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    • Deprecated reflective access
  • Security
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    • Securely implementing form validation
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    • Rendering User Content
    • Remoting Callables
    • Restricting HTTP Access to AccessControlled Objects
    • Content-Security-Policy Compatibility
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  • Persistent Objects
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  • Views
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    • Table to div layout migration
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