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Upgrade to Groovy 2.4.9
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2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2017-03-01 08:53:08 +00:00 · 2017-02-28 14:01:09 +01:00 · 2017-02-28 14:00:59 +01:00 · 2017-02-28 14:00:39 +01:00 · 2017-02-28 14:00:33 +01:00
1051 changed files with 23833 additions and 15378 deletions
@@ -88,15 +88,14 @@ present in the framework.
 1. Preserve existing formatting; i.e. do not reformat code for its own sake
 1. Search the codebase using `git grep` and other tools to discover common
    naming conventions, etc.
-1. Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) encoding for Java sources; use `native2ascii` to convert
-    if necessary
+1. UTF-8 encoding for Java sources


 ### Add Apache license header to all new classes

 ```java
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -124,11 +123,11 @@ modified a file in 2015 whose header still reads:
 * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
 ```

-Then be sure to update it to 2015 accordingly:
+Then be sure to update it to 2016 accordingly:

 ```java
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 ```

 ### Use @since tags for newly-added public API types and methods
@@ -32,51 +32,52 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	version = qualifyVersionIfNecessary(version)

 	ext.aspectjVersion       = "1.8.9"
-	ext.caffeineVersion      = "2.3.1"
+	ext.caffeineVersion      = "2.3.5"
 	ext.eclipselinkVersion   = "2.4.2"
-	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.10.2"
+	ext.ehcacheVersion       = "2.10.3"
 	ext.ehcachejcacheVersion = "1.0.1"
-	ext.ehcache3Version      = "3.1.0"
+	ext.ehcache3Version      = "3.1.3"
 	ext.ejbVersion           = "3.0"
 	ext.fileuploadVersion    = "1.3.2"
 	ext.freemarkerVersion    = "2.3.23"
-	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.4.7"
-	ext.gsonVersion          = "2.7"
-	ext.guavaVersion         = "19.0"
+	ext.groovyVersion        = "2.4.9"
+	ext.gsonVersion          = "2.8.0"
+	ext.guavaVersion         = "20.0"
 	ext.hamcrestVersion      = "1.3"
 	ext.hibernate3Version    = "3.6.10.Final"
 	ext.hibernate4Version    = "4.3.11.Final"
-	ext.hibernate5Version    = "5.2.1.Final"
+	ext.hibernate5Version    = "5.2.8.Final"
 	ext.hibval4Version       = "4.3.2.Final"
 	ext.hibval5Version       = "5.2.4.Final"
 	ext.hsqldbVersion        = "2.3.4"
-	ext.httpasyncVersion     = "4.1.2"
-	ext.httpclientVersion    = "4.5.2"
-	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.8.0.rc2"
+	ext.httpasyncVersion     = "4.1.3"
+	ext.httpclientVersion    = "4.5.3"
+	ext.jackson2Version      = "2.8.7"
 	ext.jasperreportsVersion = "6.2.1"  // our tests fail with JR-internal NPEs against 6.2.2 and higher
-	ext.javamailVersion      = "1.5.5"
-	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.3.10.v20160621"
-	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.9.4"
-	ext.jrubyVersion         = "1.7.25"  // JRuby 9000 only supported through JSR-223 (StandardScriptFactory)
+	ext.javamailVersion      = "1.5.6"
+	ext.jettyVersion         = "9.3.14.v20161028"  // as of 9.3.15, Jetty has hard Servlet 3.1 requirement
+	ext.jetty94Version       = "9.4.1.v20170120"  // for spring-websocket support, optimized for Jetty 9.4
+	ext.jodaVersion          = "2.9.7"
+	ext.jrubyVersion         = "1.7.26"  // JRuby 9000 only supported through JSR-223 (StandardScriptFactory)
 	ext.jtaVersion           = "1.2"
 	ext.junitVersion         = "4.12"
 	ext.log4jVersion         = "1.2.17"
-	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.1.1.Final"
+	ext.nettyVersion         = "4.1.7.Final"
 	ext.okhttpVersion        = "2.7.5"
-	ext.okhttp3Version       = "3.3.1"
+	ext.okhttp3Version       = "3.6.0"
 	ext.openjpaVersion       = "2.4.1"
 	ext.poiVersion           = "3.14"
 	ext.reactorVersion       = "2.0.8.RELEASE"
-	ext.romeVersion          = "1.6.0"
+	ext.romeVersion          = "1.7.1"
 	ext.slf4jVersion         = "1.7.21"
 	ext.snakeyamlVersion     = "1.17"
 	ext.snifferVersion       = "1.15"
 	ext.testngVersion        = "6.9.10"
 	ext.tiles2Version        = "2.2.2"
-	ext.tiles3Version        = "3.0.5"
-	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.5.3"
+	ext.tiles3Version        = "3.0.7"
+	ext.tomcatVersion        = "8.5.11"
 	ext.tyrusVersion         = "1.3.5"  // constrained by WebLogic 12.1.3 support
-	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.4.0.CR2"
+	ext.undertowVersion      = "1.3.27.Final"
 	ext.xmlunitVersion       = "1.6"
 	ext.xstreamVersion       = "1.4.9"

@@ -110,11 +111,13 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	compileJava {
 		sourceCompatibility = 1.6
 		targetCompatibility = 1.6
+		options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 	}

 	compileTestJava {
 		sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 		targetCompatibility = 1.8
+		options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
 		options.compilerArgs += "-parameters"
 	}

@@ -199,10 +202,10 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 		"http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/aspectj5rt-api/",
 		"http://ehcache.org/apidocs/${ehcacheVersion}",
 		"http://ehcache.org/apidocs/${ehcache3Version}",
-		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.2.0/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-core/javadoc/2.7/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.7/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-dataformat-xml/javadoc/2.7/",
+		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.2.1/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-core/javadoc/2.8/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.8/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-dataformat-xml/javadoc/2.8/",
 		"http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/"
 	] as String[]
 }
@@ -214,7 +217,6 @@ configure(subprojects - project(":spring-build-src")) { subproject ->
 	configurations {
 		jacoco
 	}
-
 	dependencies {
 		jacoco("org.jacoco:org.jacoco.agent:0.7.5.201505241946:runtime")
 	}
@@ -248,16 +250,16 @@ configure(subprojects - project(":spring-build-src")) { subproject ->
 		options.links(project.ext.javadocLinks)
 		options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')

-		// suppress warnings due to cross-module @see and @link references;
-		// note that global 'api' task does display all warnings.
+		// Suppress warnings due to cross-module @see and @link references.
+		// Note that global 'api' task does display all warnings.
 		logging.captureStandardError LogLevel.INFO
-		logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO // suppress "## warnings" message
+		logging.captureStandardOutput LogLevel.INFO  // suppress "## warnings" message
 	}

 	task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
 		classifier = 'sources'
 		from sourceSets.main.allSource
-		// don't include or exclude anything explicitly by default. See SPR-12085.
+		// Don't include or exclude anything explicitly by default. See SPR-12085.
 	}

 	task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ configure(subprojects - project(":spring-build-src")) { subproject ->

 project("spring-build-src") {
 	description = "Exposes gradle buildSrc for IDE support"
+
 	apply plugin: "groovy"

 	dependencies {
@@ -291,7 +294,7 @@ project("spring-core") {
 	// further transformed by the JarJar task to depend on org.springframework.asm; this
 	// avoids including two different copies of asm unnecessarily.
 	def cglibVersion = "3.2.4"
-	def objenesisVersion = "2.4"
+	def objenesisVersion = "2.5.1"

 	configurations {
 		jarjar
@@ -311,9 +314,9 @@ project("spring-core") {
 					configurations.cglib.each { originalJar ->
 						zipfileset(src: originalJar)
 					}
-					// repackage net.sf.cglib => org.springframework.cglib
+					// Repackage net.sf.cglib => org.springframework.cglib
 					rule(pattern: "net.sf.cglib.**", result: "org.springframework.cglib.@1")
-					// as mentioned above, transform cglib"s internal asm dependencies from
+					// As mentioned above, transform cglib"s internal asm dependencies from
 					// org.objectweb.asm => org.springframework.asm. Doing this counts on the
 					// the fact that Spring and cglib depend on the same version of asm!
 					rule(pattern: "org.objectweb.asm.**", result: "org.springframework.asm.@1")
@@ -334,7 +337,7 @@ project("spring-core") {
 					configurations.objenesis.each { originalJar ->
 						zipfileset(src: originalJar)
 					}
-					// repackage org.objenesis => org.springframework.objenesis
+					// Repackage org.objenesis => org.springframework.objenesis
 					rule(pattern: "org.objenesis.**", result: "org.springframework.objenesis.@1")
 				}
 			}
@@ -351,17 +354,17 @@ project("spring-core") {
 		compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2")
 		optional("commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
-		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.2")
+		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.3")
 		optional("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:${tomcatVersion}")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
-		testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.0.2") {
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:5.0.3") {
 			exclude group: "stax", module: "stax-api"
 		}
 	}

 	jar {
-		// inline repackaged cglib classes directly into the spring-core jar
+		// Inline repackaged cglib classes directly into spring-core jar
 		dependsOn cglibRepackJar
 		from(zipTree(cglibRepackJar.archivePath)) {
 			include "org/springframework/cglib/**"
@@ -390,6 +393,7 @@ project("spring-beans") {

 project("spring-beans-groovy") {
 	description "Groovy Bean Definitions"
+
 	merge.into = project(":spring-beans")
 	apply plugin: "groovy"

@@ -398,8 +402,8 @@ project("spring-beans-groovy") {
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
 	}

-	// this module's Java and Groovy sources need to be compiled together
-	compileJava.enabled=false
+	// This module's Java and Groovy sources need to be compiled together.
+	compileJava.enabled = false
 	sourceSets {
 		main {
 			groovy {
@@ -465,6 +469,7 @@ project("spring-instrument-tomcat") {

 project("spring-context") {
 	description = "Spring Context"
+
 	apply plugin: "groovy"

 	dependencies {
@@ -477,14 +482,14 @@ project("spring-context") {
 		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
 		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:${ejbVersion}")
 		optional("javax.enterprise.concurrent:javax.enterprise.concurrent-api:1.0")
-		optional("javax.money:money-api:1.0")
+		optional("javax.money:money-api:1.0.1")
 		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:javax.persistence:2.0.0")
 		optional("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:${hibval4Version}")
 		optional("joda-time:joda-time:${jodaVersion}")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
-		optional("org.beanshell:bsh:2.0b4")
+		optional("org.beanshell:bsh:2.0b5")
 		optional("org.jruby:jruby:${jrubyVersion}")
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject-tck:1")
 		testCompile("org.javamoney:moneta:1.1")
@@ -556,13 +561,6 @@ project("spring-oxm") {
 	description = "Spring Object/XML Marshalling"
 	apply from: "oxm.gradle"

-	compileTestJava {
-		// necessary to avoid java.lang.VerifyError on jibx compilation
-		// see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JIBX-465
-		sourceCompatibility = 1.6
-		targetCompatibility = 1.6
-	}
-
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
@@ -581,14 +579,12 @@ project("spring-oxm") {
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
 		testCompile("xpp3:xpp3:1.1.4c")
-		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.3.7") {
+		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.3.8") {
 			exclude group: 'stax', module: 'stax-api'
 		}
-		if (compileTestJava.enabled) {
-			testCompile(files(genCastor.classesDir).builtBy(genCastor))
-			testCompile(files(genJaxb.classesDir).builtBy(genJaxb))
-			testCompile(files(genXmlbeans.classesDir).builtBy(genXmlbeans))
-		}
+		testCompile(files(genCastor.classesDir).builtBy(genCastor))
+		testCompile(files(genJaxb.classesDir).builtBy(genJaxb))
+		testCompile(files(genXmlbeans.classesDir).builtBy(genXmlbeans))
 	}
 }

@@ -621,9 +617,9 @@ project("spring-jdbc") {
 		optional("javax.transaction:javax.transaction-api:${jtaVersion}")
 		optional("com.mchange:c3p0:0.9.5.2")
 		optional("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
-		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.192")
-		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.12.1.1")
-		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.12.1.1")
+		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.4.193")
+		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.13.1.1")
+		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.13.1.1")
 	}
 }

@@ -667,6 +663,7 @@ project("spring-context-support") {

 project("spring-web") {
 	description = "Spring Web"
+
 	apply plugin: "groovy"

 	// Re-generate Protobuf classes from *.proto files and move them in test sources
@@ -727,6 +724,7 @@ project("spring-web") {
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:${jackson2Version}")
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:${jackson2Version}")
 		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:${jackson2Version}")
+    testCompile("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:${okhttp3Version}")
 		testRuntime("com.sun.mail:javax.mail:${javamailVersion}")
 	}
 }
@@ -879,10 +877,10 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 		testCompile("commons-io:commons-io:1.3")
 		testCompile("joda-time:joda-time:${jodaVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.jruby:jruby:${jrubyVersion}")
-		testCompile("org.python:jython-standalone:2.5.3")
 		testCompile("org.mozilla:rhino:1.7.7.1")
-		testCompile("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3")
+		testRuntime("org.jruby:jruby:${jrubyVersion}")
+		testRuntime("org.python:jython-standalone:2.5.3")
+		testRuntime("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3")
 	}
 }

@@ -955,11 +953,11 @@ project("spring-websocket") {
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
 		}
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jettyVersion}") {
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jetty94Version}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet"
 		}
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:${jettyVersion}")
-		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client:${jettyVersion}")
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-client:${jetty94Version}")
+		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-client:${jetty94Version}")
 		optional("io.undertow:undertow-core:${undertowVersion}")
 		optional("io.undertow:undertow-servlet:${undertowVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "org.jboss.spec.javax.servlet", module: "jboss-servlet-api_3.1_spec"
@@ -1008,10 +1006,10 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:${groovyVersion}")
 		optional("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:${hamcrestVersion}")
 		optional("xmlunit:xmlunit:${xmlunitVersion}")
-		optional("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.22")
-		optional("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.21")
+		optional("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.23")
+		optional("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.23.2")
 		optional("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:2.53.1")
-		optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.3.0")
+		optional("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.4.0")
 		optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.2.0")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-oxm"))
@@ -1036,7 +1034,7 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		testCompile("javax.cache:cache-api:1.0.0")
 		testRuntime("log4j:log4j:${log4jVersion}")
 		testRuntime("org.ehcache:ehcache:${ehcache3Version}")
-		testRuntime("org.terracotta:management-model:2.0.0")
+		testRuntime("org.terracotta:management-model:2.3.0")
 	}

 	task testNG(type: Test) {
@@ -1181,7 +1179,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 	// don't publish the default jar for the root project
 	configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()

-	dependencies { // for integration tests
+	dependencies {  // for integration tests
 		testCompile(project(":spring-aop"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
@@ -1230,11 +1228,11 @@ configure(rootProject) {

 		doFirst {
 			classpath = files(
-				// ensure Servlet 3.x and Hibernate 4.x have precedence on the javadoc
+				// Ensure Servlet 3.x and Hibernate 4.x have precedence on the javadoc
 				// classpath over their respective 2.5 and 3.x variants
 				project(":spring-webmvc").sourceSets.main.compileClasspath.files.find { it =~ "servlet-api" },
 				rootProject.sourceSets.test.compileClasspath.files.find { it =~ "hibernate-core" },
-				// ensure the javadoc process can resolve types compiled from .aj sources
+				// Ensure the javadoc process can resolve types compiled from .aj sources
 				project(":spring-aspects").sourceSets.main.output
 			)
 			classpath += files(subprojects.collect { it.sourceSets.main.compileClasspath })
@@ -1367,7 +1365,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {

 	task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 		description = "Generates gradlew[.bat] scripts"
-		gradleVersion = "2.13"
+		gradleVersion = "2.14.1"

 		doLast() {
 			def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=1024m -Xmx1024m"
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=4.3.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=4.3.7.RELEASE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Jun 15 12:59:30 CEST 2016
+#Wed Aug 17 21:21:18 CEST 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-bin.zip
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public interface MethodInterceptor extends Interceptor {
 	 * after the invocation. Polite implementations would certainly
 	 * like to invoke {@link Joinpoint#proceed()}.
 	 * @param invocation the method invocation joinpoint
-	 * @return the result of the call to {@link Joinpoint#proceed();
+	 * @return the result of the call to {@link Joinpoint#proceed()};
 	 * might be intercepted by the interceptor
 	 * @throws Throwable if the interceptors or the target object
 	 * throws an exception
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.aspectj.weaver.BCException;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.patterns.NamePattern;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ShadowMatchImpl;
@@ -187,13 +186,24 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Must set property 'expression' before attempting to match");
 		}
 		if (this.pointcutExpression == null) {
-			this.pointcutClassLoader = (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory ?
-					((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader() :
-					ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
+			this.pointcutClassLoader = determinePointcutClassLoader();
 			this.pointcutExpression = buildPointcutExpression(this.pointcutClassLoader);
 		}
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Determine the ClassLoader to use for pointcut evaluation.
+	 */
+	private ClassLoader determinePointcutClassLoader() {
+		if (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
+			return ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader();
+		}
+		if (this.pointcutDeclarationScope != null) {
+			return this.pointcutDeclarationScope.getClassLoader();
+		}
+		return ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Build the underlying AspectJ pointcut expression.
 	 */
@@ -258,7 +268,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		catch (BCException ex) {
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", ex);
 		}
 		return false;
@@ -326,7 +336,6 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		}
 		catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 			// No current invocation...
-			// TODO: Should we really proceed here?
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				logger.debug("Could not access current invocation - matching with limited context: " + ex);
 			}
@@ -413,39 +422,46 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 				shadowMatch = this.shadowMatchCache.get(targetMethod);
 				if (shadowMatch == null) {
 					try {
-						shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-					}
-					catch (ReflectionWorldException ex) {
-						// Failed to introspect target method, probably because it has been loaded
-						// in a special ClassLoader. Let's try the declaring ClassLoader instead...
-						try {
-							fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
-							if (fallbackExpression != null) {
-								shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-							}
-						}
-						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
-							fallbackExpression = null;
-						}
-					}
-					if (shadowMatch == null && targetMethod != originalMethod) {
-						methodToMatch = originalMethod;
 						try {
 							shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
 						}
-						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex3) {
-							// Could neither introspect the target class nor the proxy class ->
-							// let's try the original method's declaring class before we give up...
+						catch (ReflectionWorldException ex) {
+							// Failed to introspect target method, probably because it has been loaded
+							// in a special ClassLoader. Let's try the declaring ClassLoader instead...
 							try {
 								fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
 								if (fallbackExpression != null) {
 									shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
 								}
 							}
-							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex4) {
+							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
 								fallbackExpression = null;
 							}
 						}
+						if (shadowMatch == null && targetMethod != originalMethod) {
+							methodToMatch = originalMethod;
+							try {
+								shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
+							}
+							catch (ReflectionWorldException ex3) {
+								// Could neither introspect the target class nor the proxy class ->
+								// let's try the original method's declaring class before we give up...
+								try {
+									fallbackExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
+									if (fallbackExpression != null) {
+										shadowMatch = fallbackExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
+									}
+								}
+								catch (ReflectionWorldException ex4) {
+									fallbackExpression = null;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
+						// Possibly AspectJ 1.8.10 encountering an invalid signature
+						logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target method", ex);
+						fallbackExpression = null;
 					}
 					if (shadowMatch == null) {
 						shadowMatch = new ShadowMatchImpl(org.aspectj.util.FuzzyBoolean.NO, null, null, null);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj;

 import org.springframework.aop.Pointcut;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.AbstractGenericPointcutAdvisor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;

 /**
 * Spring AOP Advisor that can be used for any AspectJ pointcut expression.
@@ -26,16 +28,11 @@ import org.springframework.aop.support.AbstractGenericPointcutAdvisor;
 * @since 2.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public class AspectJExpressionPointcutAdvisor extends AbstractGenericPointcutAdvisor {
+public class AspectJExpressionPointcutAdvisor extends AbstractGenericPointcutAdvisor implements BeanFactoryAware {

 	private final AspectJExpressionPointcut pointcut = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();


-	@Override
-	public Pointcut getPointcut() {
-		return this.pointcut;
-	}
-
 	public void setExpression(String expression) {
 		this.pointcut.setExpression(expression);
 	}
@@ -52,12 +49,22 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcutAdvisor extends AbstractGenericPointcutAdv
 		return this.pointcut.getLocation();
 	}

-	public void setParameterTypes(Class<?>[] types) {
-		this.pointcut.setParameterTypes(types);
-	}
-
 	public void setParameterNames(String... names) {
 		this.pointcut.setParameterNames(names);
 	}

+	public void setParameterTypes(Class<?>... types) {
+		this.pointcut.setParameterTypes(types);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		this.pointcut.setBeanFactory(beanFactory);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Pointcut getPointcut() {
+		return this.pointcut;
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ public class SimpleAspectInstanceFactory implements AspectInstanceFactory {
 			return this.aspectClass.newInstance();
 		}
 		catch (InstantiationException ex) {
-			throw new AopConfigException("Unable to instantiate aspect class [" + this.aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
+			throw new AopConfigException(
+					"Unable to instantiate aspect class: " + this.aspectClass.getName(), ex);
 		}
 		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
-			throw new AopConfigException("Cannot access element class [" + this.aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
+			throw new AopConfigException(
+					"Could not access aspect constructor: " + this.aspectClass.getName(), ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * Spring AOP {@link ClassFilter} implementation using AspectJ type matching.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
 */
 public class TypePatternClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
@@ -76,17 +77,21 @@ public class TypePatternClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 	 * or is recognized as invalid
 	 */
 	public void setTypePattern(String typePattern) {
-		Assert.notNull(typePattern);
+		Assert.notNull(typePattern, "Type pattern must not be null");
 		this.typePattern = typePattern;
 		this.aspectJTypePatternMatcher =
 				PointcutParser.getPointcutParserSupportingAllPrimitivesAndUsingContextClassloaderForResolution().
 				parseTypePattern(replaceBooleanOperators(typePattern));
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return the AspectJ type pattern to match.
+	 */
 	public String getTypePattern() {
-		return typePattern;
+		return this.typePattern;
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Should the pointcut apply to the given interface or target class?
 	 * @param clazz candidate target class
@@ -95,9 +100,7 @@ public class TypePatternClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
-		if (this.aspectJTypePatternMatcher == null) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("No 'typePattern' has been set via ctor/setter.");
-		}
+		Assert.state(this.aspectJTypePatternMatcher != null, "No type pattern has been set");
 		return this.aspectJTypePatternMatcher.matches(clazz);
 	}

@@ -108,9 +111,8 @@ public class TypePatternClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 	 * <p>This method converts back to {@code &&} for the AspectJ pointcut parser.
 	 */
 	private String replaceBooleanOperators(String pcExpr) {
-		pcExpr = StringUtils.replace(pcExpr," and "," && ");
-		pcExpr = StringUtils.replace(pcExpr, " or ", " || ");
-		pcExpr = StringUtils.replace(pcExpr, " not ", " ! ");
-		return pcExpr;
+		String result = StringUtils.replace(pcExpr," and "," && ");
+		result = StringUtils.replace(result, " or ", " || ");
+		return StringUtils.replace(result, " not ", " ! ");
 	}
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjType;
 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.AjTypeSystem;
 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.PerClauseKind;

-import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJExpressionPointcut;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
@@ -121,49 +120,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAspectJAdvisorFactory implements AspectJAdvisorFac
 		}
 	}

-	/**
-	 * The pointcut and advice annotations both have an "argNames" member which contains a
-	 * comma-separated list of the argument names. We use this (if non-empty) to build the
-	 * formal parameters for the pointcut.
-	 */
-	protected AspectJExpressionPointcut createPointcutExpression(
-			Method annotatedMethod, Class<?> declarationScope, String[] pointcutParameterNames) {
-
-		Class<?> [] pointcutParameterTypes = new Class<?>[0];
-		if (pointcutParameterNames != null) {
-			pointcutParameterTypes = extractPointcutParameterTypes(pointcutParameterNames,annotatedMethod);
-		}
-
-		AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp =
-				new AspectJExpressionPointcut(declarationScope,pointcutParameterNames,pointcutParameterTypes);
-		ajexp.setLocation(annotatedMethod.toString());
-		return ajexp;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create the pointcut parameters needed by aspectj based on the given argument names
-	 * and the argument types that are available from the adviceMethod. Needs to take into
-	 * account (ignore) any JoinPoint based arguments as these are not pointcut context but
-	 * rather part of the advice execution context (thisJoinPoint, thisJoinPointStaticPart)
-	 */
-	private Class<?>[] extractPointcutParameterTypes(String[] argNames, Method adviceMethod) {
-		Class<?>[] ret = new Class<?>[argNames.length];
-		Class<?>[] paramTypes = adviceMethod.getParameterTypes();
-		if (argNames.length > paramTypes.length) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Expecting at least " + argNames.length +
-					" arguments in the advice declaration, but only found " + paramTypes.length);
-		}
-
-		// Make the simplifying assumption for now that all of the JoinPoint based arguments
-		// come first in the advice declaration.
-		int typeOffset = paramTypes.length - argNames.length;
-		for (int i = 0; i < ret.length; i++) {
-			ret[i] = paramTypes[i + typeOffset];
-		}
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Find and return the first AspectJ annotation on the given method
 	 * (there <i>should</i> only be one anyway...)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator extends AspectJAwareAdvisorA

 	private List<Pattern> includePatterns;

-	private AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectJAdvisorFactory = new ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory();
+	private AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectJAdvisorFactory;

 	private BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilder aspectJAdvisorsBuilder;

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ public class AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator extends AspectJAwareAdvisorA
 	@Override
 	protected void initBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		super.initBeanFactory(beanFactory);
+		if (this.aspectJAdvisorFactory == null) {
+			this.aspectJAdvisorFactory = new ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory(beanFactory);
+		}
 		this.aspectJAdvisorsBuilder =
 				new BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilderAdapter(beanFactory, this.aspectJAdvisorFactory);
 	}
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ public class AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator extends AspectJAwareAdvisorA

 		public BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilderAdapter(
 				ListableBeanFactory beanFactory, AspectJAdvisorFactory advisorFactory) {
+
 			super(beanFactory, advisorFactory);
 		}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@

 package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;

-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.PerClauseKind;

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 public class AspectJProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {

 	/** Cache for singleton aspect instances */
-	private static final Map<Class<?>, Object> aspectCache = new HashMap<Class<?>, Object>();
+	private static final Map<Class<?>, Object> aspectCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Object>();

 	private final AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectFactory = new ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory();

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class AspectJProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	private MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory createAspectInstanceFactory(
 			AspectMetadata am, Class<?> aspectClass, String aspectName) {

-		MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory instanceFactory = null;
+		MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory instanceFactory;
 		if (am.getAjType().getPerClause().getKind() == PerClauseKind.SINGLETON) {
 			// Create a shared aspect instance.
 			Object instance = getSingletonAspectInstance(aspectClass);
@@ -162,23 +162,29 @@ public class AspectJProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	 * is created if one cannot be found in the instance cache.
 	 */
 	private Object getSingletonAspectInstance(Class<?> aspectClass) {
-		synchronized (aspectCache) {
-			Object instance = aspectCache.get(aspectClass);
-			if (instance != null) {
-				return instance;
-			}
-			try {
-				instance = aspectClass.newInstance();
-				aspectCache.put(aspectClass, instance);
-				return instance;
-			}
-			catch (InstantiationException ex) {
-				throw new AopConfigException("Unable to instantiate aspect class [" + aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
-			}
-			catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
-				throw new AopConfigException("Cannot access aspect class [" + aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
+		// Quick check without a lock...
+		Object instance = aspectCache.get(aspectClass);
+		if (instance == null) {
+			synchronized (aspectCache) {
+				// To be safe, check within full lock now...
+				instance = aspectCache.get(aspectClass);
+				if (instance != null) {
+					return instance;
+				}
+				try {
+					instance = aspectClass.newInstance();
+					aspectCache.put(aspectClass, instance);
+					return instance;
+				}
+				catch (InstantiationException ex) {
+					throw new AopConfigException("Unable to instantiate aspect class [" + aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
+				}
+				catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+					throw new AopConfigException("Cannot access aspect class [" + aspectClass.getName() + "]", ex);
+				}
 			}
 		}
+		return instance;
 	}


@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@ import org.springframework.aop.support.ComposablePointcut;
 * Metadata for an AspectJ aspect class, with an additional Spring AOP pointcut
 * for the per clause.
