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

Closes gh-34740

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/ContentNegotiationConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 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.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.accept.ParameterContentNegotiationStrategy;
  * </tr>
  * <tr>
  * <td>{@link #favorPathExtension}</td>
- * <td>false (as of 5.3)</td>
+ * <td>false</td>
  * <td>{@link org.springframework.web.accept.PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy
  * PathExtensionContentNegotiationStrategy}</td>
  * <td>Off</td>

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/config/annotation/PathMatchConfigurer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ public class PathMatchConfigurer {
 	 * <p>By default this is set to {@code false}.
 	 * @deprecated as of 5.2.4. See class-level note in
 	 * {@link RequestMappingHandlerMapping} 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.
+	 * config options.
 	 */
 	@Deprecated
 	public PathMatchConfigurer setUseSuffixPatternMatch(@Nullable Boolean suffixPatternMatch) {

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/condition/PatternsRequestCondition.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.
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ public class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<PatternsR
 
 	/**
 	 * Variant of {@link #PatternsRequestCondition(String...)} with a
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper} and a {@link PathMatcher}, and whether to match
-	 * trailing slashes.
-	 * <p>As of 5.3 the path is obtained through the static method
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath} and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper}, a {@link PathMatcher}, and a flag to indicate
+	 * whether to match trailing slashes.
+	 * <p>The path is obtained through the static method
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath}, and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
 	 * does not need to be passed in.
 	 * @since 5.2.4
 	 * @deprecated as of 5.3 in favor of
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ public class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<PatternsR
 
 	/**
 	 * Variant of {@link #PatternsRequestCondition(String...)} with a
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper} and a {@link PathMatcher}, and flags for matching
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper}, a {@link PathMatcher}, and flags for matching
 	 * with suffixes and trailing slashes.
-	 * <p>As of 5.3 the path is obtained through the static method
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath} and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
+	 * <p>The path is obtained through the static method
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath}, and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
 	 * does not need to be passed in.
 	 * @deprecated as of 5.2.4. See class-level note in
 	 * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping}
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ public class PatternsRequestCondition extends AbstractRequestCondition<PatternsR
 
 	/**
 	 * Variant of {@link #PatternsRequestCondition(String...)} with a
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper} and a {@link PathMatcher}, and flags for matching
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper}, a {@link PathMatcher}, and flags for matching
 	 * with suffixes and trailing slashes, along with specific extensions.
-	 * <p>As of 5.3 the path is obtained through the static method
-	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath} and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
+	 * <p>The path is obtained through the static method
+	 * {@link UrlPathHelper#getResolvedLookupPath}, and a {@code UrlPathHelper}
 	 * does not need to be passed in.
 	 * @deprecated as of 5.2.4. See class-level note in
 	 * {@link org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping}

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerMapping.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.
@@ -123,10 +123,8 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerMapping extends RequestMappingInfoHandlerMappi
 	 * more fine-grained control over specific suffixes to allow.
 	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> This property is ignored when
 	 * {@link #setPatternParser(PathPatternParser)} is configured.
-	 * @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.
+	 * @deprecated as of 5.2.4. See class-level note on the deprecation of
+	 * path extension config options.
 	 */
 	@Deprecated
 	public void setUseSuffixPatternMatch(boolean useSuffixPatternMatch) {

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandler.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.
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ public class ResourceHttpRequestHandler extends WebContentGenerator
 	 * {@code Resource} locations provided via {@link #setLocations(List) setLocations}.
 	 * <p>Note that the returned list is fully initialized only after
 	 * initialization via {@link #afterPropertiesSet()}.
-	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> As of 5.3.11 the list of locations may be filtered to
-	 * exclude those that don't actually exist and therefore the list returned from this
+	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> The list of locations may be filtered to exclude
+	 * those that don't actually exist, and therefore the list returned from this
 	 * method may be a subset of all given locations. See {@link #setOptimizeLocations}.
 	 * @see #setLocationValues
 	 * @see #setLocations