SpringSource is announcing that Spring Framework with version number 4.1.7 / 3.2.14 / 4.2.0.RC2 is already available to download.

What is Spring Framework ?

Spring Framework is One of the best open source MVC frameworks in the Java community, a lightweight, powerful, layered tool for Java/J2EE application development . The Spring Framework provides a complete suite of software development tools that accelerate the entire building, running and management of Java enterprise applications.Combining MVC with AOP and DI (IoC), Spring is an advanced toolkit that can be a replacement or addition to the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) model.Spring works by taking care of all the complex code logic that resides in the underbelly of any enterprise-ready Java software, freeing the developer to focus more on the application-level business logic.The Spring Framework comes with lots of documentation, examples, tutorials and free plugins to extend default functionality. This is changelog for Spring Framework version 4.1.7 / 3.2.14 / 4.2.0.RC2 :

• Support @NumberFormat as a meta-annotation
• RestTemplate logging for 404 status code
• Ignore null in HeadersBuilder#headers
• TcpConnection should extend java.io.Closeable

You can read the complete changelog and also download this latest version on their homepage: projects.spring.io