Merge branch 'spring-operator-polish-urls-build-4.1.x' into 4.1.x

Manual URL Cleanup
Closes gh-22518
2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2019-03-12 14:34:12 +01:00 · 2019-03-12 14:33:52 +01:00 · 2019-03-05 21:56:12 -06:00 · 2016-04-08 15:44:36 -04:00 · 2015-12-17 00:51:54 -08:00
707 changed files with 15386 additions and 9056 deletions
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ 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.
-
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
 	dependencies {
 		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.7")
 		classpath("org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:0.7.0")
-		classpath("io.spring.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.3.0")
+		classpath("io.spring.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.3.1")
 		classpath("ws.antonov.gradle.plugins:gradle-plugin-protobuf:0.9.1")
 	}
 }
@@ -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')
 	}
 }
@@ -27,34 +27,34 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	group = "org.springframework"
 	version = qualifyVersionIfNecessary(version)

-	ext.aspectjVersion       = "1.8.4"
+	ext.aspectjVersion       = "1.8.7"
 	ext.eclipseLinkVersion   = "2.4.2"
-	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.9.0"
-	ext.ehcacheJCacheVersion = "1.0.0"
-	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.3.9"
+	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.9.1"
+	ext.ehcacheJCacheVersion = "1.0.1"
+	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.3.11"
 	ext.gsonVersion          = "2.3.1"
 	ext.hibernate3Version    = "3.6.10.Final"
-	ext.hibernate4Version    = "4.3.7.Final"
+	ext.hibernate4Version    = "4.3.11.Final"
 	ext.hibVal4Version       = "4.3.2.Final"
 	ext.hibVal5Version       = "5.1.3.Final"
-	ext.hsqldbVersion        = "2.3.2"
-	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.4.4"
-	ext.jasperReportsVersion = "6.0.0"
-	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.2.6.v20141205"
-	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.6"
+	ext.hsqldbVersion        = "2.3.3"
+	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.4.6"
+	ext.jasperReportsVersion = "6.0.4"
+	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.2.14.v20151106"
+	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.8.2"
 	ext.junitVersion         = "4.12"
-	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.0.24.Final"
+	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.0.33.Final"
 	ext.openJpaVersion       = "2.2.2"  // 2.3.0 not Java 8 compatible (based on ASM 4)
 	ext.protobufVersion      = "2.6.1"
-	ext.reactorVersion       = "1.1.5.RELEASE"
-	ext.slf4jVersion         = "1.7.9"
-	ext.snakeYamlVersion     = "1.14"
+	ext.reactorVersion       = "1.1.6.RELEASE"
+	ext.slf4jVersion         = "1.7.13"
+	ext.snakeYamlVersion     = "1.16"
 	ext.snifferVersion       = "1.11"
 	ext.tiles2Version        = "2.2.2"
 	ext.tiles3Version        = "3.0.5"
-	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.0.15"
+	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.0.30"
 	ext.tyrusVersion         = "1.3.5"  // constrained by WebLogic 12.1.3 support
-	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.1.1.Final"
+	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.1.9.Final"
 	ext.woodstoxVersion      = "4.4.1"
 	ext.xstreamVersion       = "1.4.7"

@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 		"-Xlint:-unchecked", "-Xlint:-options"]

 	compileJava {
-		sourceCompatibility=1.6
-		targetCompatibility=1.6
+		sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+		targetCompatibility = 1.6
 	}

 	compileTestJava {
-		sourceCompatibility=1.8
-		targetCompatibility=1.8
+		sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+		targetCompatibility = 1.8
 		options.compilerArgs += "-parameters"
 	}

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 		testCompile("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3")

 		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) {
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->

 		inputs.dir sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
 		inputs.dir copyJavaApiSignature.to
-		outputs.upToDateWhen { true }

 		doLast {
 			ant.taskdef(
@@ -164,27 +163,27 @@ 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/${ehcacheVersion}/",
+		"https://www.quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.2.2/",
+		"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[]
 }

@@ -331,10 +330,10 @@ project("spring-core") {
 		compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2")
 		optional("commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
-		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.8")
+		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.9")
 		optional("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
-		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.5")
+		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.6")
 		testCompile("org.codehaus.woodstox:woodstox-core-asl:${woodstoxVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
 		}
@@ -389,8 +388,8 @@ project("spring-beans-groovy") {
 	}

 	compileGroovy {
-		sourceCompatibility=1.6
-		targetCompatibility=1.6
+		sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+		targetCompatibility = 1.6
 	}
 }

@@ -405,7 +404,7 @@ project("spring-aop") {
 		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		optional("commons-pool:commons-pool:1.6")
-		optional("com.jamonapi:jamon:2.79")
+		optional("com.jamonapi:jamon:2.81")
 	}
 }

@@ -460,7 +459,7 @@ project("spring-context") {
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
 		optional("org.beanshell:bsh:2.0b4")
-		optional("org.jruby:jruby:1.7.17")
+		optional("org.jruby:jruby:1.7.22")
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject-tck:1")
 		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.4")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
@@ -533,9 +532,9 @@ project("spring-oxm") {

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

 	dependencies {
@@ -552,9 +551,9 @@ project("spring-oxm") {
 			exclude group: 'xpp3', module: 'xpp3_min'
 			exclude group: 'xmlpull', module: 'xmlpull'
 		}
-		optional("org.jibx:jibx-run:1.2.5")
+		optional("org.jibx:jibx-run:1.2.6")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
-		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.5")
+		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.6")
 		testCompile("xpp3:xpp3:1.1.4c")
 		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.3.7") {
 			exclude group: 'stax', module: 'stax-api'
@@ -593,9 +592,9 @@ project("spring-jdbc") {
 		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
 		optional(project(":spring-context"))  // for JndiDataSourceLookup
 		optional("javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:1.2")
-		optional("com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.2.1")
+		optional("com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.1")
 		optional("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
-		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.182")
+		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.190")
 		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.11.1.1")
 		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.11.1.1")
 	}
@@ -617,7 +616,7 @@ project("spring-context-support") {
 		optional("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.2.1")
 		optional("org.codehaus.fabric3.api:commonj:1.1.0")
 		optional("org.apache.velocity:velocity:1.7")
-		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.21")
+		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.22")
 		optional("com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7")
 		optional("net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:$jasperReportsVersion") {
 			exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", module: "jackson-annotations"
@@ -625,9 +624,10 @@ project("spring-context-support") {
 			exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", module: "jackson-databind"
 			exclude group: "org.olap4j", module: "olap4j"
 			exclude group: "xml-apis", module: "xml-apis"
+			exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-context"
 		}
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
-		testCompile("org.apache.poi:poi:3.10.1")
+		testCompile("org.apache.poi:poi:3.11")
 		testCompile("commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.8.0")  // for Velocity/JasperReports
 		testCompile("commons-digester:commons-digester:1.8.1")  // for Velocity/JasperReports
 		testCompile("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
 		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jackson2Version}")
 		optional("com.google.code.gson:gson:${gsonVersion}")
-		optional("com.rometools:rome:1.5.0")
+		optional("com.rometools:rome:1.5.1")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
 		}
@@ -692,11 +692,12 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		optional("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:${protobufVersion}")
 		optional("javax.mail:javax.mail-api:1.5.2")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))  // for JafMediaTypeFactory
-		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.5")
+		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.6")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.taglibs:taglibs-standard-jstlel:1.2.1") {
 			exclude group: "org.apache.taglibs", module: "taglibs-standard-spec"
 		}
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:${jackson2Version}")
 		testRuntime("com.sun.mail:javax.mail:1.5.2")
 	}

@@ -826,10 +827,10 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		optional("javax.servlet.jsp:javax.servlet.jsp-api:2.2.1")
 		optional("javax.servlet.jsp.jstl:javax.servlet.jsp.jstl-api:1.2.1")
 		optional("net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:2.6.12")
-		optional("org.apache.poi:poi:3.10.1")
+		optional("org.apache.poi:poi:3.11")
 		optional("org.apache.velocity:velocity:1.7")
 		optional("velocity-tools:velocity-tools-view:1.4")
-		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.20")
+		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.22")
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
 		optional("com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7")
 		optional("net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:$jasperReportsVersion") {
@@ -838,10 +839,11 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 			exclude group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", module: "jackson-databind"
 			exclude group: "org.olap4j", module: "olap4j"
 			exclude group: "xml-apis", module: "xml-apis"
+			exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-context"
 		}
 		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:1.5.1")
 		optional("javax.el:javax.el-api:2.2.5")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:${tiles3Version}")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:${tiles3Version}") {
@@ -862,7 +864,7 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		}
 		testCompile(project(":spring-aop"))
 		testCompile("rhino:js:1.7R1")
-		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.5")
+		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.6")
 		testCompile("dom4j:dom4j:1.6.1") {
 			exclude group: "xml-apis", module: "xml-apis"
 		}
@@ -967,9 +969,9 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		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:1.1.0")
+		optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:1.2.0")
 		optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.2.3")
-		optional("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.5")
+		optional("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.6")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-oxm"))
 		testCompile("javax.mail:javax.mail-api:1.5.2")
@@ -979,7 +981,7 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:${hibVal5Version}")
 		testCompile("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:${xstreamVersion}")
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jackson2Version}")
-		testCompile("com.rometools:rome:1.5.0")
+		testCompile("com.rometools:rome:1.5.1")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:${tiles3Version}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:${tiles3Version}") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
@@ -1206,7 +1208,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		baseName = "spring-framework"
 		classifier = "docs"
 		description = "Builds -${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"
@@ -1226,7 +1228,7 @@ 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();
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=4.1.4.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.1.10.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 }
@@ -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.

@@ -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
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -203,8 +204,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 			pointcutParameters[i] = parser.createPointcutParameter(
 					this.pointcutParameterNames[i], this.pointcutParameterTypes[i]);
 		}
-		return parser.parsePointcutExpression(
-				replaceBooleanOperators(getExpression()),
+		return parser.parsePointcutExpression(replaceBooleanOperators(getExpression()),
 				this.pointcutDeclarationScope, pointcutParameters);
 	}

@@ -327,29 +327,41 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 			// No current invocation...
 			// TODO: Should we really proceed here?
-			logger.debug("Couldn't access current invocation - matching with limited context: " + ex);
-		}
-
-		JoinPointMatch joinPointMatch = shadowMatch.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
-
-		/*
-		 * Do a final check to see if any this(TYPE) kind of residue match. For
-		 * this purpose, we use the original method's (proxy method's) shadow to
-		 * ensure that 'this' is correctly checked against. Without this check,
-		 * we get incorrect match on this(TYPE) where TYPE matches the target
-		 * type but not 'this' (as would be the case of JDK dynamic proxies).
-		 * <p>See SPR-2979 for the original bug.
-		 */
-		if (pmi != null) {  // there is a current invocation
-			RuntimeTestWalker originalMethodResidueTest = getRuntimeTestWalker(originalShadowMatch);
-			if (!originalMethodResidueTest.testThisInstanceOfResidue(thisObject.getClass())) {
-				return false;
-			}
-			if (joinPointMatch.matches()) {
-				bindParameters(pmi, joinPointMatch);
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Could not access current invocation - matching with limited context: " + ex);
 			}
 		}
-		return joinPointMatch.matches();
+
+		try {
+			JoinPointMatch joinPointMatch = shadowMatch.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
+
+			/*
+			 * Do a final check to see if any this(TYPE) kind of residue match. For
+			 * this purpose, we use the original method's (proxy method's) shadow to
+			 * ensure that 'this' is correctly checked against. Without this check,
+			 * we get incorrect match on this(TYPE) where TYPE matches the target
+			 * type but not 'this' (as would be the case of JDK dynamic proxies).
+			 * <p>See SPR-2979 for the original bug.
+			 */
+			if (pmi != null) {  // there is a current invocation
+				RuntimeTestWalker originalMethodResidueTest = getRuntimeTestWalker(originalShadowMatch);
+				if (!originalMethodResidueTest.testThisInstanceOfResidue(thisObject.getClass())) {
+					return false;
+				}
+				if (joinPointMatch.matches()) {
+					bindParameters(pmi, joinPointMatch);
+				}
+			}
+
+			return joinPointMatch.matches();
+		}
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Failed to evaluate join point for arguments " + Arrays.asList(args) +
+						" - falling back to non-match", ex);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}

 	protected String getCurrentProxiedBeanName() {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -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);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -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);
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {


 	/** Logger available to subclasses; static to optimize serialization */
-	protected final static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CglibAopProxy.class);
+	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CglibAopProxy.class);

 	/** Keeps track of the Classes that we have validated for final methods */
 	private static final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> validatedClasses = new WeakHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>();
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	/** The configuration used to configure this proxy */
 	protected final AdvisedSupport advised;

-	private Object[] constructorArgs;
+	protected Object[] constructorArgs;

-	private Class<?>[] constructorArgTypes;
+	protected Class<?>[] constructorArgTypes;

 	/** Dispatcher used for methods on Advised */
 	private final transient AdvisedDispatcher advisedDispatcher;
@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 		Callback targetDispatcher = isStatic ?
 				new StaticDispatcher(this.advised.getTargetSource().getTarget()) : new SerializableNoOp();

-		Callback[] mainCallbacks = new Callback[]{
-			aopInterceptor, // for normal advice
-			targetInterceptor, // invoke target without considering advice, if optimized
-			new SerializableNoOp(), // no override for methods mapped to this
-			targetDispatcher, this.advisedDispatcher,
-			new EqualsInterceptor(this.advised),
-			new HashCodeInterceptor(this.advised)
+		Callback[] mainCallbacks = new Callback[] {
+				aopInterceptor,  // for normal advice
+				targetInterceptor,  // invoke target without considering advice, if optimized
+				new SerializableNoOp(),  // no override for methods mapped to this
+				targetDispatcher, this.advisedDispatcher,
+				new EqualsInterceptor(this.advised),
+				new HashCodeInterceptor(this.advised)
 		};

 		Callback[] callbacks;
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {

 		public CglibMethodInvocation(Object proxy, Object target, Method method, Object[] arguments,
 				Class<?> targetClass, List<Object> interceptorsAndDynamicMethodMatchers, MethodProxy methodProxy) {
+
 			super(proxy, target, method, arguments, targetClass, interceptorsAndDynamicMethodMatchers);
 			this.methodProxy = methodProxy;
 			this.publicMethod = Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers());
@@ -821,8 +822,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 						logger.debug("Method has advice and optimisations are enabled: " + method);
 					}
-					// We know that we are optimising so we can use the
-					// FixedStaticChainInterceptors.
+					// We know that we are optimising so we can use the FixedStaticChainInterceptors.
 					int index = this.fixedInterceptorMap.get(key);
 					return (index + this.fixedInterceptorOffset);
 				}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Factory;
-import org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisException;
 import org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;

 /**
- * Objenesis based extension of {@link CglibAopProxy} to create proxy instances without
- * invoking the constructor of the class.
+ * Objenesis-based extension of {@link CglibAopProxy} to create proxy instances
+ * without invoking the constructor of the class.
 *
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ class ObjenesisCglibAopProxy extends CglibAopProxy {


 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link ObjenesisCglibAopProxy} using the given {@link AdvisedSupport}.
-	 * @param config must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * Create a new ObjenesisCglibAopProxy for the given AOP configuration.
+	 * @param config the AOP configuration as AdvisedSupport object
 	 */
 	public ObjenesisCglibAopProxy(AdvisedSupport config) {
 		super(config);
@@ -53,18 +53,32 @@ class ObjenesisCglibAopProxy extends CglibAopProxy {
 	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected Object createProxyClassAndInstance(Enhancer enhancer, Callback[] callbacks) {
+		Class<?> proxyClass = enhancer.createClass();
+		Object proxyInstance = null;
+
 		try {
-			Factory factory = (Factory) this.objenesis.newInstance(enhancer.createClass());
-			factory.setCallbacks(callbacks);
-			return factory;
+			proxyInstance = this.objenesis.newInstance(proxyClass);
 		}
-		catch (ObjenesisException ex) {
-			// Fallback to regular proxy construction on unsupported JVMs
-			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug("Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, falling back to regular proxy construction", ex);
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
+			logger.debug("Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, " +
+					"falling back to regular proxy construction", ex);
+		}
+
+		if (proxyInstance == null) {
+			// Regular instantiation via default constructor...
+			try {
+				proxyInstance = (this.constructorArgs != null ?
+						proxyClass.getConstructor(this.constructorArgTypes).newInstance(this.constructorArgs) :
+						proxyClass.newInstance());
+			}
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				throw new AopConfigException("Unable to instantiate proxy using Objenesis, " +
+						"and regular proxy instantiation via default constructor fails as well", ex);
 			}
-			return super.createProxyClassAndInstance(enhancer, callbacks);
 		}
+
+		((Factory) proxyInstance).setCallbacks(callbacks);
+		return proxyInstance;
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 			Executor executorToUse = this.defaultExecutor;
 			String qualifier = getExecutorQualifier(method);
 			if (StringUtils.hasLength(qualifier)) {
-				Assert.notNull(this.beanFactory, "BeanFactory must be set on " + getClass().getSimpleName() +
-						" to access qualified executor '" + qualifier + "'");
+				if (this.beanFactory == null) {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("BeanFactory must be set on " + getClass().getSimpleName() +
+							" to access qualified executor '" + qualifier + "'");
+				}
 				executorToUse = BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils.qualifiedBeanOfType(
 						this.beanFactory, Executor.class, qualifier);
 			}
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 	/**
 	 * Handles a fatal error thrown while asynchronously invoking the specified
 	 * {@link Method}.
-	 * <p>If the return type of the method is a {@link java.util.concurrent.Future} object, the original
+	 * <p>If the return type of the method is a {@link Future} object, the original
 	 * exception can be propagated by just throwing it at the higher level. However,
 	 * for all other cases, the exception will not be transmitted back to the client.
 	 * In that later case, the current {@link AsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler} will be
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 	 * @param params the parameters used to invoke the method
 	 */
 	protected void handleError(Throwable ex, Method method, Object... params) throws Exception {
-		if (method.getReturnType().isAssignableFrom(Future.class)) {
+		if (Future.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
 			ReflectionUtils.rethrowException(ex);
 		}
 		else {
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class CommonsPoolTargetSource extends AbstractPoolingTargetSource impleme
 	private byte whenExhaustedAction = GenericObjectPool.DEFAULT_WHEN_EXHAUSTED_ACTION;

 	/**
-	 * The Jakarta Commons {@code ObjectPool} used to pool target objects
+	 * The Apache Commons {@code ObjectPool} used to pool target objects
 	 */
 	private ObjectPool pool;

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Chris Beams
 */
-public final class AspectProxyFactoryTests {
+public class AspectProxyFactoryTests {

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testWithNonAspect() {
 		AspectJProxyFactory proxyFactory = new AspectJProxyFactory(new TestBean());
 		proxyFactory.addAspect(TestBean.class);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public final class AspectProxyFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(2, proxy1.getAge());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testWithInstanceWithNonAspect() throws Exception {
 		AspectJProxyFactory pf = new AspectJProxyFactory();
 		pf.addAspect(new TestBean());
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ public final class AspectProxyFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(target.getAge() * multiple, serializedProxy.getAge());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testWithNonSingletonAspectInstance() throws Exception {
 		AspectJProxyFactory pf = new AspectJProxyFactory();
 		pf.addAspect(new PerThisAspect());
 	}


-	public static interface ITestBean {
+	public interface ITestBean {

 		int getAge();
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -32,50 +32,55 @@ import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
 */
 public class JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptorTests {

-    private JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptor interceptor = new JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptor();
+	private final JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptor interceptor = new JamonPerformanceMonitorInterceptor();

-    private MethodInvocation mi = mock(MethodInvocation.class);
+	private final MethodInvocation mi = mock(MethodInvocation.class);

-    private Log log = mock(Log.class);
+	private final Log log = mock(Log.class);


-    @Before
-    public void setUp() {
-       MonitorFactory.reset();
-    }
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		MonitorFactory.reset();
+	}

-    @After
-    public void tearDown() {
-        MonitorFactory.reset();
-    }
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() {
+		MonitorFactory.reset();
+	}


-    @Test
-    public void testInvokeUnderTraceWithNormalProcessing() throws Throwable {
-        given(mi.getMethod()).willReturn(String.class.getMethod("toString"));
+	@Test
+	public void testInvokeUnderTraceWithNormalProcessing() throws Throwable {
+		given(mi.getMethod()).willReturn(String.class.getMethod("toString"));

-        interceptor.invokeUnderTrace(mi, log);
+		interceptor.invokeUnderTrace(mi, log);

-        assertEquals("jamon must track the method being invoked", 1, MonitorFactory.getNumRows());
-        assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the toString method that was invoked", MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("toString"));
-    }
+		assertTrue("jamon must track the method being invoked", MonitorFactory.getNumRows() > 0);
+		assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the toString method that was invoked",
+				MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("toString"));
+	}

-    @Test
-    public void testInvokeUnderTraceWithExceptionTracking() throws Throwable {
-        given(mi.getMethod()).willReturn(String.class.getMethod("toString"));
-        given(mi.proceed()).willThrow(new IllegalArgumentException());
+	@Test
+	public void testInvokeUnderTraceWithExceptionTracking() throws Throwable {
+		given(mi.getMethod()).willReturn(String.class.getMethod("toString"));
+		given(mi.proceed()).willThrow(new IllegalArgumentException());

-        try {
-            interceptor.invokeUnderTrace(mi, log);
-            fail("Must have propagated the IllegalArgumentException");
-        }
+		try {
+			interceptor.invokeUnderTrace(mi, log);
+			fail("Must have propagated the IllegalArgumentException");
+		}
 		catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
-        }
+		}

-        assertEquals("Monitors must exist for the method invocation and 2 exceptions", 3, MonitorFactory.getNumRows());
-        assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the toString method that was invoked", MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("toString"));
-        assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the generic exception: " + MonitorFactory.EXCEPTIONS_LABEL,  MonitorFactory.getReport().contains(MonitorFactory.EXCEPTIONS_LABEL));
-        assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the specific exception: IllegalArgumentException'",  MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("IllegalArgumentException"));
-    }
+		assertEquals("Monitors must exist for the method invocation and 2 exceptions",
+				3, MonitorFactory.getNumRows());
+		assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the toString method that was invoked",
+				MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("toString"));
+		assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the generic exception: " + MonitorFactory.EXCEPTIONS_LABEL,
+				MonitorFactory.getReport().contains(MonitorFactory.EXCEPTIONS_LABEL));
+		assertTrue("The jamon report must contain the specific exception: IllegalArgumentException'",
+				MonitorFactory.getReport().contains("IllegalArgumentException"));
+	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
 * annotated with @{@link org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Configurable
 * Configurable}.
 *
- * <p>This configuration class is automatically imported when using the @{@link
- * EnableSpringConfigured} annotation. See {@code @EnableSpringConfigured} Javadoc for
- * complete usage details.
+ * <p>This configuration class is automatically imported when using the
+ * @{@link EnableSpringConfigured} annotation. See {@code @EnableSpringConfigured}'s
+ * javadoc for complete usage details.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ public class SpringConfiguredConfiguration {
 	public static final String BEAN_CONFIGURER_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME =
 			"org.springframework.context.config.internalBeanConfigurerAspect";

-	@Bean(name=BEAN_CONFIGURER_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME)
+	@Bean(name = BEAN_CONFIGURER_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
 	public AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect beanConfigurerAspect() {
 		return AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect.aspectOf();
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;

