4.0.3-RC1

What's Changed

• [4.0] Version change to 4.0.3-SNAPSHOT by @rfelcman in #1899
• [4.0] Bugfix for - Missing error message when calling JpaHelper.getReportQuery() with wrong argument - backport by @rfelcman in #1912
• [4.0] Remove wrong comments for locate function by @waahhh in #1946
• [4.0] ASM version upgrade to 9.6 (JDK 22 ready) - backport from master by @rfelcman in #1964
• Added doPrivileged for setAccessible when parsing JPQL query with EXT… by @ajaypaul-ibm in #1982
• [4.0] Improved messages in LogginLocalizationResource and ValidationExceptionResource by @ajaypaul-ibm in #2055
• [4.0] Startup Time Regression in EclipseLink 4.0.1 by @anija-anil in #2047
• [4.0] UUID not working as GeneratedValue Id with merge - fix (#2087) (backport from master) by @rfelcman in #2088
• [4.0.x] Prepare for API changes in the next major version by @lukasj in #2089
• [4.0] Bugfix: NullPointerException at CacheIndexMetadata.getField() by @rfelcman in #2110
• [4.0] Performance improvement: synchronize to java.util.concurrent.locks switch to improve performance with VirtualThreads - backport from master by @rfelcman in #2118
• [4.0] JCEEncryptor default encryption algorithm upgrade (#2004) - backport from master by @rfelcman in #2122
• [4.0] improved javadoc in 4.0.x stream by @lukasj in #2125
• [4.0] New PersistenceUnit property - eclipselink.login.encryptor - backport from master by @rfelcman in #2126
• [4.0] Dependencies, Maven plugin and org.eclipse.ee4j:project versions upgrade by @rfelcman in #2127

Full Changelog: 4.0.2...4.0.3-RC1