Consistent local vs external resolution of https schema references

Co-Authored-By: Sam Brannen <sbrannen@pivotal.io> See gh-22504
URL Cleanup - polishing
2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2019-03-31 12:31:15 +02:00 · 2019-03-29 18:01:18 +01:00 · 2019-03-29 18:01:11 +01:00 · 2019-03-29 18:01:05 +01:00 · 2019-03-29 18:00:56 +01:00
6652 changed files with 55478 additions and 33799 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = How to contribute to the reference

-The Spring Framework reference now uses http://asciidoctor.org/[asciidoctor]. This
+The Spring Framework reference now uses https://asciidoctor.org/[asciidoctor]. This
 document describes how to contribute documentation updates.

 == Building with Gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ One of the nice features about using asciidoctor is the support for live editing

 You will find a Guardfile already present at `spring-framework/src/asciidoc/Guardfile`.
 Make sure first to follow the setup instructions within the
-http://asciidoctor.org/docs/editing-asciidoc-with-live-preview/[Editing AsciiDoc with Live Preview]
+https://asciidoctor.org/docs/editing-asciidoc-with-live-preview/[Editing AsciiDoc with Live Preview]
 document. Once you have done that, there are additional gems to install to make it work
 (assuming that you are using http://livereload.com/[LiveReload]):

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Some notes on documentation
 * Documentation is wrapped at 90 chars, ensure that you manually wrap your edits
 * Tabs are used for indentation, do not use spaces
 * Follow the existing style when inserting `source` blocks
-* http://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/[Asciidoctor Quick Reference]
-* http://asciidoctor.org/docs/user-manual/[Asciidoctor Manual]
-* http://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-writers-guide/[Asciidoctor Writers Guide]
+* https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-syntax-quick-reference/[Asciidoctor Quick Reference]
+* https://asciidoctor.org/docs/user-manual/[Asciidoctor Manual]
+* https://asciidoctor.org/docs/asciidoc-writers-guide/[Asciidoctor Writers Guide]

@@ -13,8 +13,15 @@ request; this will save time for everyone!_
 Not sure what a pull request is, or how to submit one? Take a look at GitHub's
 excellent [help documentation][] first.

+### Search Stack Overflow first; discuss if necessary

-### Search JIRA first; create an issue if necessary
+If you're unsure why something isn't working or wondering if there is a better
+way of doing it please check on Stack Overflow first and if necessary start
+a discussion. This is the official list of
+[Spring project tags](https://spring.io/questions). In short the issue tracker
+should be used to report issues and make feature requests.
+
+### Search JIRA; create an issue if necessary

 Is there already an issue that addresses your concern? Do a bit of searching
 in our [JIRA issue tracker][] to see if you can find something similar. If you
@@ -22,18 +29,10 @@ do not find something similar, please create a new JIRA issue before submitting
 a pull request unless the change is truly trivial -- for example: typo fixes,
 removing compiler warnings, etc.

-### Discuss non-trivial contribution ideas with committers
-
-If you're considering anything more than correcting a typo or fixing a minor
-bug, please discuss it on the [spring-framework-contrib][] mailing list before
-submitting a pull request. We're happy to provide guidance, but please spend an
-hour or two researching the subject on your own, including searching the mailing
-list for prior discussions.
-
-### Sign the Contributor License Agreement
+### Sign the Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA)

 If you have not previously done so, please fill out and submit the
-[SpringSource CLA form][]. You'll receive a token when this process is complete.
+[Spring ICLA form][]. You'll receive a token when this process is complete.
 Keep track of this; you may be asked for it later!

 Note that emailing/postal mailing a signed copy is _not_ necessary. Submission
@@ -42,8 +41,8 @@ of the web form is all that is required.
 Once you've completed the web form, simply add the following in a comment on
 your pull request:

-    I have signed and agree to the terms of the SpringSource Individual
-    Contributor License Agreement.
+    I have signed and agree to the terms of the Spring Individual Contributor
+    License Agreement.

 You do not need to include your token/id. Please add the above statement to all
 future pull requests as well, simply so that the Spring Framework team knows
@@ -93,13 +92,13 @@ present in the framework.

 ```java
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -114,16 +113,18 @@ package ...;
 ### Update Apache license header in modified files as necessary

 Always check the date range in the license header. For example, if you've
-modified a file in 2014 whose header still reads:
+modified a file in 2015 whose header still reads:

 ```java
+/*
 * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
 ```

-Then be sure to update it to 2014 accordingly:
+Then be sure to update it to 2015 accordingly:

 ```java
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
 ```

 ### Use @since tags for newly-added public API types and methods
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ For example:
 * ...
 *
 * @author First Last
- * @since 4.0
+ * @since 4.2.3
 * @see ...
 */
 ```
@@ -187,11 +188,11 @@ intend to submit as pull requests. For example, this is not acceptable:
    Author: Nickname <user@mail.com>

 Rather, please include your first and last name, properly capitalized, as
-submitted against the SpringSource contributor license agreement:
+submitted against the Spring Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA):

    Author: First Last <user@mail.com>

-This helps ensure traceability against the CLA and also goes a long way to
+This helps ensure traceability against the ICLA and also goes a long way to
 ensuring useful output from tools like `git shortlog` and others.

 You can configure this via the account admin area in GitHub (useful for
@@ -234,16 +235,16 @@ Most importantly, please format your commit messages in the following way
    Issue: SPR-1234, SPR-1235


-1. Use imperative statements in the subject line, e.g. "Fix broken Javadoc link"
+1. Use imperative statements in the subject line, e.g. "Fix broken Javadoc link".
 1. Begin the subject line with a capitalized verb, e.g. "Add, Prune, Fix,
    Introduce, Avoid, etc."
-1. Do not end the subject line with a period
-1. Restrict the subject line to 50 characters or less if possible
-1. Wrap lines in the body at 72 characters or less
+1. Do not end the subject line with a period.
+1. Restrict the subject line to 50 characters or less if possible.
+1. Wrap lines in the body at 72 characters or less.
 1. Mention associated JIRA issue(s) at the end of the commit comment, prefixed
-    with "Issue: " as above
+    with "Issue: " as above.
 1. In the body of the commit message, explain how things worked before this
-    commit, what has changed, and how things work now
+    commit, what has changed, and how things work now.

 For examples of this style, issue a `git log --author=cbeams` in the
 `spring-framework` git repository. For convenience, here are several such commits:
@@ -274,9 +275,9 @@ In the body:
    mechanisms in the framework insufficient? Make a case that this is a
    general-purpose problem and that yours is a general-purpose solution, etc.
 1. Add any additional information and ask questions; start a conversation or
-    continue one from JIRA
-1. Mention the JIRA issue ID
-1. Also mention that you have submitted the CLA as described above
+    continue one from JIRA.
+1. Mention the JIRA issue ID.
+1. Also mention that you have submitted the ICLA as described above.

 Note that for pull requests containing a single commit, GitHub will default the
 subject line and body of the pull request to match the subject line and body of
@@ -304,12 +305,12 @@ Note that you can always force push (`git push -f`) reworked / rebased commits
 against the branch used to submit your pull request. In other words, you do not
 need to issue a new pull request when asked to make changes.

-[help documentation]: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests
+[help documentation]: https://help.github.com/send-pull-requests
 [JIRA issue tracker]: https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR
 [spring-framework-contrib]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spring-framework-contrib
-[SpringSource CLA form]: https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup
+[Spring ICLA form]: https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup
 [fork-and-edit]: https://github.com/blog/844-forking-with-the-edit-button
 [Spring Framework Code Style]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Spring-Framework-Code-Style
-[Rewriting History section of Pro Git]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History
-[Commit Guidelines section of Pro Git]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines
+[Rewriting History section of Pro Git]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History
+[Commit Guidelines section of Pro Git]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/Distributed-Git-Contributing-to-a-Project#Commit-Guidelines
 [building from source]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework#building-from-source
@@ -70,29 +70,29 @@ The Spring Framework is released under version 2.0 of the [Apache License][].

 [Spring Integration]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-integration
 [Spring Batch]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-batch
-[family of projects]: http://spring.io/projects
+[family of projects]: https://spring.io/projects
 [Spring organization]: https://github.com/spring-projects
 [downloading Spring artifacts]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Downloading-Spring-artifacts
 [building a distribution with dependencies]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Building-a-distribution-with-dependencies
-[Javadoc]: http://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/
-[reference docs]: http://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/
-[spring tags]: http://spring.io/questions
-[Stack Overflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/faq
-[Commercial support]: http://spring.io/services
+[Javadoc]: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/
+[reference docs]: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/
+[spring tags]: https://spring.io/questions
+[Stack Overflow]: https://stackoverflow.com/faq
+[Commercial support]: https://spring.io/services
 [Spring Framework JIRA]: https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR
 [the lifecycle of an issue]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/The-Lifecycle-of-an-Issue
 [spring-framework-issues]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework-issues#readme
 [readme]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework-issues#readme
-[Gradle]: http://gradle.org
-[`./gradlew`]: http://vimeo.com/34436402
-[Git]: http://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect
-[JDK8 build]: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
+[Gradle]: https://gradle.org
+[`./gradlew`]: https://vimeo.com/34436402
+[Git]: https://help.github.com/set-up-git-redirect
+[JDK8 build]: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
 [Gradle build and release FAQ]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/Gradle-build-and-release-FAQ
-[Pull requests]: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests
+[Pull requests]: https://help.github.com/send-pull-requests
 [contributor guidelines]: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
 [@SpringFramework]: https://twitter.com/springframework
 [@SpringCentral]: https://twitter.com/springcentral
 [team members]: https://twitter.com/springframework/lists/team/members
-[The Spring Blog]: http://spring.io/blog/
-[news feed]: http://spring.io/blog/category/news
-[Apache License]: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+[The Spring Blog]: https://spring.io/blog/
+[news feed]: https://spring.io/blog/category/news
+[Apache License]: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ext {
 	linkScmConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework.git'
 	linkScmDevConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-framework.git'