 /**
- * Aspect to route methods based on the {@link Async} annotation.
+ * Aspect to route methods based on Spring's {@link Async} annotation.
 *
- * <p>This aspect routes methods marked with the {@link Async} annotation
- * as well as methods in classes marked with the same. Any method expected
- * to be routed asynchronously must return either {@code void}, {@link Future},
- * or a subtype of {@link Future}. This aspect, therefore, will produce
- * a compile-time error for methods that violate this constraint on the return type.
- * If, however, a class marked with {@code @Async} contains a method that violates this
- * constraint, it produces only a warning.
+ * <p>This aspect routes methods marked with the {@link Async} annotation as well as methods
+ * in classes marked with the same. Any method expected to be routed asynchronously must
+ * return either {@code void}, {@link Future}, or a subtype of {@link Future} (in particular,
+ * Spring's {@link org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture}). This aspect,
+ * therefore, will produce a compile-time error for methods that violate this constraint
+ * on the return type. If, however, a class marked with {@code @Async} contains a method
+ * that violates this constraint, it produces only a warning.
 *
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
 * @author Chris Beams
@@ -39,42 +39,41 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 */
 public aspect AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspect extends AbstractAsyncExecutionAspect {

-	private pointcut asyncMarkedMethod()
-		: execution(@Async (void || Future+) *(..));
+	private pointcut asyncMarkedMethod() : execution(@Async (void || Future+) *(..));

-	private pointcut asyncTypeMarkedMethod()
-		: execution((void || Future+) (@Async *).*(..));
+	private pointcut asyncTypeMarkedMethod() : execution((void || Future+) (@Async *).*(..));

 	public pointcut asyncMethod() : asyncMarkedMethod() || asyncTypeMarkedMethod();

+
 	/**
-	 * {@inheritDoc}
-	 * <p>This implementation inspects the given method and its declaring class for the
-	 * {@code @Async} annotation, returning the qualifier value expressed by
-	 * {@link Async#value()}. If {@code @Async} is specified at both the method and class level, the
-	 * method's {@code #value} takes precedence (even if empty string, indicating that
-	 * the default executor should be used preferentially).
+	 * This implementation inspects the given method and its declaring class for the
+	 * {@code @Async} annotation, returning the qualifier value expressed by {@link Async#value()}.
+	 * If {@code @Async} is specified at both the method and class level, the method's
+	 * {@code #value} takes precedence (even if empty string, indicating that the default
+	 * executor should be used preferentially).
 	 * @return the qualifier if specified, otherwise empty string indicating that the
-	 * {@linkplain #setExecutor(Executor) default executor} should be used
+	 * {@linkplain #setExecutor default executor} should be used
 	 * @see #determineAsyncExecutor(Method)
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String getExecutorQualifier(Method method) {
-		// maintainer's note: changes made here should also be made in
+		// Maintainer's note: changes made here should also be made in
 		// AnnotationAsyncExecutionInterceptor#getExecutorQualifier
 		Async async = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, Async.class);
 		if (async == null) {
 			async = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method.getDeclaringClass(), Async.class);
 		}
-		return async == null ? null : async.value();
+		return (async != null ? async.value() : null);
 	}

+
 	declare error:
-		execution(@Async !(void||Future) *(..)):
+		execution(@Async !(void || Future+) *(..)):
 		"Only methods that return void or Future may have an @Async annotation";

 	declare warning:
-		execution(!(void||Future) (@Async *).*(..)):
+		execution(!(void || Future+) (@Async *).*(..)):
 		"Methods in a class marked with @Async that do not return void or Future will " +
 		"be routed synchronously";

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor;
 import org.springframework.tests.Assume;
 import org.springframework.tests.TestGroup;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;

 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.startsWith;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {

 	private static final long WAIT_TIME = 1000; //milliseconds

+	private final AsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler defaultExceptionHandler = new SimpleAsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler();
+
 	private CountingExecutor executor;

-	private AsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler defaultExceptionHandler = new SimpleAsyncUncaughtExceptionHandler();

 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {
 		AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspect.aspectOf().setExecutor(executor);
 	}

+
 	@Test
 	public void asyncMethodGetsRoutedAsynchronously() {
 		ClassWithoutAsyncAnnotation obj = new ClassWithoutAsyncAnnotation();
@@ -184,7 +187,9 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {

 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class CountingExecutor extends SimpleAsyncTaskExecutor {
+
 		int submitStartCounter;
+
 		int submitCompleteCounter;

 		@Override
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {


 	static class ClassWithoutAsyncAnnotation {
+
 		int counter;

 		@Async public void incrementAsync() {
@@ -239,6 +245,7 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {

 	@Async
 	static class ClassWithAsyncAnnotation {
+
 		int counter;

 		public void increment() {
@@ -261,17 +268,19 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {


 	static class ClassWithQualifiedAsyncMethods {
+
 		@Async
 		public Future<Thread> defaultWork() {
 			return new AsyncResult<Thread>(Thread.currentThread());
 		}

 		@Async("e1")
-		public Future<Thread> e1Work() {
+		public ListenableFuture<Thread> e1Work() {
 			return new AsyncResult<Thread>(Thread.currentThread());
 		}
 	}

+
 	static class ClassWithException {

 		@Async
@@ -279,4 +288,5 @@ public class AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspectTests {
 			 throw new UnsupportedOperationException("failWithVoid");
 		}
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import groovy.lang.GroovyObjectSupport;
 import groovy.lang.GroovyShell;
 import groovy.lang.GroovySystem;
 import groovy.lang.MetaClass;
+
 import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper;

@@ -58,8 +59,17 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
 * A Groovy-based reader for Spring bean definitions: like a Groovy builder,
- * but more of a DSL for Spring configuration. Allows syntax like:
+ * but more of a DSL for Spring configuration.
 *
+ * <p>This bean definition reader also understands XML bean definition files,
+ * allowing for seamless mixing and matching with Groovy bean definition files.
+ *
+ * <p>Typically applied to a
+ * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory}
+ * or a {@link org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext},
+ * but can be used against any {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry} implementation.
+ *
+ * <h3>Example Syntax</h3>
 * <pre class="code">
 * import org.hibernate.SessionFactory
 * import org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource
@@ -84,8 +94,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>You can also load resources containing beans defined in a Groovy script using
- * either the {@link #loadBeanDefinitions(org.springframework.core.io.Resource...)}
- * or {@link #loadBeanDefinitions(String...)} method, with a script looking as follows:
+ * either the {@link #loadBeanDefinitions(Resource...)} or
+ * {@link #loadBeanDefinitions(String...)} method, with a script looking similar to
+ * the following.
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * import org.hibernate.SessionFactory
@@ -109,17 +120,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 *     }
 * }</pre>
 *
- * <p><b>This bean definition reader also understands XML bean definition files,
- * allowing for seamless mixing and matching with Groovy bean definition files.</b>
- *
- * <p>Typically applied to a
- * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory}
- * or a {@link org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext},
- * but can be used against any {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry} implementation.
- *
 * @author Jeff Brown
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 4.0
 * @see BeanDefinitionRegistry
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory
@@ -128,7 +132,21 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 */
 public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader implements GroovyObject {

-	private final XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+	/**
+	 * Standard {@code XmlBeanDefinitionReader} created with default
+	 * settings for loading bean definitions from XML files.
+	 */
+	private final XmlBeanDefinitionReader standardXmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+
+	/**
+	 * Groovy DSL {@code XmlBeanDefinitionReader} for loading bean definitions
+	 * via the Groovy DSL, typically configured with XML validation disabled.
+	 */
+	private final XmlBeanDefinitionReader groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+
+	private final Map<String, String> namespaces = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+	private final Map<String, DeferredProperty> deferredProperties = new HashMap<String, DeferredProperty>();

 	private MetaClass metaClass = GroovySystem.getMetaClassRegistry().getMetaClass(getClass());

@@ -136,31 +154,28 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp

 	private GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper currentBeanDefinition;

-	private final Map <String, String> namespaces = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-	private final Map<String, DeferredProperty> deferredProperties = new HashMap<String, DeferredProperty>();
-

 	/**
-	 * Create new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader for the given bean factory.
-	 * @param registry the BeanFactory to load bean definitions into,
-	 * in the form of a BeanDefinitionRegistry
+	 * Create a new {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} for the given {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry}.
+	 * @param registry the {@code BeanDefinitionRegistry} to load bean definitions into
 	 */
 	public GroovyBeanDefinitionReader(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
 		super(registry);
-		this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry);
-		this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader.setValidating(false);
+		this.standardXmlBeanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry);
+		this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry);
+		this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader.setValidating(false);
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Create new GroovyBeanDefinitionReader based on the given XmlBeanDefinitionReader,
-	 * using the same registry and delegating XML loading to it.
-	 * @param xmlBeanDefinitionReader the XmlBeanDefinitionReader to derive the registry
+	 * Create a new {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} based on the given {@link XmlBeanDefinitionReader},
+	 * using its {@code BeanDefinitionRegistry} and delegating Groovy DSL loading to it.
+	 * @param xmlBeanDefinitionReader the {@code XmlBeanDefinitionReader} to derive the registry
 	 * from and to delegate XML loading to
 	 */
 	public GroovyBeanDefinitionReader(XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlBeanDefinitionReader) {
 		super(xmlBeanDefinitionReader.getRegistry());
-		this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader = xmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+		this.standardXmlBeanDefinitionReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(xmlBeanDefinitionReader.getRegistry());
+		this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader = xmlBeanDefinitionReader;
 	}


@@ -174,7 +189,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp

 	/**
 	 * Set the binding, i.e. the Groovy variables available in the scope
-	 * of a GroovyBeanDefinitionReader closure.
+	 * of a {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} closure.
 	 */
 	public void setBinding(Binding binding) {
 		this.binding = binding;
@@ -192,9 +207,9 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp

 	/**
 	 * Load bean definitions from the specified Groovy script or XML file.
-	 * <p>Note that ".xml" files will be parsed as XML content; all other kinds
+	 * <p>Note that {@code ".xml"} files will be parsed as XML content; all other kinds
 	 * of resources will be parsed as Groovy scripts.
-	 * @param resource the resource descriptor for the Groovy script
+	 * @param resource the resource descriptor for the Groovy script or XML file
 	 * @return the number of bean definitions found
 	 * @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException in case of loading or parsing errors
 	 */
@@ -204,18 +219,18 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp

 	/**
 	 * Load bean definitions from the specified Groovy script or XML file.
-	 * <p>Note that ".xml" files will be parsed as XML content; all other kinds
+	 * <p>Note that {@code ".xml"} files will be parsed as XML content; all other kinds
 	 * of resources will be parsed as Groovy scripts.
-	 * @param encodedResource the resource descriptor for the Groovy script,
-	 * allowing to specify an encoding to use for parsing the file
+	 * @param encodedResource the resource descriptor for the Groovy script or XML file,
+	 * allowing specification of an encoding to use for parsing the file
 	 * @return the number of bean definitions found
 	 * @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException in case of loading or parsing errors
 	 */
 	public int loadBeanDefinitions(EncodedResource encodedResource) throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-		// Check for XML files and redirect them to the XmlBeanDefinitionReader
+		// Check for XML files and redirect them to the "standard" XmlBeanDefinitionReader
 		String filename = encodedResource.getResource().getFilename();
 		if (StringUtils.endsWithIgnoreCase(filename, ".xml")) {
-			return this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(encodedResource);
+			return this.standardXmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(encodedResource);
 		}

 		Closure beans = new Closure(this) {
@@ -255,14 +270,14 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	/**
 	 * Defines a set of beans for the given block or closure.
 	 * @param closure the block or closure
-	 * @return this GroovyBeanDefinitionReader instance
+	 * @return this {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} instance
 	 */
 	public GroovyBeanDefinitionReader beans(Closure closure) {
 		return invokeBeanDefiningClosure(closure);
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Defines an inner bean definition.
+	 * Define an inner bean definition.
 	 * @param type the bean type
 	 * @return the bean definition
 	 */
@@ -307,7 +322,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Define a Spring namespace definition to use.
+	 * Define a Spring XML namespace definition to use.
 	 * @param definition the namespace definition
 	 */
 	public void xmlns(Map<String, String> definition) {
@@ -318,7 +333,8 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 				if (uri == null) {
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException("Namespace definition must supply a non-null URI");
 				}
-				NamespaceHandler namespaceHandler = this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader.getNamespaceHandlerResolver().resolve(uri);
+				NamespaceHandler namespaceHandler = this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader.getNamespaceHandlerResolver().resolve(
+					uri);
 				if (namespaceHandler == null) {
 					throw new BeanDefinitionParsingException(new Problem("No namespace handler found for URI: " + uri,
 							new Location(new DescriptiveResource(("Groovy")))));
@@ -419,7 +435,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	/**
 	 * When a method argument is only a closure it is a set of bean definitions.
 	 * @param callable the closure argument
-	 * @return this GroovyBeanDefinitionReader instance
+	 * @return this {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} instance
 	 */
 	protected GroovyBeanDefinitionReader invokeBeanDefiningClosure(Closure callable) {
 		callable.setDelegate(this);
@@ -534,8 +550,8 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Checks whether there are any {@link RuntimeBeanReference}s inside the Map
-	 * and converts it to a ManagedMap if necessary.
+	 * Checks whether there are any {@link RuntimeBeanReference}s inside the {@link Map}
+	 * and converts it to a {@link ManagedMap} if necessary.
 	 * @param map the original Map
 	 * @return either the original map or a managed copy of it
 	 */
@@ -556,8 +572,8 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Checks whether there are any {@link RuntimeBeanReference}s inside the List
-	 * and converts it to a ManagedList if necessary.
+	 * Checks whether there are any {@link RuntimeBeanReference}s inside the {@link List}
+	 * and converts it to a {@link ManagedList} if necessary.
 	 * @param list the original List
 	 * @return either the original list or a managed copy of it
 	 */
@@ -578,7 +594,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	}

 	/**
-	 * This method overrides property setting in the scope of the GroovyBeanDefinitionReader
+	 * This method overrides property setting in the scope of the {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader}
 	 * to set properties on the current bean definition.
 	 */
 	public void setProperty(String name, Object value) {
@@ -619,12 +635,12 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp

 	/**
 	 * This method overrides property retrieval in the scope of the
-	 * GroovyBeanDefinitionReader to either:
+	 * {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} to either:
 	 * <ul>
 	 * <li>Retrieve a variable from the bean builder's binding if it exists
 	 * <li>Retrieve a RuntimeBeanReference for a specific bean if it exists
 	 * <li>Otherwise just delegate to MetaClass.getProperty which will resolve
-	 * properties from the GroovyBeanDefinitionReader itself
+	 * properties from the {@code GroovyBeanDefinitionReader} itself
 	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	public Object getProperty(String name) {
@@ -670,7 +686,8 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	}

 	private GroovyDynamicElementReader createDynamicElementReader(String namespace) {
-		XmlReaderContext readerContext = this.xmlBeanDefinitionReader.createReaderContext(new DescriptiveResource("Groovy"));
+		XmlReaderContext readerContext = this.groovyDslXmlBeanDefinitionReader.createReaderContext(new DescriptiveResource(
+			"Groovy"));
 		BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate = new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(readerContext);
 		boolean decorating = (this.currentBeanDefinition != null);
 		if (!decorating) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 15 April 2001
 * @see #registerCustomEditor
 * @see #setPropertyValues
@@ -978,6 +979,14 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 					}
 					Object convertedValue = convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
 							requiredType, TypeDescriptor.nested(property(pd), tokens.keys.length));
+					int length = Array.getLength(propValue);
+					if (arrayIndex >= length && arrayIndex < this.autoGrowCollectionLimit) {
+						Class<?> componentType = propValue.getClass().getComponentType();
+						Object newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType, arrayIndex + 1);
+						System.arraycopy(propValue, 0, newArray, 0, length);
+						setPropertyValue(actualName, newArray);
+						propValue = getPropertyValue(actualName);
+					}
 					Array.set(propValue, arrayIndex, convertedValue);
 				}
 				catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
@@ -1046,7 +1055,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 			else {
 				throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
 						"Property referenced in indexed property path '" + propertyName +
-						"' is neither an array nor a List nor a Map; returned value was [" + pv.getValue() + "]");
+						"' is neither an array nor a List nor a Map; returned value was [" + propValue + "]");
 			}
 		}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ final class GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 				Set<Method> ambiguousCandidates = new HashSet<Method>();
 				for (Method method : beanClass.getMethods()) {
 					if (method.getName().equals(writeMethodToUse.getName()) &&
-							!method.equals(writeMethodToUse) && !method.isBridge()) {
+							!method.equals(writeMethodToUse) && !method.isBridge() &&
+							method.getParameterTypes().length == writeMethodToUse.getParameterTypes().length) {
 						ambiguousCandidates.add(method);
 					}
 				}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,24 +17,31 @@
 package org.springframework.beans;

 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;

 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
- * Helper class for calculating bean property matches, according to.
- * Used by BeanWrapperImpl to suggest alternatives for an invalid property name.
+ * Helper class for calculating property matches, according to a configurable
+ * distance. Provide the list of potential matches and an easy way to generate
+ * an error message. Works for both java bean properties and fields.
+ * <p>
+ * Mainly for use within the framework and in particular the binding facility
 *
 * @author Alef Arendsen
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 2.0
 * @see #forProperty(String, Class)
+ * @see #forField(String, Class)
 */
-final class PropertyMatches {
+public abstract class PropertyMatches {

 	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Static section
@@ -60,7 +67,26 @@ final class PropertyMatches {
 	 * @param maxDistance the maximum property distance allowed for matches
 	 */
 	public static PropertyMatches forProperty(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
-		return new PropertyMatches(propertyName, beanClass, maxDistance);
+		return new BeanPropertyMatches(propertyName, beanClass, maxDistance);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create PropertyMatches for the given field property.
+	 * @param propertyName the name of the field to find possible matches for
+	 * @param beanClass the bean class to search for matches
+	 */
+	public static PropertyMatches forField(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass) {
+		return forField(propertyName, beanClass, DEFAULT_MAX_DISTANCE);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create PropertyMatches for the given field property.
+	 * @param propertyName the name of the field to find possible matches for
+	 * @param beanClass the bean class to search for matches
+	 * @param maxDistance the maximum property distance allowed for matches
+	 */
+	public static PropertyMatches forField(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+		return new FieldPropertyMatches(propertyName, beanClass, maxDistance);
 	}


@@ -74,13 +100,19 @@ final class PropertyMatches {


 	/**
-	 * Create a new PropertyMatches instance for the given property.
+	 * Create a new PropertyMatches instance for the given property and possible matches.
 	 */
-	private PropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+	private PropertyMatches(String propertyName, String[] possibleMatches) {
 		this.propertyName = propertyName;
-		this.possibleMatches = calculateMatches(BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(beanClass), maxDistance);
+		this.possibleMatches = possibleMatches;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return the name of the requested property.
+	 */
+	public String getPropertyName() {
+		return propertyName;
+	}

 	/**
 	 * Return the calculated possible matches.
@@ -93,53 +125,21 @@ final class PropertyMatches {
 	 * Build an error message for the given invalid property name,
 	 * indicating the possible property matches.
 	 */
-	public String buildErrorMessage() {
-		StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
-		msg.append("Bean property '");
-		msg.append(this.propertyName);
-		msg.append("' is not writable or has an invalid setter method. ");
+	public abstract String buildErrorMessage();

-		if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(this.possibleMatches)) {
-			msg.append("Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of the getter?");
-		}
-		else {
-			msg.append("Did you mean ");
-			for (int i = 0; i < this.possibleMatches.length; i++) {
-				msg.append('\'');
-				msg.append(this.possibleMatches[i]);
-				if (i < this.possibleMatches.length - 2) {
-					msg.append("', ");
-				}
-				else if (i == this.possibleMatches.length - 2){
-					msg.append("', or ");
-				}
-	 		}
-			msg.append("'?");
-		}
-		return msg.toString();
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Generate possible property alternatives for the given property and
-	 * class. Internally uses the {@code getStringDistance} method, which
-	 * in turn uses the Levenshtein algorithm to determine the distance between
-	 * two Strings.
-	 * @param propertyDescriptors the JavaBeans property descriptors to search
-	 * @param maxDistance the maximum distance to accept
-	 */
-	private String[] calculateMatches(PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors, int maxDistance) {
-		List<String> candidates = new ArrayList<String>();
-		for (PropertyDescriptor pd : propertyDescriptors) {
-			if (pd.getWriteMethod() != null) {
-				String possibleAlternative = pd.getName();
-				if (calculateStringDistance(this.propertyName, possibleAlternative) <= maxDistance) {
-					candidates.add(possibleAlternative);
-				}
+	protected void appendHintMessage(StringBuilder msg) {
+		msg.append("Did you mean ");
+		for (int i = 0; i < this.possibleMatches.length; i++) {
+			msg.append('\'');
+			msg.append(this.possibleMatches[i]);
+			if (i < this.possibleMatches.length - 2) {
+				msg.append("', ");
+			}
+			else if (i == this.possibleMatches.length - 2) {
+				msg.append("', or ");
 			}
 		}
-		Collections.sort(candidates);
-		return StringUtils.toStringArray(candidates);
+		msg.append("'?");
 	}

 	/**
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ final class PropertyMatches {
 	 * @param s2 the second String
 	 * @return the distance value
 	 */
-	private int calculateStringDistance(String s1, String s2) {
+	private static int calculateStringDistance(String s1, String s2) {
 		if (s1.length() == 0) {
 			return s2.length();
 		}
@@ -184,4 +184,93 @@ final class PropertyMatches {
 		return d[s1.length()][s2.length()];
 	}

+	private static class BeanPropertyMatches extends PropertyMatches {
+
+		private BeanPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+			super(propertyName, calculateMatches(propertyName,
+					BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(beanClass), maxDistance));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generate possible property alternatives for the given property and
+		 * class. Internally uses the {@code getStringDistance} method, which
+		 * in turn uses the Levenshtein algorithm to determine the distance between
+		 * two Strings.
+		 * @param propertyDescriptors the JavaBeans property descriptors to search
+		 * @param maxDistance the maximum distance to accept
+		 */
+		private static String[] calculateMatches(String propertyName, PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors, int maxDistance) {
+			List<String> candidates = new ArrayList<String>();
+			for (PropertyDescriptor pd : propertyDescriptors) {
+				if (pd.getWriteMethod() != null) {
+					String possibleAlternative = pd.getName();
+					if (calculateStringDistance(propertyName, possibleAlternative) <= maxDistance) {
+						candidates.add(possibleAlternative);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			Collections.sort(candidates);
+			return StringUtils.toStringArray(candidates);
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public String buildErrorMessage() {
+			String propertyName = getPropertyName();
+			String[] possibleMatches = getPossibleMatches();
+			StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
+			msg.append("Bean property '");
+			msg.append(propertyName);
+			msg.append("' is not writable or has an invalid setter method. ");
+
+			if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(possibleMatches)) {
+				msg.append("Does the parameter type of the setter match the return type of the getter?");
+			}
+			else {
+				appendHintMessage(msg);
+			}
+			return msg.toString();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static class FieldPropertyMatches extends PropertyMatches {
+
+		private FieldPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+			super(propertyName, calculateMatches(propertyName, beanClass, maxDistance));
+		}
+
+		private static String[] calculateMatches(final String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, final int maxDistance) {
+			final List<String> candidates = new ArrayList<String>();
+			ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(beanClass, new ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback() {
+				@Override
+				public void doWith(Field field) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+					String possibleAlternative = field.getName();
+					if (calculateStringDistance(propertyName, possibleAlternative) <= maxDistance) {
+						candidates.add(possibleAlternative);
+					}
+				}
+			});
+			Collections.sort(candidates);
+			return StringUtils.toStringArray(candidates);
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public String buildErrorMessage() {
+			String propertyName = getPropertyName();
+			String[] possibleMatches = getPossibleMatches();
+			StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
+			msg.append("Bean property '");
+			msg.append(propertyName);
+			msg.append("' has no matching field. ");
+
+			if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(possibleMatches)) {
+				appendHintMessage(msg);
+			}
+			return msg.toString();
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {
 				if (Object.class.equals(requiredType)) {
 					return (T) convertedValue;
 				}
-				if (requiredType.isArray()) {
+				else if (requiredType.isArray()) {
 					// Array required -> apply appropriate conversion of elements.
 					if (convertedValue instanceof String && Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(requiredType.getComponentType())) {
 						convertedValue = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray((String) convertedValue);
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {
 			catch (Throwable ex) {
 				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 					logger.trace("Field [" + convertedValue + "] isn't an enum value", ex);
-
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ public class TypeMismatchException extends PropertyAccessException {
 	 */
 	public TypeMismatchException(PropertyChangeEvent propertyChangeEvent, Class<?> requiredType, Throwable cause) {
 		super(propertyChangeEvent,
-				"Failed to convert property value of type '" +
-				ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(propertyChangeEvent.getNewValue()) + "'" +
+				"Failed to convert property value of type [" +
+				ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(propertyChangeEvent.getNewValue()) + "]" +
 				(requiredType != null ?
-				 " to required type '" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "'" : "") +
+				 " to required type [" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "]" : "") +
 				(propertyChangeEvent.getPropertyName() != null ?
 				 " for property '" + propertyChangeEvent.getPropertyName() + "'" : ""),
 				cause);
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ public class TypeMismatchException extends PropertyAccessException {
 	 * @param cause the root cause (may be {@code null})
 	 */
 	public TypeMismatchException(Object value, Class<?> requiredType, Throwable cause) {
-		super("Failed to convert value of type '" + ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(value) + "'" +
-				(requiredType != null ? " to required type '" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "'" : ""),
+		super("Failed to convert value of type [" + ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(value) + "]" +
+				(requiredType != null ? " to required type [" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "]" : ""),
 				cause);
 		this.value = value;
 		this.requiredType = requiredType;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class TypeMismatchException extends PropertyAccessException {