 *
- * <p>Uses AspectJ 5 AJType reflection API, so is only supported on Java 5.
- * Enables us to work with different AspectJ instantiation models such as
- * "singleton", "pertarget" and "perthis".
+ * <p>Uses AspectJ 5 AJType reflection API, enabling us to work with different
+ * AspectJ instantiation models such as "singleton", "pertarget" and "perthis".
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -102,20 +101,22 @@ public class AspectMetadata implements Serializable {
 		this.ajType = ajType;

 		switch (this.ajType.getPerClause().getKind()) {
-			case SINGLETON :
+			case SINGLETON:
 				this.perClausePointcut = Pointcut.TRUE;
 				return;
-			case PERTARGET : case PERTHIS :
+			case PERTARGET:
+			case PERTHIS:
 				AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp = new AspectJExpressionPointcut();
-				ajexp.setLocation("@Aspect annotation on " + aspectClass.getName());
+				ajexp.setLocation(aspectClass.getName());
 				ajexp.setExpression(findPerClause(aspectClass));
+				ajexp.setPointcutDeclarationScope(aspectClass);
 				this.perClausePointcut = ajexp;
 				return;
-			case PERTYPEWITHIN :
+			case PERTYPEWITHIN:
 				// Works with a type pattern
 				this.perClausePointcut = new ComposablePointcut(new TypePatternClassFilter(findPerClause(aspectClass)));
 				return;
-			default :
+			default:
 				throw new AopConfigException(
 						"PerClause " + ajType.getPerClause().getKind() + " not supported by Spring AOP for " + aspectClass);
 		}
@@ -125,8 +126,6 @@ public class AspectMetadata implements Serializable {
 	 * Extract contents from String of form {@code pertarget(contents)}.
 	 */
 	private String findPerClause(Class<?> aspectClass) {
-		// TODO when AspectJ provides this, we can remove this hack. Hence we don't
-		// bother to make it elegant. Or efficient. Or robust :-)
 		String str = aspectClass.getAnnotation(Aspect.class).value();
 		str = str.substring(str.indexOf("(") + 1);
 		str = str.substring(0, str.length() - 1);
@@ -97,8 +97,19 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory implements MetadataAwareAspectInst

 	@Override
 	public Object getAspectCreationMutex() {
-		return (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory ?
-				((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getSingletonMutex() : this);
+		if (this.beanFactory != null) {
+			if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(name)) {
+				// Rely on singleton semantics provided by the factory -> no local lock.
+				return null;
+			}
+			else if (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
+				// No singleton guarantees from the factory -> let's lock locally but
+				// reuse the factory's singleton lock, just in case a lazy dependency
+				// of our advice bean happens to trigger the singleton lock implicitly...
+				return ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getSingletonMutex();
+			}
+		}
+		return this;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;

 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;

 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.PerClauseKind;

@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilder {

 	private final AspectJAdvisorFactory advisorFactory;

-	private List<String> aspectBeanNames;
+	private volatile List<String> aspectBeanNames;

-	private final Map<String, List<Advisor>> advisorsCache = new HashMap<String, List<Advisor>>();
+	private final Map<String, List<Advisor>> advisorsCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, List<Advisor>>();

 	private final Map<String, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory> aspectFactoryCache =
-			new HashMap<String, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory>();
+			new ConcurrentHashMap<String, MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory>();


 	/**
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilder {
 	 * @param beanFactory the ListableBeanFactory to scan
 	 */
 	public BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilder(ListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
-		this(beanFactory, new ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory());
+		this(beanFactory, new ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory(beanFactory));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -80,56 +80,57 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectJAdvisorsBuilder {
 	 * @see #isEligibleBean
 	 */
 	public List<Advisor> buildAspectJAdvisors() {
-		List<String> aspectNames = null;
+		List<String> aspectNames = this.aspectBeanNames;

-		synchronized (this) {
-			aspectNames = this.aspectBeanNames;
-			if (aspectNames == null) {
-				List<Advisor> advisors = new LinkedList<Advisor>();
-				aspectNames = new LinkedList<String>();
-				String[] beanNames =
-						BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(this.beanFactory, Object.class, true, false);
-				for (String beanName : beanNames) {
-					if (!isEligibleBean(beanName)) {
-						continue;
-					}
-					// We must be careful not to instantiate beans eagerly as in this
-					// case they would be cached by the Spring container but would not
-					// have been weaved
-					Class<?> beanType = this.beanFactory.getType(beanName);
-					if (beanType == null) {
-						continue;
-					}
-					if (this.advisorFactory.isAspect(beanType)) {
-						aspectNames.add(beanName);
-						AspectMetadata amd = new AspectMetadata(beanType, beanName);
-						if (amd.getAjType().getPerClause().getKind() == PerClauseKind.SINGLETON) {
-							MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory factory =
-									new BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory(this.beanFactory, beanName);
-							List<Advisor> classAdvisors = this.advisorFactory.getAdvisors(factory);
-							if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(beanName)) {
-								this.advisorsCache.put(beanName, classAdvisors);
+		if (aspectNames == null) {
+			synchronized (this) {
+				aspectNames = this.aspectBeanNames;
+				if (aspectNames == null) {
+					List<Advisor> advisors = new LinkedList<Advisor>();
+					aspectNames = new LinkedList<String>();
+					String[] beanNames = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(
+							this.beanFactory, Object.class, true, false);
+					for (String beanName : beanNames) {
+						if (!isEligibleBean(beanName)) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						// We must be careful not to instantiate beans eagerly as in this case they
+						// would be cached by the Spring container but would not have been weaved.
+						Class<?> beanType = this.beanFactory.getType(beanName);
+						if (beanType == null) {
+							continue;
+						}
+						if (this.advisorFactory.isAspect(beanType)) {
+							aspectNames.add(beanName);
+							AspectMetadata amd = new AspectMetadata(beanType, beanName);
+							if (amd.getAjType().getPerClause().getKind() == PerClauseKind.SINGLETON) {
+								MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory factory =
+										new BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory(this.beanFactory, beanName);
+								List<Advisor> classAdvisors = this.advisorFactory.getAdvisors(factory);
+								if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(beanName)) {
+									this.advisorsCache.put(beanName, classAdvisors);
+								}
+								else {
+									this.aspectFactoryCache.put(beanName, factory);
+								}
+								advisors.addAll(classAdvisors);
 							}
 							else {
+								// Per target or per this.
+								if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(beanName)) {
+									throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bean with name '" + beanName +
+											"' is a singleton, but aspect instantiation model is not singleton");
+								}
+								MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory factory =
+										new PrototypeAspectInstanceFactory(this.beanFactory, beanName);
 								this.aspectFactoryCache.put(beanName, factory);
+								advisors.addAll(this.advisorFactory.getAdvisors(factory));
 							}
-							advisors.addAll(classAdvisors);
-						}
-						else {
-							// Per target or per this.
-							if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(beanName)) {
-								throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bean with name '" + beanName +
-										"' is a singleton, but aspect instantiation model is not singleton");
-							}
-							MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory factory =
-									new PrototypeAspectInstanceFactory(this.beanFactory, beanName);
-							this.aspectFactoryCache.put(beanName, factory);
-							advisors.addAll(this.advisorFactory.getAdvisors(factory));
 						}
 					}
+					this.aspectBeanNames = aspectNames;
+					return advisors;
 				}
-				this.aspectBeanNames = aspectNames;
-				return advisors;
 			}
 		}

@@ -48,9 +48,15 @@ public class LazySingletonAspectInstanceFactoryDecorator implements MetadataAwar
 	@Override
 	public Object getAspectInstance() {
 		if (this.materialized == null) {
-			synchronized (this.maaif.getAspectCreationMutex()) {
-				if (this.materialized == null) {
-					this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+			Object mutex = this.maaif.getAspectCreationMutex();
+			if (mutex == null) {
+				this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+			}
+			else {
+				synchronized (mutex) {
+					if (this.materialized == null) {
+						this.materialized = this.maaif.getAspectInstance();
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public interface MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends AspectInstanceFactor

 	/**
 	 * Return the best possible creation mutex for this factory.
-	 * @return the mutex object (never {@code null})
+	 * @return the mutex object (may be {@code null} for no mutex to use)
 	 * @since 4.3
 	 */
 	Object getAspectCreationMutex();
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.AspectJMethodBeforeAdvice;
 import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.DeclareParentsAdvisor;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.DefaultPointcutAdvisor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConvertingComparator;
@@ -95,6 +96,30 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 	}


+	private final BeanFactory beanFactory;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory}.
+	 */
+	public ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory() {
+		this(null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory}, propagating the given
+	 * {@link BeanFactory} to the created {@link AspectJExpressionPointcut} instances,
+	 * for bean pointcut handling as well as consistent {@link ClassLoader} resolution.
+	 * @param beanFactory the BeanFactory to propagate (may be {@code null}}
+	 * @since 4.3.6
+	 * @see AspectJExpressionPointcut#setBeanFactory
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory#getBeanClassLoader()
+	 */
+	public ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+	}
+
+
 	@Override
 	public List<Advisor> getAdvisors(MetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory aspectInstanceFactory) {
 		Class<?> aspectClass = aspectInstanceFactory.getAspectMetadata().getAspectClass();
@@ -161,9 +186,7 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 		}

 		if (DeclareParents.class == declareParents.defaultImpl()) {
-			// This is what comes back if it wasn't set. This seems bizarre...
-			// TODO this restriction possibly should be relaxed
-			throw new IllegalStateException("defaultImpl must be set on DeclareParents");
+			throw new IllegalStateException("'defaultImpl' attribute must be set on DeclareParents");
 		}

 		return new DeclareParentsAdvisor(
@@ -197,6 +220,7 @@ public class ReflectiveAspectJAdvisorFactory extends AbstractAspectJAdvisorFacto
 		AspectJExpressionPointcut ajexp =
 				new AspectJExpressionPointcut(candidateAspectClass, new String[0], new Class<?>[0]);
 		ajexp.setExpression(aspectJAnnotation.getPointcutExpression());
+		ajexp.setBeanFactory(this.beanFactory);
 		return ajexp;
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractInterceptorDrivenBeanDefinitionDecorator implement
 		BeanDefinition interceptorDefinition = createInterceptorDefinition(node);

 		// generate name and register the interceptor
-		String interceptorName = existingBeanName + "." + getInterceptorNameSuffix(interceptorDefinition);
+		String interceptorName = existingBeanName + '.' + getInterceptorNameSuffix(interceptorDefinition);
 		BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerBeanDefinition(
 				new BeanDefinitionHolder(interceptorDefinition, interceptorName), registry);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 					"Common causes of this problem include using a final class or a non-visible class",
 					ex);
 		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			// TargetSource.getTarget() failed
 			throw new AopConfigException("Unexpected AOP exception", ex);
 		}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	 * methods across ClassLoaders, and writes warnings to the log for each one found.
 	 */
 	private void doValidateClass(Class<?> proxySuperClass, ClassLoader proxyClassLoader) {
-		if (Object.class != proxySuperClass) {
+		if (proxySuperClass != Object.class) {
 			Method[] methods = proxySuperClass.getDeclaredMethods();
 			for (Method method : methods) {
 				int mod = method.getModifiers();
@@ -351,7 +351,8 @@ class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	 */
 	private static Object processReturnType(Object proxy, Object target, Method method, Object retVal) {
 		// Massage return value if necessary
-		if (retVal != null && retVal == target && !RawTargetAccess.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
+		if (retVal != null && retVal == target &&
+				!RawTargetAccess.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
 			// Special case: it returned "this". Note that we can't help
 			// if the target sets a reference to itself in another returned object.
 			retVal = proxy;
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ final class JdkDynamicAopProxy implements AopProxy, InvocationHandler, Serializa

 			// Massage return value if necessary.
 			Class<?> returnType = method.getReturnType();
-			if (retVal != null && retVal == target && returnType.isInstance(proxy) &&
+			if (retVal != null && retVal == target &&
+					returnType != Object.class && returnType.isInstance(proxy) &&
 					!RawTargetAccess.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
 				// Special case: it returned "this" and the return type of the method
 				// is type-compatible. Note that we can't help if the target sets
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ public class ProxyProcessorSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Ordered, BeanC
 	 * @return whether the given interface is an internal language interface
 	 */
 	protected boolean isInternalLanguageInterface(Class<?> ifc) {
-		return ifc.getName().equals("groovy.lang.GroovyObject");
+		return (ifc.getName().equals("groovy.lang.GroovyObject") ||
+				ifc.getName().endsWith(".cglib.proxy.Factory"));
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCreator extends AbstractAutoProxyC
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		super.setBeanFactory(beanFactory);
 		if (!(beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory)) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot use AdvisorAutoProxyCreator without a ConfigurableListableBeanFactory");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"AdvisorAutoProxyCreator requires a ConfigurableListableBeanFactory: " + beanFactory);
 		}
 		initBeanFactory((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) beanFactory);
 	}
@@ -55,26 +55,25 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * before invoking the bean itself.
 *
 * <p>This class distinguishes between "common" interceptors: shared for all proxies it
- * creates, and "specific" interceptors: unique per bean instance. There need not
- * be any common interceptors. If there are, they are set using the interceptorNames
- * property. As with ProxyFactoryBean, interceptors names in the current factory
- * are used rather than bean references to allow correct handling of prototype
- * advisors and interceptors: for example, to support stateful mixins.
- * Any advice type is supported for "interceptorNames" entries.
+ * creates, and "specific" interceptors: unique per bean instance. There need not be any
+ * common interceptors. If there are, they are set using the interceptorNames property.
+ * As with {@link org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean}, interceptors names
+ * in the current factory are used rather than bean references to allow correct handling
+ * of prototype advisors and interceptors: for example, to support stateful mixins.
+ * Any advice type is supported for {@link #setInterceptorNames "interceptorNames"} entries.
 *
 * <p>Such auto-proxying is particularly useful if there's a large number of beans that
 * need to be wrapped with similar proxies, i.e. delegating to the same interceptors.
 * Instead of x repetitive proxy definitions for x target beans, you can register
 * one single such post processor with the bean factory to achieve the same effect.
 *
- * <p>Subclasses can apply any strategy to decide if a bean is to be proxied,
- * e.g. by type, by name, by definition details, etc. They can also return
- * additional interceptors that should just be applied to the specific bean
- * instance. The default concrete implementation is BeanNameAutoProxyCreator,
- * identifying the beans to be proxied via a list of bean names.
+ * <p>Subclasses can apply any strategy to decide if a bean is to be proxied, e.g. by type,
+ * by name, by definition details, etc. They can also return additional interceptors that
+ * should just be applied to the specific bean instance. A simple concrete implementation is
+ * {@link BeanNameAutoProxyCreator}, identifying the beans to be proxied via given names.
 *
 * <p>Any number of {@link TargetSourceCreator} implementations can be used to create
- * a custom target source - for example, to pool prototype objects. Auto-proxying will
+ * a custom target source: for example, to pool prototype objects. Auto-proxying will
 * occur even if there is no advice, as long as a TargetSourceCreator specifies a custom
 * {@link org.springframework.aop.TargetSource}. If there are no TargetSourceCreators set,
 * or if none matches, a {@link org.springframework.aop.target.SingletonTargetSource}
@@ -156,8 +155,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutoProxyCreator extends ProxyProcessorSupport
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Specify the AdvisorAdapterRegistry to use.
-	 * Default is the global AdvisorAdapterRegistry.
+	 * Specify the {@link AdvisorAdapterRegistry} to use.
+	 * <p>Default is the global {@link AdvisorAdapterRegistry}.
 	 * @see org.springframework.aop.framework.adapter.GlobalAdvisorAdapterRegistry
 	 */
 	public void setAdvisorAdapterRegistry(AdvisorAdapterRegistry advisorAdapterRegistry) {
@@ -165,18 +164,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutoProxyCreator extends ProxyProcessorSupport
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Set custom TargetSourceCreators to be applied in this order.
-	 * If the list is empty, or they all return null, a SingletonTargetSource
+	 * Set custom {@code TargetSourceCreators} to be applied in this order.
+	 * If the list is empty, or they all return null, a {@link SingletonTargetSource}
 	 * will be created for each bean.
 	 * <p>Note that TargetSourceCreators will kick in even for target beans
-	 * where no advices or advisors have been found. If a TargetSourceCreator
-	 * returns a TargetSource for a specific bean, that bean will be proxied
+	 * where no advices or advisors have been found. If a {@code TargetSourceCreator}
+	 * returns a {@link TargetSource} for a specific bean, that bean will be proxied
 	 * in any case.
-	 * <p>TargetSourceCreators can only be invoked if this post processor is used
-	 * in a BeanFactory, and its BeanFactoryAware callback is used.
-	 * @param targetSourceCreators list of TargetSourceCreator.
-	 * Ordering is significant: The TargetSource returned from the first matching
-	 * TargetSourceCreator (that is, the first that returns non-null) will be used.
+	 * <p>{@code TargetSourceCreators} can only be invoked if this post processor is used
+	 * in a {@link BeanFactory} and its {@link BeanFactoryAware} callback is triggered.
+	 * @param targetSourceCreators the list of {@code TargetSourceCreators}.
+	 * Ordering is significant: The {@code TargetSource} returned from the first matching
+	 * {@code TargetSourceCreator} (that is, the first that returns non-null) will be used.
 	 */
 	public void setCustomTargetSourceCreators(TargetSourceCreator... targetSourceCreators) {
 		this.customTargetSourceCreators = targetSourceCreators;
@@ -207,8 +206,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutoProxyCreator extends ProxyProcessorSupport
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return the owning BeanFactory.
-	 * May be {@code null}, as this object doesn't need to belong to a bean factory.
+	 * Return the owning {@link BeanFactory}.
+	 * May be {@code null}, as this post-processor doesn't need to belong to a bean factory.
 	 */
 	protected BeanFactory getBeanFactory() {
 		return this.beanFactory;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ package org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNameAware;

 /**
- * BeanPostProcessor implementation that creates AOP proxies based on all candidate
- * Advisors in the current BeanFactory. This class is completely generic; it contains
- * no special code to handle any particular aspects, such as pooling aspects.
+ * {@code BeanPostProcessor} implementation that creates AOP proxies based on all
+ * candidate {@code Advisor}s in the current {@code BeanFactory}. This class is
+ * completely generic; it contains no special code to handle any particular aspects,
+ * such as pooling aspects.
 *
 * <p>It's possible to filter out advisors - for example, to use multiple post processors
- * of this type in the same factory - by setting the {@code usePrefix} property
- * to true, in which case only advisors beginning with the DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator's
- * bean name followed by a dot (like "aapc.") will be used. This default prefix can be
- * changed from the bean name by setting the {@code advisorBeanNamePrefix} property.
+ * of this type in the same factory - by setting the {@code usePrefix} property to true,
+ * in which case only advisors beginning with the DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator's bean
+ * name followed by a dot (like "aapc.") will be used. This default prefix can be changed
+ * from the bean name by setting the {@code advisorBeanNamePrefix} property.
 * The separator (.) will also be used in this case.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
@@ -40,22 +41,22 @@ public class DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator extends AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCrea
 	public final static String SEPARATOR = ".";


-	private boolean usePrefix;
+	private boolean usePrefix = false;

 	private String advisorBeanNamePrefix;


 	/**
-	 * Set whether to exclude advisors with a certain prefix
-	 * in the bean name.
+	 * Set whether to only include advisors with a certain prefix in the bean name.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code false}, including all beans of type {@code Advisor}.
+	 * @see #setAdvisorBeanNamePrefix
 	 */
 	public void setUsePrefix(boolean usePrefix) {
 		this.usePrefix = usePrefix;
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return whether to exclude advisors with a certain prefix
-	 * in the bean name.
+	 * Return whether to only include advisors with a certain prefix in the bean name.
 	 */
 	public boolean isUsePrefix() {
 		return this.usePrefix;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ public class DefaultAdvisorAutoProxyCreator extends AbstractAdvisorAutoProxyCrea


 	/**
-	 * Consider Advisor beans with the specified prefix as eligible, if activated.
+	 * Consider {@code Advisor} beans with the specified prefix as eligible, if activated.
 	 * @see #setUsePrefix
 	 * @see #setAdvisorBeanNamePrefix
 	 */
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class CustomizableTraceInterceptor extends AbstractTraceInterceptor {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected Object invokeUnderTrace(MethodInvocation invocation, Log logger) throws Throwable {
-		String name = invocation.getMethod().getDeclaringClass().getName() + "." + invocation.getMethod().getName();
+		String name = ClassUtils.getQualifiedMethodName(invocation.getMethod());
 		StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch(name);
 		Object returnValue = null;
 		boolean exitThroughException = false;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactoryPointcutAdvisor extends AbstractPointcu

 	private BeanFactory beanFactory;

-	private transient Advice advice;
+	private transient volatile Advice advice;

 	private transient volatile Object adviceMonitor = new Object();

@@ -98,12 +98,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactoryPointcutAdvisor extends AbstractPointcu

 	@Override
 	public Advice getAdvice() {
-		synchronized (this.adviceMonitor) {
-			if (this.advice == null && this.adviceBeanName != null) {
-				Assert.state(this.beanFactory != null, "BeanFactory must be set to resolve 'adviceBeanName'");
-				this.advice = this.beanFactory.getBean(this.adviceBeanName, Advice.class);
+		Advice advice = this.advice;
+		if (advice != null || this.adviceBeanName == null) {
+			return advice;
+		}
+
+		Assert.state(this.beanFactory != null, "BeanFactory must be set to resolve 'adviceBeanName'");
+		if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(this.adviceBeanName)) {
+			// Rely on singleton semantics provided by the factory.
+			advice = this.beanFactory.getBean(this.adviceBeanName, Advice.class);
+			this.advice = advice;
+			return advice;
+		}
+		else {
+			// No singleton guarantees from the factory -> let's lock locally but
+			// reuse the factory's singleton lock, just in case a lazy dependency
+			// of our advice bean happens to trigger the singleton lock implicitly...
+			synchronized (this.adviceMonitor) {
+				if (this.advice == null) {
+					this.advice = this.beanFactory.getBean(this.adviceBeanName, Advice.class);
+				}
+				return this.advice;
 			}
-			return this.advice;
 		}
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;

 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

@@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPo
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
-		return ((targetClass != null && matchesPattern(targetClass.getName() + "." + method.getName())) ||
-				matchesPattern(method.getDeclaringClass().getName() + "." + method.getName()));
+		return ((targetClass != null && matchesPattern(ClassUtils.getQualifiedMethodName(method, targetClass))) ||
+				matchesPattern(ClassUtils.getQualifiedMethodName(method)));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
 import org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher;
 import org.springframework.aop.Pointcut;
-import org.springframework.core.ControlFlow;
-import org.springframework.core.ControlFlowFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Rob Harrop
- * @see org.springframework.core.ControlFlow
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class ControlFlowPointcut implements Pointcut, ClassFilter, MethodMatcher, Serializable {
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ public class ControlFlowPointcut implements Pointcut, ClassFilter, MethodMatcher

 	private String methodName;

-	private int evaluations;
+	private volatile int evaluations;


 	/**
@@ -55,11 +53,11 @@ public class ControlFlowPointcut implements Pointcut, ClassFilter, MethodMatcher
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Construct a new pointcut that matches all calls below the
-	 * given method in the given class. If the method name is null,
-	 * matches all control flows below that class.
+	 * Construct a new pointcut that matches all calls below the given method
+	 * in the given class. If no method name is given, matches all control flows
+	 * below the given class.