-	moduleProjects  = subprojects.findAll {
+	moduleProjects = subprojects.findAll {
 		!it.name.equals('spring-build-src') && !it.name.equals('spring-framework-bom')
 	}
 }
@@ -27,47 +27,52 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	group = "org.springframework"
 	version = qualifyVersionIfNecessary(version)

-	ext.aspectjVersion       = "1.8.6"
+	ext.aspectjVersion       = "1.8.9"
 	ext.eclipselinkVersion   = "2.4.2"
-	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.10.0"
+	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.10.3"
 	ext.ehcachejcacheVersion = "1.0.1"
-	ext.fileuploadVersion    = "1.3.1"
+	ext.ehcache3Version      = "3.0.3"
+	ext.ejbVersion           = "3.0"
+	ext.fileuploadVersion    = "1.3.2"
 	ext.freemarkerVersion    = "2.3.23"
-	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.4.3"
-	ext.gsonVersion          = "2.3.1"
+	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.4.7"
+	ext.gsonVersion          = "2.6.2"
+	ext.guavaVersion         = "19.0"
+	ext.hamcrestVersion      = "1.3"
 	ext.hibernate3Version    = "3.6.10.Final"
-	ext.hibernate4Version    = "4.3.10.Final"
-	ext.hibernate5Version    = "5.0.0.CR2"  // to be upgraded to 5.0 final in time for Spring Framework 4.2 GA
+	ext.hibernate4Version    = "4.3.11.Final"
+	ext.hibernate5Version    = "5.0.11.Final"
 	ext.hibval4Version       = "4.3.2.Final"
-	ext.hibval5Version       = "5.2.0.CR1"  // to be upgraded to 5.2 final in time for Spring Framework 4.2 GA
-	ext.hsqldbVersion        = "2.3.2"
-	ext.httpclientVersion    = "4.5"
-	ext.httpasyncVersion     = "4.1"
-	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.6.0-rc4"  // to be upgraded to 2.6 final in time for Spring Framework 4.2 GA
-	ext.jasperreportsVersion = "6.1.0"
-	ext.javamailVersion      = "1.5.4"
-	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.3.0.v20150612"
-	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.8.1"
-	ext.jrubyVersion         = "1.7.21"
+	ext.hibval5Version       = "5.2.4.Final"
+	ext.hsqldbVersion        = "2.3.4"
+	ext.httpasyncVersion     = "4.1.1"
+	ext.httpclientVersion    = "4.5.2"
+	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.6.7"
+	ext.jasperreportsVersion = "6.2.1"
+	ext.javamailVersion      = "1.5.5"
+	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.3.9.v20160517"
+	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.9.6"
+	ext.jrubyVersion         = "1.7.26"  // JRuby 9000 only supported through JSR-223 (StandardScriptFactory)
 	ext.jtaVersion           = "1.2"
 	ext.junitVersion         = "4.12"
-	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.0.29.Final"
-	ext.openjpaVersion       = "2.4.0"
-	ext.poiVersion           = "3.12"
-	ext.protobufVersion      = "2.6.1"
-	ext.reactorVersion       = "2.0.4.RELEASE"
-	ext.slf4jVersion         = "1.7.12"
-	ext.snakeyamlVersion     = "1.15"
+	ext.log4jVersion         = "1.2.17"
+	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.0.42.Final"
+	ext.okhttpVersion        = "2.7.5"
+	ext.openjpaVersion       = "2.4.1"
+	ext.poiVersion           = "3.13"
+	ext.reactorVersion       = "2.0.8.RELEASE"
+	ext.romeVersion          = "1.5.1"
+	ext.slf4jVersion         = "1.7.21"
+	ext.snakeyamlVersion     = "1.17"
 	ext.snifferVersion       = "1.14"
-	ext.testngVersion        = "6.9.4"
+	ext.testngVersion        = "6.9.10"
 	ext.tiles2Version        = "2.2.2"
 	ext.tiles3Version        = "3.0.5"
-	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.0.24"
+	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.0.39"
 	ext.tyrusVersion         = "1.3.5"  // constrained by WebLogic 12.1.3 support
-	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.2.8.Final"
-	ext.woodstoxVersion      = "5.0.1"
+	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.3.25.Final"
 	ext.xmlunitVersion       = "1.6"
-	ext.xstreamVersion       = "1.4.8"
+	ext.xstreamVersion       = "1.4.9"

 	ext.gradleScriptDir = "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle"

@@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	]

 	compileTestJava.options*.compilerArgs = [
-		"-Xlint:serial", "-Xlint:varargs", "-Xlint:cast", "-Xlint:classfile",
+		"-Xlint:serial", "-Xlint:-varargs", "-Xlint:cast", "-Xlint:classfile",
 		"-Xlint:dep-ann", "-Xlint:divzero", "-Xlint:empty", "-Xlint:finally",
 		"-Xlint:overrides", "-Xlint:path", "-Xlint:processing", "-Xlint:static",
 		"-Xlint:try", "-Xlint:-fallthrough", "-Xlint:-rawtypes", "-Xlint:-deprecation",
@@ -120,7 +125,6 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->

 	repositories {
 		maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/libs-release" }
-		maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
 	}

 	dependencies {
@@ -130,10 +134,10 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 		testCompile("org.mockito:mockito-core:1.10.19") {
 			exclude group:'org.hamcrest', module:'hamcrest-core'
 		}
-		testCompile("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3")
+		testCompile("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:${hamcrestVersion}")

 		sniffer("org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-ant-tasks:${snifferVersion}")
-		javaApiSignature("org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:1.1@signature")  // as from JDK 6 update 18
+		javaApiSignature("org.codehaus.mojo.signature:java16:1.1@signature")  // API level from JDK 6 update 18
 	}

 	task copyJavaApiSignature(type: Copy) {
@@ -173,27 +177,27 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	}

 	ext.javadocLinks = [
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/",
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/",
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs90/javadocs/",  // CommonJ
-		"http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.javadoc.doc/web/apidocs/",
-		"http://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/",
-		"http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/4.0.5/connector/",
-		"http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/7.1.2.Final/",
-		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.5/",
-		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/apidocs/",
-		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/apidocs/",
-		"http://portals.apache.org/pluto/portlet-2.0-apidocs/",
-		"http://tiles.apache.org/tiles-request/apidocs/",
-		"http://tiles.apache.org/framework/apidocs/",
+		"https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/",
+		"https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/",
+		"https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs90/javadocs/",  // CommonJ
+		"https://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.javadoc.doc/web/apidocs/",
+		"https://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/",
+		"https://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/4.0.5/connector/",
+		"https://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/7.1.2.Final/",
+		"https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.5/",
+		"https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/apidocs/",
+		"https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/apidocs/",
+		"https://portals.apache.org/pluto/portlet-2.0-apidocs/",
+		"https://tiles.apache.org/tiles-request/apidocs/",
+		"https://tiles.apache.org/framework/apidocs/",
 		"http://aopalliance.sourceforge.net/doc/",
-		"http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/aspectj5rt-api/",
-		"http://ehcache.org/apidocs/",
-		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.2.0/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.3.0/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.3.0/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-dataformat-xml/javadoc/2.3.0/",
-		"http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/"
+		"https://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/aspectj5rt-api/",
+		"https://www.ehcache.org/apidocs/${ehcache3Version}/",
+		"https://www.quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.2.3/",
+		"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-core/javadoc/2.3.0/",
+		"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.3.0/",
+		"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-dataformat-xml/javadoc/2.3.0/",
+		"https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/"
 	] as String[]
 }

@@ -276,12 +280,12 @@ project("spring-build-src") {
 project("spring-core") {
 	description = "Spring Core"

-	// As of Spring 4.0.3, spring-core includes asm 5.0 and repackages cglib 3.1, inlining
-	// both into the spring-core jar. cglib 3.1 itself depends on asm 4+, and is therefore
+	// As of Spring 4.0.3, spring-core includes asm 5.0 and repackages cglib 3.2, inlining
+	// both into the spring-core jar. cglib 3.2 itself depends on asm 5.0 and is therefore
 	// further transformed by the JarJar task to depend on org.springframework.asm; this
 	// avoids including two different copies of asm unnecessarily.
-	def cglibVersion = "3.1"
-	def objenesisVersion = "2.1"
+	def cglibVersion = "3.2.4"
+	def objenesisVersion = "2.2"

 	configurations {
 		jarjar
@@ -341,11 +345,11 @@ project("spring-core") {
 		compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2")
 		optional("commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
-		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.8")
-		optional("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
+		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.9")
+		optional("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
-		testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${woodstoxVersion}") {
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.0.3") {
 			exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
 		}
 	}
@@ -373,9 +377,9 @@ project("spring-beans") {
 		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
 		optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
 		optional("org.yaml:snakeyaml:${snakeyamlVersion}")
-		testCompile("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
+		testCompile("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
-    }
+	}
 }