 	/**
-	 * Return the offending value (may be {@code null})
+	 * Return the offending value (may be {@code null}).
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public Object getValue() {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public interface BeanFactory {
 	 */
 	String FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX = "&";

+
 	/**
 	 * Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
 	 * <p>This method allows a Spring BeanFactory to be used as a replacement for the
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ public interface BeanFactory {
 	 * @return an instance of the single bean matching the required type
 	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no bean of the given type was found
 	 * @throws NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException if more than one bean of the given type was found
+	 * @throws BeansException if the bean could not be created
 	 * @since 3.0
 	 * @see ListableBeanFactory
 	 */
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ public interface BeanFactory {
 	 */
 	<T> T getBean(Class<T> requiredType, Object... args) throws BeansException;

+
 	/**
 	 * Does this bean factory contain a bean definition or externally registered singleton
 	 * instance with the given name?
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory;

-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Map;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
@@ -77,20 +76,19 @@ public class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {
 	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean of type {@code T} found
 	 */
 	private static <T> T qualifiedBeanOfType(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory bf, Class<T> beanType, String qualifier) {
-		Map<String, T> candidateBeans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(bf, beanType);
-		T matchingBean = null;
-		for (Map.Entry<String, T> entry : candidateBeans.entrySet()) {
-			String beanName = entry.getKey();
+		String[] candidateBeans = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(bf, beanType);
+		String matchingBean = null;
+		for (String beanName : candidateBeans) {
 			if (isQualifierMatch(qualifier, beanName, bf)) {
 				if (matchingBean != null) {
 					throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(qualifier, "No unique " + beanType.getSimpleName() +
 							" bean found for qualifier '" + qualifier + "'");
 				}
-				matchingBean = entry.getValue();
+				matchingBean = beanName;
 			}
 		}
 		if (matchingBean != null) {
-			return matchingBean;
+			return bf.getBean(matchingBean, beanType);
 		}
 		else if (bf.containsBean(qualifier)) {
 			// Fallback: target bean at least found by bean name - probably a manually registered singleton.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 * container to fill them in at runtime. In both cases, the container will generate
 * runtime subclasses of the method's containing class via CGLIB, which is why such
 * lookup methods can only work on beans that the container instantiates through
- * regular constructors (i.e. lookup methods cannot get replaced on beans returned
- * from factory methods where we can't dynamically provide a subclass for them).
+ * regular constructors: i.e. lookup methods cannot get replaced on beans returned
+ * from factory methods where we cannot dynamically provide a subclass for them.
 *
- * <p>Note: When used with component scanning or any other mechanism that filters
- * out abstract beans, provide stub implementations of your lookup methods to be
- * able to declare them as concrete classes.
+ * <p><b>Concrete limitations in typical Spring configuration scenarios:</b>
+ * When used with component scanning or any other mechanism that filters out abstract
+ * beans, provide stub implementations of your lookup methods to be able to declare
+ * them as concrete classes. And please remember that lookup methods won't work on
+ * beans returned from {@code @Bean} methods in configuration classes; you'll have
+ * to resort to {@code @Inject Provider&lt;TargetBean&gt;} or the like instead.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public interface BeanPostProcessor {
 	 * The returned bean instance may be a wrapper around the original.
 	 * @param bean the new bean instance
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
-	 * @return the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if
-	 * {@code null}, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
+	 * @return the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one;
+	 * if {@code null}, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
 	 * @throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException in case of errors
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet
 	 */
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public interface BeanPostProcessor {
 	 * in contrast to all other BeanPostProcessor callbacks.
 	 * @param bean the new bean instance
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
-	 * @return the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one; if
-	 * {@code null}, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
+	 * @return the bean instance to use, either the original or a wrapped one;
+	 * if {@code null}, no subsequent BeanPostProcessors will be invoked
 	 * @throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException in case of errors
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -30,33 +30,33 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
 *
 * <p>The default placeholder syntax follows the Ant / Log4J / JSP EL style:
 *
- *<pre class="code">${...}</pre>
+ * <pre class="code">${...}</pre>
 *
 * Example XML bean definition:
 *
- *<pre class="code">{@code
- *<bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"/>
- *    <property name="driverClassName" value="}${driver}{@code "/>
- *    <property name="url" value="jdbc:}${dbname}{@code "/>
- *</bean>
- *}</pre>
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * <bean id="dataSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"/>
+ *   <property name="driverClassName" value="${driver}"/>
+ *   <property name="url" value="jdbc:${dbname}"/>
+ * </bean>
+ * </pre>
 *
 * Example properties file:
 *
- * <pre class="code"> driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
+ * <pre class="code">driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
 * dbname=mysql:mydb</pre>
 *
 * Annotated bean definitions may take advantage of property replacement using
 * the {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value @Value} annotation:
 *
- *<pre class="code">@Value("${person.age}")</pre>
+ * <pre class="code">@Value("${person.age}")</pre>
 *
 * Implementations check simple property values, lists, maps, props, and bean names
 * in bean references. Furthermore, placeholder values can also cross-reference
 * other placeholders, like:
 *
- *<pre class="code">rootPath=myrootdir
- *subPath=${rootPath}/subdir</pre>
+ * <pre class="code">rootPath=myrootdir
+ * subPath=${rootPath}/subdir</pre>
 *
 * In contrast to {@link PropertyOverrideConfigurer}, subclasses of this type allow
 * filling in of explicit placeholders in bean definitions.
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
 *
 * <p>Example XML property with default value:
 *
- *<pre class="code">{@code
- *  <property name="url" value="jdbc:}${dbname:defaultdb}{@code "/>
- *}</pre>
+ * <pre class="code">
+ *   <property name="url" value="jdbc:${dbname:defaultdb}"/>
+ * </pre>
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderConfigurerSupport extends PropertyResourceConfi
 	/** Defaults to {@value #DEFAULT_VALUE_SEPARATOR} */
 	protected String valueSeparator = DEFAULT_VALUE_SEPARATOR;

-	protected boolean ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders = false;
-
 	protected String nullValue;

-	private BeanFactory beanFactory;
+	protected boolean ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders = false;

 	private String beanName;

+	private BeanFactory beanFactory;
+

 	/**
 	 * Set the prefix that a placeholder string starts with.
@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderConfigurerSupport extends PropertyResourceConfi
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Set a value that should be treated as {@code null} when
-	 * resolved as a placeholder value: e.g. "" (empty String) or "null".
+	 * Set a value that should be treated as {@code null} when resolved
+	 * as a placeholder value: e.g. "" (empty String) or "null".
 	 * <p>Note that this will only apply to full property values,
 	 * not to parts of concatenated values.
 	 * <p>By default, no such null value is defined. This means that
-	 * there is no way to express {@code null} as a property
-	 * value unless you explicitly map a corresponding value here.
+	 * there is no way to express {@code null} as a property value
+	 * unless you explicitly map a corresponding value here.
 	 */
 	public void setNullValue(String nullValue) {
 		this.nullValue = nullValue;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ public class PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer extends PlaceholderConfigurerSupport
 			throws BeansException {

 		StringValueResolver valueResolver = new PlaceholderResolvingStringValueResolver(props);
-
-		this.doProcessProperties(beanFactoryToProcess, valueResolver);
+		doProcessProperties(beanFactoryToProcess, valueResolver);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.config;

 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserException;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.UnicodeReader;

 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
- * Base class for Yaml factories.
+ * Base class for YAML factories.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @since 4.1
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	 * some of the documents in a YAML resource. In YAML documents are
 	 * separated by <code>---<code> lines, and each document is converted
 	 * to properties before the match is made. E.g.
-	 *
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * environment: dev
 	 * url: http://dev.bar.com
@@ -74,11 +74,9 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	 * url:http://foo.bar.com
 	 * name: My Cool App
 	 * </pre>
-	 *
 	 * when mapped with
 	 * <code>documentMatchers = YamlProcessor.mapMatcher({"environment": "prod"})</code>
 	 * would end up as
-	 *
 	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * environment=prod
 	 * url=http://foo.bar.com
@@ -102,9 +100,9 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Method to use for resolving resources. Each resource will be converted to a Map, so
-	 * this property is used to decide which map entries to keep in the final output from
-	 * this factory.
+	 * Method to use for resolving resources. Each resource will be converted to a Map,
+	 * so this property is used to decide which map entries to keep in the final output
+	 * from this factory.
 	 * @param resolutionMethod the resolution method to set (defaults to
 	 * {@link ResolutionMethod#OVERRIDE}).
 	 */
@@ -126,13 +124,14 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	 * Provide an opportunity for subclasses to process the Yaml parsed from the supplied
 	 * resources. Each resource is parsed in turn and the documents inside checked against
 	 * the {@link #setDocumentMatchers(DocumentMatcher...) matchers}. If a document
-	 * matches it is passed into the callback, along with its representation as
-	 * Properties. Depending on the {@link #setResolutionMethod(ResolutionMethod)} not all
-	 * of the documents will be parsed.
+	 * matches it is passed into the callback, along with its representation as Properties.
+	 * Depending on the {@link #setResolutionMethod(ResolutionMethod)} not all of the
+	 * documents will be parsed.
 	 * @param callback a callback to delegate to once matching documents are found
+	 * @see #createYaml()
 	 */
 	protected void process(MatchCallback callback) {
-		Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new StrictMapAppenderConstructor());
+		Yaml yaml = createYaml();
 		for (Resource resource : this.resources) {
 			boolean found = process(callback, yaml, resource);
 			if (this.resolutionMethod == ResolutionMethod.FIRST_FOUND && found) {
@@ -141,15 +140,22 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 		}
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Create the {@link Yaml} instance to use.
+	 */
+	protected Yaml createYaml() {
+		return new Yaml(new StrictMapAppenderConstructor());
+	}
+
 	private boolean process(MatchCallback callback, Yaml yaml, Resource resource) {
 		int count = 0;
 		try {
-			if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				this.logger.debug("Loading from YAML: " + resource);
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Loading from YAML: " + resource);
 			}
-			InputStream stream = resource.getInputStream();
+			Reader reader = new UnicodeReader(resource.getInputStream());
 			try {
-				for (Object object : yaml.loadAll(stream)) {
+				for (Object object : yaml.loadAll(reader)) {
 					if (object != null && process(asMap(object), callback)) {
 						count++;
 						if (this.resolutionMethod == ResolutionMethod.FIRST_FOUND) {
@@ -157,13 +163,13 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					this.logger.debug("Loaded " + count + " document" + (count > 1 ? "s" : "") +
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Loaded " + count + " document" + (count > 1 ? "s" : "") +
 							" from YAML resource: " + resource);
 				}
 			}
 			finally {
-				stream.close();
+				reader.close();
 			}
 		}
 		catch (IOException ex) {
@@ -177,8 +183,8 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 				this.resolutionMethod != ResolutionMethod.OVERRIDE_AND_IGNORE) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 		}
-		if (this.logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-			this.logger.warn("Could not load map from " + resource + ": " + ex.getMessage());
+		if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+			logger.warn("Could not load map from " + resource + ": " + ex.getMessage());
 		}
 	}

@@ -215,8 +221,8 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 		properties.putAll(getFlattenedMap(map));

 		if (this.documentMatchers.isEmpty()) {
-			if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				this.logger.debug("Merging document (no matchers set)" + map);
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Merging document (no matchers set): " + map);
 			}
 			callback.process(properties, map);
 			return true;
@@ -227,8 +233,8 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 			MatchStatus match = matcher.matches(properties);
 			result = MatchStatus.getMostSpecific(match, result);
 			if (match == MatchStatus.FOUND) {
-				if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					this.logger.debug("Matched document with document matcher: " + properties);
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Matched document with document matcher: " + properties);
 				}
 				callback.process(properties, map);
 				return true;
@@ -236,14 +242,16 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 		}

 		if (result == MatchStatus.ABSTAIN && this.matchDefault) {
-			if (this.logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				this.logger.debug("Matched document with default matcher: " + map);
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Matched document with default matcher: " + map);
 			}
 			callback.process(properties, map);
 			return true;
 		}

-		this.logger.debug("Unmatched document");
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug("Unmatched document: " + map);
+		}
 		return false;
 	}

@@ -294,7 +302,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				result.put(key, value == null ? "" : value);
+				result.put(key, value != null ? value : "");
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -322,7 +330,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 		/**
 		 * Test if the given properties match.
 		 * @param properties the properties to test
-		 * @return the status of the match.
+		 * @return the status of the match
 		 */
 		MatchStatus matches(Properties properties);
 	}
@@ -331,7 +339,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	/**
 	 * Status returned from {@link DocumentMatcher#matches(java.util.Properties)}
 	 */
-	public static enum MatchStatus {
+	public enum MatchStatus {

 		/**
 		 * A match was found.
@@ -360,7 +368,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	/**
 	 * Method to use for resolving resources.
 	 */
-	public static enum ResolutionMethod {
+	public enum ResolutionMethod {

 		/**
 		 * Replace values from earlier in the list.
@@ -382,9 +390,10 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	/**
 	 * A specialized {@link Constructor} that checks for duplicate keys.
 	 */
-	private static class StrictMapAppenderConstructor extends Constructor {
+	protected static class StrictMapAppenderConstructor extends Constructor {

-		public 	StrictMapAppenderConstructor() {
+		// Declared as public for use in subclasses
+		public StrictMapAppenderConstructor() {
 			super();
 		}

@@ -392,9 +401,10 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 		protected Map<Object, Object> constructMapping(MappingNode node) {
 			try {
 				return super.constructMapping(node);
-			} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+			}
+			catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 				throw new ParserException("while parsing MappingNode",
-						node.getStartMark(), e.getMessage(), node.getEndMark());
+						node.getStartMark(), ex.getMessage(), node.getEndMark());
 			}
 		}

@@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 				@Override
 				public Object put(Object key, Object value) {
 					if (delegate.containsKey(key)) {
-						throw new IllegalStateException("duplicate key: " + key);
+						throw new IllegalStateException("Duplicate key: " + key);
 					}
 					return delegate.put(key, value);
 				}
@@ -415,7 +425,6 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 				}
 			};
 		}
-
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			if (Modifier.isStatic(factoryMethod.getModifiers()) == isStatic &&
 					factoryMethod.getName().equals(mbd.getFactoryMethodName()) &&
 					factoryMethod.getParameterTypes().length >= minNrOfArgs) {
-				// No declared type variables to inspect, so just process the standard return type.
+				// Declared type variables to inspect?
 				if (factoryMethod.getTypeParameters().length > 0) {
 					try {
 						// Fully resolve parameter names and argument values.
@@ -833,8 +833,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac

 	/**
 	 * Obtain a "shortcut" singleton FactoryBean instance to use for a
-	 * {@code getObjectType()} call, without full initialization
-	 * of the FactoryBean.
+	 * {@code getObjectType()} call, without full initialization of the FactoryBean.
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
 	 * @param mbd the bean definition for the bean
 	 * @return the FactoryBean instance, or {@code null} to indicate
@@ -875,8 +874,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac

 	/**
 	 * Obtain a "shortcut" non-singleton FactoryBean instance to use for a
-	 * {@code getObjectType()} call, without full initialization
-	 * of the FactoryBean.
+	 * {@code getObjectType()} call, without full initialization of the FactoryBean.
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
 	 * @param mbd the bean definition for the bean
 	 * @return the FactoryBean instance, or {@code null} to indicate
@@ -897,6 +895,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				instance = bw.getWrappedInstance();
 			}
 		}
+		catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+			// Can only happen when getting a FactoryBean.
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Bean creation exception on non-singleton FactoryBean type check: " + ex);
+			}
+			onSuppressedException(ex);
+			return null;
+		}
 		finally {
 			// Finished partial creation of this bean.
 			afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 					String scopeName = mbd.getScope();
 					final Scope scope = this.scopes.get(scopeName);
 					if (scope == null) {
-						throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope '" + scopeName + "'");
+						throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope name '" + scopeName + "'");
 					}
 					try {
 						Object scopedInstance = scope.get(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 					}
 					catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 						throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
-								"Scope '" + scopeName + "' is not active for the current thread; " +
-								"consider defining a scoped proxy for this bean if you intend to refer to it from a singleton",
+								"Scope '" + scopeName + "' is not active for the current thread; consider " +
+								"defining a scoped proxy for this bean if you intend to refer to it from a singleton",
 								ex);
 					}
 				}
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 		String scopeName = mbd.getScope();
 		Scope scope = this.scopes.get(scopeName);
 		if (scope == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope SPI registered for scope '" + scopeName + "'");
+			throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope SPI registered for scope name '" + scopeName + "'");
 		}
 		Object bean = scope.remove(beanName);
 		if (bean != null) {
@@ -1334,6 +1334,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp

 	private Class<?> doResolveBeanClass(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 		if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(typesToMatch)) {
+			// When just doing type checks (i.e. not creating an actual instance yet),
+			// use the specified temporary class loader (e.g. in a weaving scenario).
 			ClassLoader tempClassLoader = getTempClassLoader();
 			if (tempClassLoader != null) {
 				if (tempClassLoader instanceof DecoratingClassLoader) {
@@ -1422,9 +1424,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 			return getTypeForFactoryBean(factoryBean);
 		}
 		catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
-			// Can only happen when getting a FactoryBean.
-			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				logger.warn("Bean creation exception on FactoryBean type check: " + ex);
+			if (ex instanceof BeanCurrentlyInCreationException) {
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Bean currently in creation on FactoryBean type check: " + ex);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+					logger.warn("Bean creation exception on FactoryBean type check: " + ex);
+				}
 			}
 			onSuppressedException(ex);
 			return null;
@@ -1570,7 +1578,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 				// A bean with a custom scope...
 				Scope scope = this.scopes.get(mbd.getScope());
 				if (scope == null) {
-					throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope '" + mbd.getScope() + "'");
+					throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope name '" + mbd.getScope() + "'");
 				}
 				scope.registerDestructionCallback(beanName,
 						new DisposableBeanAdapter(bean, beanName, mbd, getBeanPostProcessors(), acc));
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class BeanDefinitionBuilder {
 	 */
 	public BeanDefinitionBuilder addDependsOn(String beanName) {
 		if (this.beanDefinition.getDependsOn() == null) {
-			this.beanDefinition.setDependsOn(new String[] {beanName});
+			this.beanDefinition.setDependsOn(beanName);
 		}
 		else {
 			String[] added = ObjectUtils.addObjectToArray(this.beanDefinition.getDependsOn(), beanName);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
 		// Register aliases for bean name, if any.
 		String[] aliases = definitionHolder.getAliases();
 		if (aliases != null) {
-			for (String aliase : aliases) {
-				registry.registerAlias(beanName, aliase);
+			for (String alias : aliases) {
+				registry.registerAlias(beanName, alias);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto


 	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Implementation of ListableBeanFactory interface
+	// Implementation of remaining BeanFactory methods
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------------

 	@Override
@@ -562,17 +562,10 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 	@Override
 	public Map<String, Object> getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
-		Map<String, Object> results = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
-		for (String beanName : this.beanDefinitionNames) {
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = getBeanDefinition(beanName);
-			if (!beanDefinition.isAbstract() && findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
-				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
-			}
-		}
-		for (String beanName : this.manualSingletonNames) {
-			if (!results.containsKey(beanName) && findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
-				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
-			}
+		String[] beanNames = getBeanNamesForAnnotation(annotationType);
+		Map<String, Object> results = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>(beanNames.length);
+		for (String beanName : beanNames) {
+			results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
 		}
 		return results;
 	}
@@ -811,7 +804,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 		oldBeanDefinition = this.beanDefinitionMap.get(beanName);
 		if (oldBeanDefinition != null) {
-			if (!this.allowBeanDefinitionOverriding) {
+			if (!isAllowBeanDefinitionOverriding()) {
 				throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException(beanDefinition.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
 						"Cannot register bean definition [" + beanDefinition + "] for bean '" + beanName +
 						"': There is already [" + oldBeanDefinition + "] bound.");
@@ -820,7 +813,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 				// e.g. was ROLE_APPLICATION, now overriding with ROLE_SUPPORT or ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE
 				if (this.logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 					this.logger.warn("Overriding user-defined bean definition for bean '" + beanName +
-							" with a framework-generated bean definition ': replacing [" +
+							"' with a framework-generated bean definition: replacing [" +
 							oldBeanDefinition + "] with [" + beanDefinition + "]");
 				}
 			}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -607,13 +607,13 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Expose the singleton mutex to subclasses.
+	 * Exposes the singleton mutex to subclasses and external collaborators.
 	 * <p>Subclasses should synchronize on the given Object if they perform
 	 * any sort of extended singleton creation phase. In particular, subclasses
 	 * should <i>not</i> have their own mutexes involved in singleton creation,
 	 * to avoid the potential for deadlocks in lazy-init situations.
 	 */
-	protected final Object getSingletonMutex() {
+	public final Object getSingletonMutex() {
 		return this.singletonObjects;
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;

 /**
- * Adapter that implements the {@link DisposableBean} and {@link Runnable} interfaces
- * performing various destruction steps on a given bean instance:
+ * Adapter that implements the {@link DisposableBean} and {@link Runnable}
+ * interfaces performing various destruction steps on a given bean instance:
 * <ul>
 * <li>DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessors;
 * <li>the bean implementing DisposableBean itself;
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {
 	/**
 	 * If the current value of the given beanDefinition's "destroyMethodName" property is
 	 * {@link AbstractBeanDefinition#INFER_METHOD}, then attempt to infer a destroy method.
-	 * Candidate methods are currently limited to public, no-arg methods named "close"
-	 * (whether declared locally or inherited). The given BeanDefinition's
+	 * Candidate methods are currently limited to public, no-arg methods named "close" or
+	 * "shutdown" (whether declared locally or inherited). The given BeanDefinition's
 	 * "destroyMethodName" is updated to be null if no such method is found, otherwise set
 	 * to the name of the inferred method. This constant serves as the default for the
 	 * {@code @Bean#destroyMethod} attribute and the value of the constant may also be
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {
 	 */
 	private List<DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor> filterPostProcessors(List<BeanPostProcessor> postProcessors) {
 		List<DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor> filteredPostProcessors = null;
-		if (postProcessors != null && !postProcessors.isEmpty()) {
+		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(postProcessors)) {
 			filteredPostProcessors = new ArrayList<DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor>(postProcessors.size());
 			for (BeanPostProcessor postProcessor : postProcessors) {
 				if (postProcessor instanceof DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor) {
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {

