.
 	 * <p>If the SessionFactory was configured with LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider,
 	 * i.e. by Spring's LocalSessionFactoryBean with a specified "dataSource",
-	 * the DataSource will be auto-detected: You can still explicitly specify the
+	 * the DataSource will be auto-detected. You can still explicitly specify the
 	 * DataSource, but you don't need to in this case.
 	 * <p>A transactional JDBC Connection for this DataSource will be provided to
 	 * application code accessing this DataSource directly via DataSourceUtils
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ protected final SessionFactory obtainSessionFactory() {
 	 * for the actual target DataSource. Alternatively, consider switching
 	 * {@link #setPrepareConnection "prepareConnection"} to {@code false}.</b>
 	 * In both cases, this transaction manager will not eagerly acquire a
-	 * JDBC Connection for each Hibernate Session anymore (as of Spring 5.1).
+	 * JDBC Connection for each Hibernate Session.
 	 * @see #setAutodetectDataSource
 	 * @see TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy
 	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy

spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/xstream/XStreamMarshaller.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@
  * Therefore, it has limited namespace support. As such, it is rather unsuitable for
  * usage within Web Services.
  *
- * <p>This marshaller requires XStream 1.4.7 or higher, as of Spring 5.2.17.
- * Note that {@link XStream} construction has been reworked in 4.0, with the
- * stream driver and the class loader getting passed into XStream itself now.
+ * <p>This marshaller requires XStream 1.4.7 or higher.
  *
  * <p>As of Spring Framework 6.0, the default {@link HierarchicalStreamDriver} is
  * a {@link DomDriver} that uses the configured {@linkplain #setEncoding(String)
@@ -641,11 +639,10 @@ protected void customizeXStream(XStream xstream) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the native XStream delegate used by this marshaller.
-	 * <p><b>NOTE: This method has been marked as final as of Spring 4.0.</b>
-	 * It can be used to access the fully configured XStream for marshalling
-	 * but not configuration purposes anymore.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.1.16, creation of the {@link XStream} instance
-	 * returned by this method is thread safe.
+	 * <p>The creation of the {@link XStream} instance returned by this method is
+	 * thread safe.
+	 * <p><b>NOTE: This method is marked as final.</b> It can be used to access
+	 * the fully configured XStream for marshalling but not configuration purposes.
 	 */
 	public final XStream getXStream() {
 		return this.xstream.obtain();

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/BootstrapWith.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * <em>Spring TestContext Framework</em>.
  *
  * <p>This annotation may also be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create
- * custom <em>composed annotations</em>. As of Spring Framework 5.1, a locally
+ * custom <em>composed annotations</em>. Note, however, that a locally
  * declared {@code @BootstrapWith} annotation (i.e., one that is <em>directly
  * present</em> on the current test class) will override any meta-present
  * declarations of {@code @BootstrapWith}.

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestConstructor.java

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.2, this annotation is only supported in conjunction
- * with the {@link org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension
+ * <p>This annotation is only supported in conjunction with the
+ * {@link org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension
  * SpringExtension} for use with JUnit Jupiter. Note that the {@code SpringExtension} is
  * often automatically registered for you &mdash; for example, when using annotations such as
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig @SpringJUnitConfig} and