 project("spring-beans-groovy") {
@@ -415,7 +419,7 @@ project("spring-aop") {
 		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		optional("commons-pool:commons-pool:1.6")
-		optional("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.4.1")
+		optional("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.4.2")
 		optional("com.jamonapi:jamon:2.81")
 	}
 }
@@ -466,7 +470,7 @@ project("spring-context") {
 		compile(files(project(":spring-core").cglibRepackJar))
 		optional(project(":spring-instrument"))
 		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
-		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
+		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:${ejbVersion}")
 		optional("javax.enterprise.concurrent:javax.enterprise.concurrent-api:1.0")
 		optional("javax.money:money-api:1.0")
 		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:2.0.0")
@@ -480,7 +484,7 @@ project("spring-context") {
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject-tck:1")
 		testCompile("org.javamoney:moneta:1.0")
 		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.4")
-		testCompile("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.4.1")
+		testCompile("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.4.2")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}
 }
@@ -497,13 +501,12 @@ project("spring-messaging") {
 		optional("io.projectreactor:reactor-net:${reactorVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "io.netty", module: "netty-all"
 		}
-		optional "io.netty:netty-all:$nettyVersion"
+		optional("io.netty:netty-all:${nettyVersion}")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
 		}
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:${jettyVersion}")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
-		testCompile(project(":spring-test"))
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject-tck:1")
 		testCompile("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0")
 		testCompile("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA")
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ project("spring-messaging") {
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}")
 		testCompile("io.netty:netty-all:${nettyVersion}")
 		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.4")
-		testCompile("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
+		testCompile("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
 	}
@@ -538,7 +541,7 @@ project("spring-tx") {
 		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${jtaVersion}")
 		optional("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
-		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
+		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:${ejbVersion}")
 		optional("com.ibm.websphere:uow:6.0.2.17")
 		testCompile("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:2.0.0")
@@ -551,20 +554,15 @@ project("spring-oxm") {

 	compileTestJava {
 		// necessary to avoid java.lang.VerifyError on jibx compilation
-		// see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JIBX-465
+		// see https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JIBX-465
 		sourceCompatibility = 1.6
 		targetCompatibility = 1.6
 	}

-	if (!System.getProperty("java.version").contains("1.8.")) {
-		// necessary because castor and xjc tasks cannot find the JDK's compiler on JDK 9
-		compileTestJava.enabled = false
-	}
-
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		optional("org.codehaus.castor:castor-xml:1.3.3")  {
+		optional("org.codehaus.castor:castor-xml:1.4.1")  {
 			exclude group: 'stax', module: 'stax-api'
 			exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-context"
 		}
@@ -579,7 +577,7 @@ project("spring-oxm") {
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
 		testCompile("xpp3:xpp3:1.1.4c")
-		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.3.7") {
+		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.3.8") {
 			exclude group: 'stax', module: 'stax-api'
 		}
 		if (compileTestJava.enabled) {
@@ -618,11 +616,11 @@ project("spring-jdbc") {
 		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
 		optional(project(":spring-context"))  // for JndiDataSourceLookup
 		optional("javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${jtaVersion}")
-		optional("com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.1")
+		optional("com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.2")
 		optional("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
-		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.187")
-		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.11.1.1")
-		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.11.1.1")
+		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.193")
+		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.12.1.1")
+		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.12.1.1")
 	}
 }

@@ -637,9 +635,9 @@ project("spring-context-support") {
 		optional(project(":spring-tx"))  // for Quartz support
 		optional("javax.mail:javax.mail-api:${javamailVersion}")
 		optional("javax.cache:cache-api:1.0.0")
-		optional("com.google.guava:guava:18.0")
+		optional("com.google.guava:guava:${guavaVersion}")
 		optional("net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:${ehcacheVersion}")
-		optional("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.2.1")
+		optional("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.2.3")
 		optional("org.codehaus.fabric3.api:commonj:1.1.0")
 		optional("org.apache.velocity:velocity:1.7")
 		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:${freemarkerVersion}")
@@ -659,8 +657,7 @@ project("spring-context-support") {
 		testCompile("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
 		testRuntime("com.sun.mail:javax.mail:${javamailVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.ehcache:jcache:${ehcachejcacheVersion}")
-		// testCompile("org.ehcache:ehcache:3.0.0.m1")  // alternative to ehcache-jcache above
+		testRuntime("org.ehcache:jcache:${ehcachejcacheVersion}")
 	}
 }

@@ -694,6 +691,7 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		optional("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
 		optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
 		optional("javax.faces:javax.faces-api:2.2")
+		optional("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA")
 		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
 		optional("com.caucho:hessian:4.0.38")
@@ -701,20 +699,20 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${httpclientVersion}")
 		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpasyncclient:${httpasyncVersion}")
 		optional("io.netty:netty-all:${nettyVersion}")
-		optional("com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.4.0")
+		optional("com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:${okhttpVersion}")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jackson2Version}")
 		optional("com.google.code.gson:gson:${gsonVersion}")
-		optional("com.rometools:rome:1.5.1")
+		optional("com.rometools:rome:${romeVersion}")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
 		}
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
 		}
-		optional("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
+		optional("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
+		optional("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:2.6.1")
 		optional("com.googlecode.protobuf-java-format:protobuf-java-format:1.2")
-		optional("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:${protobufVersion}")
 		optional("javax.mail:javax.mail-api:${javamailVersion}")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))  // for JafMediaTypeFactory
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
@@ -723,57 +721,12 @@ project("spring-web") {
 			exclude group: "org.apache.taglibs", module: "taglibs-standard-spec"
 		}
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:${jackson2Version}")
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk7:${jackson2Version}")
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:${jackson2Version}")
 		testRuntime("com.sun.mail:javax.mail:${javamailVersion}")
 	}
 }

-project("spring-websocket") {
-	description = "Spring WebSocket"
-
-	dependencies {
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		compile(project(":spring-context"))
-		compile(project(":spring-web"))
-		optional(project(":spring-messaging"))
-		optional(project(":spring-webmvc"))
-		optional("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0")
-		optional("javax.websocket:javax.websocket-api:1.0")
-		optional("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket:${tomcatVersion}") {
-			exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", module: "tomcat-websocket-api"
-			exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", module: "tomcat-servlet-api"
-		}
-		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-spi:${tyrusVersion}")
-		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-core:${tyrusVersion}")
-		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-server:${tyrusVersion}")
-		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-container-servlet:${tyrusVersion}")
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:${jettyVersion}") {
-			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
-		}
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jettyVersion}") {
-			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
-		}
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:${jettyVersion}")
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client:${jettyVersion}")
-		optional("io.undertow:undertow-core:${undertowVersion}")
-		optional("io.undertow:undertow-servlet:${undertowVersion}") {
-			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet", module: "jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec"
-			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation", module: "jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec"
-		}
-		optional("io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr:${undertowVersion}") {
-			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.websocket", module: "jboss-websocket-api_1.1_spec"
-		}
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
-		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:${tomcatVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}")
-		testCompile("io.projectreactor:reactor-net:${reactorVersion}")
-		testCompile("io.netty:netty-all:${nettyVersion}")
-		testCompile("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
-		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
-	}
-}
-
 project("spring-orm") {
 	description = "Spring Object/Relational Mapping"

@@ -826,7 +779,7 @@ project("spring-orm-hibernate4") {
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:${hibernate4Version}")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:${hibernate4Version}")
 		optional("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
-        optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
+		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		testCompile("javax.validation:validation-api:1.1.0.GA")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:${hibval5Version}")
 		testCompile("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
@@ -845,6 +798,7 @@ project("spring-orm-hibernate5") {
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:${hibernate5Version}")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:${hibernate5Version}")
 		optional("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
+		optional("javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${jtaVersion}")
 		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 	}
 }
@@ -882,7 +836,7 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		}
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jackson2Version}")
-		optional("com.rometools:rome:1.5.0")
+		optional("com.rometools:rome:${romeVersion}")
 		optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:${tiles3Version}")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:${tiles3Version}") {
@@ -901,9 +855,8 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 			exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-web"
 		}
-		optional 'org.webjars:webjars-locator:0.26'
+		optional('org.webjars:webjars-locator:0.32')
 		testCompile(project(":spring-aop"))
-		testCompile("rhino:js:1.7R1")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
 		testCompile("dom4j:dom4j:1.6.1") {
 			exclude group: "xml-apis", module: "xml-apis"
@@ -926,9 +879,10 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		testCompile("commons-io:commons-io:1.3")
 		testCompile("joda-time:joda-time:${jodaVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.jruby:jruby:${jrubyVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.python:jython-standalone:2.5.3")
-		testCompile("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.2")
+		testCompile("org.mozilla:rhino:1.7.7.1")
+		testRuntime("org.jruby:jruby:${jrubyVersion}")
+		testRuntime("org.python:jython-standalone:2.5.3")
+		testRuntime("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3")
 	}
 }

@@ -979,6 +933,52 @@ project("spring-webmvc-portlet") {
 	}
 }

+project("spring-websocket") {
+	description = "Spring WebSocket"
+
+	dependencies {
+		compile(project(":spring-core"))
+		compile(project(":spring-context"))
+		compile(project(":spring-web"))
+		optional(project(":spring-messaging"))
+		optional(project(":spring-webmvc"))
+		optional("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0")
+		optional("javax.websocket:javax.websocket-api:1.0")
+		optional("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket:${tomcatVersion}") {
+			exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", module: "tomcat-websocket-api"
+			exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", module: "tomcat-servlet-api"
+		}
+		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-spi:${tyrusVersion}")
+		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-core:${tyrusVersion}")
+		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-server:${tyrusVersion}")
+		optional("org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-container-servlet:${tyrusVersion}")
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:${jettyVersion}") {
+			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
+		}
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jettyVersion}") {
+			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
+		}
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:${jettyVersion}")
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client:${jettyVersion}")
+		optional("io.undertow:undertow-core:${undertowVersion}")
+		optional("io.undertow:undertow-servlet:${undertowVersion}") {
+			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet", module: "jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec"
+			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.annotation", module: "jboss-annotations-api_1.2_spec"
+		}
+		optional("io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr:${undertowVersion}") {
+			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.websocket", module: "jboss-websocket-api_1.1_spec"
+		}
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
+		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:${tomcatVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:${tomcatVersion}")
+		testCompile("io.projectreactor:reactor-net:${reactorVersion}")
+		testCompile("io.netty:netty-all:${nettyVersion}")
+		testCompile("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
+	}
+}
+
 project("spring-test") {
 	description = "Spring TestContext Framework"