 	@Override
 	public void destroy() {
-		if (this.beanPostProcessors != null && !this.beanPostProcessors.isEmpty()) {
+		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(this.beanPostProcessors)) {
 			for (DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor processor : this.beanPostProcessors) {
 				processor.postProcessBeforeDestruction(this.bean, this.beanName);
 			}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 */
 public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {

-	/** Constant for the id attribute */
+	/** Constant for the "id" attribute */
 	public static final String ID_ATTRIBUTE = "id";

-	/** Constant for the name attribute */
+	/** Constant for the "name" attribute */
 	public static final String NAME_ATTRIBUTE = "name";

+
 	@Override
 	public final BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		AbstractBeanDefinition definition = parseInternal(element, parserContext);
@@ -66,10 +67,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionPars
 							"Id is required for element '" + parserContext.getDelegate().getLocalName(element)
 									+ "' when used as a top-level tag", element);
 				}
-				String[] aliases = new String[0];
-				String name = element.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
-				if (StringUtils.hasLength(name)) {
-					aliases = StringUtils.trimArrayElements(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(name));
+				String[] aliases = null;
+				if (shouldParseNameAsAliases()) {
+					String name = element.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
+					if (StringUtils.hasLength(name)) {
+						aliases = StringUtils.trimArrayElements(StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(name));
+					}
 				}
 				BeanDefinitionHolder holder = new BeanDefinitionHolder(definition, id, aliases);
 				registerBeanDefinition(holder, parserContext.getRegistry());
@@ -170,7 +173,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionPars
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Controls whether this parser is supposed to fire a
+	 * Determine whether the element's "name" attribute should get parsed as
+	 * bean definition aliases, i.e. alternative bean definition names.
+	 * <p>The default implementation returns {@code true}.
+	 * @return whether the parser should evaluate the "name" attribute as aliases
+	 * @since 4.1.5
+	 */
+	protected boolean shouldParseNameAsAliases() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether this parser is supposed to fire a
 	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition}
 	 * event after parsing the bean definition.
 	 * <p>This implementation returns {@code true} by default; that is,
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.xml;

 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Arrays;

 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -45,7 +44,9 @@ public class BeansDtdResolver implements EntityResolver {

 	private static final String DTD_EXTENSION = ".dtd";

-	private static final String[] DTD_NAMES = {"spring-beans-2.0", "spring-beans"};
+	private static final String DTD_FILENAME = "spring-beans-2.0";
+
+	private static final String DTD_NAME = "spring-beans";

 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BeansDtdResolver.class);

@@ -58,30 +59,28 @@ public class BeansDtdResolver implements EntityResolver {
 		}
 		if (systemId != null && systemId.endsWith(DTD_EXTENSION)) {
 			int lastPathSeparator = systemId.lastIndexOf("/");
-			for (String DTD_NAME : DTD_NAMES) {
-				int dtdNameStart = systemId.indexOf(DTD_NAME);
-				if (dtdNameStart > lastPathSeparator) {
-					String dtdFile = systemId.substring(dtdNameStart);
-					if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-						logger.trace("Trying to locate [" + dtdFile + "] in Spring jar");
-					}
-					try {
-						Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(dtdFile, getClass());
-						InputSource source = new InputSource(resource.getInputStream());
-						source.setPublicId(publicId);
-						source.setSystemId(systemId);
-						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-							logger.debug("Found beans DTD [" + systemId + "] in classpath: " + dtdFile);
-						}
-						return source;
-					}
-					catch (IOException ex) {
-						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-							logger.debug("Could not resolve beans DTD [" + systemId + "]: not found in class path", ex);
-						}
-					}
-
+			int dtdNameStart = systemId.indexOf(DTD_NAME, lastPathSeparator);
+			if (dtdNameStart != -1) {
+				String dtdFile = DTD_FILENAME + DTD_EXTENSION;
+				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+					logger.trace("Trying to locate [" + dtdFile + "] in Spring jar on classpath");
 				}
+				try {
+					Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(dtdFile, getClass());
+					InputSource source = new InputSource(resource.getInputStream());
+					source.setPublicId(publicId);
+					source.setSystemId(systemId);
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Found beans DTD [" + systemId + "] in classpath: " + dtdFile);
+					}
+					return source;
+				}
+				catch (IOException ex) {
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Could not resolve beans DTD [" + systemId + "]: not found in classpath", ex);
+					}
+				}
+
 			}
 		}

@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ public class BeansDtdResolver implements EntityResolver {

 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "EntityResolver for DTDs " + Arrays.toString(DTD_NAMES);
+		return "EntityResolver for spring-beans DTD";
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public class CustomBooleanEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 		this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty;
 	}

+
 	@Override
 	public void setAsText(String text) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 		String input = (text != null ? text.trim() : null);
@@ -102,20 +103,20 @@ public class CustomBooleanEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 			// Treat empty String as null value.
 			setValue(null);
 		}
-		else if (this.trueString != null && input.equalsIgnoreCase(this.trueString)) {
+		else if (this.trueString != null && this.trueString.equalsIgnoreCase(input)) {
 			setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
 		}
-		else if (this.falseString != null && input.equalsIgnoreCase(this.falseString)) {
+		else if (this.falseString != null && this.falseString.equalsIgnoreCase(input)) {
 			setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
 		}
 		else if (this.trueString == null &&
-				(input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_TRUE) || input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_ON) ||
-				input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_YES) || input.equals(VALUE_1))) {
+				(VALUE_TRUE.equalsIgnoreCase(input) || VALUE_ON.equalsIgnoreCase(input) ||
+						VALUE_YES.equalsIgnoreCase(input) || VALUE_1.equals(input))) {
 			setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
 		}
 		else if (this.falseString == null &&
-				(input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_FALSE) || input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_OFF) ||
-				input.equalsIgnoreCase(VALUE_NO) || input.equals(VALUE_0))) {
+				(VALUE_FALSE.equalsIgnoreCase(input) || VALUE_OFF.equalsIgnoreCase(input) ||
+						VALUE_NO.equalsIgnoreCase(input) || VALUE_0.equals(input))) {
 			setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
 		}
 		else {
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 	(or an ancestor factory).

 	As alternative to bean references, "inner bean definitions" can be used.
-	Singleton flags of such inner bean definitions are effectively ignored:
-	inner beans are typically anonymous prototypes.
+	Such inner beans do not have an independent lifecycle; they are typically
+	anonymous nested objects that share the scope of their containing bean.

 	There is also support for lists, sets, maps, and java.util.Properties
 	as bean property types or constructor argument types.
@@ -113,16 +113,19 @@
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
 	The default 'lazy-init' value; see the documentation for the
-	'lazy-init' attribute of the 'bean' element.
+	'lazy-init' attribute of the 'bean' element. The default is "default",
+	indicating inheritance from outer 'beans' sections in case of nesting,
+	otherwise falling back to "false".
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="default-merge" default="default" type="defaultable-boolean">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
-	The default 'merge' value; see the documentation for the
-	'merge' attribute of the various collection elements. The default
-	is 'false'.
+	The default 'merge' value; see the documentation for the 'merge'
+	attribute of the various collection elements. The default is "default",
+	indicating inheritance from outer 'beans' sections in case of nesting,
+	otherwise falling back to "false".
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
@@ -130,7 +133,9 @@
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
 	The default 'autowire' value; see the documentation for the
-	'autowire' attribute of the 'bean' element. The default is 'default'.
+	'autowire' attribute of the 'bean' element. The default is "default",
+	indicating inheritance from outer 'beans' sections in case of nesting,
+	otherwise falling back to "no" (i.e. no externally driven autowiring).
 					]]></xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:simpleType>
@@ -305,10 +310,10 @@
 	service objects. Further scopes, such as "request" or "session", might
 	be supported by extended bean factories (e.g. in a web environment).

-	Inner bean definitions inherit the singleton status of their containing
-	bean definition, unless explicitly specified: The inner bean will be a
+	Inner bean definitions inherit the scope of their containing bean
+	definition, unless explicitly specified: The inner bean will be a
 	singleton if the containing bean is a singleton, and a prototype if
-	the containing bean has any other scope.
+	the containing bean is a prototype, etc.
 				]]></xsd:documentation>
 			</xsd:annotation>
 		</xsd:attribute>
@@ -328,13 +333,15 @@
 		<xsd:attribute name="lazy-init" default="default" type="defaultable-boolean">
 			<xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
-	Indicates whether or not this bean is to be lazily initialized.
-	If false, it will be instantiated on startup by bean factories
-	that perform eager initialization of singletons. The default is
-	"false".
+	Indicates whether this bean is to be lazily initialized. If "false",
+	it will be instantiated on startup by bean factories that perform eager
+	initialization of singletons. The effective default is "false".

 	Note: This attribute will not be inherited by child bean definitions.
-	Hence, it needs to be specified per concrete bean definition.
+	Hence, it needs to be specified per concrete bean definition. It can be
+	shared through the 'default-lazy-init' attribute at the 'beans' level
+	and potentially inherited from outer 'beans' defaults in case of nested
+	'beans' sections (e.g. with different profiles).
 				]]></xsd:documentation>
 			</xsd:annotation>
 		</xsd:attribute>
@@ -344,7 +351,7 @@
 	Controls whether bean properties are "autowired".
 	This is an automagical process in which bean references don't need
 	to be coded explicitly in the XML bean definition file, but rather the
-	Spring container works out dependencies.
+	Spring container works out dependencies. The effective default is "no".

 	There are 4 modes:

@@ -379,7 +386,10 @@
 	elements, always override autowiring.

 	Note: This attribute will not be inherited by child bean definitions.
-	Hence, it needs to be specified per concrete bean definition.
+	Hence, it needs to be specified per concrete bean definition. It can be
+	shared through the 'default-autowire' attribute at the 'beans' level
+	and potentially inherited from outer 'beans' defaults in case of nested
+	'beans' sections (e.g. with different profiles).
 				]]></xsd:documentation>
 			</xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:simpleType>
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -518,6 +518,36 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests extends AbstractConfigurablePropertyAccessor
 		assertTrue("correct values", pt.stringArray[0].equals("a1") && pt.stringArray[1].equals("b2"));
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void testStringArrayAutoGrow() throws Exception {
+		StringArrayBean target = new StringArrayBean();
+		BeanWrapper bw = new BeanWrapperImpl(target);
+		bw.setAutoGrowNestedPaths(true);
+
+		bw.setPropertyValue("array[0]", "Test0");
+		assertEquals(1, target.getArray().length);
+
+		bw.setPropertyValue("array[2]", "Test2");
+		assertEquals(3, target.getArray().length);
+		assertTrue("correct values", target.getArray()[0].equals("Test0") && target.getArray()[1] == null &&
+				target.getArray()[2].equals("Test2"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPrimitiveArrayAutoGrow() throws Exception {
+		PrimitiveArrayBean target = new PrimitiveArrayBean();
+		BeanWrapper bw = new BeanWrapperImpl(target);
+		bw.setAutoGrowNestedPaths(true);
+
+		bw.setPropertyValue("array[0]", 1);
+		assertEquals(1, target.getArray().length);
+
+		bw.setPropertyValue("array[2]", 3);
+		assertEquals(3, target.getArray().length);
+		assertTrue("correct values", target.getArray()[0] == 1 && target.getArray()[1] == 0 &&
+				target.getArray()[2] == 3);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testStringPropertyWithCustomEditor() throws Exception {
 		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
@@ -1723,6 +1753,20 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests extends AbstractConfigurablePropertyAccessor
 		}
 	}

+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+	private static class StringArrayBean {
+
+		private String[] array;
+
+		public String[] getArray() {
+			return array;
+		}
+
+		public void setArray(String[] array) {
+			this.array = array;
+		}
+	}
+

 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private static class NumberPropertyBean {
@@ -841,19 +841,24 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 			public String getAddress(int index){ return null; }
 		}

-		{ // baseline. ExtendedBeanInfo needs to behave exactly like the following
+		// Baseline: ExtendedBeanInfo needs to behave exactly like the following...
+		boolean hasReadMethod;
+		boolean hasWriteMethod;
+		boolean hasIndexedReadMethod;
+		boolean hasIndexedWriteMethod;
+		{
 			BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(A.class);
-			assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
-			assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
-			assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
-			assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
+			hasReadMethod = hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address");
+			hasWriteMethod = hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address");
+			hasIndexedReadMethod = hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address");
+			hasIndexedWriteMethod = hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address");
 		}
 		{
 			BeanInfo bi = new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(A.class));
-			assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
-			assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(false));
-			assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
-			assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), is(true));
+			assertEquals(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), hasReadMethod);
+			assertEquals(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), hasWriteMethod);
+			assertEquals(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), hasIndexedReadMethod);
+			assertEquals(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "address"), hasIndexedWriteMethod);
 		}
 	}

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.beans;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link PropertyMatches}.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class PropertyMatchesTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleBeanPropertyTypo() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("naem", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("name"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void complexBeanPropertyTypo() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("desriptn", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), emptyArray());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void unknownBeanProperty() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("unknown", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), emptyArray());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void severalMatchesBeanProperty() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("counter", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter1"));
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter2"));
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter3"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleBeanPropertyErrorMessage() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("naem", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		String msg = matches.buildErrorMessage();
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("naem"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("name"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("setter"));
+		assertThat(msg, not(containsString("field")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void complexBeanPropertyErrorMessage() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forProperty("counter", SampleBeanProperties.class);
+		String msg = matches.buildErrorMessage();
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter1"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter2"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter3"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleFieldPropertyTypo() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("naem", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("name"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void complexFieldPropertyTypo() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("desriptn", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), emptyArray());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void unknownFieldProperty() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("unknown", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), emptyArray());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void severalMatchesFieldProperty() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("counter", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter1"));
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter2"));
+		assertThat(matches.getPossibleMatches(), hasItemInArray("counter3"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleFieldPropertyErrorMessage() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("naem", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		String msg = matches.buildErrorMessage();
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("naem"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("name"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("field"));
+		assertThat(msg, not(containsString("setter")));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void complexFieldPropertyErrorMessage() {
+		PropertyMatches matches = PropertyMatches.forField("counter", SampleFieldProperties.class);
+		String msg = matches.buildErrorMessage();
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter1"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter2"));
+		assertThat(msg, containsString("counter3"));
+	}
+
+
+	private static class SampleBeanProperties {
+
+		private String name;
+
+		private String description;
+
+		private int counter1;
+
+		private int counter2;
+
+		private int counter3;
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getDescription() {
+			return description;
+		}
+
+		public void setDescription(String description) {
+			this.description = description;
+		}
+
+		public int getCounter1() {
+			return counter1;
+		}
+
+		public void setCounter1(int counter1) {
+			this.counter1 = counter1;
+		}
+
+		public int getCounter2() {
+			return counter2;
+		}
+
+		public void setCounter2(int counter2) {
+			this.counter2 = counter2;
+		}
+
+		public int getCounter3() {
+			return counter3;
+		}
+
+		public void setCounter3(int counter3) {
+			this.counter3 = counter3;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static class SampleFieldProperties {
+
+		private String name;
+
+		private String description;
+
+		private int counter1;
+
+		private int counter2;
+
+		private int counter3;
+
+	}
+
+}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;

-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.StaticListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
@@ -53,16 +51,16 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 	private static final Resource LEAF_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "leaf.xml");
 	private static final Resource DEPENDENT_BEANS_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "dependentBeans.xml");

-	private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory listableBeanFactory;
+	private DefaultListableBeanFactory listableBeanFactory;
+
+	private DefaultListableBeanFactory dependentBeansFactory;

-	private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory dependentBeansBF;

 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 		// Interesting hierarchical factory to test counts.
 		// Slow to read so we cache it.

-
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory grandParent = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(grandParent).loadBeanDefinitions(ROOT_CONTEXT);
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory parent = new DefaultListableBeanFactory(grandParent);
@@ -70,12 +68,13 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory child = new DefaultListableBeanFactory(parent);
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(child).loadBeanDefinitions(LEAF_CONTEXT);

-		this.dependentBeansBF = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader((BeanDefinitionRegistry) this.dependentBeansBF).loadBeanDefinitions(DEPENDENT_BEANS_CONTEXT);
-		dependentBeansBF.preInstantiateSingletons();
+		this.dependentBeansFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(this.dependentBeansFactory).loadBeanDefinitions(DEPENDENT_BEANS_CONTEXT);
+		dependentBeansFactory.preInstantiateSingletons();
 		this.listableBeanFactory = child;
 	}

+
 	@Test
 	public void testHierarchicalCountBeansWithNonHierarchicalFactory() {
 		StaticListableBeanFactory lbf = new StaticListableBeanFactory();
@@ -92,22 +91,21 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		// Leaf count
 		assertTrue(this.listableBeanFactory.getBeanDefinitionCount() == 1);
 		// Count minus duplicate
-		assertTrue("Should count 7 beans, not "
-				+ BeanFactoryUtils.countBeansIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory),
-			BeanFactoryUtils.countBeansIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory) == 7);
+		assertTrue("Should count 7 beans, not " + BeanFactoryUtils.countBeansIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory),
+				BeanFactoryUtils.countBeansIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory) == 7);
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testHierarchicalNamesWithNoMatch() throws Exception {
-		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory,
-			NoOp.class));
+		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(
+				BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, NoOp.class));
 		assertEquals(0, names.size());
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testHierarchicalNamesWithMatchOnlyInRoot() throws Exception {
-		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory,
-			IndexedTestBean.class));
+		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(
+				BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, IndexedTestBean.class));
 		assertEquals(1, names.size());
 		assertTrue(names.contains("indexedBean"));
 		// Distinguish from default ListableBeanFactory behavior
@@ -116,8 +114,8 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testGetBeanNamesForTypeWithOverride() throws Exception {
-		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory,
-			ITestBean.class));
+		List<String> names = Arrays.asList(
+				BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class));
 		// includes 2 TestBeans from FactoryBeans (DummyFactory definitions)
 		assertEquals(4, names.size());
 		assertTrue(names.contains("test"));
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 	public void testNoBeansOfType() {
 		StaticListableBeanFactory lbf = new StaticListableBeanFactory();
 		lbf.addBean("foo", new Object());
-		Map<?, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(lbf, ITestBean.class, true, false);
+		Map<String, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(lbf, ITestBean.class, true, false);
 		assertTrue(beans.isEmpty());
 	}

@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		lbf.addBean("t3", t3);
 		lbf.addBean("t4", t4);

-		Map<?, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(lbf, ITestBean.class, true, false);
+		Map<String, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(lbf, ITestBean.class, true, false);
 		assertEquals(2, beans.size());
 		assertEquals(t1, beans.get("t1"));
 		assertEquals(t2, beans.get("t2"));
@@ -191,8 +189,8 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		this.listableBeanFactory.registerSingleton("t3", t3);
 		this.listableBeanFactory.registerSingleton("t4", t4);

-		Map<?, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class, true,
-			false);
+		Map<String, ?> beans =
+				BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class, true, false);
 		assertEquals(6, beans.size());
 		assertEquals(test3, beans.get("test3"));
 		assertEquals(test, beans.get("test"));
@@ -200,12 +198,9 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		assertEquals(t2, beans.get("t2"));
 		assertEquals(t3.getObject(), beans.get("t3"));
 		assertTrue(beans.get("t4") instanceof TestBean);
-		// t3 and t4 are found here as of Spring 2.0, since they are
-		// pre-registered
-		// singleton instances, while testFactory1 and testFactory are *not*
-		// found
-		// because they are FactoryBean definitions that haven't been
-		// initialized yet.
+		// t3 and t4 are found here as of Spring 2.0, since they are pre-registered
+		// singleton instances, while testFactory1 and testFactory are *not* found
+		// because they are FactoryBean definitions that haven't been initialized yet.

 		beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class, false, true);
 		Object testFactory1 = this.listableBeanFactory.getBean("testFactory1");
@@ -247,8 +242,8 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		Object test3 = this.listableBeanFactory.getBean("test3");
 		Object test = this.listableBeanFactory.getBean("test");

-		Map<?, ?> beans = BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class, true,
-			false);
+		Map<String, ?> beans =
+				BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(this.listableBeanFactory, ITestBean.class, true, false);
 		assertEquals(2, beans.size());
 		assertEquals(test3, beans.get("test3"));
 		assertEquals(test, beans.get("test"));
@@ -283,25 +278,25 @@ public final class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testADependencies() {
-		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansBF.getDependentBeans("a");
+		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansFactory.getDependentBeans("a");
 		assertTrue(ObjectUtils.isEmpty(deps));
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testBDependencies() {
-		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansBF.getDependentBeans("b");
+		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansFactory.getDependentBeans("b");
 		assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "c" }, deps));
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testCDependencies() {
-		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansBF.getDependentBeans("c");
+		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansFactory.getDependentBeans("c");
 		assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "int", "long" }, deps));
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testIntDependencies() {
-		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansBF.getDependentBeans("int");
+		String[] deps = this.dependentBeansFactory.getDependentBeans("int");
 		assertTrue(Arrays.equals(new String[] { "buffer" }, deps));
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	public void testPrototypeSingletonFactoryBeanIgnoredByNonEagerTypeMatching() {
+	public void testSingletonFactoryBeanIgnoredByNonEagerTypeMatching() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		Properties p = new Properties();
 		p.setProperty("x1.(class)", DummyFactory.class.getName());
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		RootBeanDefinition parentDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
 		parentDefinition.setAbstract(true);
 		parentDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("name", EXPECTED_NAME);
-		parentDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("age", new Integer(EXPECTED_AGE));
+		parentDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("age", EXPECTED_AGE);

 		ChildBeanDefinition childDefinition = new ChildBeanDefinition("alias");

@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(PropertiesFactoryBean.class);
 		MutablePropertyValues pvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
-		pvs.add("locations", new String[] {"#{foo}"});
+		pvs.add("locations", new String[]{"#{foo}"});
 		rbd.setPropertyValues(pvs);
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("myProperties", rbd);
 		Properties properties = (Properties) bf.getBean("myProperties");
@@ -1340,10 +1340,10 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	public void testDependsOnCycle() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		bd1.setDependsOn(new String[] {"tb2"});
+		bd1.setDependsOn("tb2");
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("tb1", bd1);
 		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		bd2.setDependsOn(new String[] {"tb1"});
+		bd2.setDependsOn("tb1");
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("tb2", bd2);
 		try {
 			lbf.preInstantiateSingletons();
@@ -1361,13 +1361,13 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	public void testImplicitDependsOnCycle() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		bd1.setDependsOn(new String[] {"tb2"});
+		bd1.setDependsOn("tb2");
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("tb1", bd1);
 		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		bd2.setDependsOn(new String[] {"tb3"});
+		bd2.setDependsOn("tb3");
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("tb2", bd2);
 		RootBeanDefinition bd3 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		bd3.setDependsOn(new String[] {"tb1"});
+		bd3.setDependsOn("tb1");
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("tb3", bd3);
 		try {
 			lbf.preInstantiateSingletons();
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		}
 	}

-	@Test(expected=NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class)
+	@Test(expected = NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class)
 	public void testGetBeanByTypeWithNoneFound() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		lbf.getBean(TestBean.class);
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(bean.getBeanName(), equalTo("bd1"));
 	}

