Release v6.2.9

2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2025-07-17 09:26:27 +02:00
420 changed files with 5077 additions and 10760 deletions
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
            toolchain: false
          - version: 21
            toolchain: true
-          - version: 25
+          - version: 23
            toolchain: true
        exclude:
          - os:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ See the [Build from Source](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/

 ## Continuous Integration Builds

-CI builds are defined with [GitHub Actions workflows](.github/workflows).
+Information regarding CI builds can be found in the [Spring Framework Concourse pipeline](ci/README.adoc) documentation.

 ## Stay in Touch

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configure([rootProject] + javaProjects) { project ->
 	ext.javadocLinks = [
 			"https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/",
 			"https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/9/apidocs/",
-			"https://docs.hibernate.org/orm/5.6/javadocs/",
+			"https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.6/javadocs/",
 			"https://www.quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.3.0/",
 			"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-core/javadoc/2.14/",
 			"https://fasterxml.github.io/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.14/",
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ configure([rootProject] + javaProjects) { project ->
 			// TODO Uncomment link to JUnit 5 docs once we execute Gradle with Java 18+.
 			// See https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/issues/27497
 			//
-			// "https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.14.1/api/",
+			// "https://junit.org/junit5/docs/5.13.3/api/",
 			"https://www.reactive-streams.org/reactive-streams-1.0.3-javadoc/",
 			//"https://javadoc.io/static/io.rsocket/rsocket-core/1.1.1/",
 			"https://r2dbc.io/spec/1.0.0.RELEASE/api/",
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ content:
  - url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework
    # Refname matching:
    # https://docs.antora.org/antora/latest/playbook/content-refname-matching/
-    # branches: We include snapshots for main, 6.2.x, and 7.0.x to 9.*.x.
-    branches: ['main', '6.2.x', '{7..9}.+({0..9}).x']
-    # tags: We effectively include all releases from 6.0.9 to 9.*.*.
+    branches: ['main', '{6..9}.+({1..9}).x']
    tags: ['v{6..9}.+({0..9}).+({0..9})?(-{RC,M}*)', '!(v6.0.{0..8})', '!(v6.0.0-{RC,M}{0..9})']
    start_path: framework-docs
 asciidoc:
@@ -38,4 +36,4 @@ runtime:
    failure_level: warn
 ui:
  bundle:
-    url: https://github.com/spring-io/antora-ui-spring/releases/download/v0.4.25/ui-bundle.zip
+    url: https://github.com/spring-io/antora-ui-spring/releases/download/v0.4.18/ui-bundle.zip
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 [[beans-classpath-scanning]]
 = Classpath Scanning and Managed Components

-Most examples in this chapter use XML to specify the configuration metadata that
-produces each `BeanDefinition` within the Spring container. The previous section
-(xref:core/beans/annotation-config.adoc[Annotation-based Container Configuration])
-demonstrates how to provide a lot of the configuration metadata through source-level
-annotations. Even in those examples, however, the "base" bean definitions are explicitly
-defined in the XML file, while the annotations drive only the dependency injection.
-
-This section describes an option for implicitly detecting the candidate components by
-scanning the classpath. Candidate components are classes that match against a filter
-criteria and have a corresponding bean definition registered with the container.
-This removes the need to use XML to perform bean registration. Instead, you can use
-annotations (for example, `@Component`), AspectJ type expressions, or your own
+Most examples in this chapter use XML to specify the configuration metadata that produces
+each `BeanDefinition` within the Spring container. The previous section
+(xref:core/beans/annotation-config.adoc[Annotation-based Container Configuration]) demonstrates how to provide a lot of the configuration
+metadata through source-level annotations. Even in those examples, however, the "base"
+bean definitions are explicitly defined in the XML file, while the annotations drive only
+the dependency injection. This section describes an option for implicitly detecting the
+candidate components by scanning the classpath. Candidate components are classes that
+match against a filter criteria and have a corresponding bean definition registered with
+the container. This removes the need to use XML to perform bean registration. Instead, you
+can use annotations (for example, `@Component`), AspectJ type expressions, or your own
 custom filter criteria to select which classes have bean definitions registered with
 the container.