@@ -1005,20 +1005,22 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
-		optional("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3")
-		optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.0.0")
-		optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.2.3")
+		optional("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:${hamcrestVersion}")
 		optional("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
+		optional("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.19")
+		optional("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-htmlunit-driver:2.48.2")
+		optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.2.3")
+		optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.1.0")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-oxm"))
 		testCompile("javax.mail:javax.mail-api:${javamailVersion}")
-		testCompile("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
+		testCompile("javax.ejb:ejb-api:${ejbVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:${hibernate4Version}")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:${hibernate4Version}")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:${hibval5Version}")
 		testCompile("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:${xstreamVersion}")
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
-		testCompile("com.rometools:rome:1.5.0")
+		testCompile("com.rometools:rome:${romeVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:${tiles3Version}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:${tiles3Version}") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
@@ -1027,7 +1029,12 @@ project("spring-test") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 		}
 		testCompile("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
-		testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}"
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:${httpclientVersion}")
+		testCompile("javax.cache:cache-api:1.0.0")
+		testRuntime("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
+		testRuntime("org.ehcache:ehcache:${ehcache3Version}")
+		testRuntime("org.terracotta:management-model:2.0.0")
 	}

 	task testNG(type: Test) {
@@ -1062,8 +1069,8 @@ project("spring-aspects") {

 	dependencies {
 		aspects(project(":spring-orm"))
-		ajc("org.aspectj:aspectjtools:1.9.0.BETA-1")  // for the ability to build on JDK 9, not exposed in the POMs yet
-		rt("org.aspectj:aspectjrt:${aspectjVersion}")  // regular AspectJ version here, to be exposed in the POMs
+		ajc("org.aspectj:aspectjtools:${aspectjVersion}")
+		rt("org.aspectj:aspectjrt:${aspectjVersion}")
 		compile("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		provided("org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:2.0.0")
 		optional(project(":spring-aop"))  // for @Async support
@@ -1081,8 +1088,7 @@ project("spring-aspects") {

 	eclipse.project {
 		natures += "org.eclipse.ajdt.ui.ajnature"
-		buildCommands = [new org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.
-				BuildCommand("org.eclipse.ajdt.core.ajbuilder")]
+		buildCommands = [new org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.BuildCommand("org.eclipse.ajdt.core.ajbuilder")]
 	}
 }

@@ -1152,10 +1158,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		separateOutputDirs = false
 		backends = ['docbook']
 		options doctype: 'book', eruby: 'erubis'
-		attributes 	'spring-version': project.version,
-					'javadoc-baseurl' : "http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/javadoc-api",
-					revnumber : project.version,
-					docinfo : ""
+		attributes 'spring-version': project.version, 'revnumber': project.version, 'docinfo': ""
 	}

 	reference {
@@ -1243,7 +1246,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		baseName = "spring-framework"
 		classifier = "docs"
 		description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing api and reference " +
-			"for deployment at http://static.springframework.org/spring-framework/docs."
+			"for deployment at https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs."

 		from("src/dist") {
 			include "changelog.txt"
@@ -1263,7 +1266,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		baseName = "spring-framework"
 		classifier = "schema"
 		description = "Builds -${classifier} archive containing all " +
-			"XSDs for deployment at http://springframework.org/schema."
+			"XSDs for deployment at https://springframework.org/schema."
 		duplicatesStrategy 'exclude'
 		moduleProjects.each { subproject ->
 			def Properties schemas = new Properties();
@@ -1291,7 +1294,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		baseName = "spring-framework"
 		classifier = "dist"
 		description = "Builds -${classifier} archive, containing all jars and docs, " +
-					"suitable for community download page."
+			"suitable for community download page."

 		ext.baseDir = "${baseName}-${project.version}";

@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=4.2.0.RC3
+version=4.2.10.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ eclipse.jdt {
 }

 // Replace classpath entries with project dependencies (GRADLE-1116)
-// http://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-1116
+// https://issues.gradle.org/browse/GRADLE-1116
 eclipse.classpath.file.whenMerged { classpath ->
 	def regexp = /.*?\/([^\/]+)\/build\/[^\/]+\/(?:main|test)/ // only match those that end in main or test (avoids removing necessary entries like build/classes/jaxb)
 	def projectOutputDependencies = classpath.entries.findAll { entry -> entry.path =~ regexp }
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ difference between two public Java APIs.

 The file jdiff.html contains the reference page for JDiff.  The latest
 version of JDiff can be downloaded at:
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/javadiff
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/javadiff

 To use the Ant task on your own project, see example.xml. More examples
 of using JDiff to compare the public APIs of J2SE1.3 and J2SE1.4 can
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Acknowledgements
 JDiff uses Stuart D. Gathman's Java translation of Gene Myers' O(ND) 
 difference algorithm.

-JDiff uses Xerces 1.4.2 from http://www.apache.org.
+JDiff uses Xerces 1.4.2 from https://www.apache.org.

 JDiff also includes a script to use the classdoc application from
 http://classdoc.sourceforge.net or http://www.jensgulden.de, by Jens
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ much of this work.
 Footnote:

 If you are looking for a generalized diff tool for XML, try diffmk from
-http://wwws.sun.com/software/xml/developers/diffmk/
+https://wwws.sun.com/software/xml/developers/diffmk/
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
 <table width="100%">
 <tr>
-<td align="left"><A href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/javadiff/">
+<td align="left"><A href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/javadiff/">
 <IMG src="http://javadiff.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/javadiff/jdiff/lib/jdiff_logo.gif"
 width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="JDiff Logo"></A></td>
-<td align="right"><A href="http://sourceforge.net"> <IMG src="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=37160" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge Logo"></A></td>
+<td align="right"><A href="https://sourceforge.net"> <IMG src="https://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=37160" width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="SourceForge Logo"></A></td>
 </tr>
 </table>

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ width="88" height="31" border="0" alt="JDiff Logo"></A></td>

 <BLOCKQUOTE>
 <b>JDiff</b> is a Javadoc <a
-href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc">doclet</a> which generates an
+href="https://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc">doclet</a> which generates an
 HTML report of all the packages, classes, constructors, methods, and
 fields which have been removed, added or changed in any way, including
 their documentation, when two APIs are compared. This is very useful
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ the HTML output to the given directory.
  <code>-javadocnew</code> &lt;<i>javadoc files location for the new API</i>></DT>
  <DD STYLE="margin-right: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm">
   The location of existing Javadoc files
-   for the new API, e.g. "http://java.sun.com/j2se/<b>1.5.0</b>/docs/api/" for the
+   for the new API, e.g. "https://java.sun.com/j2se/<b>1.5.0</b>/docs/api/" for the
   public documentation for J2SE1.5.0. The default value is "../", which implies
   that the documentation directory generated by Javadoc is at the same level as
   the "changes.html" file generated by JDiff. Slashes are always
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ the HTML output to the given directory.
  <DT STYLE="margin-right: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm">
  <code>-javadocold</code> &lt;<i>javadoc files location for the old API</i>></DT>
  <DD STYLE="margin-right: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm"> The location of existing 
-   Javadoc files for the old API, e.g. "http://java.sun.com/j2se/<b>1.5.0</b>/docs/API/" 
+   Javadoc files for the old API, e.g. "https://java.sun.com/j2se/<b>1.5.0</b>/docs/API/" 
   for the public documentation for J2SE1.5.0. The default value is null, which 
   results in no links to Javadoc-generated documentation for the previous 
   release. Slashes are always forward in the argument, since this is an HTML 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ the HTML output to the given directory.
  <code>-showallchanges</code></DT>
  <DD STYLE="margin-right: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm">
   If this argument is used, JDiff will show changes in
-   native and synchronized modifiers. See <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javadoc.html#generatedapideclarations">here</a> for why these are not shown by default.
+   native and synchronized modifiers. See <a href="https://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javadoc.html#generatedapideclarations">here</a> for why these are not shown by default.
  </DD>

  <DT STYLE="margin-right: 2cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm">
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ moved to the end of the file and placed inside XML comments.