 	 * @param clazz the clazz
-	 * @param methodName the name of the method
+	 * @param methodName the name of the method (may be {@code null})
 	 */
 	public ControlFlowPointcut(Class<?> clazz, String methodName) {
 		Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
@@ -93,8 +91,14 @@ public class ControlFlowPointcut implements Pointcut, ClassFilter, MethodMatcher
 	@Override
 	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object... args) {
 		this.evaluations++;
-		ControlFlow cflow = ControlFlowFactory.createControlFlow();
-		return (this.methodName != null ? cflow.under(this.clazz, this.methodName) : cflow.under(this.clazz));
+
+		for (StackTraceElement element : new Throwable().getStackTrace()) {
+			if (element.getClassName().equals(this.clazz.getName()) &&
+					(this.methodName == null || element.getMethodName().equals(this.methodName))) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -130,8 +134,7 @@ public class ControlFlowPointcut implements Pointcut, ClassFilter, MethodMatcher

 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
-		int code = 17;
-		code = 37 * code + this.clazz.hashCode();
+		int code = this.clazz.hashCode();
 		if (this.methodName != null) {
 			code = 37 * code + this.methodName.hashCode();
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.aop.TargetSource;
 public abstract class AbstractRefreshableTargetSource implements TargetSource, Refreshable {

 	/** Logger available to subclasses */
-	protected Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

 	protected Object targetObject;

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@

 package org.springframework.aop.scope;

+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 import org.junit.Test;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
@@ -27,19 +29,24 @@ import static org.springframework.tests.TestResourceUtils.*;

 /**
 * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Chris Beams
 */
-public final class ScopedProxyAutowireTests {
+public class ScopedProxyAutowireTests {

-	private static final Class<?> CLASS = ScopedProxyAutowireTests.class;
+	private static final Resource SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_FALSE_CONTEXT =
+			qualifiedResource(ScopedProxyAutowireTests.class, "scopedAutowireFalse.xml");
+	private static final Resource SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_TRUE_CONTEXT =
+			qualifiedResource(ScopedProxyAutowireTests.class, "scopedAutowireTrue.xml");

-	private static final Resource SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_TRUE_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "scopedAutowireTrue.xml");
-	private static final Resource SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_FALSE_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "scopedAutowireFalse.xml");

 	@Test
 	public void testScopedProxyInheritsAutowireCandidateFalse() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf).loadBeanDefinitions(SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_FALSE_CONTEXT);
+		assertTrue(Arrays.asList(bf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class, false, false)).contains("scoped"));
+		assertTrue(Arrays.asList(bf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class, true, false)).contains("scoped"));
+		assertFalse(bf.containsSingleton("scoped"));
 		TestBean autowired = (TestBean) bf.getBean("autowired");
 		TestBean unscoped = (TestBean) bf.getBean("unscoped");
 		assertSame(unscoped, autowired.getChild());
@@ -49,6 +56,9 @@ public final class ScopedProxyAutowireTests {
 	public void testScopedProxyReplacesAutowireCandidateTrue() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(bf).loadBeanDefinitions(SCOPED_AUTOWIRE_TRUE_CONTEXT);
+		assertTrue(Arrays.asList(bf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class, true, false)).contains("scoped"));
+		assertTrue(Arrays.asList(bf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class, false, false)).contains("scoped"));
+		assertFalse(bf.containsSingleton("scoped"));
 		TestBean autowired = (TestBean) bf.getBean("autowired");
 		TestBean scoped = (TestBean) bf.getBean("scoped");
 		assertSame(scoped, autowired.getChild());
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,27 +28,21 @@ public class NopInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {

 	private int count;

-	/**
-	 * @see org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor#invoke(MethodInvocation)
-	 */
+
 	@Override
 	public Object invoke(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable {
 		increment();
 		return invocation.proceed();
 	}

+	protected void increment() {
+		this.count++;
+	}
+
 	public int getCount() {
 		return this.count;
 	}

-	protected void increment() {
-		++count;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		return 0;
-	}

 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
@@ -62,5 +55,9 @@ public class NopInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
 		return this.count == ((NopInterceptor) other).count;
 	}

+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return NopInterceptor.class.hashCode();
+	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,22 +28,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class SerializablePerson implements Person, Serializable {

-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
-
 	private String name;

 	private int age;

-	@Override
-	public int getAge() {
-		return age;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void setAge(int age) {
-		this.age = age;
-	}

 	@Override
 	public String getName() {
@@ -55,6 +43,16 @@ public class SerializablePerson implements Person, Serializable {
 		this.name = name;
 	}

+	@Override
+	public int getAge() {
+		return age;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setAge(int age) {
+		this.age = age;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public Object echo(Object o) throws Throwable {
 		if (o instanceof Throwable) {
@@ -63,10 +61,6 @@ public class SerializablePerson implements Person, Serializable {
 		return o;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		return 0;
-	}

 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
@@ -77,4 +71,9 @@ public class SerializablePerson implements Person, Serializable {
 		return p.age == age && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(name, p.name);
 	}

+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return SerializablePerson.class.hashCode();
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <config xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-				xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-				xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">
+		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">

 	<pointcut id="testPointcut" expression="execution(* foo(..)) and within(springbank.dao.AccountDao+)"/>
 	<pointcut id="testPointcut1" expression="execution(* springbank.dao.AccountDao.foo(..))"/>
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 		<after method="foo" pointcut-ref="testPointcut"/>
 	</aspect>

-</config>
+</config>
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+		xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">

-  <bean id="scoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="false">
-    <aop:scoped-proxy/>
-  </bean>
+	<bean id="scoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" scope="prototype" autowire-candidate="false">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy/>
+	</bean>

-  <bean id="unscoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="true"/>
+	<bean id="unscoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="true"/>

-  <bean id="autowired" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire="byType"/>
+	<bean id="autowired" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire="byType"/>

 </beans>
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-    xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
-        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">
+       xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd">

-  <bean id="scoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="true">
-    <aop:scoped-proxy/>
-  </bean>
+	<bean id="scoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" scope="singleton" autowire-candidate="true">
+		<aop:scoped-proxy/>
+	</bean>

-  <bean id="unscoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="false"/>
+	<bean id="unscoped" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire-candidate="false"/>

-  <bean id="autowired" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire="byType"/>
+	<bean id="autowired" class="org.springframework.aop.scope.ScopedProxyAutowireTests$TestBean" autowire="byType"/>

 </beans>
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
 * @author Sam Brannen
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 4.3, in favor of a custom aspect for such purposes
 */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMethod()) {

 	private final Expectations expectations = new Expectations();
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.SuppressAjWarnings;
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @see MockStaticEntityMethods
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 4.3, in favor of a custom aspect for such purposes
 */
+@Deprecated
@RequiredTypes("javax.persistence.Entity")
 public aspect AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl extends AbstractMethodMockingControl {

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Sam Brannen
+ * @deprecated as of Spring 4.3, in favor of a custom aspect for such purposes
 */
+@Deprecated
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
 public @interface MockStaticEntityMethods {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -18,55 +18,45 @@ package org.springframework.transaction.aspectj;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.tests.transaction.CallCountingTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource;
-import org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAspectSupport;
 import org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionAttribute;

+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 /**
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Sam Brannen
 */
-@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDependencyInjectionSpringContextTests {
+public class TransactionAspectTests {

-	private CallCountingTransactionManager txManager;
+	private final CallCountingTransactionManager txManager = new CallCountingTransactionManager();

-	private TransactionalAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface annotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface;
+	private final TransactionalAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface annotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface =
+			new TransactionalAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface();

-	private ClassWithProtectedAnnotatedMember beanWithAnnotatedProtectedMethod;
+	private final ClassWithProtectedAnnotatedMember beanWithAnnotatedProtectedMethod =
+			new ClassWithProtectedAnnotatedMember();

-	private ClassWithPrivateAnnotatedMember beanWithAnnotatedPrivateMethod;
+	private final ClassWithPrivateAnnotatedMember beanWithAnnotatedPrivateMethod =
+			new ClassWithPrivateAnnotatedMember();

-	private MethodAnnotationOnClassWithNoInterface methodAnnotationOnly = new MethodAnnotationOnClassWithNoInterface();
+	private final MethodAnnotationOnClassWithNoInterface methodAnnotationOnly =
+			new MethodAnnotationOnClassWithNoInterface();


-	public void setAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface(
-			TransactionalAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface annotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface) {
-		this.annotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface = annotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface;
-	}
-
-	public void setClassWithAnnotatedProtectedMethod(ClassWithProtectedAnnotatedMember aBean) {
-		this.beanWithAnnotatedProtectedMethod = aBean;
-	}
-
-	public void setClassWithAnnotatedPrivateMethod(ClassWithPrivateAnnotatedMember aBean) {
-		this.beanWithAnnotatedPrivateMethod = aBean;
-	}
-
-	public void setTransactionAspect(TransactionAspectSupport transactionAspect) {
-		this.txManager = (CallCountingTransactionManager) transactionAspect.getTransactionManager();
-	}
-
-
-	@Override
-	protected String[] getConfigPaths() {
-		return new String[] { "TransactionAspectTests-context.xml" };
+	@Before
+	public void initContext() {
+		AnnotationTransactionAspect.aspectOf().setTransactionManager(txManager);
 	}


+	@Test
 	public void testCommitOnAnnotatedClass() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
@@ -74,6 +64,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(1, txManager.commits);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testCommitOnAnnotatedProtectedMethod() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
@@ -81,6 +72,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(1, txManager.commits);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testCommitOnAnnotatedPrivateMethod() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
@@ -88,6 +80,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(1, txManager.commits);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testNoCommitOnNonAnnotatedNonPublicMethodInTransactionalType() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0,txManager.begun);
@@ -95,6 +88,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(0,txManager.begun);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testCommitOnAnnotatedMethod() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
@@ -102,6 +96,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(1, txManager.commits);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testNotTransactional() throws Throwable {
 		txManager.clear();
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
@@ -109,6 +104,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		assertEquals(0, txManager.begun);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultCommitOnAnnotatedClass() throws Throwable {
 		final Exception ex = new Exception();
 		try {
@@ -125,6 +121,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		}
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultRollbackOnAnnotatedClass() throws Throwable {
 		final RuntimeException ex = new RuntimeException();
 		try {
@@ -141,10 +138,11 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		}
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultCommitOnSubclassOfAnnotatedClass() throws Throwable {
 		final Exception ex = new Exception();
 		try {
-				testRollback(new TransactionOperationCallback() {
+			testRollback(new TransactionOperationCallback() {
 				@Override
 				public Object performTransactionalOperation() throws Throwable {
 					return new SubclassOfClassWithTransactionalAnnotation().echo(ex);
@@ -157,6 +155,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		}
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultCommitOnSubclassOfClassWithTransactionalMethodAnnotated() throws Throwable {
 		final Exception ex = new Exception();
 		try {
@@ -173,6 +172,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		}
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultCommitOnImplementationOfAnnotatedInterface() throws Throwable {
 		final Exception ex = new Exception();
 		testNotTransactional(new TransactionOperationCallback() {
@@ -185,16 +185,19 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep

 	/**
 	 * Note: resolution does not occur. Thus we can't make a class transactional if
-	 * it implements a transactionally annotated interface. This behaviour could only
+	 * it implements a transactionally annotated interface. This behavior could only
 	 * be changed in AbstractFallbackTransactionAttributeSource in Spring proper.
+	 * See SPR-14322.
 	 */
+	@Test
 	public void testDoesNotResolveTxAnnotationOnMethodFromClassImplementingAnnotatedInterface() throws Exception {
 		AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource atas = new AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource();
-		Method m = ImplementsAnnotatedInterface.class.getMethod("echo", Throwable.class);
-		TransactionAttribute ta = atas.getTransactionAttribute(m, ImplementsAnnotatedInterface.class);
+		Method method = ImplementsAnnotatedInterface.class.getMethod("echo", Throwable.class);
+		TransactionAttribute ta = atas.getTransactionAttribute(method, ImplementsAnnotatedInterface.class);
 		assertNull(ta);
 	}

+	@Test
 	public void testDefaultRollbackOnImplementationOfAnnotatedInterface() throws Throwable {
 		final Exception rollbackProvokingException = new RuntimeException();
 		testNotTransactional(new TransactionOperationCallback() {
@@ -237,15 +240,19 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep


 	private interface TransactionOperationCallback {
+
 		Object performTransactionalOperation() throws Throwable;
 	}

+
 	public static class SubclassOfClassWithTransactionalAnnotation extends TransactionalAnnotationOnlyOnClassWithNoInterface {
 	}

+
 	public static class SubclassOfClassWithTransactionalMethodAnnotation extends MethodAnnotationOnClassWithNoInterface {
 	}

+
 	public static class ImplementsAnnotatedInterface implements ITransactional {

 		@Override
@@ -257,6 +264,7 @@ public class TransactionAspectTests extends org.springframework.test.AbstractDep
 		}
 	}

+
 	public static class NotTransactional {

 		public void noop() {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 			Collection constructorArgs = null;
 			if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(args)) {
 				int index = args.length;
-				Object lastArg = args[index-1];
+				Object lastArg = args[index - 1];
 				if (lastArg instanceof Closure) {
 					callable = (Closure) lastArg;
 					index--;
@@ -456,14 +456,14 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 	 * @return the bean definition wrapper
 	 */
 	private GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper invokeBeanDefiningMethod(String beanName, Object[] args) {
-		boolean hasClosureArgument = args[args.length - 1] instanceof Closure;
+		boolean hasClosureArgument = (args[args.length - 1] instanceof Closure);
 		if (args[0] instanceof Class) {
-			Class<?> beanClass = (args[0] instanceof Class ? (Class) args[0] : args[0].getClass());
+			Class<?> beanClass = (Class<?>) args[0];
 			if (args.length >= 1) {
 				if (hasClosureArgument) {
-					if (args.length-1 != 1) {
+					if (args.length - 1 != 1) {
 						this.currentBeanDefinition = new GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper(
-								beanName, beanClass, resolveConstructorArguments(args,1,args.length-1));
+								beanName, beanClass, resolveConstructorArguments(args, 1, args.length - 1));
 					}
 					else {
 						this.currentBeanDefinition = new GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper(beanName, beanClass);
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 				}
 				else  {
 					this.currentBeanDefinition = new GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper(
-							beanName, beanClass, resolveConstructorArguments(args,1,args.length));
+							beanName, beanClass, resolveConstructorArguments(args, 1, args.length));
 				}

 			}
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 		else if (args[0] instanceof Map) {
 			// named constructor arguments
 			if (args.length > 1 && args[1] instanceof Class) {
-				List constructorArgs = resolveConstructorArguments(args, 2, hasClosureArgument ? args.length-1 :  args.length);
+				List constructorArgs = resolveConstructorArguments(args, 2, hasClosureArgument ? args.length - 1 : args.length);
 				this.currentBeanDefinition = new GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper(beanName, (Class)args[1], constructorArgs);
 				Map namedArgs = (Map)args[0];
 				for (Object o : namedArgs.keySet()) {
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@ public class GroovyBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader imp
 			this.currentBeanDefinition.getBeanDefinition().setAbstract(true);
 		}
 		else {
-			List constructorArgs = resolveConstructorArguments(args, 0, hasClosureArgument ? args.length-1 : args.length);
+			List constructorArgs = resolveConstructorArguments(args, 0, hasClosureArgument ? args.length - 1 : args.length);
 			currentBeanDefinition = new GroovyBeanDefinitionWrapper(beanName, null, constructorArgs);
 		}

 		if (hasClosureArgument) {
-			Closure callable = (Closure)args[args.length-1];
+			Closure callable = (Closure) args[args.length - 1];
 			callable.setDelegate(this);
 			callable.setResolveStrategy(Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST);
 			callable.call(new Object[]{currentBeanDefinition});
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA

 	private String nestedPath = "";

-	private Object rootObject;
+	Object rootObject;

 	/**
 	 * Map with cached nested Accessors: nested path -> Accessor instance.
@@ -284,198 +284,212 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 		}
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected void setPropertyValue(PropertyTokenHolder tokens, PropertyValue pv) throws BeansException {
-		String propertyName = tokens.canonicalName;
-		String actualName = tokens.actualName;
-
 		if (tokens.keys != null) {
-			// Apply indexes and map keys: fetch value for all keys but the last one.
-			PropertyTokenHolder getterTokens = new PropertyTokenHolder();
-			getterTokens.canonicalName = tokens.canonicalName;
-			getterTokens.actualName = tokens.actualName;
-			getterTokens.keys = new String[tokens.keys.length - 1];
-			System.arraycopy(tokens.keys, 0, getterTokens.keys, 0, tokens.keys.length - 1);
-			Object propValue;
+			processKeyedProperty(tokens, pv);
+		}
+		else {
+			processLocalProperty(tokens, pv);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private void processKeyedProperty(PropertyTokenHolder tokens, PropertyValue pv) {
+		Object propValue = getPropertyHoldingValue(tokens);
+		String lastKey = tokens.keys[tokens.keys.length - 1];
+
+		if (propValue.getClass().isArray()) {
+			PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(tokens.actualName);
+			Class<?> requiredType = propValue.getClass().getComponentType();
+			int arrayIndex = Integer.parseInt(lastKey);
+			Object oldValue = null;
 			try {
-				propValue = getPropertyValue(getterTokens);
-			}
-			catch (NotReadablePropertyException ex) {
-				throw new NotWritablePropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
-						"Cannot access indexed value in property referenced " +
-						"in indexed property path '" + propertyName + "'", ex);
-			}
-			// Set value for last key.
-			String key = tokens.keys[tokens.keys.length - 1];
-			if (propValue == null) {
-				// null map value case
-				if (isAutoGrowNestedPaths()) {
-					// TODO: cleanup, this is pretty hacky
-					int lastKeyIndex = tokens.canonicalName.lastIndexOf('[');
-					getterTokens.canonicalName = tokens.canonicalName.substring(0, lastKeyIndex);
-					propValue = setDefaultValue(getterTokens);
+				if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && arrayIndex < Array.getLength(propValue)) {
+					oldValue = Array.get(propValue, arrayIndex);
 				}
-				else {
-					throw new NullValueInNestedPathException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
-							"Cannot access indexed value in property referenced " +
-							"in indexed property path '" + propertyName + "': returned null");
-				}
-			}
-			if (propValue.getClass().isArray()) {
-				PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(actualName);
-				Class<?> requiredType = propValue.getClass().getComponentType();
-				int arrayIndex = Integer.parseInt(key);
-				Object oldValue = null;
-				try {
-					if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && arrayIndex < Array.getLength(propValue)) {
-						oldValue = Array.get(propValue, arrayIndex);
-					}
-					Object convertedValue = convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
-							requiredType, ph.nested(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) {
-					throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
-							"Invalid array index in property path '" + propertyName + "'", ex);
-				}
-			}
-			else if (propValue instanceof List) {
-				PropertyHandler ph = getPropertyHandler(actualName);
-				Class<?> requiredType = ph.getCollectionType(tokens.keys.length);
-				List<Object> list = (List<Object>) propValue;
-				int index = Integer.parseInt(key);
-				Object oldValue = null;
-				if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && index < list.size()) {
-					oldValue = list.get(index);
-				}
-				Object convertedValue = convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
+				Object convertedValue = convertIfNecessary(tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
 						requiredType, ph.nested(tokens.keys.length));
-				int size = list.size();
-				if (index >= size && index < this.autoGrowCollectionLimit) {
-					for (int i = size; i < index; i++) {
-						try {
-							list.add(null);
-						}
-						catch (NullPointerException ex) {
-							throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
-									"Cannot set element with index " + index + " in List of size " +
-									size + ", accessed using property path '" + propertyName +
-									"': List does not support filling up gaps with null elements");
-						}
-					}
-					list.add(convertedValue);
-				}
-				else {
-					try {
-						list.set(index, convertedValue);
-					}
-					catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
-						throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
-								"Invalid list index in property path '" + propertyName + "'", ex);
-					}
+				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(tokens.actualName, newArray);
+					propValue = getPropertyValue(tokens.actualName);
 				}
+				Array.set(propValue, arrayIndex, convertedValue);
 			}
-			else if (propValue instanceof Map) {
-				PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(actualName);
-				Class<?> mapKeyType = ph.getMapKeyType(tokens.keys.length);
-				Class<?> mapValueType = ph.getMapValueType(tokens.keys.length);
-				Map<Object, Object> map = (Map<Object, Object>) propValue;
-				// IMPORTANT: Do not pass full property name in here - property editors
-				// must not kick in for map keys but rather only for map values.
-				TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(mapKeyType);
-				Object convertedMapKey = convertIfNecessary(null, null, key, mapKeyType, typeDescriptor);
-				Object oldValue = null;
-				if (isExtractOldValueForEditor()) {
-					oldValue = map.get(convertedMapKey);
-				}
-				// Pass full property name and old value in here, since we want full
-				// conversion ability for map values.
-				Object convertedMapValue = convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
-						mapValueType, ph.nested(tokens.keys.length));
-				map.put(convertedMapKey, convertedMapValue);
-			}
-			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 [" + propValue + "]");
+			catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
+				throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+						"Invalid array index in property path '" + tokens.canonicalName + "'", ex);
 			}
 		}

-		else {
-			PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(actualName);
-			if (ph == null || !ph.isWritable()) {
-				if (pv.isOptional()) {
-					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-						logger.debug("Ignoring optional value for property '" + actualName +
-								"' - property not found on bean class [" + getRootClass().getName() + "]");
+		else if (propValue instanceof List) {
+			PropertyHandler ph = getPropertyHandler(tokens.actualName);
+			Class<?> requiredType = ph.getCollectionType(tokens.keys.length);
+			List<Object> list = (List<Object>) propValue;
+			int index = Integer.parseInt(lastKey);
+			Object oldValue = null;
+			if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && index < list.size()) {
+				oldValue = list.get(index);
+			}
+			Object convertedValue = convertIfNecessary(tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
+					requiredType, ph.nested(tokens.keys.length));
+			int size = list.size();
+			if (index >= size && index < this.autoGrowCollectionLimit) {
+				for (int i = size; i < index; i++) {
+					try {
+						list.add(null);
+					}
+					catch (NullPointerException ex) {
+						throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+								"Cannot set element with index " + index + " in List of size " +
+								size + ", accessed using property path '" + tokens.canonicalName +
+								"': List does not support filling up gaps with null elements");
 					}
-					return;
 				}
-				else {
-					throw createNotWritablePropertyException(propertyName);
+				list.add(convertedValue);
+			}
+			else {
+				try {
+					list.set(index, convertedValue);
+				}
+				catch (IndexOutOfBoundsException ex) {
+					throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+							"Invalid list index in property path '" + tokens.canonicalName + "'", ex);
 				}
 			}
+		}
+
+		else if (propValue instanceof Map) {
+			PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(tokens.actualName);
+			Class<?> mapKeyType = ph.getMapKeyType(tokens.keys.length);
+			Class<?> mapValueType = ph.getMapValueType(tokens.keys.length);
+			Map<Object, Object> map = (Map<Object, Object>) propValue;
+			// IMPORTANT: Do not pass full property name in here - property editors
+			// must not kick in for map keys but rather only for map values.
+			TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(mapKeyType);
+			Object convertedMapKey = convertIfNecessary(null, null, lastKey, mapKeyType, typeDescriptor);
 			Object oldValue = null;
-			try {
-				Object originalValue = pv.getValue();
-				Object valueToApply = originalValue;
-				if (!Boolean.FALSE.equals(pv.conversionNecessary)) {
-					if (pv.isConverted()) {
-						valueToApply = pv.getConvertedValue();
-					}
-					else {
-						if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && ph.isReadable()) {
-							try {
-								oldValue = ph.getValue();
+			if (isExtractOldValueForEditor()) {
+				oldValue = map.get(convertedMapKey);
+			}
+			// Pass full property name and old value in here, since we want full
+			// conversion ability for map values.
+			Object convertedMapValue = convertIfNecessary(tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, pv.getValue(),
+					mapValueType, ph.nested(tokens.keys.length));
+			map.put(convertedMapKey, convertedMapValue);
+		}
+
+		else {
+			throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+					"Property referenced in indexed property path '" + tokens.canonicalName +
+					"' is neither an array nor a List nor a Map; returned value was [" + propValue + "]");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private Object getPropertyHoldingValue(PropertyTokenHolder tokens) {
+		// Apply indexes and map keys: fetch value for all keys but the last one.
+		PropertyTokenHolder getterTokens = new PropertyTokenHolder();
+		getterTokens.canonicalName = tokens.canonicalName;
+		getterTokens.actualName = tokens.actualName;
+		getterTokens.keys = new String[tokens.keys.length - 1];
+		System.arraycopy(tokens.keys, 0, getterTokens.keys, 0, tokens.keys.length - 1);
+
+		Object propValue;
+		try {
+			propValue = getPropertyValue(getterTokens);
+		}
+		catch (NotReadablePropertyException ex) {
+			throw new NotWritablePropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+					"Cannot access indexed value in property referenced " +
+					"in indexed property path '" + tokens.canonicalName + "'", ex);
+		}
+
+		if (propValue == null) {
+			// null map value case
+			if (isAutoGrowNestedPaths()) {
+				int lastKeyIndex = tokens.canonicalName.lastIndexOf('[');
+				getterTokens.canonicalName = tokens.canonicalName.substring(0, lastKeyIndex);
+				propValue = setDefaultValue(getterTokens);
+			}
+			else {
+				throw new NullValueInNestedPathException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName,
+						"Cannot access indexed value in property referenced " +
+						"in indexed property path '" + tokens.canonicalName + "': returned null");
+			}
+		}
+		return propValue;
+	}
+
+	private void processLocalProperty(PropertyTokenHolder tokens, PropertyValue pv) {
+		PropertyHandler ph = getLocalPropertyHandler(tokens.actualName);
+		if (ph == null || !ph.isWritable()) {
+			if (pv.isOptional()) {
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Ignoring optional value for property '" + tokens.actualName +
+							"' - property not found on bean class [" + getRootClass().getName() + "]");
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+			else {
+				throw createNotWritablePropertyException(tokens.canonicalName);
+			}
+		}
+
+		Object oldValue = null;
+		try {
+			Object originalValue = pv.getValue();
+			Object valueToApply = originalValue;
+			if (!Boolean.FALSE.equals(pv.conversionNecessary)) {
+				if (pv.isConverted()) {
+					valueToApply = pv.getConvertedValue();
+				}
+				else {
+					if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && ph.isReadable()) {
+						try {
+							oldValue = ph.getValue();
+						}
+						catch (Exception ex) {
+							if (ex instanceof PrivilegedActionException) {
+								ex = ((PrivilegedActionException) ex).getException();
 							}
-							catch (Exception ex) {
-								if (ex instanceof PrivilegedActionException) {
-									ex = ((PrivilegedActionException) ex).getException();
-								}
-								if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-									logger.debug("Could not read previous value of property '" +
-											this.nestedPath + propertyName + "'", ex);
-								}
+							if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+								logger.debug("Could not read previous value of property '" +
+										this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName + "'", ex);
 							}
 						}
-						valueToApply = convertForProperty(
-								propertyName, oldValue, originalValue, ph.toTypeDescriptor());
 					}
-					pv.getOriginalPropertyValue().conversionNecessary = (valueToApply != originalValue);
+					valueToApply = convertForProperty(
+							tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, originalValue, ph.toTypeDescriptor());
 				}
-				ph.setValue(this.wrappedObject, valueToApply);
+				pv.getOriginalPropertyValue().conversionNecessary = (valueToApply != originalValue);
 			}
-			catch (TypeMismatchException ex) {
-				throw ex;
+			ph.setValue(this.wrappedObject, valueToApply);
+		}
+		catch (TypeMismatchException ex) {
+			throw ex;
+		}
+		catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
+			PropertyChangeEvent propertyChangeEvent = new PropertyChangeEvent(
+					this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, pv.getValue());
+			if (ex.getTargetException() instanceof ClassCastException) {
+				throw new TypeMismatchException(propertyChangeEvent, ph.getPropertyType(), ex.getTargetException());
 			}
-			catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
-				PropertyChangeEvent propertyChangeEvent =
-						new PropertyChangeEvent(this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue());
-				if (ex.getTargetException() instanceof ClassCastException) {
-					throw new TypeMismatchException(propertyChangeEvent, ph.getPropertyType(), ex.getTargetException());
-				}
-				else {
-					Throwable cause = ex.getTargetException();
-					if (cause instanceof UndeclaredThrowableException) {
-						// May happen e.g. with Groovy-generated methods
-						cause = cause.getCause();
-					}
-					throw new MethodInvocationException(propertyChangeEvent, cause);
+			else {
+				Throwable cause = ex.getTargetException();
+				if (cause instanceof UndeclaredThrowableException) {
+					// May happen e.g. with Groovy-generated methods
+					cause = cause.getCause();
 				}
+				throw new MethodInvocationException(propertyChangeEvent, cause);
 			}
-			catch (Exception ex) {
-				PropertyChangeEvent pce =
-						new PropertyChangeEvent(this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + propertyName, oldValue, pv.getValue());
-				throw new MethodInvocationException(pce, ex);
-			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception ex) {
+			PropertyChangeEvent pce = new PropertyChangeEvent(
+					this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + tokens.canonicalName, oldValue, pv.getValue());
+			throw new MethodInvocationException(pce, ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -590,7 +604,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 					new PropertyChangeEvent(this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + propertyName, oldValue, newValue);
 			throw new ConversionNotSupportedException(pce, requiredType, ex);
 		}
-		catch (Throwable ex) {
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			PropertyChangeEvent pce =
 					new PropertyChangeEvent(this.rootObject, this.nestedPath + propertyName, oldValue, newValue);
 			throw new TypeMismatchException(pce, requiredType, ex);
@@ -914,11 +928,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 				return BeanUtils.instantiate(type);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			// TODO: Root cause exception context is lost here; just exception message preserved.
-			// Should we throw another exception type that preserves context instead?
+		catch (Throwable ex) {
 			throw new NullValueInNestedPathException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + name,
-					"Could not instantiate property type [" + type.getName() + "] to auto-grow nested property path: " + ex);
+					"Could not instantiate property type [" + type.getName() + "] to auto-grow nested property path", ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -975,9 +987,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor extends AbstractPropertyA
 	}


-	/**
-	 * Handle a given property.
-	 */
 	protected abstract static class PropertyHandler {

 		private final Class<?> propertyType;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPropertyAccessor extends TypeConverterSupport impl
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyAccessException if the property was valid but the
-	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occured
+	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occurred
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public abstract void setPropertyValue(String propertyName, Object value) throws BeansException;
@@ -63,11 +63,10 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {

 	/**
 	 * Convenience method to instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor.
-	 * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
-	 * class-loading issues.
 	 * @param clazz class to instantiate
 	 * @return the new instance
 	 * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
+	 * @see Class#newInstance()
 	 */
 	public static <T> T instantiate(Class<T> clazz) throws BeanInstantiationException {
 		Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
@@ -87,13 +86,12 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {

 	/**
 	 * Instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor.
-	 * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
-	 * class-loading issues.
 	 * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
 	 * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
 	 * @param clazz class to instantiate
 	 * @return the new instance
 	 * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
+	 * @see Constructor#newInstance
 	 */
 	public static <T> T instantiateClass(Class<T> clazz) throws BeanInstantiationException {
 		Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
@@ -111,17 +109,15 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	/**
 	 * Instantiate a class using its no-arg constructor and return the new instance
 	 * as the specified assignable type.
-	 * <p>Useful in cases where
-	 * the type of the class to instantiate (clazz) is not available, but the type
-	 * desired (assignableTo) is known.
-	 * <p>As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
-	 * class-loading issues.
-	 * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
-	 * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
+	 * <p>Useful in cases where the type of the class to instantiate (clazz) is not
+	 * available, but the type desired (assignableTo) is known.
+	 * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible if given a
+	 * non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
 	 * @param clazz class to instantiate
 	 * @param assignableTo type that clazz must be assignableTo
 	 * @return the new instance
 	 * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
+	 * @see Constructor#newInstance
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public static <T> T instantiateClass(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> assignableTo) throws BeanInstantiationException {
@@ -131,14 +127,13 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {

 	/**
 	 * Convenience method to instantiate a class using the given constructor.
-	 * As this method doesn't try to load classes by name, it should avoid
-	 * class-loading issues.
-	 * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible
-	 * if given a non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
+	 * <p>Note that this method tries to set the constructor accessible if given a
+	 * non-accessible (that is, non-public) constructor.
