diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jndi/SimpleNamingContextTests.java b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jndi/SimpleNamingContextTests.java
index 2ba662aedc5..bc635f183da 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jndi/SimpleNamingContextTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/jndi/SimpleNamingContextTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jndi;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Map;
-
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.naming.Binding;
 import javax.naming.Context;
 import javax.naming.InitialContext;
@@ -36,9 +34,12 @@ import javax.naming.spi.InitialContextFactory;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.mock.jndi.SimpleNamingContext;
 import org.springframework.mock.jndi.SimpleNamingContextBuilder;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 
 /**
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -250,4 +251,7 @@ class StubDataSource implements DataSource {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	public Logger getParentLogger() {
+		return null;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.java
index 6d94175b1ad..ba62017d274 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jdbc.core;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import javax.sql.rowset.CachedRowSet;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl;
 
 import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.ResultSetWrappingSqlRowSet;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.SqlRowSet;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * ResultSetExtractor implementation that returns a Spring SqlRowSet
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.SqlRowSet;
  *
  * <p>The default implementation uses a standard JDBC CachedRowSet underneath.
  * This means that JDBC RowSet support needs to be available at runtime:
- * by default, Sun's <code>com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl</code> class.
+ * by default, Sun's <code>com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl</code> class on Java 5 and 6,
+ * or the <code>javax.sql.rowset.RowSetProvider</code> mechanism on Java 7 / JDBC 4.1.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 1.2
@@ -42,6 +45,24 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.support.rowset.SqlRowSet;
  */
 public class SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor implements ResultSetExtractor<SqlRowSet> {
 
+	private static Object rowSetFactory = null;
+
+	private static Method createCachedRowSet = null;
+
+	static {
+		ClassLoader cl = SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor.class.getClassLoader();
+		try {
+			Class rowSetProviderClass = cl.loadClass("javax.sql.rowset.RowSetProvider");
+			Method newFactory = rowSetProviderClass.getMethod("newFactory");
+			rowSetFactory = ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(newFactory, null);
+			createCachedRowSet = rowSetFactory.getClass().getMethod("createCachedRowSet");
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			// JDBC 4.1 API not available - fall back to Sun CachedRowSetImpl
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	public SqlRowSet extractData(ResultSet rs) throws SQLException {
 		return createSqlRowSet(rs);
 	}
@@ -75,7 +96,13 @@ public class SqlRowSetResultSetExtractor implements ResultSetExtractor<SqlRowSet
 	 * @see com.sun.rowset.CachedRowSetImpl
 	 */
 	protected CachedRowSet newCachedRowSet() throws SQLException {
-		return new CachedRowSetImpl();
+		if (createCachedRowSet != null) {
+			// RowSetProvider.newFactory().createCachedRowSet();
+			return (CachedRowSet) ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(createCachedRowSet, rowSetFactory);
+		}
+		else {
+			return new CachedRowSetImpl();
+		}
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/AbstractDataSource.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/AbstractDataSource.java
index 10e1b9a7f7d..7ccf2821aa3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/AbstractDataSource.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/AbstractDataSource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.jdbc.datasource;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -90,4 +91,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataSource implements DataSource {
 		return DataSource.class.equals(iface);
 	}
 
+
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Implementation of JDBC 4.1's getParentLogger method
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public Logger getParentLogger() {
+		return Logger.getGlobal();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/DelegatingDataSource.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/DelegatingDataSource.java
index c51590daf48..8d65aa765b4 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/DelegatingDataSource.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/DelegatingDataSource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.jdbc.datasource;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
@@ -117,4 +118,13 @@ public class DelegatingDataSource implements DataSource, InitializingBean {
 		return getTargetDataSource().isWrapperFor(iface);
 	}
 
+
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Implementation of JDBC 4.1's getParentLogger method
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	public Logger getParentLogger() {
+		return Logger.getGlobal();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
index 2898becf10f..724716f61de 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -227,6 +228,10 @@ public class EmbeddedDatabaseFactory {
 			return this.dataSource.isWrapperFor(iface);
 		}
 
+		public Logger getParentLogger() {
+			return Logger.getGlobal();
+		}
+
 		public void shutdown() {
 			shutdownDatabase();
 		}