-	@Test(expected=NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException.class)
+	@Test(expected = NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException.class)
 	public void testGetBeanByTypeWithAmbiguity() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	public void testGetBeanByTypeInstanceWithPrimary() throws Exception {
+	public void testGetBeanByTypeInstanceWithPrimary() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(99);
 		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(43);
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	public void testGetBeanByTypeInstanceWithMultiplePrimary() throws Exception {
+	public void testGetBeanByTypeInstanceWithMultiplePrimary() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(99);
 		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(43);
@@ -1584,16 +1584,35 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		try {
 			lbf.getBean(TestBean.class, 67);
 			fail("Should have thrown NoSuchBeanDefinitionException");
-		} catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
+		}
+		catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
 			// expected
 		}
 	}

-	private RootBeanDefinition createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(int age) {
+	@Test
+	public void testGetBeanWithArgsNotCreatedForFactoryBeanChecking() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(ConstructorDependency.class);
 		bd1.setScope(RootBeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bd1.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(String.valueOf(age));
-		return bd1;
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd1", bd1);
+		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(ConstructorDependencyFactoryBean.class);
+		bd2.setScope(RootBeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd2", bd2);
+
+		ConstructorDependency bean = lbf.getBean(ConstructorDependency.class, 42);
+		assertThat(bean.beanName, equalTo("bd1"));
+		assertThat(bean.spouseAge, equalTo(42));
+
+		assertEquals(1, lbf.getBeanNamesForType(ConstructorDependency.class).length);
+		assertEquals(1, lbf.getBeanNamesForType(ConstructorDependencyFactoryBean.class).length);
+	}
+
+	private RootBeanDefinition createConstructorDependencyBeanDefinition(int age) {
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(ConstructorDependency.class);
+		bd.setScope(RootBeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		bd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(String.valueOf(age));
+		return bd;
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -1641,7 +1660,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	 * Java method names. In other words, you can't name a method
 	 * {@code set&amp;FactoryBean(...)}.
 	 */
-	@Test(expected=TypeMismatchException.class)
+	@Test(expected = TypeMismatchException.class)
 	public void testAutowireBeanWithFactoryBeanByName() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(LazyInitFactory.class);
@@ -1664,8 +1683,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		}
 		catch (UnsatisfiedDependencyException ex) {
 			// expected
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().indexOf("test") != -1);
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().indexOf("spouse") != -1);
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("test"));
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("spouse"));
 		}
 	}

@@ -1682,8 +1701,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		}
 		catch (UnsatisfiedDependencyException ex) {
 			// expected
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().indexOf("test") != -1);
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().indexOf("spouse") != -1);
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("test"));
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("spouse"));
 		}
 	}

@@ -2245,32 +2264,6 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertTrue("Prototype creation took too long: " + sw.getTotalTimeMillis(), sw.getTotalTimeMillis() < 3000);
 	}

-	/**
-	 * @Test
-	 * public void testPrototypeCreationWithConstructorArgumentsIsFastEnough2() throws Exception {
-	 * if (factoryLog.isTraceEnabled() || factoryLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
-	 * // Skip this test: Trace logging blows the time limit.
-	 * return;
-	 * }
-	 * DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-	 * Constructor<TestBean> ctor = TestBean.class.getConstructor(String.class, int.class);
-	 * Method setBeanNameMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setBeanName", String.class);
-	 * Method setBeanFactoryMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setBeanFactory", BeanFactory.class);
-	 * StopWatch sw = new StopWatch();
-	 * sw.start("prototype");
-	 * for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
-	 * TestBean tb = ctor.newInstance("juergen", 99);
-	 * setBeanNameMethod.invoke(tb, "test");
-	 * setBeanFactoryMethod.invoke(tb, lbf);
-	 * assertEquals("juergen", tb.getName());
-	 * assertEquals(99, tb.getAge());
-	 * }
-	 * sw.stop();
-	 * // System.out.println(sw.getTotalTimeMillis());
-	 * assertTrue("Prototype creation took too long: " + sw.getTotalTimeMillis(), sw.getTotalTimeMillis() < 1500);
-	 * }
-	 */
-
 	@Test
 	public void testPrototypeCreationWithResolvedConstructorArgumentsIsFastEnough() {
 		Assume.group(TestGroup.PERFORMANCE);
@@ -2315,31 +2308,6 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertTrue("Prototype creation took too long: " + sw.getTotalTimeMillis(), sw.getTotalTimeMillis() < 3000);
 	}

-	/**
-	 * public void testPrototypeCreationWithPropertiesIsFastEnough2() throws Exception {
-	 * if (factoryLog.isTraceEnabled() || factoryLog.isDebugEnabled()) {
-	 * // Skip this test: Trace logging blows the time limit.
-	 * return;
-	 * }
-	 * DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-	 * StopWatch sw = new StopWatch();
-	 * Method setBeanNameMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setBeanName", String.class);
-	 * Method setBeanFactoryMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setBeanFactory", BeanFactory.class);
-	 * Method setNameMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setName", String.class);
-	 * Method setAgeMethod = TestBean.class.getMethod("setAge", int.class);
-	 * sw.start("prototype");
-	 * for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
-	 * TestBean tb = TestBean.class.newInstance();
-	 * setBeanNameMethod.invoke(tb, "test");
-	 * setBeanFactoryMethod.invoke(tb, lbf);
-	 * setNameMethod.invoke(tb, "juergen");
-	 * setAgeMethod.invoke(tb, 99);
-	 * }
-	 * sw.stop();
-	 * // System.out.println(sw.getTotalTimeMillis());
-	 * assertTrue("Prototype creation took too long: " + sw.getTotalTimeMillis(), sw.getTotalTimeMillis() < 750);
-	 * }
-	 */
 	@Test
 	public void testPrototypeCreationWithResolvedPropertiesIsFastEnough() {
 		Assume.group(TestGroup.PERFORMANCE);
@@ -2420,10 +2388,41 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 				return bean;
 			}
 		});
-		BeanWithDestroyMethod.closed = false;
+		BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount = 0;
 		lbf.preInstantiateSingletons();
 		lbf.destroySingletons();
-		assertTrue("Destroy method invoked", BeanWithDestroyMethod.closed);
+		assertEquals("Destroy methods invoked", 1, BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDestroyMethodOnInnerBean() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		RootBeanDefinition innerBd = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithDestroyMethod.class);
+		innerBd.setDestroyMethodName("close");
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithDestroyMethod.class);
+		bd.setDestroyMethodName("close");
+		bd.getPropertyValues().add("inner", innerBd);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("test", bd);
+		BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount = 0;
+		lbf.preInstantiateSingletons();
+		lbf.destroySingletons();
+		assertEquals("Destroy methods invoked", 2, BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testDestroyMethodOnInnerBeanAsPrototype() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		RootBeanDefinition innerBd = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithDestroyMethod.class);
+		innerBd.setScope(RootBeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		innerBd.setDestroyMethodName("close");
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithDestroyMethod.class);
+		bd.setDestroyMethodName("close");
+		bd.getPropertyValues().add("inner", innerBd);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("test", bd);
+		BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount = 0;
+		lbf.preInstantiateSingletons();
+		lbf.destroySingletons();
+		assertEquals("Destroy methods invoked", 1, BeanWithDestroyMethod.closeCount);
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -2518,7 +2517,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(expectedNameFromArgs, tb2.getName());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
 	public void testScopingBeanToUnregisteredScopeResultsInAnException() throws Exception {
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
 		AbstractBeanDefinition beanDefinition = builder.getBeanDefinition();
@@ -2660,10 +2659,6 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		verify(r3, never()).resolveStringValue(isNull(String.class));
 	}

-
-	static class A { }
-	static class B { }
-
 	/**
 	 * Test that by-type bean lookup caching is working effectively by searching for a
 	 * bean of type B 10K times within a container having 1K additional beans of type A.
@@ -2674,24 +2669,29 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 	 * under the 1000 ms timeout, usually ~= 300ms. With caching removed and on the same
 	 * hardware the method will take ~13000 ms. See SPR-6870.
 	 */
-	@Test(timeout=1000)
+	@Test(timeout = 1000)
 	public void testByTypeLookupIsFastEnough() {
 		Assume.group(TestGroup.PERFORMANCE);
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();

 		for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
-			bf.registerBeanDefinition("a"+i, new RootBeanDefinition(A.class));
+			bf.registerBeanDefinition("a" + i, new RootBeanDefinition(A.class));
 		}
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("b", new RootBeanDefinition(B.class));

 		bf.freezeConfiguration();

-		for (int i=0; i<10000; i++) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
 			bf.getBean(B.class);
 		}
 	}


+	static class A { }
+
+	static class B { }
+
+
 	public static class NoDependencies {

 		private NoDependencies() {
@@ -2797,10 +2797,16 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 	public static class BeanWithDestroyMethod {

-		private static boolean closed;
+		private static int closeCount = 0;
+
+		private BeanWithDestroyMethod inner;
+
+		public void setInner(BeanWithDestroyMethod inner) {
+			this.inner = inner;
+		}

 		public void close() {
-			closed = true;
+			closeCount++;
 		}
 	}

@@ -2962,7 +2968,6 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 		private FactoryBean<?> factoryBean;

-
 		public final FactoryBean<?> getFactoryBean() {
 			return this.factoryBean;
 		}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@

 	<bean id="gamma" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanTests$Gamma"/>

-  <bean id="betaFactory" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanTests$BetaFactoryBean">
+  <bean id="betaFactory" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanTests$BetaFactoryBean" autowire="constructor">
    <property name="beta" ref="beta"/>
  </bean>

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;

 import org.junit.Test;

-import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ import static org.springframework.tests.TestResourceUtils.*;
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Chris Beams
 */
-public final class FactoryBeanTests {
+public class FactoryBeanTests {

 	private static final Class<?> CLASS = FactoryBeanTests.class;
 	private static final Resource RETURNS_NULL_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "returnsNull.xml");
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	private static final Resource ABSTRACT_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "abstract.xml");
 	private static final Resource CIRCULAR_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "circular.xml");

+
 	@Test
 	public void testFactoryBeanReturnsNull() throws Exception {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		BeanFactoryPostProcessor ppc = (BeanFactoryPostProcessor) factory.getBean("propertyPlaceholderConfigurer");
 		ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

+		assertNull(factory.getType("betaFactory"));
+
 		Alpha alpha = (Alpha) factory.getBean("alpha");
 		Beta beta = (Beta) factory.getBean("beta");
 		Gamma gamma = (Gamma) factory.getBean("gamma");
 		Gamma gamma2 = (Gamma) factory.getBean("gammaFactory");
+
 		assertSame(beta, alpha.getBeta());
 		assertSame(gamma, beta.getGamma());
 		assertSame(gamma2, beta.getGamma());
@@ -194,6 +197,9 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	@Component
 	public static class BetaFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {

+		public BetaFactoryBean(Alpha alpha) {
+		}
+
 		private Beta beta;

 		public void setBeta(Beta beta) {
@@ -238,12 +244,12 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		public void setInstanceName(String instanceName) {
 			this.instanceName = instanceName;
 		}
+
 		@Override
-		public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+		public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 			this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
 		}

-
 		@Override
 		public T getObject() {
 			if (instance == null) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException;
 import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 import java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory;

-import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;

 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
@@ -53,13 +52,13 @@ import static org.springframework.tests.TestResourceUtils.*;
 * {@link PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer}, {@link PropertyOverrideConfigurer} and
 * {@link PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer}.
 *
- * @see PropertyPlaceholderConfigurerTests
- * @since 02.10.2003
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @since 02.10.2003
+ * @see PropertyPlaceholderConfigurerTests
 */
-public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
+public class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	static {
 		System.setProperty("java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory", MockPreferencesFactory.class.getName());
@@ -70,23 +69,15 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 	private static final Resource XTEST_PROPS = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "xtest.properties"); // does not exist
 	private static final Resource TEST_PROPS_XML = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "test.properties.xml");

-	private DefaultListableBeanFactory factory;
+	private final DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();

-	@Before
-	public void setUp() {
-		factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-	}

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurer() {
-		BeanDefinition def1 = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def1 = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb1", def1);

-		BeanDefinition def2 = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def2 = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb2", def2);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc1;
@@ -123,9 +114,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithNestedProperty() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc;
@@ -143,9 +132,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithNestedPropertyAndDotInBeanName() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("my.tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc;
@@ -164,9 +151,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithNestedMapPropertyAndDotInMapKey() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc;
@@ -184,9 +169,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithHeldProperties() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(PropertiesHolder.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(PropertiesHolder.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc;
@@ -200,23 +183,9 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		assertEquals("true", tb.getHeldProperties().getProperty("mail.smtp.auth"));
 	}

-	static class PropertiesHolder {
-		private Properties props = new Properties();
-
-		public Properties getHeldProperties() {
-			return props;
-		}
-
-		public void setHeldProperties(Properties props) {
-			this.props = props;
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithPropertiesFile() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc = new PropertyOverrideConfigurer();
@@ -230,13 +199,11 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithInvalidPropertiesFile() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc = new PropertyOverrideConfigurer();
-		poc.setLocations(new Resource[] { TEST_PROPS, XTEST_PROPS });
+		poc.setLocations(TEST_PROPS, XTEST_PROPS);
 		poc.setIgnoreResourceNotFound(true);
 		poc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

@@ -247,9 +214,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithPropertiesXmlFile() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		PropertyOverrideConfigurer poc = new PropertyOverrideConfigurer();
@@ -263,9 +228,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyOverrideConfigurerWithConvertProperties() {
-		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-			.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class)
-			.getBeanDefinition();
+		BeanDefinition def = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(IndexedTestBean.class).getBeanDefinition();
 		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", def);

 		ConvertingOverrideConfigurer bfpp = new ConvertingOverrideConfigurer();
@@ -389,7 +352,6 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		cas.addGenericArgumentValue("${var}name${age}");

 		MutablePropertyValues pvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
-
 		pvs.add("stringArray", new String[] {"${os.name}", "${age}"});

 		List<Object> friends = new ManagedList<Object>();
@@ -409,7 +371,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		someMap.put("key1", new RuntimeBeanReference("${ref}"));
 		someMap.put("key2", "${age}name");
 		MutablePropertyValues innerPvs = new MutablePropertyValues();
-		innerPvs.add("touchy", "${os.name}");
+		innerPvs.add("country", "${os.name}");
 		RootBeanDefinition innerBd = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
 		innerBd.setPropertyValues(innerPvs);
 		someMap.put("key3", innerBd);
@@ -459,30 +421,28 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		TestBean inner2 = (TestBean) tb2.getSomeMap().get("mykey4");
 		assertEquals(0, inner1.getAge());
 		assertEquals(null, inner1.getName());
-		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), inner1.getTouchy());
+		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), inner1.getCountry());
 		assertEquals(98, inner2.getAge());
 		assertEquals("namemyvarmyvar${", inner2.getName());
-		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), inner2.getTouchy());
+		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), inner2.getCountry());
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithSystemPropertyFallback() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("country", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

 		TestBean tb = (TestBean) factory.getBean("tb");
-		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), tb.getTouchy());
+		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), tb.getCountry());
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithSystemPropertyNotUsed() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("country", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -491,14 +451,13 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

 		TestBean tb = (TestBean) factory.getBean("tb");
-		assertEquals("myos", tb.getTouchy());
+		assertEquals("myos", tb.getCountry());
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithOverridingSystemProperty() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("country", "${os.name}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -508,14 +467,13 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);

 		TestBean tb = (TestBean) factory.getBean("tb");
-		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), tb.getTouchy());
+		assertEquals(System.getProperty("os.name"), tb.getCountry());
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithUnresolvableSystemProperty() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${user.dir}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${user.dir}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.setSystemPropertiesMode(PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_NEVER);
@@ -532,9 +490,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithUnresolvablePlaceholder() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();

@@ -550,9 +507,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithIgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholder() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.setIgnoreUnresolvablePlaceholders(true);
@@ -564,9 +520,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithEmptyStringAsNull() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.setNullValue("");
@@ -578,9 +533,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithEmptyStringInPlaceholderAsNull() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${ref}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.setNullValue("");
@@ -595,9 +549,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithNestedPlaceholderInKey() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${my${key}key}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${my${key}key}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -612,8 +565,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithPlaceholderInAlias() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition());
 		factory.registerAlias("tb", "${alias}");

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
@@ -629,8 +581,7 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithSelfReferencingPlaceholderInAlias() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class).getBeanDefinition());
 		factory.registerAlias("tb", "${alias}");

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
@@ -646,11 +597,10 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithCircularReference() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("age", "${age}")
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "name${var}")
-			.getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("age", "${age}")
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "name${var}")
+				.getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -670,9 +620,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithDefaultProperties() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -686,9 +635,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithInlineDefault() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test:mytest}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test:mytest}").getBeanDefinition());

 		PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		ppc.postProcessBeanFactory(factory);
@@ -699,9 +647,8 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPropertyPlaceholderConfigurerWithAliases() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test}").getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${test}").getBeanDefinition());

 		factory.registerAlias("tb", "${myAlias}");
 		factory.registerAlias("${myTarget}", "alias2");
@@ -724,12 +671,11 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${myName}")
-			.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myTouchy}")
-			.getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${myName}")
+				.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myTouchy}")
+				.getBeanDefinition());

 		PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -752,12 +698,11 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPreferencesPlaceholderConfigurerWithCustomTreePaths() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${myName}")
-			.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myTouchy}")
-			.getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${myName}")
+				.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myTouchy}")
+				.getBeanDefinition());

 		PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -782,12 +727,11 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testPreferencesPlaceholderConfigurerWithPathInPlaceholder() {
-		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb",
-			genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
-			.addPropertyValue("name", "${mypath/myName}")
-			.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
-			.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myotherpath/myTouchy}")
-			.getBeanDefinition());
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("tb", genericBeanDefinition(TestBean.class)
+				.addPropertyValue("name", "${mypath/myName}")
+				.addPropertyValue("age", "${myAge}")
+				.addPropertyValue("touchy", "${myotherpath/myTouchy}")
+				.getBeanDefinition());

 		PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer ppc = new PreferencesPlaceholderConfigurer();
 		Properties props = new Properties();
@@ -811,6 +755,20 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 	}


+	static class PropertiesHolder {
+
+		private Properties props = new Properties();
+
+		public Properties getHeldProperties() {
+			return props;
+		}
+
+		public void setHeldProperties(Properties props) {
+			this.props = props;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	private static class ConvertingOverrideConfigurer extends PropertyOverrideConfigurer {

 		@Override
@@ -819,26 +777,28 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		}
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * {@link PreferencesFactory} to create {@link MockPreferences}.
 	 */
 	public static class MockPreferencesFactory implements PreferencesFactory {

-		private Preferences systemRoot = new MockPreferences();
+		private final Preferences userRoot = new MockPreferences();

-		private Preferences userRoot = new MockPreferences();
+		private final Preferences systemRoot = new MockPreferences();

 		@Override
 		public Preferences systemRoot() {
-			return systemRoot;
+			return this.systemRoot;
 		}

 		@Override
 		public Preferences userRoot() {
-			return userRoot;
+			return this.userRoot;
 		}
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Mock implementation of {@link Preferences} that behaves the same regardless of the
 	 * underlying operating system and will never throw security exceptions.
@@ -904,4 +864,5 @@ public final class PropertyResourceConfigurerTests {
 		protected void flushSpi() throws BackingStoreException {
 		}
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	public void testSpr11250() {
+	public void testGenericMatchingWithBeanNameDifferentiation() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		bf.setAutowireCandidateResolver(new GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver());

@@ -780,8 +780,23 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 				new RootBeanDefinition(NumberBean.class, RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false));

 		NumberBean nb = bf.getBean(NumberBean.class);
-		assertNotNull(nb.getDoubleStore());
-		assertNotNull(nb.getFloatStore());
+		assertSame(bf.getBean("doubleStore"), nb.getDoubleStore());
+		assertSame(bf.getBean("floatStore"), nb.getFloatStore());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGenericMatchingWithFullTypeDifferentiation() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		bf.setAutowireCandidateResolver(new GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver());
+
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("store1", new RootBeanDefinition(DoubleStore.class));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("store2", new RootBeanDefinition(FloatStore.class));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("numberBean",
+				new RootBeanDefinition(NumberBean.class, RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false));
+
+		NumberBean nb = bf.getBean(NumberBean.class);
+		assertSame(bf.getBean("store1"), nb.getDoubleStore());
+		assertSame(bf.getBean("store2"), nb.getFloatStore());
 	}


@@ -851,6 +866,14 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 	}


+	public static class DoubleStore extends NumberStore<Double> {
+	}
+
+
+	public static class FloatStore extends NumberStore<Float> {
+	}
+
+
 	public static class NumberBean {

 		private final NumberStore<Double> doubleStore;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @author Chris Beams
- *
 * @since 10.06.2003
 */
 public class CustomEditorTests {
@@ -302,8 +301,8 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testCustomBooleanEditorWithSpecialTrueAndFalseStrings() throws Exception {
-		final String trueString = "pechorin";
-		final String falseString = "nash";
+		String trueString = "pechorin";
+		String falseString = "nash";

 		CustomBooleanEditor editor = new CustomBooleanEditor(trueString, falseString, false);

@@ -320,6 +319,14 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		editor.setAsText(falseString.toUpperCase());
 		assertFalse(((Boolean) editor.getValue()).booleanValue());
 		assertEquals(falseString, editor.getAsText());
+
+		try {
+			editor.setAsText(null);
+			fail("Should have thrown IllegalArgumentException");
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			// expected
+		}
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -423,7 +430,7 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		assertTrue("Correct bigDecimal value", new BigDecimal("4.5").equals(tb.getBigDecimal()));
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testCustomNumberEditorCtorWithNullNumberType() throws Exception {
 		new CustomNumberEditor(null, true);
 	}
@@ -543,7 +550,7 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		assertNull(cb.getMyCharacter());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testCharacterEditorSetAsTextWithStringLongerThanOneCharacter() throws Exception {
 		PropertyEditor charEditor = new CharacterEditor(false);
 		charEditor.setAsText("ColdWaterCanyon");
@@ -562,7 +569,7 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		assertEquals(" ", charEditor.getAsText());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testCharacterEditorSetAsTextWithNullNotAllowingEmptyAsNull() throws Exception {
 		PropertyEditor charEditor = new CharacterEditor(false);
 		charEditor.setAsText(null);
@@ -583,7 +590,7 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		assertEquals("", classEditor.getAsText());
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testClassEditorWithNonExistentClass() throws Exception {
 		PropertyEditor classEditor = new ClassEditor();
 		classEditor.setAsText("hairdresser.on.Fire");
@@ -685,26 +692,40 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testCustomBooleanEditor() {
 		CustomBooleanEditor editor = new CustomBooleanEditor(false);
+
 		editor.setAsText("true");
 		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("true", editor.getAsText());
+
 		editor.setAsText("false");
 		assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("false", editor.getAsText());
+
 		editor.setValue(null);
 		assertEquals(null, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("", editor.getAsText());
+
+		try {
+			editor.setAsText(null);
+			fail("Should have thrown IllegalArgumentException");
+		}
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+			// expected
+		}
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void testCustomBooleanEditorWithEmptyAsNull() {
 		CustomBooleanEditor editor = new CustomBooleanEditor(true);
+
 		editor.setAsText("true");
 		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("true", editor.getAsText());
+
 		editor.setAsText("false");
 		assertEquals(Boolean.FALSE, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("false", editor.getAsText());
+
 		editor.setValue(null);
 		assertEquals(null, editor.getValue());
 		assertEquals("", editor.getAsText());
@@ -750,7 +771,7 @@ public class CustomEditorTests {
 		}
 		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			// expected
-			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().indexOf("10") != -1);
+			assertTrue(ex.getMessage().contains("10"));
 		}
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 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.
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 * @author Rick Evans
 * @author Chris Beams
 */
-public final class InputStreamEditorTests {
+public class InputStreamEditorTests {

