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

Closes gh-34740

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/DefaultResourceLoader.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.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class DefaultResourceLoader implements ResourceLoader {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new DefaultResourceLoader.
 	 * <p>ClassLoader access will happen using the thread context class loader
-	 * at the time of actual resource access (since 5.3). For more control, pass
+	 * at the time of actual resource access. For more control, pass
 	 * a specific ClassLoader to {@link #DefaultResourceLoader(ClassLoader)}.
 	 * @see java.lang.Thread#getContextClassLoader()
 	 */
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class DefaultResourceLoader implements ResourceLoader {
 	 * Specify the ClassLoader to load class path resources with, or {@code null}
 	 * for using the thread context class loader at the time of actual resource access.
 	 * <p>The default is that ClassLoader access will happen using the thread context
-	 * class loader at the time of actual resource access (since 5.3).
+	 * class loader at the time of actual resource access.
 	 */
 	public void setClassLoader(@Nullable ClassLoader classLoader) {
 		this.classLoader = classLoader;

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/support/SpringFactoriesLoader.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -126,13 +126,12 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	 * Load and instantiate the factory implementations of the given type from
 	 * {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the configured class loader
 	 * and a default argument resolver that expects a no-arg constructor.
-	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted through {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted using {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
 	 * <p>If a custom instantiation strategy is required, use {@code load(...)}
 	 * with a custom {@link ArgumentResolver ArgumentResolver} and/or
 	 * {@link FailureHandler FailureHandler}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if duplicate implementation class names are
-	 * discovered for a given factory type, only one instance of the duplicated
-	 * implementation type will be instantiated.
+	 * <p>If duplicate implementation class names are discovered for a given factory
+	 * type, only one instance of the duplicated implementation type will be instantiated.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any factory implementation class cannot
 	 * be loaded or if an error occurs while instantiating any factory
@@ -146,10 +145,9 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	 * Load and instantiate the factory implementations of the given type from
 	 * {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the configured class loader
 	 * and the given argument resolver.
-	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted through {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if duplicate implementation class names are
-	 * discovered for a given factory type, only one instance of the duplicated
-	 * implementation type will be instantiated.
+	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted using {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+	 * <p>If duplicate implementation class names are discovered for a given factory
+	 * type, only one instance of the duplicated implementation type will be instantiated.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
 	 * @param argumentResolver strategy used to resolve constructor arguments by their type
 	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any factory implementation class cannot
@@ -164,10 +162,9 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	 * Load and instantiate the factory implementations of the given type from
 	 * {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the configured class loader
 	 * with custom failure handling provided by the given failure handler.
-	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted through {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if duplicate implementation class names are
-	 * discovered for a given factory type, only one instance of the duplicated
-	 * implementation type will be instantiated.
+	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted using {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+	 * <p>If duplicate implementation class names are discovered for a given factory
+	 * type, only one instance of the duplicated implementation type will be instantiated.
 	 * <p>For any factory implementation class that cannot be loaded or error that
 	 * occurs while instantiating it, the given failure handler is called.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
@@ -183,10 +180,9 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	 * {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the configured class loader,
 	 * the given argument resolver, and custom failure handling provided by the given
 	 * failure handler.
-	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted through {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if duplicate implementation class names are
-	 * discovered for a given factory type, only one instance of the duplicated
-	 * implementation type will be instantiated.
+	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted using {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+	 * <p>If duplicate implementation class names are discovered for a given factory
+	 * type, only one instance of the duplicated implementation type will be instantiated.
 	 * <p>For any factory implementation class that cannot be loaded or error that
 	 * occurs while instantiating it, the given failure handler is called.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
@@ -237,12 +233,11 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	/**
 	 * Load and instantiate the factory implementations of the given type from
 	 * {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the given class loader.
-	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted through {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if duplicate implementation class names are
-	 * discovered for a given factory type, only one instance of the duplicated
-	 * implementation type will be instantiated.
+	 * <p>The returned factories are sorted using {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+	 * <p>If duplicate implementation class names are discovered for a given factory
+	 * type, only one instance of the duplicated implementation type will be instantiated.
 	 * <p>For more advanced factory loading with {@link ArgumentResolver} or
-	 * {@link FailureHandler} support use {@link #forDefaultResourceLocation(ClassLoader)}
+	 * {@link FailureHandler} support, use {@link #forDefaultResourceLocation(ClassLoader)}
 	 * to obtain a {@link SpringFactoriesLoader} instance.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
 	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to use for loading (can be {@code null}
@@ -258,9 +253,8 @@ public class SpringFactoriesLoader {
 	 * Load the fully qualified class names of factory implementations of the
 	 * given type from {@value #FACTORIES_RESOURCE_LOCATION}, using the given
 	 * class loader.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, if a particular implementation class name
-	 * is discovered more than once for the given factory type, duplicates will
-	 * be ignored.
+	 * <p>If a particular implementation class name is discovered more than once
+	 * for the given factory type, duplicates will be ignored.
 	 * @param factoryType the interface or abstract class representing the factory
 	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to use for loading resources; can be
 	 * {@code null} to use the default