 	 * @param ctor the constructor to instantiate
 	 * @param args the constructor arguments to apply
 	 * @return the new instance
 	 * @throws BeanInstantiationException if the bean cannot be instantiated
+	 * @see Constructor#newInstance
 	 */
 	public static <T> T instantiateClass(Constructor<T> ctor, Object... args) throws BeanInstantiationException {
 		Assert.notNull(ctor, "Constructor must not be null");
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractNestablePropertyAccessor implements
 	 */
 	public void setBeanInstance(Object object) {
 		this.wrappedObject = object;
+		this.rootObject = object;
 		this.typeConverterDelegate = new TypeConverterDelegate(this, this.wrappedObject);
 		setIntrospectionClass(object.getClass());
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ package org.springframework.beans;
 * spouse property of the target object has a null value.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class NullValueInNestedPathException extends InvalidPropertyException {
@@ -47,4 +48,16 @@ public class NullValueInNestedPathException extends InvalidPropertyException {
 		super(beanClass, propertyName, msg);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Create a new NullValueInNestedPathException.
+	 * @param beanClass the offending bean class
+	 * @param propertyName the offending property
+	 * @param msg the detail message
+	 * @param cause the root cause
+	 * @since 4.3.2
+	 */
+	public NullValueInNestedPathException(Class<?> beanClass, String propertyName, String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(beanClass, propertyName, msg, cause);
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.beans;

 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;

-import org.springframework.core.ErrorCoded;
-
 /**
 * Superclass for exceptions related to a property access,
 * such as type mismatch or invocation target exception.
@@ -27,8 +25,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.ErrorCoded;
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 */
-@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-public abstract class PropertyAccessException extends BeansException implements ErrorCoded {
+@SuppressWarnings({"serial", "deprecation"})
+public abstract class PropertyAccessException extends BeansException implements org.springframework.core.ErrorCoded {

 	private transient PropertyChangeEvent propertyChangeEvent;

@@ -77,4 +75,10 @@ public abstract class PropertyAccessException extends BeansException implements
 		return (this.propertyChangeEvent != null ? this.propertyChangeEvent.getNewValue() : null);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return a corresponding error code for this type of exception.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public abstract String getErrorCode();
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyAccessException if the property was valid but the
-	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occured
+	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occurred
 	 */
 	void setPropertyValue(String propertyName, Object value) throws BeansException;

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyAccessException if the property was valid but the
-	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occured
+	 * accessor method failed or a type mismatch occurred
 	 */
 	void setPropertyValue(PropertyValue pv) throws BeansException;

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyBatchUpdateException if one or more PropertyAccessExceptions
-	 * occured for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
+	 * occurred for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
 	 * all individual PropertyAccessExceptions. All other properties will have been
 	 * successfully updated.
 	 */
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyBatchUpdateException if one or more PropertyAccessExceptions
-	 * occured for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
+	 * occurred for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
 	 * all individual PropertyAccessExceptions. All other properties will have been
 	 * successfully updated.
 	 * @see #setPropertyValues(PropertyValues, boolean, boolean)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyBatchUpdateException if one or more PropertyAccessExceptions
-	 * occured for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
+	 * occurred for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
 	 * all individual PropertyAccessExceptions. All other properties will have been
 	 * successfully updated.
 	 * @see #setPropertyValues(PropertyValues, boolean, boolean)
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public interface PropertyAccessor {
 	 * @throws InvalidPropertyException if there is no such property or
 	 * if the property isn't writable
 	 * @throws PropertyBatchUpdateException if one or more PropertyAccessExceptions
-	 * occured for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
+	 * occurred for specific properties during the batch update. This exception bundles
 	 * all individual PropertyAccessExceptions. All other properties will have been
 	 * successfully updated.
 	 */
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.FileEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.InputSourceEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.InputStreamEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.LocaleEditor;
+import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.PathEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.PatternEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.PropertiesEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.ReaderEditor;
@@ -87,11 +88,21 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 */
 public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {

+	private static Class<?> pathClass;
+
 	private static Class<?> zoneIdClass;

 	static {
+		ClassLoader cl = PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.class.getClassLoader();
 		try {
-			zoneIdClass = ClassUtils.forName("java.time.ZoneId", PropertyEditorRegistrySupport.class.getClassLoader());
+			pathClass = ClassUtils.forName("java.nio.file.Path", cl);
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+			// Java 7 Path class not available
+			pathClass = null;
+		}
+		try {
+			zoneIdClass = ClassUtils.forName("java.time.ZoneId", cl);
 		}
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			// Java 8 ZoneId class not available
@@ -211,6 +222,9 @@ public class PropertyEditorRegistrySupport implements PropertyEditorRegistry {
 		this.defaultEditors.put(InputStream.class, new InputStreamEditor());
 		this.defaultEditors.put(InputSource.class, new InputSourceEditor());
 		this.defaultEditors.put(Locale.class, new LocaleEditor());
+		if (pathClass != null) {
+			this.defaultEditors.put(pathClass, new PathEditor());
+		}
 		this.defaultEditors.put(Pattern.class, new PatternEditor());
 		this.defaultEditors.put(Properties.class, new PropertiesEditor());
 		this.defaultEditors.put(Reader.class, new ReaderEditor());
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * 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
+ *
+ * <p>Mainly for use within the framework and in particular the binding facility.
 *
 * @author Alef Arendsen
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
@@ -43,14 +43,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 */
 public abstract class PropertyMatches {

-	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Static section
-	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 	/** Default maximum property distance: 2 */
 	public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_DISTANCE = 2;


+	// Static factory methods
+
 	/**
 	 * Create PropertyMatches for the given bean property.
 	 * @param propertyName the name of the property to find possible matches for
@@ -90,9 +88,7 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 	}


-	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Instance section
-	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Instance state

 	private final String propertyName;

@@ -107,18 +103,19 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 		this.possibleMatches = possibleMatches;
 	}

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

 	/**
 	 * Return the calculated possible matches.
 	 */
 	public String[] getPossibleMatches() {
-		return possibleMatches;
+		return this.possibleMatches;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -127,6 +124,9 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 	 */
 	public abstract String buildErrorMessage();

+
+	// Implementation support for subclasses
+
 	protected void appendHintMessage(StringBuilder msg) {
 		msg.append("Did you mean ");
 		for (int i = 0; i < this.possibleMatches.length; i++) {
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 	 * @return the distance value
 	 */
 	private static int calculateStringDistance(String s1, String s2) {
-		if (s1.length() == 0) {
+		if (s1.isEmpty()) {
 			return s2.length();
 		}
-		if (s2.length() == 0) {
+		if (s2.isEmpty()) {
 			return s1.length();
 		}
 		int d[][] = new int[s1.length() + 1][s2.length() + 1];
@@ -184,9 +184,12 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 		return d[s1.length()][s2.length()];
 	}

+
+	// Concrete subclasses
+
 	private static class BeanPropertyMatches extends PropertyMatches {

-		private BeanPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+		public BeanPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
 			super(propertyName, calculateMatches(propertyName,
 					BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(beanClass), maxDistance));
 		}
@@ -231,12 +234,12 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 			}
 			return msg.toString();
 		}
-
 	}

+
 	private static class FieldPropertyMatches extends PropertyMatches {

-		private FieldPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
+		public FieldPropertyMatches(String propertyName, Class<?> beanClass, int maxDistance) {
 			super(propertyName, calculateMatches(propertyName, beanClass, maxDistance));
 		}

@@ -255,7 +258,6 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 			return StringUtils.toStringArray(candidates);
 		}

-
 		@Override
 		public String buildErrorMessage() {
 			String propertyName = getPropertyName();
@@ -270,7 +272,6 @@ public abstract class PropertyMatches {
 			}
 			return msg.toString();
 		}
-
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri

 	private final Object value;

-	private Object source;
-
 	private boolean optional = false;

 	private boolean converted = false;
@@ -78,12 +76,12 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri
 		Assert.notNull(original, "Original must not be null");
 		this.name = original.getName();
 		this.value = original.getValue();
-		this.source = original.getSource();
 		this.optional = original.isOptional();
 		this.converted = original.converted;
 		this.convertedValue = original.convertedValue;
 		this.conversionNecessary = original.conversionNecessary;
 		this.resolvedTokens = original.resolvedTokens;
+		setSource(original.getSource());
 		copyAttributesFrom(original);
 	}

@@ -97,10 +95,10 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri
 		Assert.notNull(original, "Original must not be null");
 		this.name = original.getName();
 		this.value = newValue;
-		this.source = original;
 		this.optional = original.isOptional();
 		this.conversionNecessary = original.conversionNecessary;
 		this.resolvedTokens = original.resolvedTokens;
+		setSource(original);
 		copyAttributesFrom(original);
 	}

@@ -129,16 +127,28 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri
 	 */
 	public PropertyValue getOriginalPropertyValue() {
 		PropertyValue original = this;
-		while (original.source instanceof PropertyValue && original.source != original) {
-			original = (PropertyValue) original.source;
+		Object source = getSource();
+		while (source instanceof PropertyValue && source != original) {
+			original = (PropertyValue) source;
+			source = original.getSource();
 		}
 		return original;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Set whether this is an optional value, that is, to be ignored
+	 * when no corresponding property exists on the target class.
+	 * @since 3.0
+	 */
 	public void setOptional(boolean optional) {
 		this.optional = optional;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return whether this is an optional value, that is, to be ignored
+	 * when no corresponding property exists on the target class.
+	 * @since 3.0
+	 */
 	public boolean isOptional() {
 		return this.optional;
 	}
@@ -180,7 +190,7 @@ public class PropertyValue extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccessor implements Seri
 		PropertyValue otherPv = (PropertyValue) other;
 		return (this.name.equals(otherPv.name) &&
 				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.value, otherPv.value) &&
-				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.source, otherPv.source));
+				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(getSource(), otherPv.getSource()));
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {
 			}
 			else {
 				// convertedValue == null
-				if (javaUtilOptionalEmpty != null && requiredType.equals(javaUtilOptionalEmpty.getClass())) {
+				if (javaUtilOptionalEmpty != null && requiredType == javaUtilOptionalEmpty.getClass()) {
 					convertedValue = javaUtilOptionalEmpty;
 				}
 			}
@@ -290,15 +290,15 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {

 				// Definitely doesn't match: throw IllegalArgumentException/IllegalStateException
 				StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
-				msg.append("Cannot convert value of type [").append(ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(newValue));
-				msg.append("] to required type [").append(ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType)).append("]");
+				msg.append("Cannot convert value of type '").append(ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(newValue));
+				msg.append("' to required type '").append(ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType)).append("'");
 				if (propertyName != null) {
 					msg.append(" for property '").append(propertyName).append("'");
 				}
 				if (editor != null) {
 					msg.append(": PropertyEditor [").append(editor.getClass().getName()).append(
-							"] returned inappropriate value of type [").append(
-							ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(convertedValue)).append("]");
+							"] returned inappropriate value of type '").append(
+							ClassUtils.getDescriptiveType(convertedValue)).append("'");
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException(msg.toString());
 				}
 				else {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public abstract class TypeConverterSupport extends PropertyEditorRegistrySupport
 		catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
 			throw new ConversionNotSupportedException(value, requiredType, ex);
 		}
-		catch (Throwable ex) {
+		catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 			throw new TypeMismatchException(value, requiredType, ex);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class BeanCreationException extends FatalBeanException {

 	/**
 	 * Add a related cause to this bean creation exception,
-	 * not being a direct cause of the failure but having occured
+	 * not being a direct cause of the failure but having occurred
 	 * earlier in the creation of the same bean instance.
 	 * @param ex the related cause to add
 	 */
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,28 +63,35 @@ import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 * are supposed to override beans of the same name in any parent factory.
 *
 * <p>Bean factory implementations should support the standard bean lifecycle interfaces
- * as far as possible. The full set of initialization methods and their standard order is:<br>
- * 1. BeanNameAware's {@code setBeanName}<br>
- * 2. BeanClassLoaderAware's {@code setBeanClassLoader}<br>
- * 3. BeanFactoryAware's {@code setBeanFactory}<br>
- * 4. ResourceLoaderAware's {@code setResourceLoader}
- * (only applicable when running in an application context)<br>
- * 5. ApplicationEventPublisherAware's {@code setApplicationEventPublisher}
- * (only applicable when running in an application context)<br>
- * 6. MessageSourceAware's {@code setMessageSource}
- * (only applicable when running in an application context)<br>
- * 7. ApplicationContextAware's {@code setApplicationContext}
- * (only applicable when running in an application context)<br>
- * 8. ServletContextAware's {@code setServletContext}
- * (only applicable when running in a web application context)<br>
- * 9. {@code postProcessBeforeInitialization} methods of BeanPostProcessors<br>
- * 10. InitializingBean's {@code afterPropertiesSet}<br>
- * 11. a custom init-method definition<br>
- * 12. {@code postProcessAfterInitialization} methods of BeanPostProcessors
+ * as far as possible. The full set of initialization methods and their standard order is:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>BeanNameAware's {@code setBeanName}
+ * <li>BeanClassLoaderAware's {@code setBeanClassLoader}
+ * <li>BeanFactoryAware's {@code setBeanFactory}
+ * <li>EnvironmentAware's {@code setEnvironment}
+ * <li>EmbeddedValueResolverAware's {@code setEmbeddedValueResolver}
+ * <li>ResourceLoaderAware's {@code setResourceLoader}
+ * (only applicable when running in an application context)
+ * <li>ApplicationEventPublisherAware's {@code setApplicationEventPublisher}
+ * (only applicable when running in an application context)
+ * <li>MessageSourceAware's {@code setMessageSource}
+ * (only applicable when running in an application context)
+ * <li>ApplicationContextAware's {@code setApplicationContext}
+ * (only applicable when running in an application context)
+ * <li>ServletContextAware's {@code setServletContext}
+ * (only applicable when running in a web application context)
+ * <li>{@code postProcessBeforeInitialization} methods of BeanPostProcessors
+ * <li>InitializingBean's {@code afterPropertiesSet}
+ * <li>a custom init-method definition
+ * <li>{@code postProcessAfterInitialization} methods of BeanPostProcessors
+ * </ol>
 *
- * <p>On shutdown of a bean factory, the following lifecycle methods apply:<br>
- * 1. DisposableBean's {@code destroy}<br>
- * 2. a custom destroy-method definition
+ * <p>On shutdown of a bean factory, the following lifecycle methods apply:
+ * <ol>
+ * <li>{@code postProcessBeforeDestruction} methods of DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessors
+ * <li>DisposableBean's {@code destroy}
+ * <li>a custom destroy-method definition
+ * </ol>
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -153,12 +160,12 @@ public interface BeanFactory {

 	/**
 	 * Return the bean instance that uniquely matches the given object type, if any.
-	 * @param requiredType type the bean must match; can be an interface or superclass.
-	 * {@code null} is disallowed.
 	 * <p>This method goes into {@link ListableBeanFactory} by-type lookup territory
 	 * but may also be translated into a conventional by-name lookup based on the name
 	 * of the given type. For more extensive retrieval operations across sets of beans,
 	 * use {@link ListableBeanFactory} and/or {@link BeanFactoryUtils}.
+	 * @param requiredType type the bean must match; can be an interface or superclass.
+	 * {@code null} is disallowed.
 	 * @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
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

 /**
 * Thrown when a bean doesn't match the expected type.
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ public class BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException extends BeansException {
 	 * the expected type
 	 */
 	public BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException(String beanName, Class<?> requiredType, Class<?> actualType) {
-		super("Bean named '" + beanName + "' must be of type [" + requiredType.getName() +
-				"], but was actually of type [" + actualType.getName() + "]");
+		super("Bean named '" + beanName + "' is expected to be of type '" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) +
+				"' but was actually of type '" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(actualType) + "'");
 		this.beanName = beanName;
 		this.requiredType = requiredType;
 		this.actualType = actualType;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,31 +17,34 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory;

 /**
- * Interface to be implemented by objects used within a {@link BeanFactory}
- * which are themselves factories. If a bean implements this interface,
- * it is used as a factory for an object to expose, not directly as a bean
- * instance that will be exposed itself.
+ * Interface to be implemented by objects used within a {@link BeanFactory} which
+ * are themselves factories for individual objects. If a bean implements this
+ * interface, it is used as a factory for an object to expose, not directly as a
+ * bean instance that will be exposed itself.
 *
- * <p><b>NB: A bean that implements this interface cannot be used as a
- * normal bean.</b> A FactoryBean is defined in a bean style, but the
- * object exposed for bean references ({@link #getObject()} is always
- * the object that it creates.
+ * <p><b>NB: A bean that implements this interface cannot be used as a normal bean.</b>
+ * A FactoryBean is defined in a bean style, but the object exposed for bean
+ * references ({@link #getObject()}) is always the object that it creates.
 *
- * <p>FactoryBeans can support singletons and prototypes, and can
- * either create objects lazily on demand or eagerly on startup.
- * The {@link SmartFactoryBean} interface allows for exposing
- * more fine-grained behavioral metadata.
+ * <p>FactoryBeans can support singletons and prototypes, and can either create
+ * objects lazily on demand or eagerly on startup. The {@link SmartFactoryBean}
+ * interface allows for exposing more fine-grained behavioral metadata.
 *
- * <p>This interface is heavily used within the framework itself, for
- * example for the AOP {@link org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean}
- * or the {@link org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean}.
- * It can be used for application components as well; however,
- * this is not common outside of infrastructure code.
+ * <p>This interface is heavily used within the framework itself, for example for
+ * the AOP {@link org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactoryBean} or the
+ * {@link org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean}. It can be used for
+ * custom components as well; however, this is only common for infrastructure code.
 *
- * <p><b>NOTE:</b> FactoryBean objects participate in the containing
- * BeanFactory's synchronization of bean creation. There is usually no
- * need for internal synchronization other than for purposes of lazy
- * initialization within the FactoryBean itself (or the like).
+ * <p><b>{@code FactoryBean} is a programmatic contract. Implementations are not
+ * supposed to rely on annotation-driven injection or other reflective facilities.</b>
+ * {@link #getObjectType()} {@link #getObject()} invocations may arrive early in
+ * the bootstrap process, even ahead of any post-processor setup. If you need access
+ * other beans, implement {@link BeanFactoryAware} and obtain them programmatically.
+ *
+ * <p>Finally, FactoryBean objects participate in the containing BeanFactory's
+ * synchronization of bean creation. There is usually no need for internal
+ * synchronization other than for purposes of lazy initialization within the
+ * FactoryBean itself (or the like).
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory;

 /**
- * Counterpart of BeanNameAware. Returns the bean name of an object.
+ * Counterpart of {@link BeanNameAware}. Returns the bean name of an object.
 *
- * <p>This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence
- * on bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP.
+ * <p>This interface can be introduced to avoid a brittle dependence on
+ * bean name in objects used with Spring IoC and Spring AOP.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @since 2.0
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ package org.springframework.beans.factory;
 public interface NamedBean {

 	/**
-	 * Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory.
+	 * Return the name of this bean in a Spring bean factory, if known.
 	 */
 	String getBeanName();

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @see BeanFactory#getBean(String)
 * @see BeanFactory#getBean(Class)
 * @see NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException
@@ -33,11 +36,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {

-	/** Name of the missing bean */
 	private String beanName;

-	/** Required type of the missing bean */
-	private Class<?> beanType;
+	private ResolvableType resolvableType;


 	/**
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	 * @param name the name of the missing bean
 	 */
 	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(String name) {
-		super("No bean named '" + name + "' is defined");
+		super("No bean named '" + name + "' available");
 		this.beanName = name;
 	}

@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	 * @param message detailed message describing the problem
 	 */
 	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(String name, String message) {
-		super("No bean named '" + name + "' is defined: " + message);
+		super("No bean named '" + name + "' available: " + message);
 		this.beanName = name;
 	}

@@ -64,8 +65,7 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	 * @param type required type of the missing bean
 	 */
 	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(Class<?> type) {
-		super("No qualifying bean of type [" + type.getName() + "] is defined");
-		this.beanType = type;
+		this(ResolvableType.forClass(type));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -74,8 +74,28 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	 * @param message detailed message describing the problem
 	 */
 	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(Class<?> type, String message) {
-		super("No qualifying bean of type [" + type.getName() + "] is defined: " + message);
-		this.beanType = type;
+		this(ResolvableType.forClass(type), message);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code NoSuchBeanDefinitionException}.
+	 * @param type full type declaration of the missing bean
+	 * @since 4.3.4
+	 */
+	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(ResolvableType type) {
+		super("No qualifying bean of type '" + type + "' available");
+		this.resolvableType = type;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code NoSuchBeanDefinitionException}.
+	 * @param type full type declaration of the missing bean
+	 * @param message detailed message describing the problem
+	 * @since 4.3.4
+	 */
+	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(ResolvableType type, String message) {
+		super("No qualifying bean of type '" + type + "' available: " + message);
+		this.resolvableType = type;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -83,12 +103,15 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	 * @param type required type of the missing bean
 	 * @param dependencyDescription a description of the originating dependency
 	 * @param message detailed message describing the problem
+	 * @deprecated as of 4.3.4, in favor of {@link #NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(ResolvableType, String)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(Class<?> type, String dependencyDescription, String message) {
-		super("No qualifying bean of type [" + type.getName() + "] found for dependency" +
+		super("No qualifying bean" + (!StringUtils.hasLength(dependencyDescription) ?
+				" of type '" + ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(type) + "'" : "") + " found for dependency" +
 				(StringUtils.hasLength(dependencyDescription) ? " [" + dependencyDescription + "]" : "") +
 				": " + message);
-		this.beanType = type;
+		this.resolvableType = ResolvableType.forClass(type);
 	}


@@ -100,10 +123,20 @@ public class NoSuchBeanDefinitionException extends BeansException {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return the required type of the missing bean, if it was a lookup <em>by type</em> that failed.
+	 * Return the required type of the missing bean, if it was a lookup <em>by type</em>
+	 * that failed.
 	 */
 	public Class<?> getBeanType() {
-		return this.beanType;
+		return (this.resolvableType != null ? this.resolvableType.resolve() : null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the required {@link ResolvableType} of the missing bean, if it was a lookup
+	 * <em>by type</em> that failed.
+	 * @since 4.3.4
+	 */
+	public ResolvableType getResolvableType() {
+		return this.resolvableType;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.beans.factory;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
 * Exception thrown when a bean depends on other beans or simple properties
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public class UnsatisfiedDependencyException extends BeanCreationException {

 		super(resourceDescription, beanName,
 				"Unsatisfied dependency expressed through bean property '" + propertyName + "'" +
-				(msg != null ? ": " + msg : ""));
+				(StringUtils.hasLength(msg) ? ": " + msg : ""));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public class UnsatisfiedDependencyException extends BeanCreationException {
 	public UnsatisfiedDependencyException(
 			String resourceDescription, String beanName, String propertyName, BeansException ex) {

-		this(resourceDescription, beanName, propertyName, (ex != null ? ex.getMessage() : ""));
+		this(resourceDescription, beanName, propertyName, "");
 		initCause(ex);
 	}

@@ -74,7 +75,9 @@ public class UnsatisfiedDependencyException extends BeanCreationException {
 	public UnsatisfiedDependencyException(
 			String resourceDescription, String beanName, InjectionPoint injectionPoint, String msg) {

-		super(resourceDescription, beanName, "Unsatisfied dependency expressed through " + injectionPoint + ": " + msg);
+		super(resourceDescription, beanName,
+				"Unsatisfied dependency expressed through " + injectionPoint +
+				(StringUtils.hasLength(msg) ? ": " + msg : ""));
 		this.injectionPoint = injectionPoint;
 	}

@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ public class UnsatisfiedDependencyException extends BeanCreationException {
 	public UnsatisfiedDependencyException(
 			String resourceDescription, String beanName, InjectionPoint injectionPoint, BeansException ex) {

-		this(resourceDescription, beanName, injectionPoint, (ex != null ? ex.getMessage() : ""));
+		this(resourceDescription, beanName, injectionPoint, "");
 		initCause(ex);
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -220,10 +220,10 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	}

 	@Override
-	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		if (!(beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory)) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-					"AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor requires a ConfigurableListableBeanFactory");
+					"AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor requires a ConfigurableListableBeanFactory: " + beanFactory);
 		}
 		this.beanFactory = (ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) beanFactory;
 	}
@@ -238,35 +238,56 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	}

 	@Override
-	public Constructor<?>[] determineCandidateConstructors(Class<?> beanClass, final String beanName) throws BeansException {
+	public Constructor<?>[] determineCandidateConstructors(Class<?> beanClass, final String beanName)
+			throws BeanCreationException {
+
+		// Let's check for lookup methods here..
 		if (!this.lookupMethodsChecked.contains(beanName)) {
-			ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(beanClass, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
-				@Override
-				public void doWith(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-					Lookup lookup = method.getAnnotation(Lookup.class);
-					if (lookup != null) {
-						LookupOverride override = new LookupOverride(method, lookup.value());
-						try {
-							RootBeanDefinition mbd = (RootBeanDefinition) beanFactory.getMergedBeanDefinition(beanName);
-							mbd.getMethodOverrides().addOverride(override);
-						}
-						catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
-							throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
-									"Cannot apply @Lookup to beans without corresponding bean definition");
+			try {
+				ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(beanClass, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+					@Override
+					public void doWith(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+						Lookup lookup = method.getAnnotation(Lookup.class);
+						if (lookup != null) {
+							LookupOverride override = new LookupOverride(method, lookup.value());
+							try {
+								RootBeanDefinition mbd = (RootBeanDefinition) beanFactory.getMergedBeanDefinition(beanName);
+								mbd.getMethodOverrides().addOverride(override);
+							}
+							catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ex) {
+								throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
+										"Cannot apply @Lookup to beans without corresponding bean definition");
+							}
 						}
 					}
-				}
-			});
+				});
+			}
+			catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+				throw new BeanCreationException(beanName, "Lookup method resolution failed", ex);
+			}
+			catch (NoClassDefFoundError err) {
+				throw new BeanCreationException(beanName, "Failed to introspect bean class [" + beanClass.getName() +
+						"] for lookup method metadata: could not find class that it depends on", err);
+			}
 			this.lookupMethodsChecked.add(beanName);
 		}

 		// Quick check on the concurrent map first, with minimal locking.
 		Constructor<?>[] candidateConstructors = this.candidateConstructorsCache.get(beanClass);
 		if (candidateConstructors == null) {
+			// Fully synchronized resolution now...
 			synchronized (this.candidateConstructorsCache) {
 				candidateConstructors = this.candidateConstructorsCache.get(beanClass);
 				if (candidateConstructors == null) {
-					Constructor<?>[] rawCandidates = beanClass.getDeclaredConstructors();
+					Constructor<?>[] rawCandidates;
+					try {
+						rawCandidates = beanClass.getDeclaredConstructors();
+					}
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
+						throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
+								"Resolution of declared constructors on bean Class [" + beanClass.getName() +
+								"] from ClassLoader [" + beanClass.getClassLoader() + "] failed", ex);
+					}
 					List<Constructor<?>> candidates = new ArrayList<Constructor<?>>(rawCandidates.length);
 					Constructor<?> requiredConstructor = null;
 					Constructor<?> defaultConstructor = null;
@@ -292,10 +313,6 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 										". Found constructor with 'required' Autowired annotation already: " +
 										requiredConstructor);
 							}
-							if (candidate.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
-								throw new IllegalStateException(
-										"Autowired annotation requires at least one argument: " + candidate);
-							}
 							boolean required = determineRequiredStatus(ann);
 							if (required) {
 								if (!candidates.isEmpty()) {
@@ -320,9 +337,9 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 							}
 							else if (candidates.size() == 1 && logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 								logger.warn("Inconsistent constructor declaration on bean with name '" + beanName +
-										"': single autowire-marked constructor flagged as optional - this constructor " +
-										"is effectively required since there is no default constructor to fall back to: " +
-										candidates.get(0));
+										"': single autowire-marked constructor flagged as optional - " +
+										"this constructor is effectively required since there is no " +
+										"default constructor to fall back to: " + candidates.get(0));
 							}
 						}
 						candidateConstructors = candidates.toArray(new Constructor<?>[candidates.size()]);
@@ -342,7 +359,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean

 	@Override
 	public PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
-			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeanCreationException {

 		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(beanName, bean.getClass(), pvs);
 		try {
@@ -361,9 +378,9 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	 * 'Native' processing method for direct calls with an arbitrary target instance,
 	 * resolving all of its fields and methods which are annotated with {@code @Autowired}.
