Update Javadoc to stop mentioning 5.3.x as the status quo

Closes gh-34740

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/accept/ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.ServletContextAware;
  * </tr>
  * <tr>
  * <td>{@link #setFavorPathExtension favorPathExtension}</td>
- * <td>false (as of 5.3)</td>
+ * <td>false</td>
  * <td>{@link PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy}</td>
  * <td>Off</td>
  * </tr>
@@ -167,9 +167,7 @@ public class ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean
 	 * <p>By default this is set to {@code false} in which case path extensions
 	 * have no impact on content negotiation.
 	 * @deprecated as of 5.2.4. See class-level note on the deprecation of path
-	 * extension config options. As there is no replacement for this method,
-	 * in 5.2.x it is necessary to set it to {@code false}. In 5.3 the default
-	 * changes to {@code false} and use of this property becomes unnecessary.
+	 * extension config options.
 	 */
 	@Deprecated
 	public void setFavorPathExtension(boolean favorPathExtension) {

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/MethodArgumentNotValidException.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.ErrorResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.util.BindErrorUtils;
 
 /**
- * Exception to be thrown when validation on an argument annotated with {@code @Valid} fails.
- * Extends {@link BindException} as of 5.3.
+ * {@link BindException} to be thrown when validation on an argument annotated
+ * with {@code @Valid} fails.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @author Juergen Hoeller

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * <p>The method parameter may be declared as type {@link jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie}
  * or as cookie value type (String, int, etc.).
  *
- * <p>Note that with spring-webmvc 5.3.x and earlier, the cookie value is URL
- * decoded. This will be changed in 6.0 but in the meantime, applications can
- * also declare parameters of type {@link jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie} to access
- * the raw value.
- *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.0

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ExceptionHandler.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * specific exception. This also serves as a mapping hint if the annotation
  * itself does not narrow the exception types through its {@link #value()}.
  * You may refer to a top-level exception being propagated or to a nested
- * cause within a wrapper exception. As of 5.3, any cause level is being
- * exposed, whereas previously only an immediate cause was considered.
+ * cause within a wrapper exception. Any cause level is exposed.
  * <li>Request and/or response objects (typically from the Servlet API).
  * You may choose any specific request/response type, for example,
  * {@link jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest} / {@link jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest}.

spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/method/ControllerAdviceBean.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -105,12 +105,11 @@ public class ControllerAdviceBean implements Ordered {
 
 	/**
 	 * Get the order value for the contained bean.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, the order value is lazily retrieved using
-	 * the following algorithm and cached. Note, however, that a
-	 * {@link ControllerAdvice @ControllerAdvice} bean that is configured as a
-	 * scoped bean &mdash; for example, as a request-scoped or session-scoped
-	 * bean &mdash; will not be eagerly resolved. Consequently, {@link Ordered} is
-	 * not honored for scoped {@code @ControllerAdvice} beans.
+	 * <p>The order value is lazily retrieved using the following algorithm and cached.
+	 * Note, however, that a {@link ControllerAdvice @ControllerAdvice} bean that is
+	 * configured as a scoped bean &mdash; for example, as a request-scoped or
+	 * session-scoped bean &mdash; will not be eagerly resolved. Consequently,
+	 * {@link Ordered} is not honored for scoped {@code @ControllerAdvice} beans.
 	 * <ul>
 	 * <li>If the {@linkplain #resolveBean resolved bean} implements {@link Ordered},
 	 * use the value returned by {@link Ordered#getOrder()}.</li>