 [NOTE]
 ====
 You can define beans using Java rather than using XML files. Take a look at the
-`@Configuration`, `@Bean`, `@Import`, and `@DependsOn` annotations for examples
-of how to use these features.
+`@Configuration`, `@Bean`, `@Import`, and `@DependsOn` annotations for examples of how to
+use these features.
 ====


@@ -832,10 +830,10 @@ definitions, there is no notion of bean definition inheritance, and inheritance
 hierarchies at the class level are irrelevant for metadata purposes.

 For details on web-specific scopes such as "`request`" or "`session`" in a Spring context,
-see xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc#beans-factory-scopes-other[Request, Session, Application, and WebSocket Scopes].
-As with the pre-built annotations for those scopes, you may also compose your own scoping
-annotations by using Spring's meta-annotation approach: for example, a custom annotation
-meta-annotated with `@Scope("prototype")`, possibly also declaring a custom scoped-proxy mode.
+see xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc#beans-factory-scopes-other[Request, Session, Application, and WebSocket Scopes]. As with the pre-built annotations for those scopes,
+you may also compose your own scoping annotations by using Spring's meta-annotation
+approach: for example, a custom annotation meta-annotated with `@Scope("prototype")`,
+possibly also declaring a custom scoped-proxy mode.

 NOTE: To provide a custom strategy for scope resolution rather than relying on the
 annotation-based approach, you can implement the
@@ -877,8 +875,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ----

 When using certain non-singleton scopes, it may be necessary to generate proxies for the
-scoped objects. The reasoning is described in
-xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc#beans-factory-scopes-other-injection[Scoped Beans as Dependencies].
+scoped objects. The reasoning is described in xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc#beans-factory-scopes-other-injection[Scoped Beans as Dependencies].
 For this purpose, a scoped-proxy attribute is available on the component-scan
 element. The three possible values are: `no`, `interfaces`, and `targetClass`. For example,
 the following configuration results in standard JDK dynamic proxies:
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ XML configuration:

 The preceding XML is more succinct. However, typos are discovered at runtime rather than
 design time, unless you use an IDE (such as https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/[IntelliJ
-IDEA] or the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools]) that supports automatic property
-completion when you create bean definitions. Such IDE assistance is highly recommended.
+IDEA] or the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse])
+that supports automatic property completion when you create bean definitions. Such IDE
+assistance is highly recommended.

 You can also configure a `java.util.Properties` instance, as follows:

@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@ element. The following example shows how to use it:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
-	<bean id="collaborator" class="..." />
+	<bean id="theTargetBean" class="..."/>

-	<bean id="client" class="...">
+	<bean id="theClientBean" class="...">
 		<property name="targetName">
-			<idref bean="collaborator" />
+			<idref bean="theTargetBean"/>
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 ----
@@ -98,24 +99,28 @@ following snippet:

 [source,xml,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
-	<bean id="collaborator" class="..." />
+	<bean id="theTargetBean" class="..." />

-	<bean id="client" class="...">
-		<property name="targetName" value="collaborator" />
+	<bean id="theClientBean" class="...">
+		<property name="targetName" ref="theTargetBean"/>
 	</bean>
 ----

 The first form is preferable to the second, because using the `idref` tag lets the
-container validate at deployment time that the referenced, named bean actually exists. In
-the second variation, no validation is performed on the value that is passed to the
-`targetName` property of the `client` bean. Typos are therefore only discovered (with most
+container validate at deployment time that the referenced, named bean actually
+exists. In the second variation, no validation is performed on the value that is passed
+to the `targetName` property of the `client` bean. Typos are only discovered (with most
 likely fatal results) when the `client` bean is actually instantiated. If the `client`
-bean is a xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc[prototype] bean, this typo and the resulting
-exception may only be discovered long after the container is deployed.
+bean is a xref:core/beans/factory-scopes.adoc[prototype] bean, this typo and the resulting exception
+may only be discovered long after the container is deployed.

-NOTE: A common place (at least in versions earlier than Spring 2.0) where the `<idref/>`
-element brings value is in the configuration of xref:core/aop-api/pfb.adoc#aop-pfb-1[AOP interceptors]
-in a `ProxyFactoryBean` bean definition. Using `<idref/>` elements when you specify the
+NOTE: The `local` attribute on the `idref` element is no longer supported in the 4.0 beans
+XSD, since it does not provide value over a regular `bean` reference any more. Change
+your existing `idref local` references to `idref bean` when upgrading to the 4.0 schema.
+
+A common place (at least in versions earlier than Spring 2.0) where the `<idref/>` element
+brings value is in the configuration of xref:core/aop-api/pfb.adoc#aop-pfb-1[AOP interceptors] in a
+`ProxyFactoryBean` bean definition. Using `<idref/>` elements when you specify the
 interceptor names prevents you from misspelling an interceptor ID.