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/CollectionUtils.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.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public abstract class CollectionUtils {
 	 * <p>This differs from the regular {@link LinkedHashMap} constructor
 	 * which takes an initial capacity relative to a load factor but is
 	 * aligned with Spring's own {@link LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap} and
-	 * {@link LinkedMultiValueMap} constructor semantics as of 5.3.
+	 * {@link LinkedMultiValueMap} constructor semantics.
 	 * @param expectedSize the expected number of elements (with a corresponding
 	 * capacity to be derived so that no resize/rehash operations are needed)
 	 * @since 5.3

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/LinkedMultiValueMap.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.
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * @param <K> the key type
  * @param <V> the value element type
  */
-public class LinkedMultiValueMap<K, V> extends MultiValueMapAdapter<K, V>  // new public base class in 5.3
-		implements Serializable, Cloneable {
+public class LinkedMultiValueMap<K, V> extends MultiValueMapAdapter<K, V> implements Serializable, Cloneable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 3801124242820219131L;
 

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/annotation/Commit.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.
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * {@code @Commit} and {@code @Rollback} on the same test method or on the
  * same test class is unsupported and may lead to unpredictable results.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/annotation/DirtiesContext.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.
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/annotation/Rollback.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.
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * custom <em>composed annotations</em>. Consult the source code for
  * {@link Commit @Commit} for a concrete example.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/ActiveProfiles.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.
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.1

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

@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * present</em> on the current test class) will override any meta-present
  * declarations of {@code @BootstrapWith}.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.1

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

@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 2.5

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

@@ -205,9 +205,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.2.2

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestConstructor.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.
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.web.SpringJUnitWebConfig @SpringJUnitWebConfig}
  * or various test-related annotations from Spring Boot Test.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 5.2
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ public @interface TestConstructor {
 	 * <p>May alternatively be configured via the
 	 * {@link org.springframework.core.SpringProperties SpringProperties}
 	 * mechanism.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this property may also be configured as a
+	 * <p>This property may also be configured as a
 	 * <a href="https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#running-tests-config-params">JUnit
 	 * Platform configuration parameter</a>.
 	 * @see #autowireMode

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestExecutionListeners.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.
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
  * mechanism described in {@link TestExecutionListener}.
  *
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
- * <em>composed annotations</em>. As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will
- * be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <em>composed annotations</em>. In addition, this annotation will be inherited
+ * from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * <h3>Switching to default {@code TestExecutionListener} implementations</h3>

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestPropertySource.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.
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.PropertySourceFactory;
  * of both annotations can lead to ambiguity during the attribute resolution
  * process. Note, however, that ambiguity can be avoided via explicit annotation
  * attribute overrides using {@link AliasFor @AliasFor}.</li>
- * <li>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.</li>
+ * <li>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.</li>
  * </ul>
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/TestPropertySources.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.
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * completely optional since {@code @TestPropertySource} is a
  * {@linkplain java.lang.annotation.Repeatable repeatable} annotation.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
- * {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default.
+ * See {@link NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration} for details.
  *
  * @author Anatoliy Korovin
  * @author Sam Brannen

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlConfig.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.
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * {@code ""}, <code>{}</code>, or {@code DEFAULT}. Explicit local configuration
  * therefore <em>overrides</em> global configuration.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlGroup.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.
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlMergeMode.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.
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em> with attribute overrides.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit/jupiter/SpringExtension.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.
@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ public class SpringExtension implements BeforeAllCallback, AfterAllCallback, Tes
 
