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 Spring Data JPA Changelog
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+Changes in version 2.6.0-M1 (2021-07-16)
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+* #2257 - Upgrade to Hibernate 5.5.3.Final.
+* #2254 - Adapt to consolidated PersistentEntity API.
+* #2251 - Small mistake in Documentation.
+* #2247 - Remove explicit version for Mockito, so we use the one of Spring Data Build.
+* #2245 - Drop serialVersionUID from AbstractPersistable.
+* #2239 - Use Spring nullability annotations instead of JSR305.
+* #2234 - Spring Data documentation examples have wrong annotations.
+* #2231 - Fix build failures with Java 16.
+* #2230 - Error in documentation regarding manually assigned identifiers in "Entity State-detection Strategies" when there is a Version property.
+* #2228 - ExpressionBasedStringQuery does not quote all parameter expressions.
+* #2218 - Unused org.aspectj:aspectjrt compile time dependency.
+* #2207 - Improve wording on transactional methods inherited from `SimpleJpaRepository` and repository fragments.
+* #2202 - Introduce template method for easier customization of fragments.
+* #2184 - Update CI to Java 16.
+* #2129 - Missing anchor on "Custom Namespace Attributes" causes TOC to break.
+* #2009 - Document that DTOs don't work with native queries [DATAJPA-1714].
+* #1959 - @Procedure annotation doesn't work with cursors (NULL when using REF_CURSOR) and ResultSets that don't come from cursors [DATAJPA-1657].
+
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 Changes in version 2.4.11 (2021-07-16)
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 * #2245 - Drop serialVersionUID from AbstractPersistable.
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