@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ In the preceding scenario, using `@Autowired` works well and provides the desire
 modularity, but determining exactly where the autowired bean definitions are declared is
 still somewhat ambiguous. For example, as a developer looking at `ServiceConfig`, how do
 you know exactly where the `@Autowired AccountRepository` bean is declared? It is not
-explicit in the code, and this may be just fine. Note that the
-{spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools] IDE support provides tooling that can render graphs
-showing how everything is wired, which may be all you need. Also, your Java IDE can
-easily find all declarations and uses of the `AccountRepository` type and quickly show
-you the location of `@Bean` methods that return that type.
+explicit in the code, and this may be just fine. Remember that the
+{spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse] provides tooling that
+can render graphs showing how everything is wired, which may be all you need. Also,
+your Java IDE can easily find all declarations and uses of the `AccountRepository` type
+and quickly show you the location of `@Bean` methods that return that type.

 In cases where this ambiguity is not acceptable and you wish to have direct navigation
 from within your IDE from one `@Configuration` class to another, consider autowiring the
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ similar to the https://jakarta.ee/specifications/expression-language/[Jakarta Ex
 Language] but offers additional features, most notably method invocation and basic string
 templating functionality.

-While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and
-JBoss EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the
-Spring community with a single well supported expression language that can be used across
-all the products in the Spring portfolio. Its language features are driven by the
-requirements of the projects in the Spring portfolio, including tooling requirements for
-code completion within the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools] IDE support. That said, SpEL
-is based on a technology-agnostic API that lets other expression language implementations
-be integrated, should the need arise.
+While there are several other Java expression languages available -- OGNL, MVEL, and JBoss
+EL, to name a few -- the Spring Expression Language was created to provide the Spring
+community with a single well supported expression language that can be used across all
+the products in the Spring portfolio. Its language features are driven by the
+requirements of the projects in the Spring portfolio, including tooling requirements
+for code completion support within the {spring-site-tools}[Spring Tools for Eclipse].
+That said, SpEL is based on a technology-agnostic API that lets other expression language
+implementations be integrated, should the need arise.

 While SpEL serves as the foundation for expression evaluation within the Spring
 portfolio, it is not directly tied to Spring and can be used independently. To
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ provides `firstName` and `lastName` properties, such as the `Actor` class from a
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes"]
 ----
 	this.jdbcClient.sql("insert into t_actor (first_name, last_name) values (:firstName, :lastName)")
-			.paramSource(new Actor("Leonor", "Watling"))
+			.paramSource(new Actor("Leonor", "Watling")
 			.update();
 ----

@@ -319,17 +319,9 @@ progresses.
 == Testing

 This section addresses testing with the combination of Kotlin and Spring Framework.
-The recommended testing framework is https://junit.org/[JUnit Jupiter] along with
+The recommended testing framework is https://junit.org/junit5/[JUnit 5] along with
 https://mockk.io/[Mockk] for mocking.

-[TIP]
-====
-Kotlin lets you specify meaningful test function names between backticks (```).
-
-For a concrete example, see the `+++`Find all users on HTML page`()+++` test function later
-in this section.
-====
-
 NOTE: If you are using Spring Boot, see
 {spring-boot-docs-ref}/features/kotlin.html#features.kotlin.testing[this related documentation].

@@ -360,6 +352,7 @@ file with a `spring.test.constructor.autowire.mode = all` property.
 [[per_class-lifecycle]]
 === `PER_CLASS` Lifecycle

+Kotlin lets you specify meaningful test function names between backticks (```).
 With JUnit Jupiter (JUnit 5), Kotlin test classes can use the `@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)`
 annotation to enable single instantiation of test classes, which allows the use of `@BeforeAll`
 and `@AfterAll` annotations on non-static methods, which is a good fit for Kotlin.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ default mode may be set via the
 xref:appendix.adoc#appendix-spring-properties[`SpringProperties`] mechanism.

 The default mode may also be configured as a
-https://docs.junit.org/current/user-guide/#running-tests-config-params[JUnit Platform configuration parameter].
+https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#running-tests-config-params[JUnit Platform configuration parameter].