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testCtorWithNullResourceEditor() throws Exception {
 		new InputStreamEditor(null);
 	}
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public final class InputStreamEditorTests {
 	public void testSunnyDay() throws Exception {
 		InputStream stream = null;
 		try {
-			String resource = "classpath:" + ClassUtils.classPackageAsResourcePath(getClass()) + "/" + ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class";
+			String resource = "classpath:" + ClassUtils.classPackageAsResourcePath(getClass()) +
+					"/" + ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class";
 			InputStreamEditor editor = new InputStreamEditor();
 			editor.setAsText(resource);
 			Object value = editor.getValue();
@@ -49,14 +50,15 @@ public final class InputStreamEditorTests {
 			assertTrue(value instanceof InputStream);
 			stream = (InputStream) value;
 			assertTrue(stream.available() > 0);
-		} finally {
+		}
+		finally {
 			if (stream != null) {
 				stream.close();
 			}
 		}
 	}

-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
 	public void testWhenResourceDoesNotExist() throws Exception {
 		String resource = "classpath:bingo!";
 		InputStreamEditor editor = new InputStreamEditor();
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ public final class InputStreamEditorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testGetAsTextReturnsNullByDefault() throws Exception {
 		assertNull(new InputStreamEditor().getAsText());
-		String resource = "classpath:" + ClassUtils.classPackageAsResourcePath(getClass()) + "/" + ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class";
+		String resource = "classpath:" + ClassUtils.classPackageAsResourcePath(getClass()) +
+				"/" + ClassUtils.getShortName(getClass()) + ".class";
 		InputStreamEditor editor = new InputStreamEditor();
 		editor.setAsText(resource);
 		assertNull(editor.getAsText());
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">
+<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">

 <beans>

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import net.sf.ehcache.Status;

 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.transaction.AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManager;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
 * CacheManager backed by an EhCache {@link net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager}.
@@ -81,8 +80,10 @@ public class EhCacheCacheManager extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManag
 	@Override
 	protected Collection<Cache> loadCaches() {
 		Status status = getCacheManager().getStatus();
-		Assert.isTrue(Status.STATUS_ALIVE.equals(status),
-				"An 'alive' EhCache CacheManager is required - current cache is " + status.toString());
+		if (!Status.STATUS_ALIVE.equals(status)) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(
+					"An 'alive' EhCache CacheManager is required - current cache is " + status.toString());
+		}

 		String[] names = getCacheManager().getCacheNames();
 		Collection<Cache> caches = new LinkedHashSet<Cache>(names.length);
@@ -94,8 +95,7 @@ public class EhCacheCacheManager extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManag

 	@Override
 	protected Cache getMissingCache(String name) {
-		// check the EhCache cache again
-		// (in case the cache was added at runtime)
+		// Check the EhCache cache again (in case the cache was added at runtime)
 		Ehcache ehcache = getCacheManager().getEhcache(name);
 		if (ehcache != null) {
 			return new EhCacheCache(ehcache);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

+import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException;
+
 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleValueWrapper;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
- * Spring {@link Cache} adapter implementation on top of a
- * Guava {@link com.google.common.cache.Cache} instance.
+ * Spring {@link org.springframework.cache.Cache} adapter implementation
+ * on top of a Guava {@link com.google.common.cache.Cache} instance.
 *
 * <p>Requires Google Guava 12.0 or higher.
 *
@@ -88,8 +91,16 @@ public class GuavaCache implements Cache {

 	@Override
 	public ValueWrapper get(Object key) {
-		Object value = this.cache.getIfPresent(key);
-		return toWrapper(value);
+		if (this.cache instanceof LoadingCache) {
+			try {
+				Object value = ((LoadingCache<Object, Object>) this.cache).get(key);
+				return toWrapper(value);
+			}
+			catch (ExecutionException ex) {
+				throw new UncheckedExecutionException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+			}
+		}
+		return toWrapper(this.cache.getIfPresent(key));
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -163,6 +174,10 @@ public class GuavaCache implements Cache {

 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class NullHolder implements Serializable {
+
+		private Object readResolve() {
+			return NULL_HOLDER;
+		}
 	}


@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ public class JCacheCache implements Cache {

 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class NullHolder implements Serializable {
+
+		private Object readResolve() {
+			return NULL_HOLDER;
+		}
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.cache.jcache.config;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.cache.annotation.AbstractCachingConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CachingConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.DefaultJCacheOperationSource;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.JCacheOperationSource;
@@ -34,14 +35,16 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
 * @see JCacheConfigurer
 */
@Configuration
-public class AbstractJCacheConfiguration extends AbstractCachingConfiguration<JCacheConfigurer> {
+public class AbstractJCacheConfiguration extends AbstractCachingConfiguration {

 	protected CacheResolver exceptionCacheResolver;

 	@Override
-	protected void useCachingConfigurer(JCacheConfigurer config) {
+	protected void useCachingConfigurer(CachingConfigurer config) {
 		super.useCachingConfigurer(config);
-		this.exceptionCacheResolver = config.exceptionCacheResolver();
+		if (config instanceof JCacheConfigurer) {
+			this.exceptionCacheResolver = ((JCacheConfigurer) config).exceptionCacheResolver();
+		}
 	}

 	@Bean(name = "jCacheOperationSource")
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@ import org.springframework.core.BridgeMethodResolver;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

 /**
- * Abstract implementation of {@link JCacheOperationSource} that caches
- * attributes for methods and implements a fallback policy: 1. specific
- * target method; 2. declaring method.
+ * Abstract implementation of {@link JCacheOperationSource} that caches attributes
+ * for methods and implements a fallback policy: 1. specific target method;
+ * 2. declaring method.
 *
- * <p>This implementation caches attributes by method after they are
- * first used.
+ * <p>This implementation caches attributes by method after they are first used.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.1
 * @see org.springframework.cache.interceptor.AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource
 */
-public abstract class AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource
-		implements JCacheOperationSource {
+public abstract class AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource implements JCacheOperationSource {

 	/**
 	 * Canonical value held in cache to indicate no caching attribute was
@@ -49,34 +48,31 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource
 	 */
 	private final static Object NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE = new Object();

+
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

-	private final Map<Object, Object> cache =
-			new ConcurrentHashMap<Object, Object>(1024);
+	private final Map<Object, Object> cache = new ConcurrentHashMap<Object, Object>(1024);
+

 	@Override
 	public JCacheOperation<?> getCacheOperation(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
-		// First, see if we have a cached value.
 		Object cacheKey = new MethodCacheKey(method, targetClass);
 		Object cached = this.cache.get(cacheKey);
+
 		if (cached != null) {
-			if (cached == NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			return (JCacheOperation<?>) cached;
+			return (cached != NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE ? (JCacheOperation<?>) cached : null);
 		}
 		else {
 			JCacheOperation<?> operation = computeCacheOperation(method, targetClass);
-			if (operation == null) {
-				this.cache.put(cacheKey, NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE);
-			}
-			else {
+			if (operation != null) {
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Adding cacheable method '" + method.getName()
-							+ "' with operation: " + operation);
+					logger.debug("Adding cacheable method '" + method.getName() + "' with operation: " + operation);
 				}
 				this.cache.put(cacheKey, operation);
 			}
+			else {
+				this.cache.put(cacheKey, NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE);
+			}
 			return operation;
 		}
 	}
@@ -108,6 +104,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource
 		return null;
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Subclasses need to implement this to return the caching operation
 	 * for the given method, if any.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@

 package org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor;

+import java.util.Collection;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.SmartInitializingSingleton;
+import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
+import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheOperationInvocationContext;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver;
@@ -128,9 +132,9 @@ public class DefaultJCacheOperationSource extends AnnotationJCacheOperationSourc

 	@Override
 	public void afterSingletonsInstantiated() {
-		// Make sure those are initialized on startup...
+		// Make sure that the cache resolver is initialized. An exception cache resolver is only
+		// required if the exceptionCacheName attribute is set on an operation
 		Assert.notNull(getDefaultCacheResolver(), "Cache resolver should have been initialized");
-		Assert.notNull(getDefaultExceptionCacheResolver(), "Exception cache resolver should have been initialized");
 	}


@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ public class DefaultJCacheOperationSource extends AnnotationJCacheOperationSourc
 	@Override
 	protected CacheResolver getDefaultExceptionCacheResolver() {
 		if (this.exceptionCacheResolver == null) {
-			this.exceptionCacheResolver = new SimpleExceptionCacheResolver(getDefaultCacheManager());
+			this.exceptionCacheResolver = new LazyCacheResolver();
 		}
 		return this.exceptionCacheResolver;
 	}
@@ -189,4 +193,27 @@ public class DefaultJCacheOperationSource extends AnnotationJCacheOperationSourc
 		return this.adaptedKeyGenerator;
 	}

+
+	/**
+	 * Only resolve the default exception cache resolver when an exception needs to be handled.
+	 * <p>A non-JSR-107 setup requires either a {@link CacheManager} or a {@link CacheResolver}. If only
+	 * the latter is specified, it is not possible to extract a default exception {@code CacheResolver}
+	 * from a custom {@code CacheResolver} implementation so we have to fallback on the {@code CacheManager}.
+	 * <p>This gives this weird situation of a perfectly valid configuration that breaks all the sudden
+	 * because the JCache support is enabled. To avoid this we resolve the default exception {@code CacheResolver}
+	 * as late as possible to avoid such hard requirement in other cases.
+	 */
+	class LazyCacheResolver implements CacheResolver {
+
+		private CacheResolver cacheResolver;
+
+		@Override
+		public Collection<? extends Cache> resolveCaches(CacheOperationInvocationContext<?> context) {
+			if (this.cacheResolver == null) {
+				this.cacheResolver = new SimpleExceptionCacheResolver(getDefaultCacheManager());
+			}
+			return this.cacheResolver.resolveCaches(context);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -28,21 +28,21 @@ import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver;
 * <p>A cache operation can be statically cached as it does not contain
 * any runtime operation of a specific cache invocation.
 *
- * @param <A> the type of the JSR-107 annotation
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 4.1
+ * @param <A> the type of the JSR-107 annotation
 */
 public interface JCacheOperation<A extends Annotation> extends BasicOperation, CacheMethodDetails<A> {

 	/**
-	 * Return the {@link CacheResolver} instance to use to resolve the cache to
-	 * use for this operation.
+	 * Return the {@link CacheResolver} instance to use to resolve the cache
+	 * to use for this operation.
 	 */
 	CacheResolver getCacheResolver();

 	/**
-	 * Return the {@link CacheInvocationParameter} instances based on the specified
-	 * method arguments.
+	 * Return the {@link CacheInvocationParameter} instances based on the
+	 * specified method arguments.
 	 * <p>The method arguments must match the signature of the related method invocation
 	 * @param values the parameters value for a particular invocation
 	 */
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ import org.springframework.cache.transaction.AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheM
 public class EhCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<EhCacheCacheManager> {

 	private CacheManager nativeCacheManager;
+
 	private EhCacheCacheManager cacheManager;
+
 	private EhCacheCacheManager transactionalCacheManager;

+
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 		nativeCacheManager = new CacheManager(new Configuration().name("EhCacheCacheManagerTests")
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ public class EhCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCache
 	protected EhCacheCacheManager getCacheManager(boolean transactionAware) {
 		if (transactionAware) {
 			return transactionalCacheManager;
-		} else {
+		}
+		else {
 			return cacheManager;
 		}
 	}
@@ -77,4 +81,5 @@ public class EhCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCache
 	protected void removeNativeCache(String cacheName) {
 		nativeCacheManager.removeCache(cacheName);
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.cache.guava;

 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.UncheckedExecutionException;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 */
 public class GuavaCacheManagerTests {

+	@Rule
+	public final ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
 	@Test
 	public void testDynamicMode() {
 		CacheManager cm = new GuavaCacheManager();
@@ -150,6 +156,28 @@ public class GuavaCacheManagerTests {
 		assertNotNull(cm.getCache("someCache"));
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void cacheLoaderUseLoadingCache() {
+		GuavaCacheManager cm = new GuavaCacheManager("c1");
+		cm.setCacheLoader(new CacheLoader<Object, Object>() {
+			@Override
+			public Object load(Object key) throws Exception {
+				if ("ping".equals(key)) {
+					return "pong";
+				}
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException("I only know ping");
+			}
+		});
+		Cache cache1 = cm.getCache("c1");
+		Cache.ValueWrapper value = cache1.get("ping");
+		assertNotNull(value);
+		assertEquals("pong", value.get());
+
+		thrown.expect(UncheckedExecutionException.class);
+		thrown.expectMessage("I only know ping");
+		assertNull(cache1.get("foo"));
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private CacheLoader<Object, Object> mockCacheLoader() {
 		return mock(CacheLoader.class);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
 public class JCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<JCacheCacheManager> {

 	private CacheManagerMock cacheManagerMock;
+
 	private JCacheCacheManager cacheManager;
+
 	private JCacheCacheManager transactionalCacheManager;

+
 	@Before
 	public void setupOnce() {
 		cacheManagerMock = new CacheManagerMock();
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@ public class JCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheM
 	protected JCacheCacheManager getCacheManager(boolean transactionAware) {
 		if (transactionAware) {
 			return transactionalCacheManager;
-		} else {
+		}
+		else {
 			return cacheManager;
 		}
 	}
@@ -75,9 +79,11 @@ public class JCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheM
 		cacheManagerMock.removeCache(cacheName);
 	}

+
 	private static class CacheManagerMock {

 		private final List<String> cacheNames;
+
 		private final CacheManager cacheManager;

 		private CacheManagerMock() {
@@ -103,4 +109,5 @@ public class JCacheCacheManagerTests extends AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheM
 			given(cacheManager.getCache(name)).willReturn(null);
 		}
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ package org.springframework.cache.jcache.config;

 import java.util.Arrays;

+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;

 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching;
 import org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCache;
+import org.springframework.cache.concurrent.ConcurrentMapCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cache.config.SomeKeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver;
@@ -35,7 +38,6 @@ import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleKeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.AnnotatedJCacheableService;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.DefaultJCacheOperationSource;
 import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.JCacheInterceptor;
-import org.springframework.cache.jcache.interceptor.SimpleExceptionCacheResolver;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.NoOpCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -51,15 +53,20 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 */
 public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {

+	@Rule
+	public final ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
 	@Override
 	protected ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
 		return new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(EnableCachingConfig.class);
 	}

+
 	@Test
 	public void fullCachingConfig() throws Exception {
 		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context =
 				new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(FullCachingConfig.class);
+
 		DefaultJCacheOperationSource cos = context.getBean(DefaultJCacheOperationSource.class);
 		assertSame(context.getBean(KeyGenerator.class), cos.getKeyGenerator());
 		assertSame(context.getBean("cacheResolver", CacheResolver.class),
@@ -80,10 +87,7 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		assertEquals(SimpleCacheResolver.class, cos.getCacheResolver().getClass());
 		assertSame(context.getBean(CacheManager.class),
 				((SimpleCacheResolver) cos.getCacheResolver()).getCacheManager());
-		assertNotNull(cos.getExceptionCacheResolver());
-		assertEquals(SimpleExceptionCacheResolver.class, cos.getExceptionCacheResolver().getClass());
-		assertSame(context.getBean(CacheManager.class),
-				((SimpleExceptionCacheResolver) cos.getExceptionCacheResolver()).getCacheManager());
+		assertNull(cos.getExceptionCacheResolver());
 		context.close();
 	}

@@ -99,6 +103,27 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		context.close();
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void exceptionCacheResolverLazilyRequired() {
+		ConfigurableApplicationContext context =
+				new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(NoExceptionCacheResolverConfig.class);
+
+		try {
+			DefaultJCacheOperationSource cos = context.getBean(DefaultJCacheOperationSource.class);
+			assertSame(context.getBean("cacheResolver"), cos.getCacheResolver());
+
+			JCacheableService<?> service = context.getBean(JCacheableService.class);
+			service.cache("id");
+
+			// This call requires the cache manager to be set
+			thrown.expect(IllegalStateException.class);
+			service.cacheWithException("test", false);
+		}
+		finally {
+			context.close();
+		}
+	}
+

 	@Configuration
 	@EnableCaching
@@ -126,11 +151,11 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		}
 	}

+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableCaching
 	public static class FullCachingConfig implements JCacheConfigurer {

-
 		@Override
 		@Bean
 		public CacheManager cacheManager() {
@@ -162,6 +187,7 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		}
 	}

+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableCaching
 	public static class EmptyConfigSupportConfig extends JCacheConfigurerSupport {
@@ -171,6 +197,7 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		}
 	}

+
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableCaching
 	static class FullCachingConfigSupport extends JCacheConfigurerSupport {
@@ -200,4 +227,21 @@ public class JCacheJavaConfigTests extends AbstractJCacheAnnotationTests {
 		}
 	}

+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableCaching
+	static class NoExceptionCacheResolverConfig extends JCacheConfigurerSupport {
+
+		@Override
+		@Bean
+		public CacheResolver cacheResolver() {
+			return new NamedCacheResolver(new ConcurrentMapCacheManager(), "default");
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public JCacheableService<?> cacheableService() {
+			return new AnnotatedJCacheableService(new ConcurrentMapCache("default"));
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -42,11 +42,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<T extends C

 	/**
 	 * Returns the {@link CacheManager} to use.
-	 *
 	 * @param transactionAware if the requested cache manager should be aware
 	 * of the transaction
 	 * @return the cache manager to use
-	 * @see org.springframework.cache.transaction.AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManager#setTransactionAware(boolean)
+	 * @see org.springframework.cache.transaction.AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManager#setTransactionAware
 	 */
 	protected abstract T getCacheManager(boolean transactionAware);

@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<T extends C
 	 */
 	protected abstract void removeNativeCache(String cacheName);

+
 	@Test
 	public void getOnExistingCache() {
 		assertThat(getCacheManager(false).getCache(CACHE_NAME), is(instanceOf(getCacheType())));
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<T extends C
 		addNativeCache(cacheName);
 		assertFalse(cacheManager.getCacheNames().contains(cacheName));
 		try {
-			assertThat(cacheManager.getCache(cacheName),
-					is(instanceOf(getCacheType())));
+			assertThat(cacheManager.getCache(cacheName), is(instanceOf(getCacheType())));
 			assertTrue(cacheManager.getCacheNames().contains(cacheName));
-		} finally {
+		}
+		finally {
 			removeNativeCache(cacheName);
 		}
 	}
@@ -109,8 +109,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractTransactionSupportingCacheManagerTests<T extends C
 			assertThat(cacheManager.getCache(cacheName),
 					is(instanceOf(TransactionAwareCacheDecorator.class)));
 			assertTrue(cacheManager.getCacheNames().contains(cacheName));
-		} finally {
+		}
+		finally {
 			removeNativeCache(cacheName);
 		}
 	}
+
 }
@@ -381,17 +381,20 @@ public class QuartzSupportTests {

 	/**
 	 * SPR-6038: detect HSQL and stop illegal locks being taken.
+	 * TODO: Against Quartz 2.2, this test's job doesn't actually execute anymore...
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void schedulerWithHsqlDataSource() throws Exception {
-		Assume.group(TestGroup.PERFORMANCE);
+		// Assume.group(TestGroup.PERFORMANCE);

 		DummyJob.param = 0;
 		DummyJob.count = 0;

 		ClassPathXmlApplicationContext ctx = context("databasePersistence.xml");
 		JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(ctx.getBean(DataSource.class));
-		assertTrue("No triggers were persisted", jdbcTemplate.queryForList("SELECT * FROM qrtz_triggers").size()>0);
+		assertFalse("No triggers were persisted", jdbcTemplate.queryForList("SELECT * FROM qrtz_triggers").isEmpty());
+
+		/*
 		Thread.sleep(3000);
 		try {
 			assertTrue(DummyJob.count > 0);
@@ -399,6 +402,7 @@ public class QuartzSupportTests {
 		finally {
 			ctx.close();
 		}
+		*/
 	}

 	private ClassPathXmlApplicationContext context(String path) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cache;

 /**
- * Interface that defines the common cache operations.
+ * Interface that defines common cache operations.
 *
 * <b>Note:</b> Due to the generic use of caching, it is recommended that
 * implementations allow storage of <tt>null</tt> values (for example to
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public interface Cache {
 	 * the cache contains no mapping for this key
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if a cache entry has been found
 	 * but failed to match the specified type
-	 * @see #get(Object)
 	 * @since 4.0
+	 * @see #get(Object)
 	 */
 	<T> T get(Object key, Class<T> type);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.cache.annotation;

 import java.util.Collection;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
@@ -28,12 +27,11 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportAware;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;

 /**
- * Abstract base {@code @Configuration} class providing common structure for enabling
- * Spring's annotation-driven cache management capability.
+ * Abstract base {@code @Configuration} class providing common structure
+ * for enabling Spring's annotation-driven cache management capability.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 * @see EnableCaching
 */
@Configuration
-public abstract class AbstractCachingConfiguration<C extends CachingConfigurer> implements ImportAware {
+public abstract class AbstractCachingConfiguration implements ImportAware {

 	protected AnnotationAttributes enableCaching;

@@ -53,17 +51,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractCachingConfiguration<C extends CachingConfigurer>

 	protected CacheErrorHandler errorHandler;

+
 	@Override
 	public void setImportMetadata(AnnotationMetadata importMetadata) {
 		this.enableCaching = AnnotationAttributes.fromMap(
 				importMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(EnableCaching.class.getName(), false));
-		Assert.notNull(this.enableCaching,
-				"@EnableCaching is not present on importing class " +
-						importMetadata.getClassName());
+		if (this.enableCaching == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"@EnableCaching is not present on importing class " + importMetadata.getClassName());
+		}
 	}

 	@Autowired(required = false)
-	void setConfigurers(Collection<C> configurers) {
+	void setConfigurers(Collection<CachingConfigurer> configurers) {
 		if (CollectionUtils.isEmpty(configurers)) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractCachingConfiguration<C extends CachingConfigurer>
 					"Refactor the configuration such that CachingConfigurer is " +
 					"implemented only once or not at all.");
 		}
-		C configurer = configurers.iterator().next();
+		CachingConfigurer configurer = configurers.iterator().next();
 		useCachingConfigurer(configurer);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Extract the configuration from the nominated {@link CachingConfigurer}.
 	 */
-	protected void useCachingConfigurer(C config) {
+	protected void useCachingConfigurer(CachingConfigurer config) {
 		this.cacheManager = config.cacheManager();
 		this.cacheResolver = config.cacheResolver();
 		this.keyGenerator = config.keyGenerator();
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

 /**
- * Annotation indicating that a method (or all methods on a class) trigger(s)
- * a cache invalidate operation.
+ * Annotation indicating that a method (or all methods on a class) triggers a
+ * {@link org.springframework.cache.Cache#evict(Object) cache evict} operation.
 *
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
@@ -39,22 +39,39 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 public @interface CacheEvict {

 	/**
-	 * Qualifier value for the specified cached operation.
-	 * <p>May be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching the qualifier
-	 * value (or the bean name(s)) of (a) specific bean definition.
+	 * Names of the caches to use for the cache eviction operation.
+	 * <p>Names may be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching
+	 * the qualifier value or bean name of a specific bean definition.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheNames
 	 */
 	String[] value() default {};

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute for computing the key dynamically.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning all method parameters are considered as a key, unless
-	 * a custom {@link #keyGenerator()} has been set.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression for computing the key dynamically.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning all method parameters are considered as a key,
+	 * unless a custom {@link #keyGenerator} has been set.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #result} for a reference to the result of the method invocation, which
+	 * can only be used if {@link #beforeInvocation()} is {@code false}.</li>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String key() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator} to use.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key()} attribute.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator}
+	 * to use.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key} attribute.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#keyGenerator
 	 */
 	String keyGenerator() default "";