 <BLOCKQUOTE> The text which is added can be HTML text if necessary, but if the 
  HTML is incorrect, JDiff may fail to read the comments file and exit. Note that 
-  the required HTML is in fact <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/diffs.html">XHTML</a>. Since this HTML is stored in an XML document, single tags without their closing ("slash") element are not permitted. 
+  the required HTML is in fact <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/diffs.html">XHTML</a>. Since this HTML is stored in an XML document, single tags without their closing ("slash") element are not permitted. 
  For example, most browsers permit HTML which looks like "&lt;p>Here is some 
  text.", with no closing tag. XML requires that either a closing tag exists ("&lt;/p>"), 
  or that the single tag is closed, e.g. "&lt;p/>Here is some text.". 
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ it can tell you how the content has changed.
 Nor does it
 compare what the methods in an API do; if JDiff could tell you what had changed about the way two
 versions of an API execute, the <a
-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_Problem">Halting
+href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_Problem">Halting
 Problem</a> would be solved, and our lives would be very different.</li>
 <li>On a P3 450MHz machine, to scan all of the J2SE <code>Java</code> 
 and <code>javax</code> packages and generate XML takes about 2 minutes
@@ -1002,14 +1002,14 @@ per version. To generate a report from the XML files takes about 30s</li>

 <BLOCKQUOTE>
 <UL>
-  <LI><A HREF="http://www.sys-con.com/java">Java Developer's Journal
+  <LI><A HREF="https://www.sys-con.com/java">Java Developer's Journal
 	</A>, April 2002 contained an article about JDiff. The article
 	can also be <a
 	href="http://javadiff.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/javadiff/jdiff/doc/JDiffArticle.pdf">found
 	here</a>.</LI>
-  <LI><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/">Javadoc</A> and Doclet
+  <LI><A HREF="https://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/">Javadoc</A> and Doclet
 	documentation from Sun.</LI>
-  <LI><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/faq.html#doclets">Third-party
+  <LI><A HREF="https://java.sun.com/j2se/javadoc/faq.html#doclets">Third-party
 	doclets</a> as listed by Sun.</LI>
  <LI><A HREF="http://www.doclet.com">Third-party doclets</a> as listed by others.</LI>
 </UL>
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
 			url = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework"
 			organization {
 				name = "Spring IO"
-				url = "http://projects.spring.io/spring-framework"
+				url = "https://projects.spring.io/spring-framework"
 			}
 			licenses {
 				license {
 					name "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
-					url "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+					url "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
 					distribution "repo"
 				}
 			}
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ echo been tested against STS %STS_TEST_VERSION%), but at the minimum you will
 echo need Eclipse + AJDT.
 echo.
 echo If you need to download and install STS, please do that now by
-echo visiting http://spring.io/tools/sts/all 
+echo visiting https://spring.io/tools/sts/all 
 echo.
 echo Otherwise, press enter and we'll begin.

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ REM - generates OXM test classes to avoid errors on import into Eclipse
 REM - generates metadata for all subprojects
 REM - skips metadata gen for the root project (-x :eclipse) to work
 REM   around Eclipse's inability to import hierarchical project structures
-REM SET COMMAND="./gradlew cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse"
-SET COMMAND=gradlew cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse
+REM SET COMMAND="./gradlew --no-daemon cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse"
+SET COMMAND=gradlew --no-daemon cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse

 echo.
 echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ echo When the above is complete, return here and press the enter key.

 pause

-set COMMAND=gradlew :eclipse
+set COMMAND=gradlew --no-daemon :eclipse

 echo.
 echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ This script has been tested against:
 If you need to download and install Eclipse or STS, please do that now
 by visiting one of the following sites:

- Eclipse downloads: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads
- STS downloads: http://spring.io/tools/sts/all
- STS nightly builds: http://dist.springsource.com/snapshot/STS/nightly-distributions.html
+- Eclipse downloads: https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads
+- STS downloads: https://spring.io/tools/sts/all
+- STS nightly builds: https://dist.springsource.com/snapshot/STS/nightly-distributions.html

 If you need to install a recent CI build for AJDT (i.e., so that the
 spring-aspects module properly compiles in Eclipse/STS), click on the
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ read
 # - generates metadata for all subprojects
 # - skips metadata gen for the root project (-x :eclipse) to work
 #   around Eclipse's inability to import hierarchical project structures
-COMMAND="./gradlew cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse"
+COMMAND="./gradlew --no-daemon cleanEclipse :spring-oxm:compileTestJava eclipse -x :eclipse"

 cat <<EOM

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ EOM

 read

-COMMAND="./gradlew :eclipse"
+COMMAND="./gradlew --no-daemon :eclipse"

 cat <<EOM

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ _Within your locally cloned spring-framework working directory:_

 1. `spring-oxm` should be pre-compiled since it's using repackaged dependencies (see *RepackJar tasks)
 2. `spring-aspects` does not compile out of the box due to references to aspect types unknown to IDEA.
-See http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-64446 for details. In the meantime, the 'spring-aspects'
+See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-64446 for details. In the meantime, the 'spring-aspects'
 should be excluded from the overall project to avoid compilation errors.
 3. While all JUnit tests pass from the command line with Gradle, many will fail when run from IDEA.
 Resolving this is a work in progress. If attempting to run all JUnit tests from within IDEA, you will
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ You'll notice these files are already intentionally in .gitignore. The same poli

 ## FAQ

-Q. What about IDEA's own [Gradle support](http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/IDEADEV/Gradle+integration)?
+Q. What about IDEA's own [Gradle support](https://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/IDEADEV/Gradle+integration)?

-A. Keep an eye on http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-53476
+A. Keep an eye on https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-53476
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public interface MethodMatcher {
 	 * @return whether there's a runtime match
 	 * @see MethodMatcher#matches(Method, Class)
 	 */
-	boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args);
+	boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object... args);


 	/**
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ public interface ProxyMethodInvocation extends MethodInvocation {
 	 * @return an invocable clone of this invocation.
 	 * {@code proceed()} can be called once per clone.
 	 */
-	MethodInvocation invocableClone(Object[] arguments);
+	MethodInvocation invocableClone(Object... arguments);

 	/**
 	 * Set the arguments to be used on subsequent invocations in the any advice
 	 * in this chain.
 	 * @param arguments the argument array
 	 */
-	void setArguments(Object[] arguments);
+	void setArguments(Object... arguments);

 	/**
 	 * Add the specified user attribute with the given value to this invocation.
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ class TrueMethodMatcher implements MethodMatcher, Serializable {

 	public static final TrueMethodMatcher INSTANCE = new TrueMethodMatcher();

+
 	/**
 	 * Enforce Singleton pattern.
 	 */
 	private TrueMethodMatcher() {
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isRuntime() {
 		return false;
@@ -46,11 +48,17 @@ class TrueMethodMatcher implements MethodMatcher, Serializable {
 	}

 	@Override
-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object... args) {
 		// Should never be invoked as isRuntime returns false.
 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 	}

+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "MethodMatcher.TRUE";
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Required to support serialization. Replaces with canonical
 	 * instance on deserialization, protecting Singleton pattern.
@@ -60,9 +68,4 @@ class TrueMethodMatcher implements MethodMatcher, Serializable {
 		return INSTANCE;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return "MethodMatcher.TRUE";
-	}
-
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 	 */
 	private int joinPointStaticPartArgumentIndex = -1;

-	private Map<String, Integer> argumentBindings = null;
+	private Map<String, Integer> argumentBindings;

 	private boolean argumentsIntrospected = false;

@@ -250,17 +250,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 						this.argumentNames[i] + "' that is not a valid Java identifier");
 			}
 		}
-		if (argumentNames != null) {
-			if (aspectJAdviceMethod.getParameterTypes().length == argumentNames.length + 1) {
+		if (this.argumentNames != null) {
+			if (this.aspectJAdviceMethod.getParameterTypes().length == this.argumentNames.length + 1) {
 				// May need to add implicit join point arg name...
-				Class<?> firstArgType = aspectJAdviceMethod.getParameterTypes()[0];
+				Class<?> firstArgType = this.aspectJAdviceMethod.getParameterTypes()[0];
 				if (firstArgType == JoinPoint.class ||
 						firstArgType == ProceedingJoinPoint.class ||
 						firstArgType == JoinPoint.StaticPart.class) {
-					String[] oldNames = argumentNames;
-					argumentNames = new String[oldNames.length + 1];
-					argumentNames[0] = "THIS_JOIN_POINT";
-					System.arraycopy(oldNames, 0, argumentNames, 1, oldNames.length);
+					String[] oldNames = this.argumentNames;
+					this.argumentNames = new String[oldNames.length + 1];
+					this.argumentNames[0] = "THIS_JOIN_POINT";
+					System.arraycopy(oldNames, 0, this.argumentNames, 1, oldNames.length);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence

 		int numExpectedArgumentNames = this.aspectJAdviceMethod.getParameterTypes().length;
 		if (this.argumentNames.length != numExpectedArgumentNames) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Expecting to find " + numExpectedArgumentNames
-					+ " arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found " +
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Expecting to find " + numExpectedArgumentNames +
+					" arguments to bind by name in advice, but actually found " +
 					this.argumentNames.length + " arguments.");
 		}

@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 		// specified, and find the discovered argument types.
 		if (this.returningName != null) {
 			if (!this.argumentBindings.containsKey(this.returningName)) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Returning argument name '"
-						+ this.returningName + "' was not bound in advice arguments");
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Returning argument name '" + this.returningName +
+						"' was not bound in advice arguments");
 			}
 			else {
 				Integer index = this.argumentBindings.get(this.returningName);
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 		}
 		if (this.throwingName != null) {
 			if (!this.argumentBindings.containsKey(this.throwingName)) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Throwing argument name '"
-						+ this.throwingName + "' was not bound in advice arguments");
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Throwing argument name '" + this.throwingName +
+						"' was not bound in advice arguments");
 			}
 			else {
 				Integer index = this.argumentBindings.get(this.throwingName);
@@ -581,10 +581,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Advice, AspectJPrecedence
 		}

 		if (numBound != this.adviceInvocationArgumentCount) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Required to bind " + this.adviceInvocationArgumentCount
-					+ " arguments, but only bound " + numBound + " (JoinPointMatch " +
-					(jpMatch == null ? "was NOT" : "WAS") +
-					" bound in invocation)");
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Required to bind " + this.adviceInvocationArgumentCount +
+					" arguments, but only bound " + numBound + " (JoinPointMatch " +
+					(jpMatch == null ? "was NOT" : "WAS") + " bound in invocation)");
 		}

 		return adviceInvocationArgs;
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class AspectJAfterAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements MethodI
 		super(aspectJBeforeAdviceMethod, pointcut, aif);
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public Object invoke(MethodInvocation mi) throws Throwable {
 		try {
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class AspectJAfterReturningAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implement
 		super(aspectJBeforeAdviceMethod, pointcut, aif);
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isBeforeAdvice() {
 		return false;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public class AspectJAfterReturningAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implement
 		}
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Following AspectJ semantics, if a returning clause was specified, then the
 	 * advice is only invoked if the returned value is an instance of the given
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ public class AspectJAfterReturningAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implement
 		else if (Object.class == type && void.class == method.getReturnType()) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		else{
+		else {
 			return ClassUtils.isAssignable(type, method.getReturnType());
 		}
 	}
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements
 		super(aspectJBeforeAdviceMethod, pointcut, aif);
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isBeforeAdvice() {
 		return false;
@@ -57,11 +58,11 @@ public class AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements
 		try {
 			return mi.proceed();
 		}
-		catch (Throwable t) {
-			if (shouldInvokeOnThrowing(t)) {
-				invokeAdviceMethod(getJoinPointMatch(), null, t);
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
+			if (shouldInvokeOnThrowing(ex)) {
+				invokeAdviceMethod(getJoinPointMatch(), null, ex);
 			}
-			throw t;
+			throw ex;
 		}
 	}