 	 * @param bean the target instance to process
-	 * @throws BeansException if autowiring failed
+	 * @throws BeanCreationException if autowiring failed
 	 */
-	public void processInjection(Object bean) throws BeansException {
+	public void processInjection(Object bean) throws BeanCreationException {
 		Class<?> clazz = bean.getClass();
 		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(clazz.getName(), clazz, null);
 		try {
@@ -373,7 +390,8 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 			throw ex;
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
-			throw new BeanCreationException("Injection of autowired dependencies failed for class [" + clazz + "]", ex);
+			throw new BeanCreationException(
+					"Injection of autowired dependencies failed for class [" + clazz + "]", ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -446,7 +464,8 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 						}
 						if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
 							if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-								logger.warn("Autowired annotation should be used on methods with parameters: " + method);
+								logger.warn("Autowired annotation should only be used on methods with parameters: " +
+										method);
 							}
 						}
 						boolean required = determineRequiredStatus(ann);
@@ -577,7 +596,8 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 								String autowiredBeanName = autowiredBeanNames.iterator().next();
 								if (beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
 									if (beanFactory.isTypeMatch(autowiredBeanName, field.getType())) {
-										this.cachedFieldValue = new ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(desc, autowiredBeanName);
+										this.cachedFieldValue = new ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(
+												desc, autowiredBeanName, field.getType());
 									}
 								}
 							}
@@ -628,7 +648,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 				Class<?>[] paramTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
 				arguments = new Object[paramTypes.length];
 				DependencyDescriptor[] descriptors = new DependencyDescriptor[paramTypes.length];
-				Set<String> autowiredBeanNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>(paramTypes.length);
+				Set<String> autowiredBeans = new LinkedHashSet<String>(paramTypes.length);
 				TypeConverter typeConverter = beanFactory.getTypeConverter();
 				for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
 					MethodParameter methodParam = new MethodParameter(method, i);
@@ -636,7 +656,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 					currDesc.setContainingClass(bean.getClass());
 					descriptors[i] = currDesc;
 					try {
-						Object arg = beanFactory.resolveDependency(currDesc, beanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
+						Object arg = beanFactory.resolveDependency(currDesc, beanName, autowiredBeans, typeConverter);
 						if (arg == null && !this.required) {
 							arguments = null;
 							break;
@@ -654,15 +674,15 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 							for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
 								this.cachedMethodArguments[i] = descriptors[i];
 							}
-							registerDependentBeans(beanName, autowiredBeanNames);
-							if (autowiredBeanNames.size() == paramTypes.length) {
-								Iterator<String> it = autowiredBeanNames.iterator();
+							registerDependentBeans(beanName, autowiredBeans);
+							if (autowiredBeans.size() == paramTypes.length) {
+								Iterator<String> it = autowiredBeans.iterator();
 								for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; i++) {
 									String autowiredBeanName = it.next();
 									if (beanFactory.containsBean(autowiredBeanName)) {
 										if (beanFactory.isTypeMatch(autowiredBeanName, paramTypes[i])) {
-											this.cachedMethodArguments[i] =
-													new ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(descriptors[i], autowiredBeanName);
+											this.cachedMethodArguments[i] = new ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(
+													descriptors[i], autowiredBeanName, paramTypes[i]);
 										}
 									}
 								}
@@ -705,16 +725,19 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class ShortcutDependencyDescriptor extends DependencyDescriptor {

-		private final String shortcutBeanName;
+		private final String shortcut;

-		public ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(DependencyDescriptor original, String shortcutBeanName) {
+		private final Class<?> requiredType;
+
+		public ShortcutDependencyDescriptor(DependencyDescriptor original, String shortcut, Class<?> requiredType) {
 			super(original);
-			this.shortcutBeanName = shortcutBeanName;
+			this.shortcut = shortcut;
+			this.requiredType = requiredType;
 		}

 		@Override
 		public Object resolveShortcut(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
-			return resolveCandidate(this.shortcutBeanName, beanFactory);
+			return resolveCandidate(this.shortcut, this.requiredType, beanFactory);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,27 +18,30 @@ package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
 * Convenience methods performing bean lookups related to annotations, for example
 * Spring's {@link Qualifier @Qualifier} annotation.
 *
- * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1.2
 * @see BeanFactoryUtils
 */
-public class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {
+public abstract class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {

 	/**
 	 * Obtain a bean of type {@code T} from the given {@code BeanFactory} declaring a
@@ -48,9 +51,16 @@ public class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {
 	 * @param beanType the type of bean to retrieve
 	 * @param qualifier the qualifier for selecting between multiple bean matches
 	 * @return the matching bean of type {@code T} (never {@code null})
+	 * @throws NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException if multiple matching beans of type {@code T} found
 	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean of type {@code T} found
+	 * @throws BeansException if the bean could not be created
+	 * @see BeanFactory#getBean(Class)
 	 */
-	public static <T> T qualifiedBeanOfType(BeanFactory beanFactory, Class<T> beanType, String qualifier) {
+	public static <T> T qualifiedBeanOfType(BeanFactory beanFactory, Class<T> beanType, String qualifier)
+			throws BeansException {
+
+		Assert.notNull(beanFactory, "BeanFactory must not be null");
+
 		if (beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
 			// Full qualifier matching supported.
 			return qualifiedBeanOfType((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) beanFactory, beanType, qualifier);
@@ -74,7 +84,6 @@ public class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {
 	 * @param beanType the type of bean to retrieve
 	 * @param qualifier the qualifier for selecting between multiple bean matches
 	 * @return the matching bean of type {@code T} (never {@code null})
-	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean of type {@code T} found
 	 */
 	private static <T> T qualifiedBeanOfType(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory bf, Class<T> beanType, String qualifier) {
 		String[] candidateBeans = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(bf, beanType);
@@ -82,8 +91,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryAnnotationUtils {
 		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 + "'");
+					throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(beanType, matchingBean, beanName);
 				}
 				matchingBean = beanName;
 			}
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcess
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;

 /**
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ public class InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
 			}
 			this.method = method;
 			this.identifier = (Modifier.isPrivate(method.getModifiers()) ?
-					method.getDeclaringClass() + "." + method.getName() : method.getName());
+					ClassUtils.getQualifiedMethodName(method) : method.getName());
 		}

 		public Method getMethod() {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;

 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 *
 * @author Mark Fisher
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 2.5
 * @see AutowireCandidateQualifier
 * @see Qualifier
@@ -225,8 +227,12 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 			qualifier = bd.getQualifier(ClassUtils.getShortName(type));
 		}
 		if (qualifier == null) {
-			// First, check annotation on factory method, if applicable
-			Annotation targetAnnotation = getFactoryMethodAnnotation(bd, type);
+			// First, check annotation on qualified element, if any
+			Annotation targetAnnotation = getQualifiedElementAnnotation(bd, type);
+			// Then, check annotation on factory method, if applicable
+			if (targetAnnotation == null) {
+				targetAnnotation = getFactoryMethodAnnotation(bd, type);
+			}
 			if (targetAnnotation == null) {
 				RootBeanDefinition dbd = getResolvedDecoratedDefinition(bd);
 				if (dbd != null) {
@@ -291,6 +297,11 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 		return true;
 	}

+	protected Annotation getQualifiedElementAnnotation(RootBeanDefinition bd, Class<? extends Annotation> type) {
+		AnnotatedElement qualifiedElement = bd.getQualifiedElement();
+		return (qualifiedElement != null ? AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(qualifiedElement, type) : null);
+	}
+
 	protected Annotation getFactoryMethodAnnotation(RootBeanDefinition bd, Class<? extends Annotation> type) {
 		Method resolvedFactoryMethod = bd.getResolvedFactoryMethod();
 		return (resolvedFactoryMethod != null ? AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(resolvedFactoryMethod, type) : null);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ public class RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBeanP

 	@Override
 	public PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
-			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName)
-			throws BeansException {
+			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {

 		if (!this.validatedBeanNames.contains(beanName)) {
 			if (!shouldSkip(this.beanFactory, beanName)) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFactoryBean<T>
 	 * <p>Invoked on initialization of this FactoryBean in case of
 	 * a singleton; else, on each {@link #getObject()} call.
 	 * @return the object returned by this factory
-	 * @throws Exception if an exception occured during object creation
+	 * @throws Exception if an exception occurred during object creation
 	 * @see #getObject()
 	 */
 	protected abstract T createInstance() throws Exception;
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException;

 /**
 * Extension of the {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}
@@ -154,15 +156,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	 */
 	Object configureBean(Object existingBean, String beanName) throws BeansException;

-	/**
-	 * Resolve the specified dependency against the beans defined in this factory.
-	 * @param descriptor the descriptor for the dependency
-	 * @param beanName the name of the bean which declares the present dependency
-	 * @return the resolved object, or {@code null} if none found
-	 * @throws BeansException if dependency resolution failed
-	 */
-	Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName) throws BeansException;
-

 	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// Specialized methods for fine-grained control over the bean lifecycle
@@ -312,18 +305,55 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	 */
 	void destroyBean(Object existingBean);

+
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Delegate methods for resolving injection points
+	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the bean instance that uniquely matches the given object type, if any,
+	 * including its bean name.
+	 * <p>This is effectively a variant of {@link #getBean(Class)} which preserves the
+	 * bean name of the matching instance.
+	 * @param requiredType type the bean must match; can be an interface or superclass.
+	 * {@code null} is disallowed.
+	 * @return the bean name plus bean instance
+	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean was found
+	 * @throws NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException if more than one matching bean was found
+	 * @throws BeansException if the bean could not be created
+	 * @since 4.3.3
+	 * @see #getBean(Class)
+	 */
+	<T> NamedBeanHolder<T> resolveNamedBean(Class<T> requiredType) throws BeansException;
+
 	/**
 	 * Resolve the specified dependency against the beans defined in this factory.
-	 * @param descriptor the descriptor for the dependency
-	 * @param beanName the name of the bean which declares the present dependency
-	 * @param autowiredBeanNames a Set that all names of autowired beans (used for
-	 * resolving the present dependency) are supposed to be added to
-	 * @param typeConverter the TypeConverter to use for populating arrays and
-	 * collections
+	 * @param descriptor the descriptor for the dependency (field/method/constructor)
+	 * @param requestingBeanName the name of the bean which declares the given dependency
 	 * @return the resolved object, or {@code null} if none found
-	 * @throws BeansException if dependency resolution failed
+	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean was found
+	 * @throws NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException if more than one matching bean was found
+	 * @throws BeansException if dependency resolution failed for any other reason
+	 * @since 2.5
+	 * @see #resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor, String, Set, TypeConverter)
 	 */
-	Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName,
+	Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String requestingBeanName) throws BeansException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the specified dependency against the beans defined in this factory.
+	 * @param descriptor the descriptor for the dependency (field/method/constructor)
+	 * @param requestingBeanName the name of the bean which declares the given dependency
+	 * @param autowiredBeanNames a Set that all names of autowired beans (used for
+	 * resolving the given dependency) are supposed to be added to
+	 * @param typeConverter the TypeConverter to use for populating arrays and collections
+	 * @return the resolved object, or {@code null} if none found
+	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if no matching bean was found
+	 * @throws NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException if more than one matching bean was found
+	 * @throws BeansException if dependency resolution failed for any other reason
+	 * @since 2.5
+	 * @see DependencyDescriptor
+	 */
+	Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String requestingBeanName,
 			Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException;

 }
@@ -79,10 +79,7 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	int ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE = 2;


-	/**
-	 * Return the name of the parent definition of this bean definition, if any.
-	 */
-	String getParentName();
+	// Modifiable attributes

 	/**
 	 * Set the name of the parent definition of this bean definition, if any.
@@ -90,52 +87,33 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	void setParentName(String parentName);

 	/**
-	 * Return the current bean class name of this bean definition.
-	 * <p>Note that this does not have to be the actual class name used at runtime, in
-	 * case of a child definition overriding/inheriting the class name from its parent.
-	 * Hence, do <i>not</i> consider this to be the definitive bean type at runtime but
-	 * rather only use it for parsing purposes at the individual bean definition level.
+	 * Return the name of the parent definition of this bean definition, if any.
 	 */
-	String getBeanClassName();
+	String getParentName();

 	/**
-	 * Override the bean class name of this bean definition.
+	 * Specify the bean class name of this bean definition.
 	 * <p>The class name can be modified during bean factory post-processing,
 	 * typically replacing the original class name with a parsed variant of it.
+	 * @see #setParentName
+	 * @see #setFactoryBeanName
+	 * @see #setFactoryMethodName
 	 */
 	void setBeanClassName(String beanClassName);

 	/**
-	 * Return the factory bean name, if any.
+	 * Return the current bean class name of this bean definition.
+	 * <p>Note that this does not have to be the actual class name used at runtime, in
+	 * case of a child definition overriding/inheriting the class name from its parent.
+	 * Also, this may just be the class that a factory method is called on, or it may
+	 * even be empty in case of a factory bean reference that a method is called on.
+	 * Hence, do <i>not</i> consider this to be the definitive bean type at runtime but
+	 * rather only use it for parsing purposes at the individual bean definition level.
+	 * @see #getParentName()
+	 * @see #getFactoryBeanName()
+	 * @see #getFactoryMethodName()
 	 */
-	String getFactoryBeanName();
-
-	/**
-	 * Specify the factory bean to use, if any.
-	 */
-	void setFactoryBeanName(String factoryBeanName);
-
-	/**
-	 * Return a factory method, if any.
-	 */
-	String getFactoryMethodName();
-
-	/**
-	 * Specify a factory method, if any. This method will be invoked with
-	 * constructor arguments, or with no arguments if none are specified.
-	 * The method will be invoked on the specified factory bean, if any,
-	 * or otherwise as a static method on the local bean class.
-	 * @param factoryMethodName static factory method name,
-	 * or {@code null} if normal constructor creation should be used
-	 * @see #getBeanClassName()
-	 */
-	void setFactoryMethodName(String factoryMethodName);
-
-	/**
-	 * Return the name of the current target scope for this bean,
-	 * or {@code null} if not known yet.
-	 */
-	String getScope();
+	String getBeanClassName();

 	/**
 	 * Override the target scope of this bean, specifying a new scope name.
@@ -145,10 +123,10 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	void setScope(String scope);

 	/**
-	 * Return whether this bean should be lazily initialized, i.e. not
-	 * eagerly instantiated on startup. Only applicable to a singleton bean.
+	 * Return the name of the current target scope for this bean,
+	 * or {@code null} if not known yet.
 	 */
-	boolean isLazyInit();
+	String getScope();

 	/**
 	 * Set whether this bean should be lazily initialized.
@@ -158,9 +136,10 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	void setLazyInit(boolean lazyInit);

 	/**
-	 * Return the bean names that this bean depends on.
+	 * Return whether this bean should be lazily initialized, i.e. not
+	 * eagerly instantiated on startup. Only applicable to a singleton bean.
 	 */
-	String[] getDependsOn();
+	boolean isLazyInit();

 	/**
 	 * Set the names of the beans that this bean depends on being initialized.
@@ -168,30 +147,63 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	 */
 	void setDependsOn(String... dependsOn);

+	/**
+	 * Return the bean names that this bean depends on.
+	 */
+	String[] getDependsOn();
+
+	/**
+	 * Set whether this bean is a candidate for getting autowired into some other bean.
+	 * <p>Note that this flag is designed to only affect type-based autowiring.
+	 * It does not affect explicit references by name, which will get resolved even
+	 * if the specified bean is not marked as an autowire candidate. As a consequence,
+	 * autowiring by name will nevertheless inject a bean if the name matches.
+	 */
+	void setAutowireCandidate(boolean autowireCandidate);
+
 	/**
 	 * Return whether this bean is a candidate for getting autowired into some other bean.
 	 */
 	boolean isAutowireCandidate();

-	/**
-	 * Set whether this bean is a candidate for getting autowired into some other bean.
-	 */
-	void setAutowireCandidate(boolean autowireCandidate);
-
-	/**
-	 * Return whether this bean is a primary autowire candidate.
-	 * If this value is true for exactly one bean among multiple
-	 * matching candidates, it will serve as a tie-breaker.
-	 */
-	boolean isPrimary();
-
 	/**
 	 * Set whether this bean is a primary autowire candidate.
-	 * <p>If this value is true for exactly one bean among multiple
+	 * <p>If this value is {@code true} for exactly one bean among multiple
 	 * matching candidates, it will serve as a tie-breaker.
 	 */
 	void setPrimary(boolean primary);

+	/**
+	 * Return whether this bean is a primary autowire candidate.
+	 */
+	boolean isPrimary();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify the factory bean to use, if any.
+	 * This the name of the bean to call the specified factory method on.
+	 * @see #setFactoryMethodName
+	 */
+	void setFactoryBeanName(String factoryBeanName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the factory bean name, if any.
+	 */
+	String getFactoryBeanName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify a factory method, if any. This method will be invoked with
+	 * constructor arguments, or with no arguments if none are specified.
+	 * The method will be invoked on the specified factory bean, if any,
+	 * or otherwise as a static method on the local bean class.
+	 * @see #setFactoryBeanName
+	 * @see #setBeanClassName
+	 */
+	void setFactoryMethodName(String factoryMethodName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a factory method, if any.
+	 */
+	String getFactoryMethodName();

 	/**
 	 * Return the constructor argument values for this bean.
@@ -208,6 +220,8 @@ public interface BeanDefinition extends AttributeAccessor, BeanMetadataElement {
 	MutablePropertyValues getPropertyValues();


+	// Read-only attributes
+
 	/**
 	 * Return whether this a <b>Singleton</b>, with a single, shared instance
 	 * returned on all calls.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ public class CustomScopeConfigurer implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor, BeanClas
 				}
 				else if (value instanceof Class) {
 					Class<?> scopeClass = (Class<?>) value;
-					Assert.isAssignable(Scope.class, scopeClass);
+					Assert.isAssignable(Scope.class, scopeClass, "Invalid scope class");
 					beanFactory.registerScope(scopeKey, (Scope) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(scopeClass));
 				}
 				else if (value instanceof String) {
 					Class<?> scopeClass = ClassUtils.resolveClassName((String) value, this.beanClassLoader);
-					Assert.isAssignable(Scope.class, scopeClass);
+					Assert.isAssignable(Scope.class, scopeClass, "Invalid scope class");
 					beanFactory.registerScope(scopeKey, (Scope) BeanUtils.instantiateClass(scopeClass));
 				}
 				else {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InjectionPoint;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException;
-import org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
@@ -63,6 +62,8 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable

 	private Class<?> containingClass;

+	private volatile ResolvableType resolvableType;
+

 	/**
 	 * Create a new descriptor for a method or constructor parameter.
@@ -172,21 +173,6 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 		throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(type, matchingBeans.keySet());
 	}

-	/**
-	 * Resolve the specified bean name, as a candidate result of the matching
-	 * algorithm for this dependency, to a bean instance from the given factory.
-	 * <p>The default implementation calls {@link BeanFactory#getBean(String)}.
-	 * Subclasses may provide additional arguments or other customizations.
-	 * @param beanName the bean name, as a candidate result for this dependency
-	 * @param beanFactory the associated factory
-	 * @return the bean instance (never {@code null})
-	 * @since 4.3
-	 * @see BeanFactory#getBean(String)
-	 */
-	public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, BeanFactory beanFactory) {
-		return beanFactory.getBean(beanName);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Resolve a shortcut for this dependency against the given factory, for example
 	 * taking some pre-resolved information into account.
@@ -196,12 +182,32 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 	 * pre-cached information while still receiving {@link InjectionPoint} exposure etc.
 	 * @param beanFactory the associated factory
 	 * @return the shortcut result if any, or {@code null} if none
+	 * @throws BeansException if the shortcut could not be obtained
 	 * @since 4.3.1
 	 */
-	public Object resolveShortcut(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+	public Object resolveShortcut(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
 		return null;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Resolve the specified bean name, as a candidate result of the matching
+	 * algorithm for this dependency, to a bean instance from the given factory.
+	 * <p>The default implementation calls {@link BeanFactory#getBean(String)}.
+	 * Subclasses may provide additional arguments or other customizations.
+	 * @param beanName the bean name, as a candidate result for this dependency
+	 * @param requiredType the expected type of the bean (as an assertion)
+	 * @param beanFactory the associated factory
+	 * @return the bean instance (never {@code null})
+	 * @throws BeansException if the bean could not be obtained
+	 * @since 4.3.2
+	 * @see BeanFactory#getBean(String)
+	 */
+	public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, Class<?> requiredType, BeanFactory beanFactory)
+			throws BeansException {
+
+		return beanFactory.getBean(beanName, requiredType);
+	}
+

 	/**
 	 * Increase this descriptor's nesting level.
@@ -209,6 +215,7 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 	 */
 	public void increaseNestingLevel() {
 		this.nestingLevel++;
+		this.resolvableType = null;
 		if (this.methodParameter != null) {
 			this.methodParameter.increaseNestingLevel();
 		}
@@ -222,6 +229,7 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 	 */
 	public void setContainingClass(Class<?> containingClass) {
 		this.containingClass = containingClass;
+		this.resolvableType = null;
 		if (this.methodParameter != null) {
 			GenericTypeResolver.resolveParameterType(this.methodParameter, containingClass);
 		}
@@ -232,8 +240,12 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 	 * @since 4.0
 	 */
 	public ResolvableType getResolvableType() {
-		return (this.field != null ? ResolvableType.forField(this.field, this.nestingLevel, this.containingClass) :
-				ResolvableType.forMethodParameter(this.methodParameter));
+		if (this.resolvableType == null) {
+			this.resolvableType = (this.field != null ?
+					ResolvableType.forField(this.field, this.nestingLevel, this.containingClass) :
+					ResolvableType.forMethodParameter(this.methodParameter));
+		}
+		return this.resolvableType;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -319,31 +331,37 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor extends InjectionPoint implements Serializable
 	/**
 	 * Determine the generic element type of the wrapped Collection parameter/field, if any.
 	 * @return the generic type, or {@code null} if none
+	 * @deprecated as of 4.3.6, in favor of direct {@link ResolvableType} usage
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Class<?> getCollectionType() {
 		return (this.field != null ?
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionParameterType(this.methodParameter));
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionParameterType(this.methodParameter));
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Determine the generic key type of the wrapped Map parameter/field, if any.
 	 * @return the generic type, or {@code null} if none
+	 * @deprecated as of 4.3.6, in favor of direct {@link ResolvableType} usage
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Class<?> getMapKeyType() {
 		return (this.field != null ?
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyParameterType(this.methodParameter));
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyParameterType(this.methodParameter));
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Determine the generic value type of the wrapped Map parameter/field, if any.
 	 * @return the generic type, or {@code null} if none
+	 * @deprecated as of 4.3.6, in favor of direct {@link ResolvableType} usage
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Class<?> getMapValueType() {
 		return (this.field != null ?
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
-				GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueParameterType(this.methodParameter));
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueFieldType(this.field, this.nestingLevel) :
+				org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueParameterType(this.methodParameter));
 	}


@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ public interface InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor extends BeanPostProcessor {
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues
 	 */
 	PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
-			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName)
-			throws BeansException;
+			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException;

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ public abstract class InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter implements Smar

 	@Override
 	public PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
-			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName)
-			throws BeansException {
+			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {

 		return pvs;
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.List;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
-import org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;

 /**
 * Simple factory for shared List instances. Allows for central setup
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ListFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean<List<Object>> {
 		}
 		Class<?> valueType = null;
 		if (this.targetListClass != null) {
-			valueType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionType(this.targetListClass);
+			valueType = ResolvableType.forClass(this.targetListClass).asCollection().resolveGeneric();
 		}
 		if (valueType != null) {
 			TypeConverter converter = getBeanTypeConverter();
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Map;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
-import org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;

 /**
 * Simple factory for shared Map instances. Allows for central setup
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ public class MapFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean<Map<Object, Object>> {
 		Class<?> keyType = null;
 		Class<?> valueType = null;
 		if (this.targetMapClass != null) {
-			keyType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyType(this.targetMapClass);
-			valueType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueType(this.targetMapClass);
+			ResolvableType mapType = ResolvableType.forClass(this.targetMapClass).asMap();
+			keyType = mapType.resolveGeneric(0);
+			valueType = mapType.resolveGeneric(1);
 		}
 		if (keyType != null || valueType != null) {
 			TypeConverter converter = getBeanTypeConverter();
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanNotInitializedException;
 * &lt;/bean>
 *
 * &lt;bean id="javaVersion" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
- *   &lt;property name="targetObject" value="sysProps"/>
+ *   &lt;property name="targetObject" ref="sysProps"/>
 *   &lt;property name="targetMethod" value="getProperty"/>
 *   &lt;property name="arguments" value="java.version"/>
 * &lt;/bean></pre>
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.factory.config;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NamedBean;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A simple holder for a given bean name plus bean instance.
+ *
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @since 4.3.3
+ * @see AutowireCapableBeanFactory#resolveNamedBean(Class)
+ */
+public class NamedBeanHolder<T> implements NamedBean {
+
+	private final String beanName;
+
+	private final T beanInstance;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new holder for the given bean name plus instance.
+	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
+	 * @param beanInstance the corresponding bean instance
+	 */
+	public NamedBeanHolder(String beanName, T beanInstance) {
+		Assert.notNull(beanName, "Bean name must not be null");
+		this.beanName = beanName;
+		this.beanInstance = beanInstance;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the name of the bean (never {@code null}).
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getBeanName() {
+		return this.beanName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the corresponding bean instance (can be {@code null}).
+	 */
+	public T getBeanInstance() {
+		return this.beanInstance;
+	}
+
+}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class PropertiesFactoryBean extends PropertiesLoaderSupport
 	 * <p>Invoked on initialization of this FactoryBean in case of a
 	 * shared singleton; else, on each {@link #getObject()} call.
 	 * @return the object returned by this factory
-	 * @throws IOException if an exception occured during properties loading
+	 * @throws IOException if an exception occurred during properties loading
 	 * @see #mergeProperties()
 	 */
 	protected Properties createProperties() throws IOException {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public interface Scope {
 	 * @param objectFactory the {@link ObjectFactory} to use to create the scoped
 	 * object if it is not present in the underlying storage mechanism
 	 * @return the desired object (never {@code null})
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the underlying scope is not currently active
 	 */
 	Object get(String name, ObjectFactory<?> objectFactory);

@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public interface Scope {
 	 * removing an object.
 	 * @param name the name of the object to remove
 	 * @return the removed object, or {@code null} if no object was present
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the underlying scope is not currently active
 	 * @see #registerDestructionCallback
 	 */
 	Object remove(String name);
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ public interface Scope {
 	 * so it can safely be executed without an enclosing try-catch block.
 	 * Furthermore, the Runnable will usually be serializable, provided
 	 * that its target object is serializable as well.
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the underlying scope is not currently active
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition#getDestroyMethodName()
 	 * @see DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ public interface Scope {
 	 * E.g. the HttpServletRequest object for key "request".
 	 * @param key the contextual key
 	 * @return the corresponding object, or {@code null} if none found
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the underlying scope is not currently active
 	 */
 	Object resolveContextualObject(String key);

@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ public interface Scope {
 	 * underlying storage mechanism has no obvious candidate for such an ID.
 	 * @return the conversation ID, or {@code null} if there is no
 	 * conversation ID for the current scope
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the underlying scope is not currently active
 	 */
 	String getConversationId();

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Set;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
-import org.springframework.core.GenericCollectionTypeResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;

 /**
 * Simple factory for shared Set instances. Allows for central setup
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class SetFactoryBean extends AbstractFactoryBean<Set<Object>> {
 		}
 		Class<?> valueType = null;
 		if (this.targetSetClass != null) {
-			valueType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionType(this.targetSetClass);
+			valueType = ResolvableType.forClass(this.targetSetClass).asCollection().resolveGeneric();
 		}
 		if (valueType != null) {
 			TypeConverter converter = getBeanTypeConverter();
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;

 /**
- * Factory for a Map that reads from a YAML source. YAML is a nice human-readable
- * format for configuration, and it has some useful hierarchical properties. It's
- * more or less a superset of JSON, so it has a lot of similar features. If
- * multiple resources are provided the later ones will override entries in the
- * earlier ones hierarchically - that is all entries with the same nested key of
- * type Map at any depth are merged. For example:
+ * Factory for a {@code Map} that reads from a YAML source, preserving the
+ * YAML-declared value types and their structure.