 If the `spring.test.constructor.autowire.mode` property is not set, test class
 constructors will not be automatically autowired.
@@ -77,17 +77,6 @@ exactly one candidate bean exists.

 [TIP]
 ====
-As stated in the documentation for Mockito, there are times when using `Mockito.when()` is
-inappropriate for stubbing a spy – for example, if calling a real method on a spy results
-in undesired side effects.
-
-To avoid such undesired side effects, consider using
-`Mockito.doReturn(...).when(spy)...`, `Mockito.doThrow(...).when(spy)...`,
-`Mockito.doNothing().when(spy)...`, and similar methods.
-====
-
-[NOTE]
-====
 Only _singleton_ beans can be overridden. Any attempt to override a non-singleton bean
 will result in an exception.

@@ -5,25 +5,24 @@ It is important to be able to perform some integration testing without requiring
 deployment to your application server or connecting to other enterprise infrastructure.
 Doing so lets you test things such as:

-* The correct wiring of your Spring components.
-* Data access using JDBC or an ORM tool.
-  ** This can include such things as the correctness of SQL statements, Hibernate queries,
-     JPA entity mappings, and so forth.
+* The correct wiring of your Spring IoC container contexts.
+* Data access using JDBC or an ORM tool. This can include such things as the correctness
+  of SQL statements, Hibernate queries, JPA entity mappings, and so forth.

 The Spring Framework provides first-class support for integration testing in the
-`spring-test` module. The name of the actual JAR file might include the release version,
-depending on where you get it from (see the
-{spring-framework-wiki}/Spring-Framework-Artifacts[Spring Framework Artifacts] wiki page
-for details). This library includes the `org.springframework.test` package, which
+`spring-test` module. The name of the actual JAR file might include the release version
+and might also be in the long `org.springframework.test` form, depending on where you get
+it from (see the xref:core/beans/dependencies.adoc[section on Dependency Management]
+for an explanation). This library includes the `org.springframework.test` package, which
 contains valuable classes for integration testing with a Spring container. This testing
 does not rely on an application server or other deployment environment. Such tests are
 slower to run than unit tests but much faster than the equivalent Selenium tests or
 remote tests that rely on deployment to an application server.

 Unit and integration testing support is provided in the form of the annotation-driven
-xref:testing/testcontext-framework.adoc[Spring TestContext Framework]. The TestContext
-framework is agnostic of the actual testing framework in use, which allows
-instrumentation of tests in various environments, including JUnit, TestNG, and others.
+xref:testing/testcontext-framework.adoc[Spring TestContext Framework]. The TestContext framework is
+agnostic of the actual testing framework in use, which allows instrumentation of tests
+in various environments, including JUnit, TestNG, and others.

 The following section provides an overview of the high-level goals of Spring's
 integration support, and the rest of this chapter then focuses on dedicated topics:
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ use https://www.gebish.org/[Geb] to make our tests even Groovy-er.
 == Why Geb and MockMvc?

 Geb is backed by WebDriver, so it offers many of the
-xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#mockmvc-server-htmlunit-webdriver-why[same benefits]
-that we get from WebDriver. However, Geb makes things even easier by taking care of some
-of the boilerplate code for us.
+xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-webdriver-why[same benefits] that we get from
+WebDriver. However, Geb makes things even easier by taking care of some of the
+boilerplate code for us.

 [[mockmvc-server-htmlunit-geb-setup]]
 == MockMvc and Geb Setup
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ def setup() {
 ----

 NOTE: This is a simple example of using `MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverBuilder`. For more advanced
-usage, see
-xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#mockmvc-server-htmlunit-webdriver-advanced-builder[Advanced `MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverBuilder`].
+usage, see xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-webdriver-advanced-builder[Advanced `MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverBuilder`].

 This ensures that any URL referencing `localhost` as the server is directed to our
 `MockMvc` instance without the need for a real HTTP connection. Any other URL is
@@ -63,10 +62,10 @@ forwarded to the current page object. This removes a lot of the boilerplate code
 needed when using WebDriver directly.