@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ public class AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements
 	 * In AspectJ semantics, after throwing advice that specifies a throwing clause
 	 * is only invoked if the thrown exception is a subtype of the given throwing type.
 	 */
-	private boolean shouldInvokeOnThrowing(Throwable t) {
-		return getDiscoveredThrowingType().isAssignableFrom(t.getClass());
+	private boolean shouldInvokeOnThrowing(Throwable ex) {
+		return getDiscoveredThrowingType().isAssignableFrom(ex.getClass());
 	}

 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public class AspectJAroundAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Method
 		super(aspectJAroundAdviceMethod, pointcut, aif);
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public boolean isBeforeAdvice() {
 		return false;
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ public class AspectJAroundAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements Method
 		return true;
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public Object invoke(MethodInvocation mi) throws Throwable {
 		if (!(mi instanceof ProxyMethodInvocation)) {
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.aspectj.weaver.BCException;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.NamePattern;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ShadowMatchImpl;
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		catch (BCException ex) {
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", ex);
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	}

 	@Override
-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object... args) {
 		checkReadyToMatch();
 		ShadowMatch shadowMatch = getShadowMatch(AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass), method);
 		ShadowMatch originalShadowMatch = getShadowMatch(method, method);
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		}
 		catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 			// No current invocation...
-			// TODO: Should we really proceed here?
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				logger.debug("Could not access current invocation - matching with limited context: " + ex);
 			}
@@ -413,39 +411,46 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 				shadowMatch = this.shadowMatchCache.get(targetMethod);
 				if (shadowMatch == null) {
 					try {
-						shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-					}
-					catch (ReflectionWorldException ex) {
-						// Failed to introspect target method, probably because it has been loaded
-						// in a special ClassLoader. Let's try the declaring ClassLoader instead...
-						try {
-							fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
-							if (fallbackExpression != null) {
-								shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-							}
-						}
-						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
-							fallbackExpression = null;
-						}
-					}
-					if (shadowMatch == null && targetMethod != originalMethod) {
-						methodToMatch = originalMethod;
 						try {
 							shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
 						}
-						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex3) {
-							// Could neither introspect the target class nor the proxy class ->
-							// let's try the original method's declaring class before we give up...
+						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex) {
+							// Failed to introspect target method, probably because it has been loaded
+							// in a special ClassLoader. Let's try the declaring ClassLoader instead...
 							try {
 								fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
 								if (fallbackExpression != null) {
 									shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
 								}
 							}
-							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex4) {
+							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
 								fallbackExpression = null;
 							}
 						}
+						if (shadowMatch == null && targetMethod != originalMethod) {
+							methodToMatch = originalMethod;
+							try {
+								shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
+							}
+							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex3) {
+								// Could neither introspect the target class nor the proxy class ->
+								// let's try the original method's declaring class before we give up...
+								try {
+									fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
+									if (fallbackExpression != null) {
+										shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
+									}
+								}
+								catch (ReflectionWorldException ex4) {
+									fallbackExpression = null;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
+						// Possibly AspectJ 1.8.10 encountering an invalid signature
+						logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target method", ex);
+						fallbackExpression = null;
 					}
 					if (shadowMatch == null) {
 						shadowMatch = new ShadowMatchImpl(org.aspectj.util.FuzzyBoolean.NO, null, null, null);
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice extends AbstractAspectJAdvice implements
 		super(aspectJBeforeAdviceMethod, pointcut, aif);
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public void before(Method method, Object[] args, Object target) throws Throwable {
 		invokeAdviceMethod(getJoinPointMatch(), null, null);
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ public class MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint implements ProceedingJoinPoint,

 		private String toString(boolean includeModifier, boolean includeReturnTypeAndArgs,
 				boolean useLongReturnAndArgumentTypeName, boolean useLongTypeName) {
+
 			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 			if (includeModifier) {
 				sb.append(Modifier.toString(getModifiers()));
@@ -262,8 +263,9 @@ public class MethodInvocationProceedingJoinPoint implements ProceedingJoinPoint,
 			return sb.toString();
 		}

-		private void appendTypes(StringBuilder sb, Class<?>[] types,
-				boolean includeArgs, boolean useLongReturnAndArgumentTypeName) {
+		private void appendTypes(StringBuilder sb, Class<?>[] types, boolean includeArgs,
+				boolean useLongReturnAndArgumentTypeName) {
+
 			if (includeArgs) {
 				for (int size = types.length, i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 					appendType(sb, types[i], useLongReturnAndArgumentTypeName);
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -61,34 +61,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory implements AspectJAdvisorFac
 	private static final String AJC_MAGIC = "ajc$";


-	/**
-	 * Find and return the first AspectJ annotation on the given method
-	 * (there <i>should</i> only be one anyway...)
-	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	protected static AspectJAnnotation<?> findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(Method method) {
-		Class<?>[] classesToLookFor = new Class<?>[] {
-				Before.class, Around.class, After.class, AfterReturning.class, AfterThrowing.class, Pointcut.class};
-		for (Class<?> c : classesToLookFor) {
-			AspectJAnnotation<?> foundAnnotation = findAnnotation(method, (Class<Annotation>) c);
-			if (foundAnnotation != null) {
-				return foundAnnotation;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-
-	private static <A extends Annotation> AspectJAnnotation<A> findAnnotation(Method method, Class<A> toLookFor) {
-		A result = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, toLookFor);
-		if (result != null) {
-			return new AspectJAnnotation<A>(result);
-		}
-		else {
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

@@ -181,6 +153,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory implements AspectJAdvisorFac
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Expecting at least " + argNames.length +
 					" arguments in the advice declaration, but only found " + paramTypes.length);
 		}
+
 		// Make the simplifying assumption for now that all of the JoinPoint based arguments
 		// come first in the advice declaration.
 		int typeOffset = paramTypes.length - argNames.length;
@@ -191,7 +164,36 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory implements AspectJAdvisorFac
 	}


+	/**
+	 * Find and return the first AspectJ annotation on the given method
+	 * (there <i>should</i> only be one anyway...)
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	protected static AspectJAnnotation<?> findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(Method method) {
+		Class<?>[] classesToLookFor = new Class<?>[] {
+				Before.class, Around.class, After.class, AfterReturning.class, AfterThrowing.class, Pointcut.class};
+		for (Class<?> c : classesToLookFor) {
+			AspectJAnnotation<?> foundAnnotation = findAnnotation(method, (Class<Annotation>) c);
+			if (foundAnnotation != null) {
+				return foundAnnotation;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private static <A extends Annotation> AspectJAnnotation<A> findAnnotation(Method method, Class<A> toLookFor) {
+		A result = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, toLookFor);
+		if (result != null) {
+			return new AspectJAnnotation<A>(result);
+		}
+		else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	protected enum AspectJAnnotationType {
+
 		AtPointcut,
 		AtBefore,
 		AtAfter,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -63,31 +63,31 @@ public interface AspectJAdvisorFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Build Spring AOP Advisors for all annotated At-AspectJ methods
 	 * on the specified aspect instance.
-	 * @param aif the aspect instance factory (not the aspect instance itself
-	 * in order to avoid eager instantiation)
+	 * @param aspectInstanceFactory the aspect instance factory
+	 * (not the aspect instance itself in order to avoid eager instantiation)
 	 * @return a list of advisors for this class
 	 */
-	List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif);
+	List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory);

 	/**
 	 * Build a Spring AOP Advisor for the given AspectJ advice method.
 	 * @param candidateAdviceMethod the candidate advice method
-	 * @param aif the aspect instance factory
-	 * @param declarationOrderInAspect the declaration order within the aspect
+	 * @param aspectInstanceFactory the aspect instance factory
+	 * @param declarationOrder the declaration order within the aspect
 	 * @param aspectName the name of the aspect
 	 * @return {@code null} if the method is not an AspectJ advice method
 	 * or if it is a pointcut that will be used by other advice but will not
 	 * create a Spring advice in its own right
 	 */
-	Advisor getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod,
-			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName);
+	Advisor getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory,
+			int declarationOrder, String aspectName);

 	/**
 	 * Build a Spring AOP Advice for the given AspectJ advice method.
 	 * @param candidateAdviceMethod the candidate advice method
-	 * @param pointcut the corresponding AspectJ expression pointcut
-	 * @param aif the aspect instance factory
-	 * @param declarationOrderInAspect the declaration order within the aspect
+	 * @param expressionPointcut the AspectJ expression pointcut
+	 * @param aspectInstanceFactory the aspect instance factory
+	 * @param declarationOrder the declaration order within the aspect
 	 * @param aspectName the name of the aspect
 	 * @return {@code null} if the method is not an AspectJ advice method
 	 * or if it is a pointcut that will be used by other advice but will not
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public interface AspectJAdvisorFactory {
 	 * @see org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAfterReturningAdvice
 	 * @see org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice
 	 */
-	Advice getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod, AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut,
-			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName);
+	Advice getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod, AspectJExpressionPointcut expressionPointcut,
+			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory, int declarationOrder, String aspectName);