+ *
+ * <p>YAML is a nice human-readable format for configuration, and it has some
+ * useful hierarchical properties. It's more or less a superset of JSON, so it
+ * has a lot of similar features.
+ *
+ * <p>If multiple resources are provided the later ones will override entries in
+ * the earlier ones hierarchically; that is, all entries with the same nested key
+ * of type {@code Map} at any depth are merged. For example:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * foo:
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 * with the value in the second, but its nested values are merged.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.1
 */
 public class YamlMapFactoryBean extends YamlProcessor implements FactoryBean<Map<String, Object>>, InitializingBean {
@@ -104,10 +109,10 @@ public class YamlMapFactoryBean extends YamlProcessor implements FactoryBean<Map

 	/**
 	 * Template method that subclasses may override to construct the object
-	 * returned by this factory. The default implementation returns the
-	 * merged Map instance.
+	 * returned by this factory.
 	 * <p>Invoked lazily the first time {@link #getObject()} is invoked in
 	 * case of a shared singleton; else, on each {@link #getObject()} call.
+	 * <p>The default implementation returns the merged {@code Map} instance.
 	 * @return the object returned by this factory
 	 * @see #process(java.util.Map, MatchCallback)
 	 */
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.yaml.snakeyaml.nodes.MappingNode;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserException;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.reader.UnicodeReader;

+import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * Base class for YAML factories.
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.1
 */
 public abstract class YamlProcessor {
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 	}

 	private boolean process(Map<String, Object> map, MatchCallback callback) {
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
+		Properties properties = CollectionFactory.createStringAdaptingProperties();
 		properties.putAll(getFlattenedMap(map));

 		if (this.documentMatchers.isEmpty()) {
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 					key = path + key;
 				}
 				else {
-					key = path + "." + key;
+					key = path + '.' + key;
 				}
 			}
 			Object value = entry.getValue();
@@ -302,21 +304,23 @@ public abstract class YamlProcessor {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				result.put(key, value != null ? value : "");
+				result.put(key, (value != null ? value : ""));
 			}
 		}
 	}


 	/**
-	 * Callback interface used to process properties in a resulting map.
+	 * Callback interface used to process the YAML parsing results.
 	 */
 	public interface MatchCallback {

 		/**
-		 * Process the properties.
-		 * @param properties the properties to process
-		 * @param map a mutable result map
+		 * Process the given representation of the parsing results.
+		 * @param properties the properties to process (as a flattened
+		 * representation with indexed keys in case of a collection or map)
+		 * @param map the result map (preserving the original value structure
+		 * in the YAML document)
 		 */
 		void process(Properties properties, Map<String, Object> map);
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,13 +21,23 @@ import java.util.Properties;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;

 /**
- * Factory for Java Properties that reads from a YAML source. YAML is a nice
- * human-readable format for configuration, and it has some useful hierarchical
- * properties. It's more or less a superset of JSON, so it has a lot of similar
- * features. The Properties created by this factory have nested paths for
- * hierarchical objects, so for instance this YAML
+ * Factory for {@link java.util.Properties} that reads from a YAML source,
+ * exposing a flat structure of String property values.
+ *
+ * <p>YAML is a nice human-readable format for configuration, and it has some
+ * useful hierarchical properties. It's more or less a superset of JSON, so it
+ * has a lot of similar features.
+ *
+ * <p><b>Note: All exposed values are of type {@code String}</b> for access through
+ * the common {@link Properties#getProperty} method (e.g. in configuration property
+ * resolution through {@link PropertyResourceConfigurer#setProperties(Properties)}).
+ * If this is not desirable, use {@link YamlMapFactoryBean} instead.
+ *
+ * <p>The Properties created by this factory have nested paths for hierarchical
+ * objects, so for instance this YAML
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * environments:
@@ -39,7 +49,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 *     name: My Cool App
 * </pre>
 *
- * is transformed into these Properties:
+ * is transformed into these properties:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * environments.dev.url=http://dev.bar.com
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 * - foo.bar.com
 * </pre>
 *
- * becomes Java Properties like this:
+ * becomes properties like this:
 *
 * <pre class="code">
 * servers[0]=dev.bar.com
@@ -66,6 +76,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 *
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.1
 */
 public class YamlPropertiesFactoryBean extends YamlProcessor implements FactoryBean<Properties>, InitializingBean {
@@ -116,7 +127,7 @@ public class YamlPropertiesFactoryBean extends YamlProcessor implements FactoryB
 	 * @see #process(MatchCallback) ()
 	 */
 	protected Properties createProperties() {
-		final Properties result = new Properties();
+		final Properties result = CollectionFactory.createStringAdaptingProperties();
 		process(new MatchCallback() {
 			@Override
 			public void process(Properties properties, Map<String, Object> map) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	}

 	@Override
-	public Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName) throws BeansException {
-		return resolveDependency(descriptor, beanName, null, null);
+	public Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String requestingBeanName) throws BeansException {
+		return resolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, null, null);
 	}


@@ -500,7 +501,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @see #instantiateUsingFactoryMethod
 	 * @see #autowireConstructor
 	 */
-	protected Object doCreateBean(final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final Object[] args) {
+	protected Object doCreateBean(final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final Object[] args)
+			throws BeanCreationException {
+
 		// Instantiate the bean.
 		BeanWrapper instanceWrapper = null;
 		if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
@@ -511,11 +514,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		}
 		final Object bean = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedInstance() : null);
 		Class<?> beanType = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedClass() : null);
+		mbd.resolvedTargetType = beanType;

 		// Allow post-processors to modify the merged bean definition.
 		synchronized (mbd.postProcessingLock) {
 			if (!mbd.postProcessed) {
-				applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(mbd, beanType, beanName);
+				try {
+					applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(mbd, beanType, beanName);
+				}
+				catch (Throwable ex) {
+					throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
+							"Post-processing of merged bean definition failed", ex);
+				}
 				mbd.postProcessed = true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -550,7 +560,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				throw (BeanCreationException) ex;
 			}
 			else {
-				throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Initialization of bean failed", ex);
+				throw new BeanCreationException(
+						mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Initialization of bean failed", ex);
 			}
 		}

@@ -586,7 +597,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			registerDisposableBeanIfNecessary(beanName, bean, mbd);
 		}
 		catch (BeanDefinitionValidationException ex) {
-			throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Invalid destruction signature", ex);
+			throw new BeanCreationException(
+					mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Invalid destruction signature", ex);
 		}

 		return exposedObject;
@@ -624,10 +636,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	protected Class<?> determineTargetType(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) {
 		Class<?> targetType = mbd.getTargetType();
 		if (targetType == null) {
-			targetType = (mbd.getFactoryMethodName() != null ? getTypeForFactoryMethod(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch) :
+			targetType = (mbd.getFactoryMethodName() != null ?
+					getTypeForFactoryMethod(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch) :
 					resolveBeanClass(mbd, beanName, typesToMatch));
 			if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(typesToMatch) || getTempClassLoader() == null) {
-				mbd.setTargetType(targetType);
+				mbd.resolvedTargetType = targetType;
 			}
 		}
 		return targetType;
@@ -648,9 +661,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @see #createBean
 	 */
 	protected Class<?> getTypeForFactoryMethod(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) {
-		Class<?> preResolved = mbd.resolvedFactoryMethodReturnType;
-		if (preResolved != null) {
-			return preResolved;
+		ResolvableType cachedReturnType = mbd.factoryMethodReturnType;
+		if (cachedReturnType != null) {
+			return cachedReturnType.resolve();
 		}

 		Class<?> factoryClass;
@@ -674,11 +687,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		if (factoryClass == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
+		factoryClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(factoryClass);

 		// If all factory methods have the same return type, return that type.
 		// Can't clearly figure out exact method due to type converting / autowiring!
 		Class<?> commonType = null;
-		boolean cache = false;
+		Method uniqueCandidate = null;
 		int minNrOfArgs = mbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().getArgumentCount();
 		Method[] candidates = ReflectionUtils.getUniqueDeclaredMethods(factoryClass);
 		for (Method factoryMethod : candidates) {
@@ -713,8 +727,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 						Class<?> returnType = AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(
 								factoryMethod, args, getBeanClassLoader());
 						if (returnType != null) {
-							cache = true;
+							uniqueCandidate = (commonType == null ? factoryMethod : null);
 							commonType = ClassUtils.determineCommonAncestor(returnType, commonType);
+							if (commonType == null) {
+								// Ambiguous return types found: return null to indicate "not determinable".
+								return null;
+							}
 						}
 					}
 					catch (Throwable ex) {
@@ -724,22 +742,22 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 					}
 				}
 				else {
+					uniqueCandidate = (commonType == null ? factoryMethod : null);
 					commonType = ClassUtils.determineCommonAncestor(factoryMethod.getReturnType(), commonType);
+					if (commonType == null) {
+						// Ambiguous return types found: return null to indicate "not determinable".
+						return null;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}

 		if (commonType != null) {
 			// Clear return type found: all factory methods return same type.
-			if (cache) {
-				mbd.resolvedFactoryMethodReturnType = commonType;
-			}
-			return commonType;
-		}
-		else {
-			// Ambiguous return types found: return null to indicate "not determinable".
-			return null;
+			mbd.factoryMethodReturnType = (uniqueCandidate != null ?
+					ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(uniqueCandidate) : ResolvableType.forClass(commonType));
 		}
+		return commonType;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -755,32 +773,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected Class<?> getTypeForFactoryBean(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
-		class Holder { Class<?> value = null; }
-		final Holder objectType = new Holder();
 		String factoryBeanName = mbd.getFactoryBeanName();
-		final String factoryMethodName = mbd.getFactoryMethodName();
+		String factoryMethodName = mbd.getFactoryMethodName();

 		if (factoryBeanName != null) {
 			if (factoryMethodName != null) {
-				// Try to obtain the FactoryBean's object type without instantiating it at all.
+				// Try to obtain the FactoryBean's object type from its factory method declaration
+				// without instantiating the containing bean at all.
 				BeanDefinition fbDef = getBeanDefinition(factoryBeanName);
-				if (fbDef instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition && ((AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef).hasBeanClass()) {
-					// CGLIB subclass methods hide generic parameters; look at the original user class.
-					Class<?> fbClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(((AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef).getBeanClass());
-					// Find the given factory method, taking into account that in the case of
-					// @Bean methods, there may be parameters present.
-					ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(fbClass,
-							new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
-								@Override
-								public void doWith(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-									if (method.getName().equals(factoryMethodName) &&
-											FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
-										objectType.value = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeArgument(method, FactoryBean.class);
-									}
-								}
-							});
-					if (objectType.value != null && Object.class != objectType.value) {
-						return objectType.value;
+				if (fbDef instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition) {
+					AbstractBeanDefinition afbDef = (AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef;
+					if (afbDef.hasBeanClass()) {
+						Class<?> result = getTypeForFactoryBeanFromMethod(afbDef.getBeanClass(), factoryMethodName);
+						if (result != null) {
+							return result;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -792,20 +799,70 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			}
 		}

+		// Let's obtain a shortcut instance for an early getObjectType() call...
 		FactoryBean<?> fb = (mbd.isSingleton() ?
 				getSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(beanName, mbd) :
 				getNonSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(beanName, mbd));

 		if (fb != null) {
 			// Try to obtain the FactoryBean's object type from this early stage of the instance.
-			objectType.value = getTypeForFactoryBean(fb);
-			if (objectType.value != null) {
-				return objectType.value;
+			Class<?> result = getTypeForFactoryBean(fb);
+			if (result != null) {
+				return result;
+			}
+			else {
+				// No type found for shortcut FactoryBean instance:
+				// fall back to full creation of the FactoryBean instance.
+				return super.getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
 			}
 		}

-		// No type found - fall back to full creation of the FactoryBean instance.
-		return super.getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
+		if (factoryBeanName == null && mbd.hasBeanClass()) {
+			// No early bean instantiation possible: determine FactoryBean's type from
+			// static factory method signature or from class inheritance hierarchy...
+			if (factoryMethodName != null) {
+				return getTypeForFactoryBeanFromMethod(mbd.getBeanClass(), factoryMethodName);
+			}
+			else {
+				return GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArgument(mbd.getBeanClass(), FactoryBean.class);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Introspect the factory method signatures on the given bean class,
+	 * trying to find a common {@code FactoryBean} object type declared there.
+	 * @param beanClass the bean class to find the factory method on
+	 * @param factoryMethodName the name of the factory method
+	 * @return the common {@code FactoryBean} object type, or {@code null} if none
+	 */
+	private Class<?> getTypeForFactoryBeanFromMethod(Class<?> beanClass, final String factoryMethodName) {
+		class Holder { Class<?> value = null; }
+		final Holder objectType = new Holder();
+
+		// CGLIB subclass methods hide generic parameters; look at the original user class.
+		Class<?> fbClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(beanClass);
+
+		// Find the given factory method, taking into account that in the case of
+		// @Bean methods, there may be parameters present.
+		ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(fbClass,
+				new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+					@Override
+					public void doWith(Method method) {
+						if (method.getName().equals(factoryMethodName) &&
+								FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
+							Class<?> currentType = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeArgument(
+									method, FactoryBean.class);
+							if (currentType != null) {
+								objectType.value = ClassUtils.determineCommonAncestor(currentType, objectType.value);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				});
+
+		return (objectType.value != null && Object.class != objectType.value ? objectType.value : null);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -824,7 +881,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 					SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor ibp = (SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) bp;
 					exposedObject = ibp.getEarlyBeanReference(exposedObject, beanName);
 					if (exposedObject == null) {
-						return exposedObject;
+						return null;
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -855,6 +912,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 					(mbd.getFactoryBeanName() != null && isSingletonCurrentlyInCreation(mbd.getFactoryBeanName()))) {
 				return null;
 			}
+
 			Object instance = null;
 			try {
 				// Mark this bean as currently in creation, even if just partially.
@@ -870,6 +928,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				// Finished partial creation of this bean.
 				afterSingletonCreation(beanName);
 			}
+
 			FactoryBean<?> fb = getFactoryBean(beanName, instance);
 			if (bw != null) {
 				this.factoryBeanInstanceCache.put(beanName, bw);
@@ -890,6 +949,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		if (isPrototypeCurrentlyInCreation(beanName)) {
 			return null;
 		}
+
 		Object instance = null;
 		try {
 			// Mark this bean as currently in creation, even if just partially.
@@ -913,6 +973,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			// Finished partial creation of this bean.
 			afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
 		}
+
 		return getFactoryBean(beanName, instance);
 	}

@@ -922,24 +983,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @param mbd the merged bean definition for the bean
 	 * @param beanType the actual type of the managed bean instance
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
-	 * @throws BeansException if any post-processing failed
 	 * @see MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor#postProcessMergedBeanDefinition
 	 */
-	protected void applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?> beanType, String beanName)
-			throws BeansException {
-
-		try {
-			for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
-				if (bp instanceof MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor) {
-					MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor bdp = (MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor) bp;
-					bdp.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(mbd, beanType, beanName);
-				}
+	protected void applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?> beanType, String beanName) {
+		for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
+			if (bp instanceof MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor) {
+				MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor bdp = (MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor) bp;
+				bdp.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(mbd, beanType, beanName);
 			}
 		}
-		catch (Exception ex) {
-			throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
-					"Post-processing failed of bean type [" + beanType + "] failed", ex);
-		}
 	}

 	/**
@@ -976,12 +1028,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @param beanClass the class of the bean to be instantiated
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
 	 * @return the bean object to use instead of a default instance of the target bean, or {@code null}
-	 * @throws BeansException if any post-processing failed
 	 * @see InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInstantiation
 	 */
-	protected Object applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName)
-			throws BeansException {
-
+	protected Object applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName) {
 		for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
 			if (bp instanceof InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) {
 				InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor ibp = (InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) bp;
@@ -1102,7 +1151,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			return bw;
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
-			throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Instantiation of bean failed", ex);
+			throw new BeanCreationException(
+					mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, "Instantiation of bean failed", ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1654,7 +1704,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * methods with arguments.
 	 * @see #invokeInitMethods
 	 */
-	protected void invokeCustomInitMethod(String beanName, final Object bean, RootBeanDefinition mbd) throws Throwable {
+	protected void invokeCustomInitMethod(String beanName, final Object bean, RootBeanDefinition mbd)
+			throws Throwable {
+
 		String initMethodName = mbd.getInitMethodName();
 		final Method initMethod = (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
 				BeanUtils.findMethod(bean.getClass(), initMethodName) :
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @see GenericBeanDefinition
 * @see RootBeanDefinition
 * @see ChildBeanDefinition
 */
@@ -159,16 +160,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess

 	private boolean lenientConstructorResolution = true;

+	private String factoryBeanName;
+
+	private String factoryMethodName;
+
 	private ConstructorArgumentValues constructorArgumentValues;

 	private MutablePropertyValues propertyValues;

 	private MethodOverrides methodOverrides = new MethodOverrides();

-	private String factoryBeanName;
-
-	private String factoryMethodName;
-
 	private String initMethodName;

 	private String destroyMethodName;
@@ -210,14 +211,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition(BeanDefinition original) {
 		setParentName(original.getParentName());
 		setBeanClassName(original.getBeanClassName());
-		setFactoryBeanName(original.getFactoryBeanName());
-		setFactoryMethodName(original.getFactoryMethodName());
 		setScope(original.getScope());
 		setAbstract(original.isAbstract());
 		setLazyInit(original.isLazyInit());
-		setRole(original.getRole());
+		setFactoryBeanName(original.getFactoryBeanName());
+		setFactoryMethodName(original.getFactoryMethodName());
 		setConstructorArgumentValues(new ConstructorArgumentValues(original.getConstructorArgumentValues()));
 		setPropertyValues(new MutablePropertyValues(original.getPropertyValues()));
+		setRole(original.getRole());
 		setSource(original.getSource());
 		copyAttributesFrom(original);

@@ -230,15 +231,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 			setDependencyCheck(originalAbd.getDependencyCheck());
 			setDependsOn(originalAbd.getDependsOn());
 			setAutowireCandidate(originalAbd.isAutowireCandidate());
-			copyQualifiersFrom(originalAbd);
 			setPrimary(originalAbd.isPrimary());
+			copyQualifiersFrom(originalAbd);
 			setNonPublicAccessAllowed(originalAbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed());
 			setLenientConstructorResolution(originalAbd.isLenientConstructorResolution());
+			setMethodOverrides(new MethodOverrides(originalAbd.getMethodOverrides()));
 			setInitMethodName(originalAbd.getInitMethodName());
 			setEnforceInitMethod(originalAbd.isEnforceInitMethod());
 			setDestroyMethodName(originalAbd.getDestroyMethodName());
 			setEnforceDestroyMethod(originalAbd.isEnforceDestroyMethod());
-			setMethodOverrides(new MethodOverrides(originalAbd.getMethodOverrides()));
 			setSynthetic(originalAbd.isSynthetic());
 			setResource(originalAbd.getResource());
 		}
@@ -268,20 +269,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(other.getBeanClassName())) {
 			setBeanClassName(other.getBeanClassName());
 		}
+		if (StringUtils.hasLength(other.getScope())) {
+			setScope(other.getScope());
+		}
+		setAbstract(other.isAbstract());
+		setLazyInit(other.isLazyInit());
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(other.getFactoryBeanName())) {
 			setFactoryBeanName(other.getFactoryBeanName());
 		}
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(other.getFactoryMethodName())) {
 			setFactoryMethodName(other.getFactoryMethodName());
 		}
-		if (StringUtils.hasLength(other.getScope())) {
-			setScope(other.getScope());
-		}
-		setAbstract(other.isAbstract());
-		setLazyInit(other.isLazyInit());
-		setRole(other.getRole());
 		getConstructorArgumentValues().addArgumentValues(other.getConstructorArgumentValues());
 		getPropertyValues().addPropertyValues(other.getPropertyValues());
+		setRole(other.getRole());
 		setSource(other.getSource());
 		copyAttributesFrom(other);

@@ -290,14 +291,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 			if (otherAbd.hasBeanClass()) {
 				setBeanClass(otherAbd.getBeanClass());
 			}
-			setAutowireCandidate(otherAbd.isAutowireCandidate());
 			setAutowireMode(otherAbd.getAutowireMode());
-			copyQualifiersFrom(otherAbd);
-			setPrimary(otherAbd.isPrimary());
 			setDependencyCheck(otherAbd.getDependencyCheck());
 			setDependsOn(otherAbd.getDependsOn());
+			setAutowireCandidate(otherAbd.isAutowireCandidate());
+			setPrimary(otherAbd.isPrimary());
+			copyQualifiersFrom(otherAbd);
 			setNonPublicAccessAllowed(otherAbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed());
 			setLenientConstructorResolution(otherAbd.isLenientConstructorResolution());
+			getMethodOverrides().addOverrides(otherAbd.getMethodOverrides());
 			if (StringUtils.hasLength(otherAbd.getInitMethodName())) {
 				setInitMethodName(otherAbd.getInitMethodName());
 				setEnforceInitMethod(otherAbd.isEnforceInitMethod());
@@ -306,7 +308,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 				setDestroyMethodName(otherAbd.getDestroyMethodName());
 				setEnforceDestroyMethod(otherAbd.isEnforceDestroyMethod());
 			}
-			getMethodOverrides().addOverrides(otherAbd.getMethodOverrides());
 			setSynthetic(otherAbd.isSynthetic());
 			setResource(otherAbd.getResource());
 		}
@@ -331,10 +332,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess


 	/**
-	 * Return whether this definition specifies a bean class.
+	 * Specify the bean class name of this bean definition.
 	 */
-	public boolean hasBeanClass() {
-		return (this.beanClass instanceof Class);
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanClassName(String beanClassName) {
+		this.beanClass = beanClassName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the current bean class name of this bean definition.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getBeanClassName() {
+		Object beanClassObject = this.beanClass;
+		if (beanClassObject instanceof Class) {
+			return ((Class<?>) beanClassObject).getName();
+		}
+		else {
+			return (String) beanClassObject;
+		}
 	}

 	/**
@@ -362,20 +378,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return (Class<?>) beanClassObject;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public void setBeanClassName(String beanClassName) {
-		this.beanClass = beanClassName;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String getBeanClassName() {
-		Object beanClassObject = this.beanClass;
-		if (beanClassObject instanceof Class) {
-			return ((Class<?>) beanClassObject).getName();
-		}
-		else {
-			return (String) beanClassObject;
-		}
+	/**
+	 * Return whether this definition specifies a bean class.
+	 */
+	public boolean hasBeanClass() {
+		return (this.beanClass instanceof Class);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -396,7 +403,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return resolvedClass;
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Set the name of the target scope for the bean.
 	 * <p>The default is singleton status, although this is only applied once
@@ -478,7 +484,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return this.lazyInit;
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Set the autowire mode. This determines whether any automagical detection
 	 * and setting of bean references will happen. Default is AUTOWIRE_NO,
@@ -569,6 +574,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess

 	/**
 	 * Set whether this bean is a candidate for getting autowired into some other bean.
+	 * <p>Note that this flag is designed to only affect type-based autowiring.
+	 * It does not affect explicit references by name, which will get resolved even
+	 * if the specified bean is not marked as an autowire candidate. As a consequence,
+	 * autowiring by name will nevertheless inject a bean if the name matches.
+	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE
+	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public void setAutowireCandidate(boolean autowireCandidate) {
@@ -585,7 +596,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess

 	/**
 	 * Set whether this bean is a primary autowire candidate.
-	 * If this value is true for exactly one bean among multiple
+	 * <p>If this value is {@code true} for exactly one bean among multiple
 	 * matching candidates, it will serve as a tie-breaker.
 	 */
 	@Override
@@ -595,8 +606,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess

 	/**
 	 * Return whether this bean is a primary autowire candidate.
-	 * If this value is true for exactly one bean among multiple
-	 * matching candidates, it will serve as a tie-breaker.
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean isPrimary() {
@@ -643,7 +652,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		this.qualifiers.putAll(source.qualifiers);
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether to allow access to non-public constructors and methods,
 	 * for the case of externalized metadata pointing to those. The default is
@@ -683,6 +691,45 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return this.lenientConstructorResolution;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Specify the factory bean to use, if any.
+	 * This the name of the bean to call the specified factory method on.
+	 * @see #setFactoryMethodName
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setFactoryBeanName(String factoryBeanName) {
+		this.factoryBeanName = factoryBeanName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the factory bean name, if any.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getFactoryBeanName() {
+		return this.factoryBeanName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify a factory method, if any. This method will be invoked with
+	 * constructor arguments, or with no arguments if none are specified.
+	 * The method will be invoked on the specified factory bean, if any,
+	 * or otherwise as a static method on the local bean class.
+	 * @see #setFactoryBeanName
+	 * @see #setBeanClassName
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setFactoryMethodName(String factoryMethodName) {
+		this.factoryMethodName = factoryMethodName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a factory method, if any.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getFactoryMethodName() {
+		return this.factoryMethodName;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify constructor argument values for this bean.
 	 */
@@ -737,27 +784,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return this.methodOverrides;
 	}

-
-	@Override
-	public void setFactoryBeanName(String factoryBeanName) {
-		this.factoryBeanName = factoryBeanName;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String getFactoryBeanName() {
-		return this.factoryBeanName;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public void setFactoryMethodName(String factoryMethodName) {
-		this.factoryMethodName = factoryMethodName;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String getFactoryMethodName() {
-		return this.factoryMethodName;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Set the name of the initializer method. The default is {@code null}
 	 * in which case there is no initializer method.
@@ -822,7 +848,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return this.enforceDestroyMethod;
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Set whether this bean definition is 'synthetic', that is, not defined
 	 * by the application itself (for example, an infrastructure bean such
@@ -855,7 +880,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		return this.role;
 	}

-
 	/**
 	 * Set a human-readable description of this bean definition.
 	 */
@@ -863,6 +887,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		this.description = description;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return a human-readable description of this bean definition.
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public String getDescription() {
 		return this.description;
@@ -891,6 +918,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		this.resource = new DescriptiveResource(resourceDescription);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return a description of the resource that this bean definition
+	 * came from (for the purpose of showing context in case of errors).
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public String getResourceDescription() {
 		return (this.resource != null ? this.resource.getDescription() : null);
@@ -903,6 +934,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 		this.resource = new BeanDefinitionResource(originatingBd);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Return the originating BeanDefinition, or {@code null} if none.
+	 * Allows for retrieving the decorated bean definition, if any.
+	 * <p>Note that this method returns the immediate originator. Iterate through the
+	 * originator chain to find the original BeanDefinition as defined by the user.
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public BeanDefinition getOriginatingBeanDefinition() {
 		return (this.resource instanceof BeanDefinitionResource ?
@@ -981,7 +1018,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	 */
 	public abstract AbstractBeanDefinition cloneBeanDefinition();

-
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
 		if (this == other) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	private final Set<PropertyEditorRegistrar> propertyEditorRegistrars =
 			new LinkedHashSet<PropertyEditorRegistrar>(4);

-	/** A custom TypeConverter to use, overriding the default PropertyEditor mechanism */
-	private TypeConverter typeConverter;
-
 	/** Custom PropertyEditors to apply to the beans of this factory */
 	private final Map<Class<?>, Class<? extends PropertyEditor>> customEditors =
 			new HashMap<Class<?>, Class<? extends PropertyEditor>>(4);

+	/** A custom TypeConverter to use, overriding the default PropertyEditor mechanism */
+	private TypeConverter typeConverter;
+
 	/** String resolvers to apply e.g. to annotation attribute values */
 	private final List<StringValueResolver> embeddedValueResolvers = new LinkedList<StringValueResolver>();

@@ -287,13 +287,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 				// Guarantee initialization of beans that the current bean depends on.