@@ -62,34 +79,55 @@ public @interface CacheEvict {
 	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.CacheManager} to use to
 	 * create a default {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} if none
 	 * is set already.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver()}  attribute.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver} attribute.
 	 * @see org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheManager
 	 */
 	String cacheManager() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} to use.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver}
+	 * to use.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheResolver
 	 */
 	String cacheResolver() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute used for conditioning the method caching.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning the method is always cached.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used for making the cache
+	 * eviction operation conditional.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning the cache eviction is always performed.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String condition() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Whether or not all the entries inside the cache(s) are removed or not. By
-	 * default, only the value under the associated key is removed.
-	 * <p>Note that setting this parameter to {@code true} and specifying a {@link #key()}
-	 * is not allowed.
+	 * Whether all the entries inside the cache(s) are removed.
+	 * <p>By default, only the value under the associated key is removed.
+	 * <p>Note that setting this parameter to {@code true} and specifying a
+	 * {@link #key} is not allowed.
 	 */
 	boolean allEntries() default false;

 	/**
-	 * Whether the eviction should occur after the method is successfully invoked (default)
-	 * or before. The latter causes the eviction to occur irrespective of the method outcome (whether
-	 * it threw an exception or not) while the former does not.
+	 * Whether the eviction should occur before the method is invoked.
+	 * <p>Setting this attribute to {@code true}, causes the eviction to
+	 * occur irrespective of the method outcome (i.e., whether it threw an
+	 * exception or not).
+	 * <p>Defaults to {@code false}, meaning that the cache eviction operation
+	 * will occur <em>after</em> the advised method is invoked successfully (i.e.,
+	 * only if the invocation did not throw an exception).
 	 */
 	boolean beforeInvocation() default false;
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

-import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
-
 /**
- * Annotation indicating that a method (or all methods on a class) trigger(s)
- * a {@link Cache#put(Object, Object)} operation. As opposed to {@link Cacheable} annotation,
- * this annotation does not cause the target method to be skipped - rather it
- * always causes the method to be invoked and its result to be placed into the cache.
+ * Annotation indicating that a method (or all methods on a class) triggers a
+ * {@link org.springframework.cache.Cache#put(Object, Object) cache put} operation.
+ *
+ * <p>In contrast to the {@link Cacheable @Cacheable} annotation, this annotation
+ * does not cause the advised method to be skipped. Rather, it always causes the
+ * method to be invoked and its result to be stored in the associated cache.
 *
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Phillip Webb
@@ -37,29 +37,45 @@ import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 * @since 3.1
 * @see CacheConfig
 */
-@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Documented
 public @interface CachePut {

 	/**
-	 * Name of the caches in which the update takes place.
-	 * <p>May be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching the
-	 * qualifier value (or the bean name(s)) of (a) specific bean definition.
+	 * Names of the caches to use for the cache put operation.
+	 * <p>Names may be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching
+	 * the qualifier value or bean name of a specific bean definition.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheNames
 	 */
 	String[] value() default {};

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute for computing the key dynamically.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning all method parameters are considered as a key, unless
-	 * a custom {@link #keyGenerator()} has been set.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression for computing the key dynamically.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning all method parameters are considered as a key,
+	 * unless a custom {@link #keyGenerator} has been set.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #result} for a reference to the result of the method invocation.</li>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String key() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator} to use.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key()} attribute.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator}
+	 * to use.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key} attribute.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#keyGenerator
 	 */
 	String keyGenerator() default "";

@@ -67,28 +83,58 @@ public @interface CachePut {
 	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.CacheManager} to use to
 	 * create a default {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} if none
 	 * is set already.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver()}  attribute.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver} attribute.
 	 * @see org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheManager
 	 */
 	String cacheManager() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} to use.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver}
+	 * to use.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheResolver
 	 */
 	String cacheResolver() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute used for conditioning the cache update.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning the method result is always cached.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used for making the cache
+	 * put operation conditional.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning the method result is always cached.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String condition() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute used to veto the cache update.
-	 * <p>Unlike {@link #condition()}, this expression is evaluated after the method
-	 * has been called and can therefore refer to the {@code result}. Default is "",
-	 * meaning that caching is never vetoed.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used to veto the cache put operation.
+	 * <p>Unlike {@link #condition}, this expression is evaluated after the method
+	 * has been called and can therefore refer to the {@code result}.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning that caching is never vetoed.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #result} for a reference to the result of the method invocation.</li>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 * @since 3.2
 	 */
 	String unless() default "";
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

 /**
- * Annotation indicating that a method (or all the methods on a class) can be cached.
+ * Annotation indicating that the result of invoking a method (or all methods
+ * in a class) can be cached.
 *
- * <p>Each time a targeted method is invoked, a caching behavior will be applied,
- * checking whether the method has been already executed for the given arguments. A
- * sensible default simply uses the method parameters to compute the key but a SpEL
- * expression can be provided ({@link #key()}) or a custom
- * {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator KeyGenerator} implementation
- * can replace the default one ({@link #keyGenerator()}).
+ * <p>Each time an advised method is invoked, caching behavior will be applied,
+ * checking whether the method has been already invoked for the given arguments.
+ * A sensible default simply uses the method parameters to compute the key, but
+ * a SpEL expression can be provided via the {@link #key} attribute, or a custom
+ * {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator} implementation can
+ * replace the default one (see {@link #keyGenerator}).
 *
- * <p>If no value is found in the cache for the computed key, the method is executed
- * and the returned instance is used as the cache value.
+ * <p>If no value is found in the cache for the computed key, the target method
+ * will be invoked and the returned value stored in the associated cache.
 *
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Phillip Webb
@@ -49,22 +50,37 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 public @interface Cacheable {

 	/**
-	 * Name of the caches in which the update takes place.
-	 * <p>May be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching the
-	 * qualifier value (or the bean name(s)) of (a) specific bean definition.
+	 * Names of the caches in which method invocation results are stored.
+	 * <p>Names may be used to determine the target cache (or caches), matching
+	 * the qualifier value or bean name of a specific bean definition.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheNames
 	 */
 	String[] value() default {};

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute for computing the key dynamically.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning all method parameters are considered as a key, unless
-	 * a custom {@link #keyGenerator()} has been set.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression for computing the key dynamically.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning all method parameters are considered as a key,
+	 * unless a custom {@link #keyGenerator} has been configured.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String key() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator} to use.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key()} attribute.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator}
+	 * to use.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #key} attribute.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#keyGenerator
 	 */
 	String keyGenerator() default "";

@@ -72,28 +88,58 @@ public @interface Cacheable {
 	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.CacheManager} to use to
 	 * create a default {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} if none
 	 * is set already.
-	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver()}  attribute.
+	 * <p>Mutually exclusive with the {@link #cacheResolver}  attribute.
 	 * @see org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleCacheResolver
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheManager
 	 */
 	String cacheManager() default "";

 	/**
-	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver} to use.
+	 * The bean name of the custom {@link org.springframework.cache.interceptor.CacheResolver}
+	 * to use.
+	 * @see CacheConfig#cacheResolver
 	 */
 	String cacheResolver() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute used for conditioning the method caching.
-	 * <p>Default is "", meaning the method is always cached.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used for making the method
+	 * caching conditional.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning the method result is always cached.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 */
 	String condition() default "";

 	/**
-	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) attribute used to veto method caching.
-	 * <p>Unlike {@link #condition()}, this expression is evaluated after the method
-	 * has been called and can therefore refer to the {@code result}. Default is "",
-	 * meaning that caching is never vetoed.
+	 * Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expression used to veto method caching.
+	 * <p>Unlike {@link #condition}, this expression is evaluated after the method
+	 * has been called and can therefore refer to the {@code result}.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code ""}, meaning that caching is never vetoed.
+	 * <p>The SpEL expression evaluates again a dedicated context that provides the
+	 * following meta-data:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>{@code #result} for a reference to the result of the method invocation.</li>
+	 * <li>{@code #root.method}, {@code #root.target} and {@code #root.caches} for a
+	 * reference to the {@link java.lang.reflect.Method method}, target object and
+	 * affected cache(s) respectively.</li>
+	 * <li>Shortcuts for the method name ({@code #root.methodName}) and target class
+	 * ({@code #root.targetClass}) are also available.
+	 * <li>Method arguments can be accessed by index. For instance the second argument
+	 * can be access via {@code #root.args[1]}, {@code #p1} or {@code #a1}. Arguments
+	 * can also be accessed by name if that information is available.</li>
+	 * </ul>
 	 * @since 3.2
 	 */
 	String unless() default "";
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -162,13 +162,12 @@ public @interface EnableCaching {
 	 * Indicate whether subclass-based (CGLIB) proxies are to be created as opposed
 	 * to standard Java interface-based proxies. The default is {@code false}. <strong>
 	 * Applicable only if {@link #mode()} is set to {@link AdviceMode#PROXY}</strong>.
-	 *
 	 * <p>Note that setting this attribute to {@code true} will affect <em>all</em>
-	 * Spring-managed beans requiring proxying, not just those marked with
-	 * {@code @Cacheable}. For example, other beans marked with Spring's
-	 * {@code @Transactional} annotation will be upgraded to subclass proxying at the same
-	 * time. This approach has no negative impact in practice unless one is explicitly
-	 * expecting one type of proxy vs another, e.g. in tests.
+	 * Spring-managed beans requiring proxying, not just those marked with {@code @Cacheable}.
+	 * For example, other beans marked with Spring's {@code @Transactional} annotation will
+	 * be upgraded to subclass proxying at the same time. This approach has no negative
+	 * impact in practice unless one is explicitly expecting one type of proxy vs another,
+	 * e.g. in tests.
 	 */
 	boolean proxyTargetClass() default false;

@@ -185,4 +184,5 @@ public @interface EnableCaching {
 	 * The default is {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE}.
 	 */
 	int order() default Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE;
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Role;
 * @see CachingConfigurationSelector
 */
@Configuration
-public class ProxyCachingConfiguration extends AbstractCachingConfiguration<CachingConfigurer> {
+public class ProxyCachingConfiguration extends AbstractCachingConfiguration {

 	@Bean(name = CacheManagementConfigUtils.CACHE_ADVISOR_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ public class SpringCacheAnnotationParser implements CacheAnnotationParser, Seria
 					"default cache resolver if none is set. If a cache resolver is set, the cache manager" +
 					"won't be used.");
 		}
-		if (operation.getCacheNames().isEmpty()) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("No cache names could be detected on '" +
-					ae.toString() + "'. Make sure to set the value parameter on the annotation or " +
-					"declare a @CacheConfig at the class-level with the default cache name(s) to use.");
-		}
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleValueWrapper;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
- * Simple {@link Cache} implementation based on the core JDK
- * {@code java.util.concurrent} package.
+ * Simple {@link org.springframework.cache.Cache} implementation based on the
+ * core JDK {@code java.util.concurrent} package.
 *
 * <p>Useful for testing or simple caching scenarios, typically in combination
 * with {@link org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleCacheManager} or
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCache implements Cache {

 	@Override
 	public ValueWrapper putIfAbsent(Object key, Object value) {
-		Object existing = this.store.putIfAbsent(key, value);
+		Object existing = this.store.putIfAbsent(key, toStoreValue(value));
 		return toWrapper(existing);
 	}

@@ -169,8 +169,13 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCache implements Cache {
 		return (value != null ? new SimpleValueWrapper(fromStoreValue(value)) : null);
 	}

+
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class NullHolder implements Serializable {
+
+		private Object readResolve() {
+			return NULL_HOLDER;
+		}
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource implements CacheOpera
 	 */
 	private final static Collection<CacheOperation> NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE = Collections.emptyList();

+
 	/**
 	 * Logger available to subclasses.
 	 * <p>As this base class is not marked Serializable, the logger will be recreated
@@ -71,9 +72,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource implements CacheOpera
 	 * <p>As this base class is not marked Serializable, the cache will be recreated
 	 * after serialization - provided that the concrete subclass is Serializable.
 	 */
-	final Map<Object, Collection<CacheOperation>> attributeCache =
+	private final Map<Object, Collection<CacheOperation>> attributeCache =
 			new ConcurrentHashMap<Object, Collection<CacheOperation>>(1024);

+
 	/**
 	 * Determine the caching attribute for this method invocation.
 	 * <p>Defaults to the class's caching attribute if no method attribute is found.
@@ -84,30 +86,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource implements CacheOpera
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public Collection<CacheOperation> getCacheOperations(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
-		// First, see if we have a cached value.
 		Object cacheKey = getCacheKey(method, targetClass);
 		Collection<CacheOperation> cached = this.attributeCache.get(cacheKey);
+
 		if (cached != null) {
-			if (cached == NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			// Value will either be canonical value indicating there is no caching attribute,
-			// or an actual caching attribute.
-			return cached;
+			return (cached != NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE ? cached : null);
 		}
 		else {
-			// We need to work it out.
 			Collection<CacheOperation> cacheOps = computeCacheOperations(method, targetClass);
-			// Put it in the cache.
-			if (cacheOps == null) {
-				this.attributeCache.put(cacheKey, NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE);
-			}
-			else {
+			if (cacheOps != null) {
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 					logger.debug("Adding cacheable method '" + method.getName() + "' with attribute: " + cacheOps);
 				}
 				this.attributeCache.put(cacheKey, cacheOps);
 			}
+			else {
+				this.attributeCache.put(cacheKey, NULL_CACHING_ATTRIBUTE);
+			}
 			return cacheOps;
 		}
 	}
@@ -186,4 +181,5 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource implements CacheOpera
 	protected boolean allowPublicMethodsOnly() {
 		return false;
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
 /**
 * Determine the {@link Cache} instance(s) to use for an intercepted method invocation.
 *
- * <p>Implementations MUST be thread-safe.
+ * <p>Implementations must be thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 4.1
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ public interface CacheResolver {

 	/**
 	 * Return the cache(s) to use for the specified invocation.
-	 *
 	 * @param context the context of the particular invocation
-	 * @return the cache(s) to use (never null)
+	 * @return the cache(s) to use (never {@code null})
 	 */
 	Collection<? extends Cache> resolveCaches(CacheOperationInvocationContext<?> context);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCacheManager implements CacheManager, Initializing

 	private final ConcurrentMap<String, Cache> cacheMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Cache>(16);

-	private Set<String> cacheNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>(16);
+	private final Set<String> cacheNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>(16);


 	// Early cache initialization on startup
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractCacheManager implements CacheManager, Initializing
 		this.cacheNames.add(cache.getName());
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Check for a registered cache of the given name.
+	 * In contrast to {@link #getCache(String)}, this method does not trigger
+	 * the lazy creation of missing caches via {@link #getMissingCache(String)}.
+	 * @param name the cache identifier (must not be {@code null})
+	 * @return the associated Cache instance, or {@code null} if none found
+	 * @since 4.1
+	 * @see #getCache(String)
+	 * @see #getMissingCache(String)
+	 */
 	protected final Cache lookupCache(String name) {
 		return this.cacheMap.get(name);
 	}
@@ -120,6 +130,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCacheManager implements CacheManager, Initializing
 	 * @param name the name of the cache to retrieve
 	 * @return the missing cache or {@code null} if no such cache exists or could be
 	 * created
+	 * @since 4.1
 	 * @see #getCache(String)
 	 */
 	protected Cache getMissingCache(String name) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@
 package org.springframework.context;

 /**
- * Interface defining methods for start/stop lifecycle control.
+ * A common interface defining methods for start/stop lifecycle control.
 * The typical use case for this is to control asynchronous processing.
+ * <b>NOTE: This interface does not imply specific auto-startup semantics.
+ * Consider implementing {@link SmartLifecycle} for that purpose.</b>
 *
- * <p>Can be implemented by both components (typically a Spring bean defined in
- * a Spring {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}) and containers
- * (typically a Spring {@link ApplicationContext}). Containers will propagate
- * start/stop signals to all components that apply.
+ * <p>Can be implemented by both components (typically a Spring bean defined in a
+ * Spring context) and containers  (typically a Spring {@link ApplicationContext}
+ * itself). Containers will propagate start/stop signals to all components that
+ * apply within each container, e.g. for a stop/restart scenario at runtime.
 *
 * <p>Can be used for direct invocations or for management operations via JMX.
 * In the latter case, the {@link org.springframework.jmx.export.MBeanExporter}
@@ -32,10 +34,10 @@ package org.springframework.context;
 * restricting the visibility of activity-controlled components to the Lifecycle
 * interface.
 *
- * <p>Note that the Lifecycle interface is only supported on <b>top-level singleton beans</b>.
- * On any other component, the Lifecycle interface will remain undetected and hence ignored.
- * Also, note that the extended {@link SmartLifecycle} interface provides more sophisticated
- * integration with the container's startup and shutdown phases.
+ * <p>Note that the Lifecycle interface is only supported on <b>top-level singleton
+ * beans</b>. On any other component, the Lifecycle interface will remain undetected
+ * and hence ignored. Also, note that the extended {@link SmartLifecycle} interface
+ * provides integration with the application context's startup and shutdown phases.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ public interface Lifecycle {
 	 * Should not throw an exception if the component is already running.
 	 * <p>In the case of a container, this will propagate the start signal
 	 * to all components that apply.
+	 * @see SmartLifecycle#isAutoStartup()
 	 */
 	void start();

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 package org.springframework.context;

 /**
- * An extension of the {@link Lifecycle} interface for those objects that require to be
- * started upon ApplicationContext refresh and/or shutdown in a particular order.
+ * An extension of the {@link Lifecycle} interface for those objects that require to
+ * be started upon ApplicationContext refresh and/or shutdown in a particular order.
 * The {@link #isAutoStartup()} return value indicates whether this object should
 * be started at the time of a context refresh. The callback-accepting
 * {@link #stop(Runnable)} method is useful for objects that have an asynchronous
@@ -55,26 +55,37 @@ package org.springframework.context;
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @since 3.0
+ * @see LifecycleProcessor
+ * @see ConfigurableApplicationContext
 */
 public interface SmartLifecycle extends Lifecycle, Phased {

 	/**
-	 * Return whether this Lifecycle component should be started automatically
-	 * by the container when the ApplicationContext is refreshed. A value of
-	 * "false" indicates that the component is intended to be started manually.
+	 * Returns {@code true} if this {@code Lifecycle} component should get
+	 * started automatically by the container at the time that the containing
+	 * {@link ApplicationContext} gets refreshed.
+	 * <p>A value of {@code false} indicates that the component is intended to
+	 * be started through an explicit {@link #start()} call instead, analogous
+	 * to a plain {@link Lifecycle} implementation.
+	 * @see #start()
+	 * @see #getPhase()
+	 * @see LifecycleProcessor#onRefresh()
+	 * @see ConfigurableApplicationContext#refresh()
 	 */
 	boolean isAutoStartup();

 	/**
 	 * Indicates that a Lifecycle component must stop if it is currently running.
-	 * <p>The provided callback is used by the {@link LifecycleProcessor} to support an
-	 * ordered, and potentially concurrent, shutdown of all components having a
+	 * <p>The provided callback is used by the {@link LifecycleProcessor} to support
+	 * an ordered, and potentially concurrent, shutdown of all components having a
 	 * common shutdown order value. The callback <b>must</b> be executed after
-	 * the SmartLifecycle component does indeed stop.
-	 * <p>The {@code LifecycleProcessor} will call <i>only</i> this variant of the
+	 * the {@code SmartLifecycle} component does indeed stop.
+	 * <p>The {@link LifecycleProcessor} will call <i>only</i> this variant of the
 	 * {@code stop} method; i.e. {@link Lifecycle#stop()} will not be called for
-	 * {@link SmartLifecycle} implementations unless explicitly delegated to within
-	 * this method.
+	 * {@code SmartLifecycle} implementations unless explicitly delegated to within
+	 * the implementation of this method.
+	 * @see #stop()
+	 * @see #getPhase()
 	 */
 	void stop(Runnable callback);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- /*
- * 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.
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 * based on an {@link AdviceMode} value from an annotation (such as the {@code @Enable*}
 * annotations).
 *
- * @param <A> Annotation containing {@linkplain #getAdviceModeAttributeName() AdviceMode attribute}
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1
+ * @param <A> annotation containing {@linkplain #getAdviceModeAttributeName() AdviceMode attribute}
 */
 public abstract class AdviceModeImportSelector<A extends Annotation> implements ImportSelector {

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
 * A {@link ScopeMetadataResolver} implementation that by default checks for
- * the presence of Spring's {@link Scope} annotation on the bean class.
+ * the presence of Spring's {@link Scope @Scope} annotation on the bean class.
 *
- * <p>The exact type of annotation that is checked for is configurable via the
- * {@link #setScopeAnnotationType(Class)} property.
+ * <p>The exact type of annotation that is checked for is configurable via
+ * {@link #setScopeAnnotationType(Class)}.
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver implements ScopeMetadataResolver {


 	/**
-	 * Create a new instance of the {@code AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver} class.
+	 * Construct a new {@code AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver}.
 	 * @see #AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver(ScopedProxyMode)
 	 * @see ScopedProxyMode#NO
 	 */
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ public class AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver implements ScopeMetadataResolver {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Create a new instance of the {@code AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver} class.
-	 * @param defaultProxyMode the desired scoped-proxy mode
+	 * Construct a new {@code AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver} using the
+	 * supplied default {@link ScopedProxyMode}.
+	 * @param defaultProxyMode the default scoped-proxy mode
 	 */
 	public AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver(ScopedProxyMode defaultProxyMode) {
 		Assert.notNull(defaultProxyMode, "'defaultProxyMode' must not be null");
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public class AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver implements ScopeMetadataResolver {

 	/**
 	 * Set the type of annotation that is checked for by this
-	 * {@link AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver}.
+	 * {@code AnnotationScopeMetadataResolver}.
 	 * @param scopeAnnotationType the target annotation type
 	 */
 	public void setScopeAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> scopeAnnotationType) {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 * {@code <bean>} definitions within Spring XML files. It is also possible to
 * import Spring XML configuration files into {@code @Configuration} classes using
 * the {@link ImportResource @ImportResource} annotation. Bean definitions imported from XML can be
- * injected using {@code @Autowired} or {@code @Import}:
+ * injected using {@code @Autowired} or {@code @Inject}:
 * <pre class="code">
 * &#064;Configuration
 * &#064;ImportResource("classpath:/com/acme/database-config.xml")
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@

 package org.springframework.context.annotation;

+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ final class ConfigurationClass {
 	private final Map<ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar, AnnotationMetadata> importBeanDefinitionRegistrars =
 			new LinkedHashMap<ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar, AnnotationMetadata>();

+	final Set<String> skippedBeanMethods = new HashSet<String>();
+

 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@link ConfigurationClass} with the given name.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 			this.registry.registerBeanDefinition(definitionHolder.getBeanName(), definitionHolder.getBeanDefinition());
 			configClass.setBeanName(configBeanName);
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug(String.format("Registered bean definition for imported @Configuration class %s", configBeanName));
+				logger.debug("Registered bean definition for imported class '" + configBeanName + "'");
 			}
 		}
 		else {
@@ -182,33 +182,25 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 	 * with the BeanDefinitionRegistry based on its contents.
 	 */
 	private void loadBeanDefinitionsForBeanMethod(BeanMethod beanMethod) {
-		if (this.conditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(beanMethod.getMetadata(), ConfigurationPhase.REGISTER_BEAN)) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		ConfigurationClass configClass = beanMethod.getConfigurationClass();
 		MethodMetadata metadata = beanMethod.getMetadata();
+		String methodName = metadata.getMethodName();