 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class AspectJProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	 * Create a new {@code AspectJProxyFactory}.
 	 * No target, only interfaces. Must add interceptors.
 	 */
-	public AspectJProxyFactory(Class<?>[] interfaces) {
+	public AspectJProxyFactory(Class<?>... interfaces) {
 		setInterfaces(interfaces);
 	}

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ import org.springframework.aop.support.ComposablePointcut;
 */
 public class AspectMetadata {

+	/**
+	 * The name of this aspect as defined to Spring (the bean name) -
+	 * allows us to determine if two pieces of advice come from the
+	 * same aspect and hence their relative precedence.
+	 */
+	private final String aspectName;
+
 	/**
 	 * AspectJ reflection information (AspectJ 5 / Java 5 specific).
 	 */
@@ -54,13 +61,6 @@ public class AspectMetadata {
 	 */
 	private final Pointcut perClausePointcut;

-	/**
-	 * The name of this aspect as defined to Spring (the bean name) -
-	 * allows us to determine if two pieces of advice come from the
-	 * same aspect and hence their relative precedence.
-	 */
-	private String aspectName;
-

 	/**
 	 * Create a new AspectMetadata instance for the given aspect class.
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ public class AspectMetadata {
 		if (ajType == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Class '" + aspectClass.getName() + "' is not an @AspectJ aspect");
 		}
-		this.ajType = ajType;
-		if (this.ajType.getDeclarePrecedence().length > 0) {
+		if (ajType.getDeclarePrecedence().length > 0) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("DeclarePrecendence not presently supported in Spring AOP");
 		}
+		this.ajType = ajType;

 		switch (this.ajType.getPerClause().getKind()) {
 			case SINGLETON :
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.OrderUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

 /**
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory implements MetadataAwareAspectInst
 	 * @param type the type that should be introspected by AspectJ
 	 */
 	public BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory, String name, Class<?> type) {
+		Assert.notNull(beanFactory, "BeanFactory must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(name, "Bean name must not be null");
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
 		this.name = name;
 		this.aspectMetadata = new AspectMetadata(type, name);
@@ -79,12 +82,9 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory implements MetadataAwareAspectInst

 	@Override
 	public ClassLoader getAspectClassLoader() {
-		if (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
-			return ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader();
-		}
-		else {
-			return ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader();
-		}
+		return (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory ?
+				((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader() :
+				ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory implements MetadataAwareAspectInst
 		return this.aspectMetadata;
 	}

+	public Object getAspectCreationMutex() {
+		if (this.beanFactory != null) {
+			if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(name)) {
+				// Rely on singleton semantics provided by the factory -> no local lock.
+				return null;
+			}
+			else if (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
+				// No singleton guarantees from the factory -> let's lock locally but
+				// reuse the factory's singleton lock, just in case a lazy dependency
+				// of our advice bean happens to trigger the singleton lock implicitly...
+				return ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getSingletonMutex();
+			}
+		}
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine the order for this factory's target aspect, either
 	 * an instance-specific order expressed through implementing the
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -42,53 +42,55 @@ class InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl

 	private final AspectJExpressionPointcut declaredPointcut;

-	private Pointcut pointcut;
+	private final Method aspectJAdviceMethod;
+
+	private final AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectJAdvisorFactory;

 	private final MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory;

-	private final Method method;
+	private final int declarationOrder;
+
+	private final String aspectName;
+
+	private final Pointcut pointcut;

 	private final boolean lazy;

-	private final AspectJAdvisorFactory atAspectJAdvisorFactory;
-
 	private Advice instantiatedAdvice;

-	private int declarationOrder;
-
-	private String aspectName;
-
 	private Boolean isBeforeAdvice;

 	private Boolean isAfterAdvice;


-	public InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl(AspectJAdvisorFactory af, AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp,
-			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, Method method, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName) {
+	public InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl(AspectJExpressionPointcut declaredPointcut,
+			Method aspectJAdviceMethod, AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectJAdvisorFactory,
+			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory, int declarationOrder, String aspectName) {

-		this.declaredPointcut = ajexp;
-		this.method = method;
-		this.atAspectJAdvisorFactory = af;
-		this.aspectInstanceFactory = aif;
-		this.declarationOrder = declarationOrderInAspect;
+		this.declaredPointcut = declaredPointcut;
+		this.aspectJAdviceMethod = aspectJAdviceMethod;
+		this.aspectJAdvisorFactory = aspectJAdvisorFactory;
+		this.aspectInstanceFactory = aspectInstanceFactory;
+		this.declarationOrder = declarationOrder;
 		this.aspectName = aspectName;

-		if (aif.getAspectMetadata().isLazilyInstantiated()) {
+		if (aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().isLazilyInstantiated()) {
 			// Static part of the pointcut is a lazy type.
-			Pointcut preInstantiationPointcut =
-					Pointcuts.union(aif.getAspectMetadata().getPerClausePointcut(), this.declaredPointcut);
+			Pointcut preInstantiationPointcut = Pointcuts.union(
+					aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getPerClausePointcut(), this.declaredPointcut);

 			// Make it dynamic: must mutate from pre-instantiation to post-instantiation state.
 			// If it's not a dynamic pointcut, it may be optimized out
 			// by the Spring AOP infrastructure after the first evaluation.
-			this.pointcut = new PerTargetInstantiationModelPointcut(this.declaredPointcut, preInstantiationPointcut, aif);
+			this.pointcut = new PerTargetInstantiationModelPointcut(
+					this.declaredPointcut, preInstantiationPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 			this.lazy = true;
 		}
 		else {
 			// A singleton aspect.
-			this.instantiatedAdvice = instantiateAdvice(this.declaredPointcut);
-			this.pointcut = declaredPointcut;
+			this.pointcut = this.declaredPointcut;
 			this.lazy = false;
+			this.instantiatedAdvice = instantiateAdvice(this.declaredPointcut);
 		}
 	}

@@ -142,8 +144,8 @@ class InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl


 	private Advice instantiateAdvice(AspectJExpressionPointcut pcut) {
-		return this.atAspectJAdvisorFactory.getAdvice(
-				this.method, pcut, this.aspectInstanceFactory, this.declarationOrder, this.aspectName);
+		return this.aspectJAdvisorFactory.getAdvice(this.aspectJAdviceMethod, pcut,
+				this.aspectInstanceFactory, this.declarationOrder, this.aspectName);
 	}

 	public MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory getAspectInstanceFactory() {
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ class InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl
 	 */
 	private void determineAdviceType() {
 		AspectJAnnotation<?> aspectJAnnotation =
-				AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory.findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(this.method);
+				AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory.findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(this.aspectJAdviceMethod);
 		if (aspectJAnnotation == null) {
 			this.isBeforeAdvice = false;
 			this.isAfterAdvice = false;
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ class InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisor: expression [" + getDeclaredPointcut().getExpression() +
-			"]; advice method [" + this.method + "]; perClauseKind=" +
+			"]; advice method [" + this.aspectJAdviceMethod + "]; perClauseKind=" +
 			this.aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAjType().getPerClause().getKind();

 	}
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ class InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl
 		}

 		@Override
-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object... args) {
 			// This can match only on declared pointcut.
 			return (isAspectMaterialized() && this.declaredPointcut.matches(method, targetClass));
 		}
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -43,11 +43,20 @@ public class LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator implements MetadataAwar


 	@Override
-	public synchronized Object getAspectInstance() {
+	public Object getAspectInstance() {
 		if (this.materialized == null) {
-			synchronized (this) {
-				if (this.materialized == null) {
-					this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+			Object mutex = this;
+			if (this.maaif instanceof BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory) {
+				mutex = ((BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory) this.maaif).getAspectCreationMutex();
+			}
+			if (mutex == null) {
+				this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+			}
+			else {
+				synchronized (mutex) {
+					if (this.materialized == null) {
+						this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;

 /**
- * AspectInstanceFactory backed by a BeanFactory-provided prototype,
- * enforcing prototype semantics.
+ * {@link org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectInstanceFactory} backed by a
+ * {@link BeanFactory}-provided prototype, enforcing prototype semantics.
 *
 * <p>Note that this may instantiate multiple times, which probably won't give the
 * semantics you expect. Use a {@link LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator}
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 				new Converter<Method, Annotation>() {
 					@Override
 					public Annotation convert(Method method) {
-						AspectJAnnotation<?> annotation = AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory.findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(method);
-						return annotation == null ? null : annotation.getAnnotation();
+						AspectJAnnotation<?> annotation =
+								AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory.findAspectJAnnotationOnMethod(method);
+						return (annotation != null ? annotation.getAnnotation() : null);
 					}
 				}));
 		comparator.addComparator(new ConvertingComparator<Method, String>(
@@ -93,17 +94,17 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto


 	@Override
-	public List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory maaif) {
-		final Class<?> aspectClass = maaif.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass();
-		final String aspectName = maaif.getAspectMetadata().getAspectName();
+	public List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory) {
+		Class<?> aspectClass = aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass();
+		String aspectName = aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectName();
 		validate(aspectClass);