 				String[] dependsOn = mbd.getDependsOn();
 				if (dependsOn != null) {
-					for (String dependsOnBean : dependsOn) {
-						if (isDependent(beanName, dependsOnBean)) {
+					for (String dep : dependsOn) {
+						if (isDependent(beanName, dep)) {
 							throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
-									"Circular depends-on relationship between '" + beanName + "' and '" + dependsOnBean + "'");
+									"Circular depends-on relationship between '" + beanName + "' and '" + dep + "'");
 						}
-						registerDependentBean(dependsOnBean, beanName);
-						getBean(dependsOnBean);
+						registerDependentBean(dep, beanName);
+						getBean(dep);
 					}
 				}

@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 			}
 			catch (TypeMismatchException ex) {
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Failed to convert bean '" + name + "' to required type [" +
-							ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "]", ex);
+					logger.debug("Failed to convert bean '" + name + "' to required type '" +
+							ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(requiredType) + "'", ex);
 				}
 				throw new BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException(name, requiredType, bean.getClass());
 			}
@@ -409,33 +409,31 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 			return true;
 		}

-		else {
-			// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
-			BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
-			if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
-				// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
-				return parentBeanFactory.isSingleton(originalBeanName(name));
-			}
+		// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
+		BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
+			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
+			return parentBeanFactory.isSingleton(originalBeanName(name));
+		}

-			RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+		RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);

-			// In case of FactoryBean, return singleton status of created object if not a dereference.
-			if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
-				if (isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd)) {
-					if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-						return true;
-					}
-					FactoryBean<?> factoryBean = (FactoryBean<?>) getBean(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName);
-					return factoryBean.isSingleton();
-				}
-				else {
-					return !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name);
+		// In case of FactoryBean, return singleton status of created object if not a dereference.
+		if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
+			if (isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd)) {
+				if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+					return true;
 				}
+				FactoryBean<?> factoryBean = (FactoryBean<?>) getBean(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName);
+				return factoryBean.isSingleton();
 			}
 			else {
-				return false;
+				return !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name);
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			return false;
+		}
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -453,32 +451,31 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 			// In case of FactoryBean, return singleton status of created object if not a dereference.
 			return (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name) || isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd));
 		}
-		else {
-			// Singleton or scoped - not a prototype.
-			// However, FactoryBean may still produce a prototype object...
-			if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-				return false;
-			}
-			if (isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd)) {
-				final FactoryBean<?> factoryBean = (FactoryBean<?>) getBean(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName);
-				if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
-					return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Boolean>() {
-						@Override
-						public Boolean run() {
-							return ((factoryBean instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean<?>) factoryBean).isPrototype()) ||
-									!factoryBean.isSingleton());
-						}
-					}, getAccessControlContext());
-				}
-				else {
-					return ((factoryBean instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean<?>) factoryBean).isPrototype()) ||
-							!factoryBean.isSingleton());
-				}
+
+		// Singleton or scoped - not a prototype.
+		// However, FactoryBean may still produce a prototype object...
+		if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd)) {
+			final FactoryBean<?> fb = (FactoryBean<?>) getBean(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName);
+			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+				return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Boolean>() {
+					@Override
+					public Boolean run() {
+						return ((fb instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean<?>) fb).isPrototype()) ||
+								!fb.isSingleton());
+					}
+				}, getAccessControlContext());
 			}
 			else {
-				return false;
+				return ((fb instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean<?>) fb).isPrototype()) ||
+						!fb.isSingleton());
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			return false;
+		}
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -497,68 +494,91 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 					return typeToMatch.isInstance(beanInstance);
 				}
 			}
-			else {
-				return (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name) && typeToMatch.isInstance(beanInstance));
+			else if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+				if (typeToMatch.isInstance(beanInstance)) {
+					// Direct match for exposed instance?
+					return true;
+				}
+				else if (typeToMatch.hasGenerics() && containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
+					// Generics potentially only match on the target class, not on the proxy...
+					RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+					Class<?> targetType = mbd.getTargetType();
+					if (targetType != null && targetType != ClassUtils.getUserClass(beanInstance) &&
+							typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(targetType)) {
+						// Check raw class match as well, making sure it's exposed on the proxy.
+						Class<?> classToMatch = typeToMatch.resolve();
+						return (classToMatch == null || classToMatch.isInstance(beanInstance));
+					}
+				}
 			}
+			return false;
 		}
 		else if (containsSingleton(beanName) && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
 			// null instance registered
 			return false;
 		}

-		else {
-			// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
-			BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
-			if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
-				// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
-				return parentBeanFactory.isTypeMatch(originalBeanName(name), typeToMatch);
+		// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
+		BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
+			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
+			return parentBeanFactory.isTypeMatch(originalBeanName(name), typeToMatch);
+		}
+
+		// Retrieve corresponding bean definition.
+		RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+
+		Class<?> classToMatch = typeToMatch.resolve();
+		if (classToMatch == null) {
+			classToMatch = FactoryBean.class;
+		}
+		Class<?>[] typesToMatch = (FactoryBean.class == classToMatch ?
+				new Class<?>[] {classToMatch} : new Class<?>[] {FactoryBean.class, classToMatch});
+
+		// Check decorated bean definition, if any: We assume it'll be easier
+		// to determine the decorated bean's type than the proxy's type.
+		BeanDefinitionHolder dbd = mbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
+		if (dbd != null && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+			RootBeanDefinition tbd = getMergedBeanDefinition(dbd.getBeanName(), dbd.getBeanDefinition(), mbd);
+			Class<?> targetClass = predictBeanType(dbd.getBeanName(), tbd, typesToMatch);
+			if (targetClass != null && !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(targetClass)) {
+				return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(targetClass);
 			}
+		}

-			// Retrieve corresponding bean definition.
-			RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+		Class<?> beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch);
+		if (beanType == null) {
+			return false;
+		}

-			Class<?> classToMatch = typeToMatch.getRawClass();
-			Class<?>[] typesToMatch = (FactoryBean.class == classToMatch ?
-					new Class<?>[] {classToMatch} : new Class<?>[] {FactoryBean.class, classToMatch});
-
-			// Check decorated bean definition, if any: We assume it'll be easier
-			// to determine the decorated bean's type than the proxy's type.
-			BeanDefinitionHolder dbd = mbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
-			if (dbd != null && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-				RootBeanDefinition tbd = getMergedBeanDefinition(dbd.getBeanName(), dbd.getBeanDefinition(), mbd);
-				Class<?> targetClass = predictBeanType(dbd.getBeanName(), tbd, typesToMatch);
-				if (targetClass != null && !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(targetClass)) {
-					return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(targetClass);
-				}
-			}
-
-			Class<?> beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch);
-			if (beanType == null) {
-				return false;
-			}
-
-			// Check bean class whether we're dealing with a FactoryBean.
-			if (FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
-				if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-					// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not the factory class.
-					beanType = getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
-					if (beanType == null) {
-						return false;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			else if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-				// Special case: A SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor returned a non-FactoryBean
-				// type but we nevertheless are being asked to dereference a FactoryBean...
-				// Let's check the original bean class and proceed with it if it is a FactoryBean.
-				beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, FactoryBean.class);
-				if (beanType == null || !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
+		// Check bean class whether we're dealing with a FactoryBean.
+		if (FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
+			if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+				// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not the factory class.
+				beanType = getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
+				if (beanType == null) {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
-
-			return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(beanType);
 		}
+		else if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+			// Special case: A SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor returned a non-FactoryBean
+			// type but we nevertheless are being asked to dereference a FactoryBean...
+			// Let's check the original bean class and proceed with it if it is a FactoryBean.
+			beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, FactoryBean.class);
+			if (beanType == null || !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ResolvableType resolvableType = mbd.targetType;
+		if (resolvableType == null) {
+			resolvableType = mbd.factoryMethodReturnType;
+		}
+		if (resolvableType != null && resolvableType.resolve() == beanType) {
+			return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(resolvableType);
+		}
+		return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(beanType);
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -585,43 +605,41 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 			return null;
 		}

-		else {
-			// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
-			BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
-			if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
-				// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
-				return parentBeanFactory.getType(originalBeanName(name));
+		// No singleton instance found -> check bean definition.
+		BeanFactory parentBeanFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parentBeanFactory != null && !containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
+			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
+			return parentBeanFactory.getType(originalBeanName(name));
+		}
+
+		RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+
+		// Check decorated bean definition, if any: We assume it'll be easier
+		// to determine the decorated bean's type than the proxy's type.
+		BeanDefinitionHolder dbd = mbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
+		if (dbd != null && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+			RootBeanDefinition tbd = getMergedBeanDefinition(dbd.getBeanName(), dbd.getBeanDefinition(), mbd);
+			Class<?> targetClass = predictBeanType(dbd.getBeanName(), tbd);
+			if (targetClass != null && !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(targetClass)) {
+				return targetClass;
 			}
+		}

-			RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+		Class<?> beanClass = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd);

-			// Check decorated bean definition, if any: We assume it'll be easier
-			// to determine the decorated bean's type than the proxy's type.
-			BeanDefinitionHolder dbd = mbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
-			if (dbd != null && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-				RootBeanDefinition tbd = getMergedBeanDefinition(dbd.getBeanName(), dbd.getBeanDefinition(), mbd);
-				Class<?> targetClass = predictBeanType(dbd.getBeanName(), tbd);
-				if (targetClass != null && !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(targetClass)) {
-					return targetClass;
-				}
-			}
-
-			Class<?> beanClass = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd);
-
-			// Check bean class whether we're dealing with a FactoryBean.
-			if (beanClass != null && FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass)) {
-				if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
-					// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not at the factory class.
-					return getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
-				}
-				else {
-					return beanClass;
-				}
+		// Check bean class whether we're dealing with a FactoryBean.
+		if (beanClass != null && FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass)) {
+			if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+				// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not at the factory class.
+				return getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
 			}
 			else {
-				return (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name) ? beanClass : null);
+				return beanClass;
 			}
 		}
+		else {
+			return (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name) ? beanClass : null);
+		}
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -748,7 +766,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	@Override
 	public void registerCustomEditor(Class<?> requiredType, Class<? extends PropertyEditor> propertyEditorClass) {
 		Assert.notNull(requiredType, "Required type must not be null");
-		Assert.isAssignable(PropertyEditor.class, propertyEditorClass);
+		Assert.notNull(propertyEditorClass, "PropertyEditor class must not be null");
 		this.customEditors.put(requiredType, propertyEditorClass);
 	}

@@ -805,12 +823,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp

 	@Override
 	public String resolveEmbeddedValue(String value) {
+		if (value == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		String result = value;
 		for (StringValueResolver resolver : this.embeddedValueResolvers) {
+			result = resolver.resolveStringValue(result);
 			if (result == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			result = resolver.resolveStringValue(result);
 		}
 		return result;
 	}
@@ -918,10 +939,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 		setBeanClassLoader(otherFactory.getBeanClassLoader());
 		setCacheBeanMetadata(otherFactory.isCacheBeanMetadata());
 		setBeanExpressionResolver(otherFactory.getBeanExpressionResolver());
+		setConversionService(otherFactory.getConversionService());
 		if (otherFactory instanceof AbstractBeanFactory) {
 			AbstractBeanFactory otherAbstractFactory = (AbstractBeanFactory) otherFactory;
-			this.customEditors.putAll(otherAbstractFactory.customEditors);
 			this.propertyEditorRegistrars.addAll(otherAbstractFactory.propertyEditorRegistrars);
+			this.customEditors.putAll(otherAbstractFactory.customEditors);
+			this.typeConverter = otherAbstractFactory.typeConverter;
 			this.beanPostProcessors.addAll(otherAbstractFactory.beanPostProcessors);
 			this.hasInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessors = this.hasInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessors ||
 					otherAbstractFactory.hasInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessors;
@@ -932,6 +955,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 		}
 		else {
 			setTypeConverter(otherFactory.getTypeConverter());
+			String[] otherScopeNames = otherFactory.getRegisteredScopeNames();
+			for (String scopeName : otherScopeNames) {
+				this.scopes.put(scopeName, otherFactory.getRegisteredScope(scopeName));
+			}
 		}
 	}

@@ -1050,11 +1077,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	 * Destroy the given bean instance (usually a prototype instance
 	 * obtained from this factory) according to the given bean definition.
 	 * @param beanName the name of the bean definition
-	 * @param beanInstance the bean instance to destroy
+	 * @param bean the bean instance to destroy
 	 * @param mbd the merged bean definition
 	 */
-	protected void destroyBean(String beanName, Object beanInstance, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
-		new DisposableBeanAdapter(beanInstance, beanName, mbd, getBeanPostProcessors(), getAccessControlContext()).destroy();
+	protected void destroyBean(String beanName, Object bean, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
+		new DisposableBeanAdapter(bean, beanName, mbd, getBeanPostProcessors(), getAccessControlContext()).destroy();
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -1235,12 +1262,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 							pbd = getMergedBeanDefinition(parentBeanName);
 						}
 						else {
-							if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
-								pbd = ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).getMergedBeanDefinition(parentBeanName);
+							BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+							if (parent instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory) {
+								pbd = ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) parent).getMergedBeanDefinition(parentBeanName);
 							}
 							else {
-								throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(bd.getParentName(),
-										"Parent name '" + bd.getParentName() + "' is equal to bean name '" + beanName +
+								throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(parentBeanName,
+										"Parent name '" + parentBeanName + "' is equal to bean name '" + beanName +
 										"': cannot be resolved without an AbstractBeanFactory parent");
 							}
 						}
@@ -1356,12 +1384,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 		catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
 			throw new CannotLoadBeanClassException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, mbd.getBeanClassName(), ex);
 		}
-		catch (LinkageError err) {
-			throw new CannotLoadBeanClassException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, mbd.getBeanClassName(), err);
+		catch (LinkageError ex) {
+			throw new CannotLoadBeanClassException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName, mbd.getBeanClassName(), ex);
 		}
 	}

-	private Class<?> doResolveBeanClass(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+	private Class<?> doResolveBeanClass(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch)
+			throws ClassNotFoundException {
+
 		ClassLoader beanClassLoader = getBeanClassLoader();
 		ClassLoader classLoaderToUse = beanClassLoader;
 		if (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(typesToMatch)) {
@@ -1435,6 +1465,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	 * @return the type of the bean, or {@code null} if not predictable
 	 */
 	protected Class<?> predictBeanType(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) {
+		Class<?> targetType = mbd.getTargetType();
+		if (targetType != null) {
+			return targetType;
+		}
 		if (mbd.getFactoryMethodName() != null) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * Determine the target type for the generic return type of the given
 	 * <em>generic factory method</em>, where formal type variables are declared
 	 * on the given method itself.
-	 * <p>For example, given a factory method with the following signature,
-	 * if {@code resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod()} is invoked with the reflected
+	 * <p>For example, given a factory method with the following signature, if
+	 * {@code resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod()} is invoked with the reflected
 	 * method for {@code creatProxy()} and an {@code Object[]} array containing
 	 * {@code MyService.class}, {@code resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod()} will
 	 * infer that the target return type is {@code MyService}.
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * @param method the method to introspect (never {@code null})
 	 * @param args the arguments that will be supplied to the method when it is
 	 * invoked (never {@code null})
-	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to resolve class names against, if necessary
-	 * (never {@code null})
-	 * @return the resolved target return type, the standard return type, or {@code null}
+	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to resolve class names against,
+	 * if necessary (never {@code null})
+	 * @return the resolved target return type or the standard method return type
 	 * @since 3.2.5
 	 */
 	public static Class<?> resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(Method method, Object[] args, ClassLoader classLoader) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -159,13 +159,25 @@ public class BeanDefinitionBuilder {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Set the name of the factory method to use for this definition.
+	 * Set the name of a static factory method to use for this definition,
+	 * to be called on this bean's class.
 	 */
 	public BeanDefinitionBuilder setFactoryMethod(String factoryMethod) {
 		this.beanDefinition.setFactoryMethodName(factoryMethod);
 		return this;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Set the name of a non-static factory method to use for this definition,
+	 * including the bean name of the factory instance to call the method on.
+	 * @since 4.3.6
+	 */
+	public BeanDefinitionBuilder setFactoryMethodOnBean(String factoryMethod, String factoryBean) {
+		this.beanDefinition.setFactoryMethodName(factoryMethod);
+		this.beanDefinition.setFactoryBeanName(factoryBean);
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add an indexed constructor arg value. The current index is tracked internally
 	 * and all additions are at the present point.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -69,6 +69,23 @@ public class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
 		return bd;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Generate a bean name for the given top-level bean definition,
+	 * unique within the given bean factory.
+	 * @param beanDefinition the bean definition to generate a bean name for
+	 * @param registry the bean factory that the definition is going to be
+	 * registered with (to check for existing bean names)
+	 * @return the generated bean name
+	 * @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException if no unique name can be generated
+	 * for the given bean definition
+	 * @see #generateBeanName(BeanDefinition, BeanDefinitionRegistry, boolean)
+	 */
+	public static String generateBeanName(BeanDefinition beanDefinition, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry)
+			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
+
+		return generateBeanName(beanDefinition, registry, false);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Generate a bean name for the given bean definition, unique within the
 	 * given bean factory.
@@ -117,22 +134,6 @@ public class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
 		return id;
 	}

-	/**
-	 * Generate a bean name for the given top-level bean definition,
-	 * unique within the given bean factory.
-	 * @param beanDefinition the bean definition to generate a bean name for
-	 * @param registry the bean factory that the definition is going to be
-	 * registered with (to check for existing bean names)
-	 * @return the generated bean name
-	 * @throws BeanDefinitionStoreException if no unique name can be generated
-	 * for the given bean definition
-	 */
-	public static String generateBeanName(BeanDefinition beanDefinition, BeanDefinitionRegistry registry)
-			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-
-		return generateBeanName(beanDefinition, registry, false);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Register the given bean definition with the given bean factory.
 	 * @param definitionHolder the bean definition including name and aliases
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy extends SimpleInstantiationSt
 			Class<?> subclass = createEnhancedSubclass(this.beanDefinition);
 			Object instance;
 			if (ctor == null) {
-				instance = BeanUtils.instantiate(subclass);
+				instance = BeanUtils.instantiateClass(subclass);
 			}
 			else {
 				try {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ public class ChildBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * configured through its bean properties and configuration methods.
 	 * @param parentName the name of the parent bean
 	 * @see #setBeanClass
-	 * @see #setBeanClassName
 	 * @see #setScope
-	 * @see #setAutowireMode
-	 * @see #setDependencyCheck
 	 * @see #setConstructorArgumentValues
 	 * @see #setPropertyValues
 	 */
@@ -174,9 +171,7 @@ public class ChildBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {

 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Child bean with parent '");
-		sb.append(this.parentName).append("': ").append(super.toString());
-		return sb.toString();
+		return "Child bean with parent '" + this.parentName + "': " + super.toString();
 	}

 }
@@ -609,8 +609,8 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	private int resolveConstructorArguments(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, BeanWrapper bw,
 			ConstructorArgumentValues cargs, ConstructorArgumentValues resolvedValues) {

-		TypeConverter converter = (this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() != null ?
-				this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() : bw);
+		TypeConverter customConverter = this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter();
+		TypeConverter converter = (customConverter != null ? customConverter : bw);
 		BeanDefinitionValueResolver valueResolver =
 				new BeanDefinitionValueResolver(this.beanFactory, beanName, mbd, converter);

@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			BeanWrapper bw, Class<?>[] paramTypes, String[] paramNames, Object methodOrCtor,
 			boolean autowiring) throws UnsatisfiedDependencyException {

-		TypeConverter converter = (this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() != null ?
-				this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() : bw);
+		TypeConverter customConverter = this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter();
+		TypeConverter converter = (customConverter != null ? customConverter : bw);

 		ArgumentsHolder args = new ArgumentsHolder(paramTypes.length);
 		Set<ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder> usedValueHolders =
@@ -769,12 +769,13 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	private Object[] resolvePreparedArguments(
 			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, BeanWrapper bw, Member methodOrCtor, Object[] argsToResolve) {

-		Class<?>[] paramTypes = (methodOrCtor instanceof Method ?
-				((Method) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes() : ((Constructor<?>) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes());
-		TypeConverter converter = (this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() != null ?
-				this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() : bw);
+		TypeConverter customConverter = this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter();
+		TypeConverter converter = (customConverter != null ? customConverter : bw);
 		BeanDefinitionValueResolver valueResolver =
 				new BeanDefinitionValueResolver(this.beanFactory, beanName, mbd, converter);
+		Class<?>[] paramTypes = (methodOrCtor instanceof Method ?
+				((Method) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes() : ((Constructor<?>) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes());
+
 		Object[] resolvedArgs = new Object[argsToResolve.length];
 		for (int argIndex = 0; argIndex < argsToResolve.length; argIndex++) {
 			Object argValue = argsToResolve[argIndex];
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import javax.inject.Provider;

+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.CannotLoadBeanClassException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InjectionPoint;
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.SmartFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.SmartInitializingSingleton;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.NamedBeanHolder;
 import org.springframework.core.OrderComparator;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
@@ -264,6 +267,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 	/**
 	 * Set a {@link java.util.Comparator} for dependency Lists and arrays.
+	 * @since 4.0
 	 * @see org.springframework.core.OrderComparator
 	 * @see org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator
 	 */
@@ -273,6 +277,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 	/**
 	 * Return the dependency comparator for this BeanFactory (may be {@code null}.
+	 * @since 4.0
 	 */
 	public Comparator<Object> getDependencyComparator() {
 		return this.dependencyComparator;
@@ -287,11 +292,10 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		Assert.notNull(autowireCandidateResolver, "AutowireCandidateResolver must not be null");
 		if (autowireCandidateResolver instanceof BeanFactoryAware) {
 			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
-				final BeanFactory target = this;
 				AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
 					@Override
 					public Object run() {
-						((BeanFactoryAware) autowireCandidateResolver).setBeanFactory(target);
+						((BeanFactoryAware) autowireCandidateResolver).setBeanFactory(DefaultListableBeanFactory.this);
 						return null;
 					}
 				}, getAccessControlContext());
@@ -318,7 +322,10 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			DefaultListableBeanFactory otherListableFactory = (DefaultListableBeanFactory) otherFactory;
 			this.allowBeanDefinitionOverriding = otherListableFactory.allowBeanDefinitionOverriding;
 			this.allowEagerClassLoading = otherListableFactory.allowEagerClassLoading;
-			this.autowireCandidateResolver = otherListableFactory.autowireCandidateResolver;
+			this.dependencyComparator = otherListableFactory.dependencyComparator;
+			// A clone of the AutowireCandidateResolver since it is potentially BeanFactoryAware...
+			setAutowireCandidateResolver(BeanUtils.instantiateClass(getAutowireCandidateResolver().getClass()));
+			// Make resolvable dependencies (e.g. ResourceLoader) available here as well...
 			this.resolvableDependencies.putAll(otherListableFactory.resolvableDependencies);
 		}
 	}
@@ -335,43 +342,15 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 	@Override
 	public <T> T getBean(Class<T> requiredType, Object... args) throws BeansException {
-		Assert.notNull(requiredType, "Required type must not be null");
-		String[] beanNames = getBeanNamesForType(requiredType);
-		if (beanNames.length > 1) {
-			ArrayList<String> autowireCandidates = new ArrayList<String>();
-			for (String beanName : beanNames) {
-				if (!containsBeanDefinition(beanName) || getBeanDefinition(beanName).isAutowireCandidate()) {
-					autowireCandidates.add(beanName);
-				}
-			}
-			if (autowireCandidates.size() > 0) {
-				beanNames = autowireCandidates.toArray(new String[autowireCandidates.size()]);
-			}
+		NamedBeanHolder<T> namedBean = resolveNamedBean(requiredType, args);
+		if (namedBean != null) {
+			return namedBean.getBeanInstance();
 		}
-		if (beanNames.length == 1) {
-			return getBean(beanNames[0], requiredType, args);
-		}
-		else if (beanNames.length > 1) {
-			Map<String, Object> candidates = new HashMap<String, Object>();
-			for (String beanName : beanNames) {
-				candidates.put(beanName, getBean(beanName, requiredType, args));
-			}
-			String primaryCandidate = determinePrimaryCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
-			if (primaryCandidate != null) {
-				return getBean(primaryCandidate, requiredType, args);
-			}
-			String priorityCandidate = determineHighestPriorityCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
-			if (priorityCandidate != null) {
-				return getBean(priorityCandidate, requiredType, args);
-			}
-			throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.keySet());
-		}
-		else if (getParentBeanFactory() != null) {
-			return getParentBeanFactory().getBean(requiredType, args);
-		}
-		else {
-			throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(requiredType);
+		BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parent != null) {
+			return parent.getBean(requiredType, args);
 		}
+		throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(requiredType);
 	}


@@ -393,7 +372,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	@Override
 	public String[] getBeanDefinitionNames() {
 		if (this.frozenBeanDefinitionNames != null) {
-			return this.frozenBeanDefinitionNames;
+			return this.frozenBeanDefinitionNames.clone();
 		}
 		else {
 			return StringUtils.toStringArray(this.beanDefinitionNames);
@@ -444,8 +423,13 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 									!requiresEagerInitForType(mbd.getFactoryBeanName()))) {
 						// In case of FactoryBean, match object created by FactoryBean.
 						boolean isFactoryBean = isFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
-						boolean matchFound = (allowEagerInit || !isFactoryBean || containsSingleton(beanName)) &&
-								(includeNonSingletons || isSingleton(beanName)) && isTypeMatch(beanName, type);
+						BeanDefinitionHolder dbd = mbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
+						boolean matchFound =
+								(allowEagerInit || !isFactoryBean ||
+										(dbd != null && !mbd.isLazyInit()) || containsSingleton(beanName)) &&
+								(includeNonSingletons ||
+										(dbd != null ? mbd.isSingleton() : isSingleton(beanName))) &&
+								isTypeMatch(beanName, type);
 						if (!matchFound && isFactoryBean) {
 							// In case of FactoryBean, try to match FactoryBean instance itself next.
 							beanName = FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName;
@@ -651,13 +635,15 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		else if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
 			return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, new RootBeanDefinition(getType(beanName)), descriptor, resolver);
 		}
-		else if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory) {
+
+		BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parent instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory) {
 			// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
-			return ((DefaultListableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor, resolver);
+			return ((DefaultListableBeanFactory) parent).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor, resolver);
 		}
-		else if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
+		else if (parent instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
 			// If no DefaultListableBeanFactory, can't pass the resolver along.