-		ConfigurationClassBeanDefinition beanDef = new ConfigurationClassBeanDefinition(configClass, metadata);
-		beanDef.setResource(configClass.getResource());
-		beanDef.setSource(this.sourceExtractor.extractSource(metadata, configClass.getResource()));
-		if (metadata.isStatic()) {
-			// static @Bean method
-			beanDef.setBeanClassName(configClass.getMetadata().getClassName());
-			beanDef.setFactoryMethodName(metadata.getMethodName());
+		// Do we need to mark the bean as skipped by its condition?
+		if (this.conditionEvaluator.shouldSkip(metadata, ConfigurationPhase.REGISTER_BEAN)) {
+			configClass.skippedBeanMethods.add(methodName);
+			return;
 		}
-		else {
-			// instance @Bean method
-			beanDef.setFactoryBeanName(configClass.getBeanName());
-			beanDef.setUniqueFactoryMethodName(metadata.getMethodName());
+		if (configClass.skippedBeanMethods.contains(methodName)) {
+			return;
 		}
-		beanDef.setAutowireMode(RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR);
-		beanDef.setAttribute(RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.SKIP_REQUIRED_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE, Boolean.TRUE);

 		// Consider name and any aliases
 		AnnotationAttributes bean = AnnotationConfigUtils.attributesFor(metadata, Bean.class);
 		List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(bean.getStringArray("name")));
-		String beanName = (names.size() > 0 ? names.remove(0) : beanMethod.getMetadata().getMethodName());
+		String beanName = (names.size() > 0 ? names.remove(0) : methodName);
+
+		// Register aliases even when overridden
 		for (String alias : names) {
 			this.registry.registerAlias(beanName, alias);
 		}
@@ -218,6 +210,23 @@ class ConfigurationClassBeanDefinitionReader {
 			return;
 		}

+		ConfigurationClassBeanDefinition beanDef = new ConfigurationClassBeanDefinition(configClass, metadata);
+		beanDef.setResource(configClass.getResource());
+		beanDef.setSource(this.sourceExtractor.extractSource(metadata, configClass.getResource()));
+
+		if (metadata.isStatic()) {
+			// static @Bean method
+			beanDef.setBeanClassName(configClass.getMetadata().getClassName());
+			beanDef.setFactoryMethodName(methodName);
+		}
+		else {
+			// instance @Bean method
+			beanDef.setFactoryBeanName(configClass.getBeanName());
+			beanDef.setUniqueFactoryMethodName(methodName);
+		}
+		beanDef.setAutowireMode(RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR);
+		beanDef.setAttribute(RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.SKIP_REQUIRED_CHECK_ATTRIBUTE, Boolean.TRUE);
+
 		AnnotationConfigUtils.processCommonDefinitionAnnotations(beanDef, metadata);

 		Autowire autowire = bean.getEnum("autowire");
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassEnhancer {
 							"result in a failure to process annotations such as @Autowired, " +
 							"@Resource and @PostConstruct within the method's declaring " +
 							"@Configuration class. Add the 'static' modifier to this method to avoid " +
-							"these container lifecycle issues; see @Bean javadoc for complete details",
+							"these container lifecycle issues; see @Bean javadoc for complete details.",
 							beanMethod.getDeclaringClass().getSimpleName(), beanMethod.getName()));
 				}
 				return cglibMethodProxy.invokeSuper(enhancedConfigInstance, beanMethodArgs);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AssignableTypeFilter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {

 	private final ImportStack importStack = new ImportStack();

-	private final List<DeferredImportSelectorHolder> deferredImportSelectors = new LinkedList<DeferredImportSelectorHolder>();
+	private List<DeferredImportSelectorHolder> deferredImportSelectors;


 	/**
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {


 	public void parse(Set<BeanDefinitionHolder> configCandidates) {
+		this.deferredImportSelectors = new LinkedList<DeferredImportSelectorHolder>();
+
 		for (BeanDefinitionHolder holder : configCandidates) {
 			BeanDefinition bd = holder.getBeanDefinition();
 			try {
@@ -177,6 +180,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 						"Failed to parse configuration class [" + bd.getBeanClassName() + "]", ex);
 			}
 		}
+
 		processDeferredImportSelectors();
 	}

@@ -269,7 +273,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 		}

 		// Process any @Import annotations
-		processImports(configClass, sourceClass, getImports(sourceClass), true, false);
+		processImports(configClass, sourceClass, getImports(sourceClass), true);

 		// Process any @ImportResource annotations
 		if (sourceClass.getMetadata().isAnnotated(ImportResource.class.getName())) {
@@ -416,12 +420,15 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 	}

 	private void processDeferredImportSelectors() {
-		Collections.sort(this.deferredImportSelectors, DEFERRED_IMPORT_COMPARATOR);
-		for (DeferredImportSelectorHolder deferredImport : this.deferredImportSelectors) {
+		List<DeferredImportSelectorHolder> deferredImports = this.deferredImportSelectors;
+		this.deferredImportSelectors = null;
+		Collections.sort(deferredImports, DEFERRED_IMPORT_COMPARATOR);
+
+		for (DeferredImportSelectorHolder deferredImport : deferredImports) {
 			ConfigurationClass configClass = deferredImport.getConfigurationClass();
 			try {
 				String[] imports = deferredImport.getImportSelector().selectImports(configClass.getMetadata());
-				processImports(configClass, asSourceClass(configClass), asSourceClasses(imports), false, true);
+				processImports(configClass, asSourceClass(configClass), asSourceClasses(imports), false);
 			}
 			catch (BeanDefinitionStoreException ex) {
 				throw ex;
@@ -431,18 +438,17 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 						configClass.getMetadata().getClassName() + "]", ex);
 			}
 		}
-		this.deferredImportSelectors.clear();
 	}

 	private void processImports(ConfigurationClass configClass, SourceClass currentSourceClass,
-			Collection<SourceClass> importCandidates, boolean checkForCircularImports, boolean deferred) throws IOException {
+			Collection<SourceClass> importCandidates, boolean checkForCircularImports) throws IOException {

 		if (importCandidates.isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}

 		if (checkForCircularImports && this.importStack.contains(configClass)) {
-			this.problemReporter.error(new CircularImportProblem(configClass, this.importStack, configClass.getMetadata()));
+			this.problemReporter.error(new CircularImportProblem(configClass, this.importStack));
 		}
 		else {
 			this.importStack.push(configClass);
@@ -453,14 +459,14 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 						Class<?> candidateClass = candidate.loadClass();
 						ImportSelector selector = BeanUtils.instantiateClass(candidateClass, ImportSelector.class);
 						invokeAwareMethods(selector);
-						if (!deferred && selector instanceof DeferredImportSelector) {
+						if (this.deferredImportSelectors != null && selector instanceof DeferredImportSelector) {
 							this.deferredImportSelectors.add(
 									new DeferredImportSelectorHolder(configClass, (DeferredImportSelector) selector));
 						}
 						else {
 							String[] importClassNames = selector.selectImports(currentSourceClass.getMetadata());
 							Collection<SourceClass> importSourceClasses = asSourceClasses(importClassNames);
-							processImports(configClass, currentSourceClass, importSourceClasses, false, false);
+							processImports(configClass, currentSourceClass, importSourceClasses, false);
 						}
 					}
 					else if (candidate.isAssignable(ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar.class)) {
@@ -474,7 +480,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 					}
 					else {
 						// Candidate class not an ImportSelector or ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar ->
-						// process it as a @Configuration class
+						// process it as an @Configuration class
 						this.importStack.registerImport(
 								currentSourceClass.getMetadata(), candidate.getMetadata().getClassName());
 						processConfigurationClass(candidate.asConfigClass(configClass));
@@ -615,7 +621,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 		@Override
 		public AnnotationMetadata getImportingClassFor(String importedClass) {
 			List<AnnotationMetadata> list = this.imports.get(importedClass);
-			return (list == null || list.isEmpty() ? null : list.get(list.size() - 1));
+			return (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(list) ? list.get(list.size() - 1) : null);
 		}

 		/**
@@ -629,7 +635,7 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 			Comparator<ConfigurationClass> comparator = new Comparator<ConfigurationClass>() {
 				@Override
 				public int compare(ConfigurationClass first, ConfigurationClass second) {
-					return first.getMetadata().getClassName().equals(second.getMetadata().getClassName()) ? 0 : 1;
+					return (first.getMetadata().getClassName().equals(second.getMetadata().getClassName()) ? 0 : 1);
 				}
 			};
 			return (Collections.binarySearch(this, configClass, comparator) != -1);
@@ -642,11 +648,11 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 		 * <li>com.acme.Bar</li>
 		 * <li>com.acme.Baz</li>
 		 * </ul>
-		 * return "ImportStack: [Foo->Bar->Baz]".
+		 * return "[Foo->Bar->Baz]".
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public String toString() {
-			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("ImportStack: [");
+			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("[");
 			Iterator<ConfigurationClass> iterator = iterator();
 			while (iterator.hasNext()) {
 				builder.append(iterator.next().getSimpleName());
@@ -750,7 +756,16 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 			String[] memberClassNames = sourceReader.getClassMetadata().getMemberClassNames();
 			List<SourceClass> members = new ArrayList<SourceClass>(memberClassNames.length);
 			for (String memberClassName : memberClassNames) {
-				members.add(asSourceClass(memberClassName));
+				try {
+					members.add(asSourceClass(memberClassName));
+				}
+				catch (IOException ex) {
+					// Let's skip it if it's not resolvable - we're just looking for candidates
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Failed to resolve member class [" + memberClassName +
+								"] - not considering it as a configuration class candidate");
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			return members;
 		}
@@ -829,12 +844,12 @@ class ConfigurationClassParser {
 	 */
 	private static class CircularImportProblem extends Problem {

-		public CircularImportProblem(ConfigurationClass attemptedImport, Stack<ConfigurationClass> importStack, AnnotationMetadata metadata) {
+		public CircularImportProblem(ConfigurationClass attemptedImport, Stack<ConfigurationClass> importStack) {
 			super(String.format("A circular @Import has been detected: " +
 					"Illegal attempt by @Configuration class '%s' to import class '%s' as '%s' is " +
-					"already present in the current import stack [%s]", importStack.peek().getSimpleName(),
+					"already present in the current import stack %s", importStack.peek().getSimpleName(),
 					attemptedImport.getSimpleName(), attemptedImport.getSimpleName(), importStack),
-					new Location(importStack.peek().getResource(), metadata));
+					new Location(importStack.peek().getResource(), attemptedImport.getMetadata()));
 		}
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -149,12 +149,24 @@ abstract class ConfigurationClassUtils {
 		if (metadata.isInterface()) {
 			return false;
 		}
+
+		// Any of the typical annotations found?
 		for (String indicator : candidateIndicators) {
 			if (metadata.isAnnotated(indicator)) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		return metadata.hasAnnotatedMethods(Bean.class.getName());
+
+		// Finally, let's look for @Bean methods...
+		try {
+			return metadata.hasAnnotatedMethods(Bean.class.getName());
+		}
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Failed to introspect @Bean methods on class [" + metadata.getClassName() + "]: " + ex);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 * one {@link Bean @Bean} method, as well as {@link ImportSelector} and
 * {@link ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar} implementations.
 *
- * <p>{@code @Bean} definitions declared in imported {@code @Configuration} classes
- * should be accessed by using {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired @Autowired}
+ * <p>{@code @Bean} definitions declared in imported {@code @Configuration} classes should be
+ * accessed by using {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired @Autowired}
 * injection. Either the bean itself can be autowired, or the configuration class instance
- * declaring the bean can be autowired. The latter approach allows for explicit,
- * IDE-friendly navigation between {@code @Configuration} class methods.
+ * declaring the bean can be autowired. The latter approach allows for explicit, IDE-friendly
+ * navigation between {@code @Configuration} class methods.
 *
 * <p>May be declared at the class level or as a meta-annotation.
 *
 * <p>If XML or other non-{@code @Configuration} bean definition resources need to be
- * imported, use {@link ImportResource @ImportResource}
+ * imported, use the {@link ImportResource @ImportResource} annotation instead.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.0
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ public @interface Import {
 	 * {@link ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar} classes to import.
 	 */
 	Class<?>[] value();
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ import org.springframework.context.weaving.DefaultContextLoadTimeWeaver;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 import org.springframework.instrument.classloading.LoadTimeWeaver;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
-import static org.springframework.context.weaving.AspectJWeavingEnabler.*;

 /**
 * {@code @Configuration} class that registers a {@link LoadTimeWeaver} bean.
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ public class LoadTimeWeavingConfiguration implements ImportAware, BeanClassLoade

 	private AnnotationAttributes enableLTW;

-	@Autowired(required=false)
 	private LoadTimeWeavingConfigurer ltwConfigurer;

 	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;
@@ -56,8 +52,15 @@ public class LoadTimeWeavingConfiguration implements ImportAware, BeanClassLoade
 	@Override
 	public void setImportMetadata(AnnotationMetadata importMetadata) {
 		this.enableLTW = AnnotationConfigUtils.attributesFor(importMetadata, EnableLoadTimeWeaving.class);
-		Assert.notNull(this.enableLTW,
-				"@EnableLoadTimeWeaving is not present on importing class " + importMetadata.getClassName());
+		if (this.enableLTW == null) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"@EnableLoadTimeWeaving is not present on importing class " + importMetadata.getClassName());
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	public void setLoadTimeWeavingConfigurer(LoadTimeWeavingConfigurer ltwConfigurer) {
+		this.ltwConfigurer = ltwConfigurer;
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ public class LoadTimeWeavingConfiguration implements ImportAware, BeanClassLoade
 	}


-	@Bean(name=ConfigurableApplicationContext.LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME)
+	@Bean(name = ConfigurableApplicationContext.LOAD_TIME_WEAVER_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
 	public LoadTimeWeaver loadTimeWeaver() {
 		LoadTimeWeaver loadTimeWeaver = null;
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ public class LoadTimeWeavingConfiguration implements ImportAware, BeanClassLoade
 				// AJ weaving is disabled -> do nothing
 				break;
 			case AUTODETECT:
-				if (this.beanClassLoader.getResource(ASPECTJ_AOP_XML_RESOURCE) == null) {
+				if (this.beanClassLoader.getResource(AspectJWeavingEnabler.ASPECTJ_AOP_XML_RESOURCE) == null) {
 					// No aop.xml present on the classpath -> treat as 'disabled'
 					break;
 				}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class MBeanExportConfiguration implements ImportAware, EnvironmentAware,

 	private static final String MBEAN_EXPORTER_BEAN_NAME = "mbeanExporter";

-	private AnnotationAttributes attributes;
+	private AnnotationAttributes enableMBeanExport;

 	private Environment environment;

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ public class MBeanExportConfiguration implements ImportAware, EnvironmentAware,
 	@Override
 	public void setImportMetadata(AnnotationMetadata importMetadata) {
 		Map<String, Object> map = importMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(EnableMBeanExport.class.getName());
-		this.attributes = AnnotationAttributes.fromMap(map);
-		if (this.attributes == null) {
+		this.enableMBeanExport = AnnotationAttributes.fromMap(map);
+		if (this.enableMBeanExport == null) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 					"@EnableMBeanExport is not present on importing class " + importMetadata.getClassName());
 		}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class MBeanExportConfiguration implements ImportAware, EnvironmentAware,
 	}

 	private void setupDomain(AnnotationMBeanExporter exporter) {
-		String defaultDomain = this.attributes.getString("defaultDomain");
+		String defaultDomain = this.enableMBeanExport.getString("defaultDomain");
 		if (defaultDomain != null && this.environment != null) {
 			defaultDomain = this.environment.resolvePlaceholders(defaultDomain);
 		}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class MBeanExportConfiguration implements ImportAware, EnvironmentAware,
 	}

 	private void setupServer(AnnotationMBeanExporter exporter) {
-		String server = this.attributes.getString("server");
+		String server = this.enableMBeanExport.getString("server");
 		if (server != null && this.environment != null) {
 			server = this.environment.resolvePlaceholders(server);
 		}
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class MBeanExportConfiguration implements ImportAware, EnvironmentAware,
 	}

 	private void setupRegistrationPolicy(AnnotationMBeanExporter exporter) {
-		RegistrationPolicy registrationPolicy = this.attributes.getEnum("registration");
+		RegistrationPolicy registrationPolicy = this.enableMBeanExport.getEnum("registration");
 		exporter.setRegistrationPolicy(registrationPolicy);
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 * Indicates the 'role' hint for a given bean.
 *
 * <p>May be used on any class directly or indirectly annotated with
- * {@link org.springframework.stereotype.Component} or on methods annotated with
- * {@link Bean}.
+ * {@link org.springframework.stereotype.Component} or on methods
+ * annotated with {@link Bean}.
 *
- * <p>If this annotation is not present on a Component or Bean definition, the
- * default value of {@link BeanDefinition#ROLE_APPLICATION} will apply.
+ * <p>If this annotation is not present on a Component or Bean definition,
+ * the default value of {@link BeanDefinition#ROLE_APPLICATION} will apply.
 *
- * <p>If Role is present on a {@link Configuration @Configuration} class, this
- * indicates the role of the configuration class bean definition and does not
- * cascade to all @{@code Bean} methods defined within.  This behavior is
- * different than that of the @{@link Lazy} annotation, for example.
+ * <p>If Role is present on a {@link Configuration @Configuration} class,
+ * this indicates the role of the configuration class bean definition and
+ * does not cascade to all @{@code Bean} methods defined within. This behavior
+ * is different than that of the @{@link Lazy} annotation, for example.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class PropertyOverrideBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractPropertyLoadingBeanDe

 	@Override
 	protected void doParse(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
-
 		super.doParse(element, builder);
+
 		builder.addPropertyValue("ignoreInvalidKeys",
 				Boolean.valueOf(element.getAttribute("ignore-unresolvable")));

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 class PropertyPlaceholderBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractPropertyLoadingBeanDefinitionParser {

 	private static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_ATTRIB = "system-properties-mode";
+
 	private static final String SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_DEFAULT = "ENVIRONMENT";

+
 	@Override
 	protected Class<?> getBeanClass(Element element) {
 		// As of Spring 3.1, the default value of system-properties-mode has changed from
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.core.OrderComparator;
@@ -65,47 +66,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster

 	private BeanFactory beanFactory;

+	private Object retrievalMutex = this.defaultRetriever;

-	@Override
-	public void addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.add(listener);
-			this.retrieverCache.clear();
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void addApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName) {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.add(listenerBeanName);
-			this.retrieverCache.clear();
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.remove(listener);
-			this.retrieverCache.clear();
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void removeApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName) {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.remove(listenerBeanName);
-			this.retrieverCache.clear();
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void removeAllListeners() {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.clear();
-			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.clear();
-			this.retrieverCache.clear();
-		}
-	}

 	@Override
 	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
@@ -118,6 +80,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
 		if (this.beanClassLoader == null && beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
 			this.beanClassLoader = ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader();
 		}
+		if (beanFactory instanceof AbstractBeanFactory) {
+			this.retrievalMutex = ((AbstractBeanFactory) beanFactory).getSingletonMutex();
+		}
 	}

 	private BeanFactory getBeanFactory() {
@@ -129,13 +94,55 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
 	}


+	@Override
+	public void addApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.add(listener);
+			this.retrieverCache.clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void addApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.add(listenerBeanName);
+			this.retrieverCache.clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void removeApplicationListener(ApplicationListener<?> listener) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.remove(listener);
+			this.retrieverCache.clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void removeApplicationListenerBean(String listenerBeanName) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.remove(listenerBeanName);
+			this.retrieverCache.clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void removeAllListeners() {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners.clear();
+			this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans.clear();
+			this.retrieverCache.clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Return a Collection containing all ApplicationListeners.
 	 * @return a Collection of ApplicationListeners
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener
 	 */
 	protected Collection<ApplicationListener<?>> getApplicationListeners() {
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
 			return this.defaultRetriever.getApplicationListeners();
 		}
 	}
@@ -163,13 +170,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
 				(ClassUtils.isCacheSafe(event.getClass(), this.beanClassLoader) &&
 						(sourceType == null || ClassUtils.isCacheSafe(sourceType, this.beanClassLoader)))) {
 			// Fully synchronized building and caching of a ListenerRetriever
-			synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
+			synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
 				retriever = this.retrieverCache.get(cacheKey);
 				if (retriever != null) {
 					return retriever.getApplicationListeners();
 				}
 				retriever = new ListenerRetriever(true);
-				Collection<ApplicationListener<?>> listeners = retrieveApplicationListeners(event, sourceType, retriever);
+				Collection<ApplicationListener<?>> listeners =
+						retrieveApplicationListeners(event, sourceType, retriever);
 				this.retrieverCache.put(cacheKey, retriever);
 				return listeners;
 			}
@@ -193,7 +201,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster
 		LinkedList<ApplicationListener<?>> allListeners = new LinkedList<ApplicationListener<?>>();
 		Set<ApplicationListener<?>> listeners;
 		Set<String> listenerBeans;
-		synchronized (this.defaultRetriever) {
+		synchronized (this.retrievalMutex) {
 			listeners = new LinkedHashSet<ApplicationListener<?>>(this.defaultRetriever.applicationListeners);
 			listenerBeans = new LinkedHashSet<String>(this.defaultRetriever.applicationListenerBeans);
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * 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.
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 	/** Parent context */
 	private ApplicationContext parent;

+	/** Environment used by this context */
+	private ConfigurableEnvironment environment;
+
 	/** BeanFactoryPostProcessors to apply on refresh */
 	private final List<BeanFactoryPostProcessor> beanFactoryPostProcessors =
 			new ArrayList<BeanFactoryPostProcessor>();
@@ -194,10 +197,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 	private ApplicationEventMulticaster applicationEventMulticaster;

 	/** Statically specified listeners */
-	private Set<ApplicationListener<?>> applicationListeners = new LinkedHashSet<ApplicationListener<?>>();
-
-	/** Environment used by this context; initialized by {@link #createEnvironment()} */
-	private ConfigurableEnvironment environment;
+	private final Set<ApplicationListener<?>> applicationListeners = new LinkedHashSet<ApplicationListener<?>>();


 	/**
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 	 * @return the internal LifecycleProcessor (never {@code null})
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the context has not been initialized yet
 	 */
-	LifecycleProcessor getLifecycleProcessor() {
+	LifecycleProcessor getLifecycleProcessor() throws IllegalStateException {
 		if (this.lifecycleProcessor == null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("LifecycleProcessor not initialized - " +
 					"call 'refresh' before invoking lifecycle methods via the context: " + this);
@@ -484,7 +484,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 			}

 			catch (BeansException ex) {
-				logger.warn("Exception encountered during context initialization - cancelling refresh attempt", ex);
+				if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+					logger.warn("Exception encountered during context initialization - " +
+							"cancelling refresh attempt: " + ex);
+				}

 				// Destroy already created singletons to avoid dangling resources.
 				destroyBeans();
@@ -504,6 +507,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 	 */
 	protected void prepareRefresh() {
 		this.startupDate = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		this.closed.set(false);
 		this.active.set(true);

 		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
@@ -721,11 +725,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 		for (ApplicationListener<?> listener : getApplicationListeners()) {
 			getApplicationEventMulticaster().addApplicationListener(listener);
 		}
+
 		// Do not initialize FactoryBeans here: We need to leave all regular beans
 		// uninitialized to let post-processors apply to them!
 		String[] listenerBeanNames = getBeanNamesForType(ApplicationListener.class, true, false);
-		for (String lisName : listenerBeanNames) {
-			getApplicationEventMulticaster().addApplicationListenerBean(lisName);
+		for (String listenerBeanName : listenerBeanNames) {
+			getApplicationEventMulticaster().addApplicationListenerBean(listenerBeanName);
 		}
 	}

@@ -801,7 +806,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader
 			this.shutdownHook = new Thread() {
 				@Override
 				public void run() {
-					doClose();
+					synchronized (startupShutdownMonitor) {
+						doClose();
+					}
 				}
 			};
 			Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(this.shutdownHook);
@@ -1178,7 +1185,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractApplicationContext extends DefaultResourceLoader

 	@Override
 	public boolean isRunning() {
-		return getLifecycleProcessor().isRunning();
+		return (this.lifecycleProcessor != null && this.lifecycleProcessor.isRunning());
 	}


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