 		// We need to wrap the MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory with a decorator
 		// so that it will only instantiate once.
-		final MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory lazySingletonAspectInstanceFactory =
-				new LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator(maaif);
+		MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory lazySingletonAspectInstanceFactory =
+				new LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator(aspectInstanceFactory);

-		final List<Advisor> advisors = new LinkedList<Advisor>();
+		List<Advisor> advisors = new LinkedList<Advisor>();
 		for (Method method : getAdvisorMethods(aspectClass)) {
 			Advisor advisor = getAdvisor(method, lazySingletonAspectInstanceFactory, advisors.size(), aspectName);
 			if (advisor != null) {
@@ -169,18 +170,19 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto


 	@Override
-	public Advisor getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif,
+	public Advisor getAdvisor(Method candidateAdviceMethod, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory,
 			int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName) {

-		validate(aif.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass());
+		validate(aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass());

-		AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp =
-				getPointcut(candidateAdviceMethod, aif.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass());
-		if (ajexp == null) {
+		AspectJExpressionPointcut expressionPointcut = getPointcut(
+				candidateAdviceMethod, aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass());
+		if (expressionPointcut == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		return new InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl(
-				this, ajexp, aif, candidateAdviceMethod, declarationOrderInAspect, aspectName);
+
+		return new InstantiationModelAwarePointcutAdvisorImpl(expressionPointcut, candidateAdviceMethod,
+				this, aspectInstanceFactory, declarationOrderInAspect, aspectName);
 	}

 	private AspectJExpressionPointcut getPointcut(Method candidateAdviceMethod, Class<?> candidateAspectClass) {
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 		if (aspectJAnnotation == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
 		AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp =
 				new AspectJExpressionPointcut(candidateAspectClass, new String[0], new Class<?>[0]);
 		ajexp.setExpression(aspectJAnnotation.getPointcutExpression());
@@ -197,10 +200,10 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto


 	@Override
-	public Advice getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod, AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp,
-			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aif, int declarationOrderInAspect, String aspectName) {
+	public Advice getAdvice(Method candidateAdviceMethod, AspectJExpressionPointcut expressionPointcut,
+			MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory, int declarationOrder, String aspectName) {

-		Class<?> candidateAspectClass = aif.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass();
+		Class<?> candidateAspectClass = aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass();
 		validate(candidateAspectClass);

 		AspectJAnnotation<?> aspectJAnnotation =
@@ -225,27 +228,32 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto

 		switch (aspectJAnnotation.getAnnotationType()) {
 			case AtBefore:
-				springAdvice = new AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice(candidateAdviceMethod, ajexp, aif);
+				springAdvice = new AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice(
+						candidateAdviceMethod, expressionPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 				break;
 			case AtAfter:
-				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterAdvice(candidateAdviceMethod, ajexp, aif);
+				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterAdvice(
+						candidateAdviceMethod, expressionPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 				break;
 			case AtAfterReturning:
-				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterReturningAdvice(candidateAdviceMethod, ajexp, aif);
+				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterReturningAdvice(
+						candidateAdviceMethod, expressionPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 				AfterReturning afterReturningAnnotation = (AfterReturning) aspectJAnnotation.getAnnotation();
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(afterReturningAnnotation.returning())) {
 					springAdvice.setReturningName(afterReturningAnnotation.returning());
 				}
 				break;
 			case AtAfterThrowing:
-				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice(candidateAdviceMethod, ajexp, aif);
+				springAdvice = new AspectJAfterThrowingAdvice(
+						candidateAdviceMethod, expressionPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 				AfterThrowing afterThrowingAnnotation = (AfterThrowing) aspectJAnnotation.getAnnotation();
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(afterThrowingAnnotation.throwing())) {
 					springAdvice.setThrowingName(afterThrowingAnnotation.throwing());
 				}
 				break;
 			case AtAround:
-				springAdvice = new AspectJAroundAdvice(candidateAdviceMethod, ajexp, aif);
+				springAdvice = new AspectJAroundAdvice(
+						candidateAdviceMethod, expressionPointcut, aspectInstanceFactory);
 				break;
 			case AtPointcut:
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -254,12 +262,12 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 				return null;
 			default:
 				throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-						"Unsupported advice type on method " + candidateAdviceMethod);
+						"Unsupported advice type on method: " + candidateAdviceMethod);
 		}

 		// Now to configure the advice...
 		springAdvice.setAspectName(aspectName);
-		springAdvice.setDeclarationOrder(declarationOrderInAspect);
+		springAdvice.setDeclarationOrder(declarationOrder);
 		String[] argNames = this.parameterNameDiscoverer.getParameterNames(candidateAdviceMethod);
 		if (argNames != null) {
 			springAdvice.setArgumentNamesFromStringArray(argNames);
@@ -268,6 +276,7 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 		return springAdvice;
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Synthetic advisor that instantiates the aspect.
 	 * Triggered by per-clause pointcut on non-singleton aspect.
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 /**
 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ComponentDefinition}
 * that bridges the gap between the advisor bean definition configured
- * by the {@code &lt;aop:advisor&gt;} tag and the component definition
+ * by the {@code <aop:advisor>} tag and the component definition
 * infrastructure.
 *
 * @author Rob Harrop
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
 * {@code NamespaceHandler} for the {@code aop} namespace.
 *
 * <p>Provides a {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser} for the
- * {@code &lt;aop:config&gt;} tag. A {@code config} tag can include nested
+ * {@code <aop:config>} tag. A {@code config} tag can include nested
 * {@code pointcut}, {@code advisor} and {@code aspect} tags.
 *
 * <p>The {@code pointcut} tag allows for creation of named
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;

 /**
- * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} for the {@code &lt;aop:config&gt;} tag.
+ * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} for the {@code <aop:config>} tag.
 *
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class ConfigBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {

 	/**
 	 * Configures the auto proxy creator needed to support the {@link BeanDefinition BeanDefinitions}
-	 * created by the '{@code &lt;aop:config/&gt;}' tag. Will force class proxying if the
+	 * created by the '{@code <aop:config/>}' tag. Will force class proxying if the
 	 * '{@code proxy-target-class}' attribute is set to '{@code true}'.
 	 * @see AopNamespaceUtils
 	 */
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ConfigBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Parses the supplied {@code &lt;advisor&gt;} element and registers the resulting
+	 * Parses the supplied {@code <advisor>} element and registers the resulting
 	 * {@link org.springframework.aop.Advisor} and any resulting {@link org.springframework.aop.Pointcut}
 	 * with the supplied {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry}.
 	 */
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ class ConfigBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Parses the supplied {@code &lt;pointcut&gt;} and registers the resulting
+	 * Parses the supplied {@code <pointcut>} and registers the resulting
 	 * Pointcut with the BeanDefinitionRegistry.
 	 */
 	private AbstractBeanDefinition parsePointcut(Element pointcutElement, ParserContext parserContext) {
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;

 /**
 * {@link BeanDefinitionDecorator} responsible for parsing the
- * {@code &lt;aop:scoped-proxy/&gt;} tag.
+ * {@code <aop:scoped-proxy/>} tag.
 *
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyProcessorSu

 	protected boolean beforeExistingAdvisors = false;

-	private final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> eligibleBeans = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>(64);
+	private final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> eligibleBeans = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>(256);


 	/**
@@ -81,13 +81,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyProcessorSu
 		}

 		if (isEligible(bean, beanName)) {
-			ProxyFactory proxyFactory = new ProxyFactory();
-			proxyFactory.copyFrom(this);
-			proxyFactory.setTarget(bean);
+			ProxyFactory proxyFactory = prepareProxyFactory(bean, beanName);
 			if (!proxyFactory.isProxyTargetClass()) {
 				evaluateProxyInterfaces(bean.getClass(), proxyFactory);
 			}
 			proxyFactory.addAdvisor(this.advisor);
+			customizeProxyFactory(proxyFactory);
 			return proxyFactory.getProxy(getProxyClassLoader());
 		}

@@ -131,4 +130,38 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyProcessorSu
 		return eligible;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Prepare a {@link ProxyFactory} for the given bean.
+	 * <p>Subclasses may customize the handling of the target instance and in
+	 * particular the exposure of the target class. The default introspection
+	 * of interfaces for non-target-class proxies and the configured advisor
+	 * will be applied afterwards; {@link #customizeProxyFactory} allows for
+	 * late customizations of those parts right before proxy creation.
+	 * @param bean the bean instance to create a proxy for
+	 * @param beanName the corresponding bean name
+	 * @return the ProxyFactory, initialized with this processor's
+	 * {@link ProxyConfig} settings and the specified bean
+	 * @since 4.2.3
+	 * @see #customizeProxyFactory
+	 */
+	protected ProxyFactory prepareProxyFactory(Object bean, String beanName) {
+		ProxyFactory proxyFactory = new ProxyFactory();
+		proxyFactory.copyFrom(this);
+		proxyFactory.setTarget(bean);
+		return proxyFactory;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses may choose to implement this: for example,
+	 * to change the interfaces exposed.
+	 * <p>The default implementation is empty.
+	 * @param proxyFactory ProxyFactory that is already configured with
+	 * target, advisor and interfaces and will be used to create the proxy
+	 * immediately after this method returns
+	 * @since 4.2.3
+	 * @see #prepareProxyFactory
+	 */
+	protected void customizeProxyFactory(ProxyFactory proxyFactory) {
+	}
+
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class AdvisedSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Advised {
 	 * Create a AdvisedSupport instance with the given parameters.
 	 * @param interfaces the proxied interfaces
 	 */
-	public AdvisedSupport(Class<?>[] interfaces) {
+	public AdvisedSupport(Class<?>... interfaces) {
 		this();
 		setInterfaces(interfaces);
 	}
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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