-			return ((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor);
+			return ((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) parent).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor);
 		}
 		else {
 			return true;
@@ -998,24 +984,86 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------------

 	@Override
-	public Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName,
+	public <T> NamedBeanHolder<T> resolveNamedBean(Class<T> requiredType) throws BeansException {
+		NamedBeanHolder<T> namedBean = resolveNamedBean(requiredType, (Object[]) null);
+		if (namedBean != null) {
+			return namedBean;
+		}
+		BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parent instanceof AutowireCapableBeanFactory) {
+			return ((AutowireCapableBeanFactory) parent).resolveNamedBean(requiredType);
+		}
+		throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(requiredType);
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private <T> NamedBeanHolder<T> resolveNamedBean(Class<T> requiredType, Object... args) throws BeansException {
+		Assert.notNull(requiredType, "Required type must not be null");
+		String[] candidateNames = getBeanNamesForType(requiredType);
+
+		if (candidateNames.length > 1) {
+			List<String> autowireCandidates = new ArrayList<String>(candidateNames.length);
+			for (String beanName : candidateNames) {
+				if (!containsBeanDefinition(beanName) || getBeanDefinition(beanName).isAutowireCandidate()) {
+					autowireCandidates.add(beanName);
+				}
+			}
+			if (!autowireCandidates.isEmpty()) {
+				candidateNames = autowireCandidates.toArray(new String[autowireCandidates.size()]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (candidateNames.length == 1) {
+			String beanName = candidateNames[0];
+			return new NamedBeanHolder<T>(beanName, getBean(beanName, requiredType, args));
+		}
+		else if (candidateNames.length > 1) {
+			Map<String, Object> candidates = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>(candidateNames.length);
+			for (String beanName : candidateNames) {
+				if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
+					candidates.put(beanName, getBean(beanName, requiredType, args));
+				}
+				else {
+					candidates.put(beanName, getType(beanName));
+				}
+			}
+			String candidateName = determinePrimaryCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
+			if (candidateName == null) {
+				candidateName = determineHighestPriorityCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
+			}
+			if (candidateName != null) {
+				Object beanInstance = candidates.get(candidateName);
+				if (beanInstance instanceof Class) {
+					beanInstance = getBean(candidateName, requiredType, args);
+				}
+				return new NamedBeanHolder<T>(candidateName, (T) beanInstance);
+			}
+			throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.keySet());
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object resolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String requestingBeanName,
 			Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException {

 		descriptor.initParameterNameDiscovery(getParameterNameDiscoverer());
-		if (descriptor.getDependencyType().equals(javaUtilOptionalClass)) {
-			return new OptionalDependencyFactory().createOptionalDependency(descriptor, beanName);
+		if (javaUtilOptionalClass == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
+			return new OptionalDependencyFactory().createOptionalDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
 		}
 		else if (ObjectFactory.class == descriptor.getDependencyType() ||
 				ObjectProvider.class == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
-			return new DependencyObjectProvider(descriptor, beanName);
+			return new DependencyObjectProvider(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
 		}
 		else if (javaxInjectProviderClass == descriptor.getDependencyType()) {
-			return new Jsr330ProviderFactory().createDependencyProvider(descriptor, beanName);
+			return new Jsr330ProviderFactory().createDependencyProvider(descriptor, requestingBeanName);
 		}
 		else {
-			Object result = getAutowireCandidateResolver().getLazyResolutionProxyIfNecessary(descriptor, beanName);
+			Object result = getAutowireCandidateResolver().getLazyResolutionProxyIfNecessary(
+					descriptor, requestingBeanName);
 			if (result == null) {
-				result = doResolveDependency(descriptor, beanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
+				result = doResolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
 			}
 			return result;
 		}
@@ -1053,13 +1101,17 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, type, descriptor);
 			if (matchingBeans.isEmpty()) {
 				if (descriptor.isRequired()) {
-					raiseNoSuchBeanDefinitionException(type, descriptor.getResolvableType().toString(), descriptor);
+					raiseNoMatchingBeanFound(type, descriptor.getResolvableType(), descriptor);
 				}
 				return null;
 			}
+
+			String autowiredBeanName;
+			Object instanceCandidate;
+
 			if (matchingBeans.size() > 1) {
-				String primaryBeanName = determineAutowireCandidate(matchingBeans, descriptor);
-				if (primaryBeanName == null) {
+				autowiredBeanName = determineAutowireCandidate(matchingBeans, descriptor);
+				if (autowiredBeanName == null) {
 					if (descriptor.isRequired() || !indicatesMultipleBeans(type)) {
 						return descriptor.resolveNotUnique(type, matchingBeans);
 					}
@@ -1070,17 +1122,20 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 						return null;
 					}
 				}
-				if (autowiredBeanNames != null) {
-					autowiredBeanNames.add(primaryBeanName);
-				}
-				return matchingBeans.get(primaryBeanName);
+				instanceCandidate = matchingBeans.get(autowiredBeanName);
 			}
-			// We have exactly one match.
-			Map.Entry<String, Object> entry = matchingBeans.entrySet().iterator().next();
+			else {
+				// We have exactly one match.
+				Map.Entry<String, Object> entry = matchingBeans.entrySet().iterator().next();
+				autowiredBeanName = entry.getKey();
+				instanceCandidate = entry.getValue();
+			}
+
 			if (autowiredBeanNames != null) {
-				autowiredBeanNames.add(entry.getKey());
+				autowiredBeanNames.add(autowiredBeanName);
 			}
-			return entry.getValue();
+			return (instanceCandidate instanceof Class ?
+					descriptor.resolveCandidate(autowiredBeanName, type, this) : instanceCandidate);
 		}
 		finally {
 			ConstructorResolver.setCurrentInjectionPoint(previousInjectionPoint);
@@ -1093,9 +1148,17 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		Class<?> type = descriptor.getDependencyType();
 		if (type.isArray()) {
 			Class<?> componentType = type.getComponentType();
-			DependencyDescriptor targetDesc = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor);
-			targetDesc.increaseNestingLevel();
-			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, componentType, targetDesc);
+			ResolvableType resolvableType = descriptor.getResolvableType();
+			Class<?> resolvedArrayType = resolvableType.resolve();
+			if (resolvedArrayType != null && resolvedArrayType != type) {
+				type = resolvedArrayType;
+				componentType = resolvableType.getComponentType().resolve();
+			}
+			if (componentType == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, componentType,
+					new MultiElementDescriptor(descriptor));
 			if (matchingBeans.isEmpty()) {
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -1110,13 +1173,12 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			return result;
 		}
 		else if (Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && type.isInterface()) {
-			Class<?> elementType = descriptor.getCollectionType();
+			Class<?> elementType = descriptor.getResolvableType().asCollection().resolveGeneric();
 			if (elementType == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			DependencyDescriptor targetDesc = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor);
-			targetDesc.increaseNestingLevel();
-			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, elementType, targetDesc);
+			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, elementType,
+					new MultiElementDescriptor(descriptor));
 			if (matchingBeans.isEmpty()) {
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -1130,18 +1192,18 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			}
 			return result;
 		}
-		else if (Map.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && type.isInterface()) {
-			Class<?> keyType = descriptor.getMapKeyType();
+		else if (Map.class == type) {
+			ResolvableType mapType = descriptor.getResolvableType().asMap();
+			Class<?> keyType = mapType.resolveGeneric(0);
 			if (String.class != keyType) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			Class<?> valueType = descriptor.getMapValueType();
+			Class<?> valueType = mapType.resolveGeneric(1);
 			if (valueType == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			DependencyDescriptor targetDesc = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor);
-			targetDesc.increaseNestingLevel();
-			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, valueType, targetDesc);
+			Map<String, Object> matchingBeans = findAutowireCandidates(beanName, valueType,
+					new MultiElementDescriptor(descriptor));
 			if (matchingBeans.isEmpty()) {
 				return null;
 			}
@@ -1208,24 +1270,27 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		for (String candidateName : candidateNames) {
-			if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidateName) && isAutowireCandidate(candidateName, descriptor)) {
-				result.put(candidateName, descriptor.resolveCandidate(candidateName, this));
+		for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
+			if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) && isAutowireCandidate(candidate, descriptor)) {
+				addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
 			}
 		}
 		if (result.isEmpty() && !indicatesMultipleBeans(requiredType)) {
 			// Consider fallback matches if the first pass failed to find anything...
 			DependencyDescriptor fallbackDescriptor = descriptor.forFallbackMatch();
-			for (String candidateName : candidateNames) {
-				if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidateName) && isAutowireCandidate(candidateName, fallbackDescriptor)) {
-					result.put(candidateName, descriptor.resolveCandidate(candidateName, this));
+			for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
+				if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) && isAutowireCandidate(candidate, fallbackDescriptor)) {
+					addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
 				}
 			}
 			if (result.isEmpty()) {
-				// Consider self references before as a final pass
-				for (String candidateName : candidateNames) {
-					if (isSelfReference(beanName, candidateName) && isAutowireCandidate(candidateName, fallbackDescriptor)) {
-						result.put(candidateName, descriptor.resolveCandidate(candidateName, this));
+				// Consider self references as a final pass...
+				// but in the case of a dependency collection, not the very same bean itself.
+				for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
+					if (isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) &&
+							(!(descriptor instanceof MultiElementDescriptor) || !beanName.equals(candidate)) &&
+							isAutowireCandidate(candidate, fallbackDescriptor)) {
+						addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1233,31 +1298,46 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		return result;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Add an entry to the candidate map: a bean instance if available or just the resolved
+	 * type, preventing early bean initialization ahead of primary candidate selection.
+	 */
+	private void addCandidateEntry(Map<String, Object> candidates, String candidateName,
+			DependencyDescriptor descriptor, Class<?> requiredType) {
+
+		if (descriptor instanceof MultiElementDescriptor || containsSingleton(candidateName)) {
+			candidates.put(candidateName, descriptor.resolveCandidate(candidateName, requiredType, this));
+		}
+		else {
+			candidates.put(candidateName, getType(candidateName));
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine the autowire candidate in the given set of beans.
 	 * <p>Looks for {@code @Primary} and {@code @Priority} (in that order).
-	 * @param candidateBeans a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
+	 * @param candidates a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
 	 * that match the required type, as returned by {@link #findAutowireCandidates}
 	 * @param descriptor the target dependency to match against
 	 * @return the name of the autowire candidate, or {@code null} if none found
 	 */
-	protected String determineAutowireCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidateBeans, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+	protected String determineAutowireCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidates, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
 		Class<?> requiredType = descriptor.getDependencyType();
-		String primaryCandidate = determinePrimaryCandidate(candidateBeans, requiredType);
+		String primaryCandidate = determinePrimaryCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
 		if (primaryCandidate != null) {
 			return primaryCandidate;
 		}
-		String priorityCandidate = determineHighestPriorityCandidate(candidateBeans, requiredType);
+		String priorityCandidate = determineHighestPriorityCandidate(candidates, requiredType);
 		if (priorityCandidate != null) {
 			return priorityCandidate;
 		}
 		// Fallback
-		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidateBeans.entrySet()) {
-			String candidateBeanName = entry.getKey();
+		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidates.entrySet()) {
+			String candidateName = entry.getKey();
 			Object beanInstance = entry.getValue();
 			if ((beanInstance != null && this.resolvableDependencies.containsValue(beanInstance)) ||
-					matchesBeanName(candidateBeanName, descriptor.getDependencyName())) {
-				return candidateBeanName;
+					matchesBeanName(candidateName, descriptor.getDependencyName())) {
+				return candidateName;
 			}
 		}
 		return null;
@@ -1265,15 +1345,15 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 	/**
 	 * Determine the primary candidate in the given set of beans.
-	 * @param candidateBeans a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
-	 * that match the required type
+	 * @param candidates a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
+	 * (or candidate classes if not created yet) that match the required type
 	 * @param requiredType the target dependency type to match against
 	 * @return the name of the primary candidate, or {@code null} if none found
 	 * @see #isPrimary(String, Object)
 	 */
-	protected String determinePrimaryCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidateBeans, Class<?> requiredType) {
+	protected String determinePrimaryCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidates, Class<?> requiredType) {
 		String primaryBeanName = null;
-		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidateBeans.entrySet()) {
+		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidates.entrySet()) {
 			String candidateBeanName = entry.getKey();
 			Object beanInstance = entry.getValue();
 			if (isPrimary(candidateBeanName, beanInstance)) {
@@ -1281,8 +1361,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 					boolean candidateLocal = containsBeanDefinition(candidateBeanName);
 					boolean primaryLocal = containsBeanDefinition(primaryBeanName);
 					if (candidateLocal && primaryLocal) {
-						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidateBeans.size(),
-								"more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: " + candidateBeans.keySet());
+						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.size(),
+								"more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: " + candidates.keySet());
 					}
 					else if (candidateLocal) {
 						primaryBeanName = candidateBeanName;
@@ -1297,29 +1377,30 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Determine the candidate with the highest priority in the given set of beans. As
-	 * defined by the {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered} interface, the lowest
-	 * value has the highest priority.
-	 * @param candidateBeans a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
-	 * that match the required type
+	 * Determine the candidate with the highest priority in the given set of beans.
+	 * <p>Based on {@code @javax.annotation.Priority}. As defined by the related
+	 * {@link org.springframework.core.Ordered} interface, the lowest value has
+	 * the highest priority.
+	 * @param candidates a Map of candidate names and candidate instances
+	 * (or candidate classes if not created yet) that match the required type
 	 * @param requiredType the target dependency type to match against
 	 * @return the name of the candidate with the highest priority,
 	 * or {@code null} if none found
 	 * @see #getPriority(Object)
 	 */
-	protected String determineHighestPriorityCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidateBeans, Class<?> requiredType) {
+	protected String determineHighestPriorityCandidate(Map<String, Object> candidates, Class<?> requiredType) {
 		String highestPriorityBeanName = null;
 		Integer highestPriority = null;
-		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidateBeans.entrySet()) {
+		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : candidates.entrySet()) {
 			String candidateBeanName = entry.getKey();
 			Object beanInstance = entry.getValue();
 			Integer candidatePriority = getPriority(beanInstance);
 			if (candidatePriority != null) {
 				if (highestPriorityBeanName != null) {
 					if (candidatePriority.equals(highestPriority)) {
-						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidateBeans.size(),
-								"Multiple beans found with the same priority ('" + highestPriority + "') " +
-										"among candidates: " + candidateBeans.keySet());
+						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.size(),
+								"Multiple beans found with the same priority ('" + highestPriority +
+								"') among candidates: " + candidates.keySet());
 					}
 					else if (candidatePriority < highestPriority) {
 						highestPriorityBeanName = candidateBeanName;
@@ -1346,9 +1427,9 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		if (containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
 			return getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName).isPrimary();
 		}
-		BeanFactory parentFactory = getParentBeanFactory();
-		return (parentFactory instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory &&
-				((DefaultListableBeanFactory) parentFactory).isPrimary(beanName, beanInstance));
+		BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+		return (parent instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory &&
+				((DefaultListableBeanFactory) parent).isPrimary(beanName, beanInstance));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1392,17 +1473,44 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Raise a NoSuchBeanDefinitionException for an unresolvable dependency.
+	 * Raise a NoSuchBeanDefinitionException or BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException
+	 * for an unresolvable dependency.
 	 */
-	private void raiseNoSuchBeanDefinitionException(
-			Class<?> type, String dependencyDescription, DependencyDescriptor descriptor)
-			throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+	private void raiseNoMatchingBeanFound(
+			Class<?> type, ResolvableType resolvableType, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) throws BeansException {

-		throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(type, dependencyDescription,
-				"expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. " +
+		checkBeanNotOfRequiredType(type, descriptor);
+
+		throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException(resolvableType,
+				"expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. " +
 				"Dependency annotations: " + ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(descriptor.getAnnotations()));
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Raise a BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException for an unresolvable dependency, if applicable,
+	 * i.e. if the target type of the bean would match but an exposed proxy doesn't.
+	 */
+	private void checkBeanNotOfRequiredType(Class<?> type, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+		for (String beanName : this.beanDefinitionNames) {
+			RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+			Class<?> targetType = mbd.getTargetType();
+			if (targetType != null && type.isAssignableFrom(targetType) &&
+					isAutowireCandidate(beanName, mbd, descriptor, getAutowireCandidateResolver())) {
+				// Probably a proxy interfering with target type match -> throw meaningful exception.
+				Object beanInstance = getSingleton(beanName, false);
+				Class<?> beanType = (beanInstance != null ? beanInstance.getClass() : predictBeanType(beanName, mbd));
+				if (!type.isAssignableFrom((beanType))) {
+					throw new BeanNotOfRequiredTypeException(beanName, type, beanType);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		BeanFactory parent = getParentBeanFactory();
+		if (parent instanceof DefaultListableBeanFactory) {
+			((DefaultListableBeanFactory) parent).checkBeanNotOfRequiredType(type, descriptor);
+		}
+	}
+

 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
@@ -1473,18 +1581,17 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	private class OptionalDependencyFactory {

 		public Object createOptionalDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName, final Object... args) {
-			DependencyDescriptor descriptorToUse = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor) {
+			DependencyDescriptor descriptorToUse = new NestedDependencyDescriptor(descriptor) {
 				@Override
 				public boolean isRequired() {
 					return false;
 				}
 				@Override
-				public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, BeanFactory beanFactory) {
-					return (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(args) ? beanFactory.getBean(beanName, args) :
-							super.resolveCandidate(beanName, beanFactory));
+				public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, Class<?> requiredType, BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+					return (!ObjectUtils.isEmpty(args) ? beanFactory.getBean(beanName, requiredType, args) :
+							super.resolveCandidate(beanName, requiredType, beanFactory));
 				}
 			};
-			descriptorToUse.increaseNestingLevel();
 			return Optional.ofNullable(doResolveDependency(descriptorToUse, beanName, null, null));
 		}
 	}
@@ -1502,9 +1609,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		private final String beanName;

 		public DependencyObjectProvider(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, String beanName) {
-			this.descriptor = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor);
-			this.descriptor.increaseNestingLevel();
-			this.optional = this.descriptor.getDependencyType().equals(javaUtilOptionalClass);
+			this.descriptor = new NestedDependencyDescriptor(descriptor);
+			this.optional = (this.descriptor.getDependencyType() == javaUtilOptionalClass);
 			this.beanName = beanName;
 		}

@@ -1526,8 +1632,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			else {
 				DependencyDescriptor descriptorToUse = new DependencyDescriptor(descriptor) {
 					@Override
-					public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, BeanFactory beanFactory) {
-						return beanFactory.getBean(beanName, args);
+					public Object resolveCandidate(String beanName, Class<?> requiredType, BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+						return ((AbstractBeanFactory) beanFactory).getBean(beanName, requiredType, args);
 					}
 				};
 				return doResolveDependency(descriptorToUse, this.beanName, null, null);
@@ -1620,13 +1726,13 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			if (beanDefinition == null) {
 				return null;
 			}
-			List<Object> sources = new ArrayList<Object>();
+			List<Object> sources = new ArrayList<Object>(2);
 			Method factoryMethod = beanDefinition.getResolvedFactoryMethod();
 			if (factoryMethod != null) {
 				sources.add(factoryMethod);
 			}
 			Class<?> targetType = beanDefinition.getTargetType();
-			if (targetType != null && !targetType.equals(obj.getClass())) {
+			if (targetType != null && targetType != obj.getClass()) {
 				sources.add(targetType);
 			}
 			return sources.toArray(new Object[sources.size()]);
@@ -1643,4 +1749,21 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		}
 	}

+
+	private static class NestedDependencyDescriptor extends DependencyDescriptor {
+
+		public NestedDependencyDescriptor(DependencyDescriptor original) {
+			super(original);
+			increaseNestingLevel();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static class MultiElementDescriptor extends NestedDependencyDescriptor {
+
+		public MultiElementDescriptor(DependencyDescriptor original) {
+			super(original);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 			if (singletonObject == null) {
 				if (this.singletonsCurrentlyInDestruction) {
 					throw new BeanCreationNotAllowedException(beanName,
-							"Singleton bean creation not allowed while the singletons of this factory are in destruction " +
+							"Singleton bean creation not allowed while singletons of this factory are in destruction " +
 							"(Do not request a bean from a BeanFactory in a destroy method implementation!)");
 				}
 				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -449,10 +449,10 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	}

 	private boolean isDependent(String beanName, String dependentBeanName, Set<String> alreadySeen) {
-		String canonicalName = canonicalName(beanName);
 		if (alreadySeen != null && alreadySeen.contains(beanName)) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		String canonicalName = canonicalName(beanName);
 		Set<String> dependentBeans = this.dependentBeanMap.get(canonicalName);
 		if (dependentBeans == null) {
 			return false;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,10 +45,7 @@ public class GenericBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * Create a new GenericBeanDefinition, to be configured through its bean
 	 * properties and configuration methods.
 	 * @see #setBeanClass
-	 * @see #setBeanClassName
 	 * @see #setScope
-	 * @see #setAutowireMode
-	 * @see #setDependencyCheck
 	 * @see #setConstructorArgumentValues
 	 * @see #setPropertyValues
 	 */
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -74,21 +74,31 @@ public class GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCandid
 			// No generic type -> we know it's a Class type-match, so no need to check again.
 			return true;
 		}
+
 		ResolvableType targetType = null;
+		boolean cacheType = false;
 		RootBeanDefinition rbd = null;
 		if (bdHolder.getBeanDefinition() instanceof RootBeanDefinition) {
 			rbd = (RootBeanDefinition) bdHolder.getBeanDefinition();
 		}
 		if (rbd != null) {
-			// First, check factory method return type, if applicable
-			targetType = getReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(rbd, descriptor);
+			targetType = rbd.targetType;
 			if (targetType == null) {
-				RootBeanDefinition dbd = getResolvedDecoratedDefinition(rbd);
-				if (dbd != null) {
-					targetType = getReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(dbd, descriptor);
+				cacheType = true;
+				// First, check factory method return type, if applicable
+				targetType = getReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(rbd, descriptor);
+				if (targetType == null) {
+					RootBeanDefinition dbd = getResolvedDecoratedDefinition(rbd);
+					if (dbd != null) {
+						targetType = dbd.targetType;
+						if (targetType == null) {
+							targetType = getReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(dbd, descriptor);
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 		if (targetType == null) {
 			// Regular case: straight bean instance, with BeanFactory available.
 			if (this.beanFactory != null) {
@@ -106,7 +116,14 @@ public class GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCandid
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (targetType == null || (descriptor.fallbackMatchAllowed() && targetType.hasUnresolvableGenerics())) {
+
+		if (targetType == null) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (cacheType) {
+			rbd.targetType = targetType;
+		}
+		if (descriptor.fallbackMatchAllowed() && targetType.hasUnresolvableGenerics()) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		// Full check for complex generic type match...
@@ -130,22 +147,23 @@ public class GenericTypeAwareAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCandid
 	protected ResolvableType getReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(RootBeanDefinition rbd, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
 		// Should typically be set for any kind of factory method, since the BeanFactory
 		// pre-resolves them before reaching out to the AutowireCandidateResolver...
-		Class<?> preResolved = rbd.resolvedFactoryMethodReturnType;
-		if (preResolved != null) {
-			return ResolvableType.forClass(preResolved);
-		}
-		else {
-			Method resolvedFactoryMethod = rbd.getResolvedFactoryMethod();
-			if (resolvedFactoryMethod != null) {
-				if (descriptor.getDependencyType().isAssignableFrom(resolvedFactoryMethod.getReturnType())) {
-					// Only use factory method metadata if the return type is actually expressive enough
-					// for our dependency. Otherwise, the returned instance type may have matched instead
-					// in case of a singleton instance having been registered with the container already.
-					return ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(resolvedFactoryMethod);
-				}
+		ResolvableType returnType = rbd.factoryMethodReturnType;
+		if (returnType == null) {
+			Method factoryMethod = rbd.getResolvedFactoryMethod();
+			if (factoryMethod != null) {
+				returnType = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(factoryMethod);
 			}
-			return null;
 		}
+		if (returnType != null) {
+			Class<?> resolvedClass = returnType.resolve();
+			if (resolvedClass != null && descriptor.getDependencyType().isAssignableFrom(resolvedClass)) {
+				// Only use factory method metadata if the return type is actually expressive enough
+				// for our dependency. Otherwise, the returned instance type may have matched instead
+				// in case of a singleton instance having been registered with the container already.
+				return returnType;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
 	}


@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,20 +20,20 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;

 /**
 * Post-processor callback interface for <i>merged</i> bean definitions at runtime.
- * {@link BeanPostProcessor} implementations may implement this sub-interface in
- * order to post-process the merged bean definition that the Spring BeanFactory
- * uses to create a specific bean instance.
+ * {@link BeanPostProcessor} implementations may implement this sub-interface in order
+ * to post-process the merged bean definition (a processed copy of the original bean
+ * definition) that the Spring {@code BeanFactory} uses to create a bean instance.
 *
 * <p>The {@link #postProcessMergedBeanDefinition} method may for example introspect
 * the bean definition in order to prepare some cached metadata before post-processing
- * actual instances of a bean. It is also allowed to modify the bean definition
- * but <i>only</i> for bean definition properties which are actually intended
- * for concurrent modification. Basically, this only applies to operations
- * defined on the {@link RootBeanDefinition} itself but not to the properties
- * of its base classes.
+ * actual instances of a bean. It is also allowed to modify the bean definition but
+ * <i>only</i> for definition properties which are actually intended for concurrent
+ * modification. Essentially, this only applies to operations defined on the
+ * {@link RootBeanDefinition} itself but not to the properties of its base classes.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.5
+ * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory#getMergedBeanDefinition
 */
 public interface MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor extends BeanPostProcessor {

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
 import java.lang.reflect.Member;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
+import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
@@ -48,22 +50,28 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {

-	boolean allowCaching = true;
-
 	private BeanDefinitionHolder decoratedDefinition;

-	private volatile Class<?> targetType;
+	private AnnotatedElement qualifiedElement;
+
+	boolean allowCaching = true;

 	boolean isFactoryMethodUnique = false;

+	volatile ResolvableType targetType;
+
+	/** Package-visible field for caching the determined Class of a given bean definition */
+	volatile Class<?> resolvedTargetType;
+
+	/** Package-visible field for caching the return type of a generically typed factory method */
+	volatile ResolvableType factoryMethodReturnType;
+
+	/** Common lock for the four constructor fields below */
 	final Object constructorArgumentLock = new Object();

 	/** Package-visible field for caching the resolved constructor or factory method */
 	Object resolvedConstructorOrFactoryMethod;

-	/** Package-visible field for caching the return type of a generically typed factory method */
-	volatile Class<?> resolvedFactoryMethodReturnType;
-
 	/** Package-visible field that marks the constructor arguments as resolved */
 	boolean constructorArgumentsResolved = false;

@@ -73,6 +81,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	/** Package-visible field for caching partly prepared constructor arguments */
 	Object[] preparedConstructorArguments;

+	/** Common lock for the two post-processing fields below */
 	final Object postProcessingLock = new Object();

 	/** Package-visible field that indicates MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor having been applied */
@@ -92,10 +101,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * Create a new RootBeanDefinition, to be configured through its bean
 	 * properties and configuration methods.
 	 * @see #setBeanClass
-	 * @see #setBeanClassName
 	 * @see #setScope
-	 * @see #setAutowireMode
-	 * @see #setDependencyCheck
 	 * @see #setConstructorArgumentValues
 	 * @see #setPropertyValues
 	 */
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new RootBeanDefinition for a singleton.
 	 * @param beanClass the class of the bean to instantiate
+	 * @see #setBeanClass
 	 */
 	public RootBeanDefinition(Class<?> beanClass) {
 		super();
@@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 		setBeanClass(beanClass);
 		setAutowireMode(autowireMode);
 		if (dependencyCheck && getResolvedAutowireMode() != AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR) {
-			setDependencyCheck(RootBeanDefinition.DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS);
+			setDependencyCheck(DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS);
 		}
 	}

@@ -171,10 +178,11 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 */
 	public RootBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition original) {
 		super(original);
-		this.allowCaching = original.allowCaching;
 		this.decoratedDefinition = original.decoratedDefinition;
-		this.targetType = original.targetType;
+		this.qualifiedElement = original.qualifiedElement;
+		this.allowCaching = original.allowCaching;
 		this.isFactoryMethodUnique = original.isFactoryMethodUnique;
+		this.targetType = original.targetType;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -213,19 +221,52 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 		return this.decoratedDefinition;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Specify the {@link AnnotatedElement} defining qualifiers,
+	 * to be used instead of the target class or factory method.
+	 * @since 4.3.3
+	 * @see #setTargetType(ResolvableType)
+	 * @see #getResolvedFactoryMethod()
+	 */
+	public void setQualifiedElement(AnnotatedElement qualifiedElement) {
+		this.qualifiedElement = qualifiedElement;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the {@link AnnotatedElement} defining qualifiers, if any.
+	 * Otherwise, the factory method and target class will be checked.
+	 * @since 4.3.3
+	 */
+	public AnnotatedElement getQualifiedElement() {
+		return this.qualifiedElement;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify a generics-containing target type of this bean definition, if known in advance.
+	 * @since 4.3.3
+	 */
+	public void setTargetType(ResolvableType targetType) {
+		this.targetType = targetType;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify the target type of this bean definition, if known in advance.
+	 * @since 3.2.2
 	 */
 	public void setTargetType(Class<?> targetType) {
-		this.targetType = targetType;
+		this.targetType = (targetType != null ? ResolvableType.forClass(targetType) : null);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Return the target type of this bean definition, if known
 	 * (either specified in advance or resolved on first instantiation).
+	 * @since 3.2.2
 	 */
 	public Class<?> getTargetType() {
-		return this.targetType;
+		if (this.resolvedTargetType != null) {
+			return this.resolvedTargetType;
+		}
+		return (this.targetType != null ? this.targetType.resolve() : null);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class SimpleInstantiationStrategy implements InstantiationStrategy {
 						}
 						bd.resolvedConstructorOrFactoryMethod = constructorToUse;
 					}
-					catch (Exception ex) {
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
 						throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "No default constructor found", ex);
 					}
 				}
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