 	/**
 	 * Delegates to {@link TestContextManager#prepareTestInstance}.
-	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3.2, this method also validates that test
-	 * methods and test lifecycle methods are not annotated with
-	 * {@link Autowired @Autowired}.
+	 * <p>This method also validates that test methods and test lifecycle methods
+	 * are not annotated with {@link Autowired @Autowired}.
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void postProcessTestInstance(Object testInstance, ExtensionContext context) throws Exception {

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit/jupiter/SpringJUnitConfig.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.ContextLoader;
  * {@link ContextConfiguration @ContextConfiguration} from the <em>Spring TestContext
  * Framework</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will effectively be inherited
- * from an enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/junit/jupiter/web/SpringJUnitWebConfig.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
  * {@link WebAppConfiguration @WebAppConfiguration} from the <em>Spring TestContext
  * Framework</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will effectively be inherited
- * from an enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/WebAppConfiguration.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.
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom
  * <em>composed annotations</em>.
  *
- * <p>As of Spring Framework 5.3, this annotation will be inherited from an
- * enclosing test class by default. See
+ * <p>This annotation will be inherited from an enclosing test class by default. See
  * {@link org.springframework.test.context.NestedTestConfiguration @NestedTestConfiguration}
  * for details.
  *

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/TestSocketUtils.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * Simple utility for finding available TCP ports on {@code localhost} for use in
  * integration testing scenarios.
  *
- * <p>This is a limited form of {@code org.springframework.util.SocketUtils}, which
- * has been deprecated since Spring Framework 5.3.16 and removed in Spring
- * Framework 6.0.
+ * <p>This is a limited form of the original {@code org.springframework.util.SocketUtils}
+ * class which was removed in Spring Framework 6.0.
  *
  * <p>{@code TestSocketUtils} can be used in integration tests which start an
  * external server on an available random port. However, these utilities make no

spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/dao/annotation/PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * with the {@code @Repository} annotation, along with defining this post-processor
  * as a bean in the application context.
  *
- * <p>As of 5.3, {@code PersistenceExceptionTranslator} beans will be sorted according
- * to Spring's dependency ordering rules: see {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered}
- * and {@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order}. Note that such beans will
- * get retrieved from any scope, not just singleton scope, as of this 5.3 revision.
+ * <p>{@code PersistenceExceptionTranslator} beans are sorted according to Spring's
+ * dependency ordering rules: see {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered} and
+ * {@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order}. Note that such beans will
+ * get retrieved from any scope, not just singleton scope.
  *
  * @author Rod Johnson
  * @author Juergen Hoeller

spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionSynchronization.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.
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
  * allowing for fine-grained interaction with their execution order (if necessary).
  *
  * <p>Implements the {@link Ordered} interface to enable the execution order of
- * synchronizations to be controlled declaratively, as of 5.3. The default
- * {@link #getOrder() order} is {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE}, indicating
- * late execution; return a lower value for earlier execution.
+ * synchronizations to be controlled declaratively. The default {@link #getOrder()
+ * order} is {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE}, indicating late execution; return
+ * a lower value for earlier execution.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 02.06.2003

spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionSynchronizationAdapter.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.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
  * @deprecated as of 5.3, in favor of the default methods on the
  * {@link TransactionSynchronization} interface
  */
-@Deprecated
+@Deprecated(since = "5.3")
 public abstract class TransactionSynchronizationAdapter implements TransactionSynchronization, Ordered {
 
 	@Override

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>

spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandler.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.
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ public class ResourceWebHandler implements WebHandler, InitializingBean {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the {@code List} of {@code Resource} paths to use as sources
-	 * for serving static resources.
+	 * Return the {@code List} of {@code Resource} paths to use as sources for
+	 * serving static resources.
 	 * <p>Note that if {@link #setLocationValues(List) locationValues} are provided,
-	 * instead of loaded Resource-based locations, this method will return
-	 * empty until 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
+	 * instead of loaded Resource-based locations, this method will return empty
+	 * until after initialization via {@link #afterPropertiesSet()}.
+	 * <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

spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/socket/server/support/WebSocketHandlerAdapter.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
  * which checks the WebSocket handshake request parameters, upgrades to a
  * WebSocket interaction, and uses the {@link WebSocketHandler} to handle it.
  *
- * <p>As of 5.3 the WebFlux Java configuration, imported via
- * {@code @EnableWebFlux}, includes a declaration of this adapter and therefore
- * it no longer needs to be present in application configuration.
+ * <p>Note that the WebFlux Java configuration, imported via {@code @EnableWebFlux},
+ * includes a declaration of this adapter.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0

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