 As with direct WebDriver usage, this improves on the design of our
-xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#mockmvc-server-htmlunit-mah-usage[HtmlUnit test]
-by using the Page Object Pattern. As mentioned previously, we can use the Page Object
-Pattern with HtmlUnit and WebDriver, but it is even easier with Geb. Consider our new
-Groovy-based `CreateMessagePage` implementation:
+xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-mah-usage[HtmlUnit test] by using the Page Object
+Pattern. As mentioned previously, we can use the Page Object Pattern with HtmlUnit and
+WebDriver, but it is even easier with Geb. Consider our new Groovy-based
+`CreateMessagePage` implementation:

 [source,groovy]
 ----
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ to use the raw HtmlUnit libraries.
 [[mockmvc-server-htmlunit-mah-setup]]
 == MockMvc and HtmlUnit Setup

-First, make sure that you have included a test dependency on `org.htmlunit:htmlunit`.
+First, make sure that you have included a test dependency on
+`org.htmlunit:htmlunit`.

 We can easily create an HtmlUnit `WebClient` that integrates with MockMvc by using the
 `MockMvcWebClientBuilder`, as follows:
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ======

 NOTE: This is a simple example of using `MockMvcWebClientBuilder`. For advanced usage,
-see <<mockmvc-server-htmlunit-mah-advanced-builder>>.
+see xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-mah-advanced-builder[Advanced `MockMvcWebClientBuilder`].

 This ensures that any URL that references `localhost` as the server is directed to our
 `MockMvc` instance without the need for a real HTTP connection. Any other URL is
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ======

 NOTE: The default context path is `""`. Alternatively, we can specify the context path,
-as described in <<mockmvc-server-htmlunit-mah-advanced-builder>>.
+as described in xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-mah-advanced-builder[Advanced `MockMvcWebClientBuilder`].

 Once we have a reference to the `HtmlPage`, we can then fill out the form and submit it
 to create a message, as the following example shows:
@@ -143,10 +144,10 @@ Kotlin::
 ======

 The preceding code improves on our
-xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/why.adoc#mockmvc-server-htmlunit-why[MockMvc test] in a
-number of ways. First, we no longer have to explicitly verify our form and then create a
-request that looks like the form. Instead, we request the form, fill it out, and submit
-it, thereby significantly reducing the overhead.
+xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/why.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-mock-mvc-test[MockMvc test] in a number of ways.
+First, we no longer have to explicitly verify our form and then create a request that
+looks like the form. Instead, we request the form, fill it out, and submit it, thereby
+significantly reducing the overhead.

 Another important factor is that https://htmlunit.sourceforge.io/javascript.html[HtmlUnit
 uses the Mozilla Rhino engine] to evaluate JavaScript. This means that we can also test
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ======

 NOTE: This is a simple example of using `MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverBuilder`. For more advanced
-usage, see <<mockmvc-server-htmlunit-webdriver-advanced-builder>>.
+usage, see xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-webdriver-advanced-builder[Advanced `MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverBuilder`].

 The preceding example ensures that any URL that references `localhost` as the server is
 directed to our `MockMvc` instance without the need for a real HTTP connection. Any other
@@ -259,11 +259,10 @@ Kotlin::
 ======
 --

-This improves on the design of our
-xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#mockmvc-server-htmlunit-mah-usage[HtmlUnit test]
+This improves on the design of our xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/mah.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-mah-usage[HtmlUnit test]
 by leveraging the Page Object Pattern. As we mentioned in
-<<mockmvc-server-htmlunit-webdriver-why>>, we can use the Page Object Pattern with
-HtmlUnit, but it is much easier with WebDriver. Consider the following
+xref:testing/mockmvc/htmlunit/webdriver.adoc#spring-mvc-test-server-htmlunit-webdriver-why[Why WebDriver and MockMvc?], we can use the Page Object Pattern
+with HtmlUnit, but it is much easier with WebDriver. Consider the following
 `CreateMessagePage` implementation:

 --
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ assume our form looks like the following snippet:
 	</form>
 ----

-How do we ensure that our form produces the correct request to create a new message? A
+How do we ensure that our form produce the correct request to create a new message? A
 naive attempt might resemble the following:

 [tabs]
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ validation.
 [[mockmvc-server-htmlunit-why-integration]]
 == Integration Testing to the Rescue?

-To resolve the issues mentioned above, we could perform end-to-end integration testing,
+To resolve the issues mentioned earlier, we could perform end-to-end integration testing,
 but this has some drawbacks. Consider testing the view that lets us page through the
 messages. We might need the following tests:

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ leads to a number of additional challenges:
 * Testing can become slow, since each test would need to ensure that the database is in
  the correct state.
 * Since our database needs to be in a specific state, we cannot run tests in parallel.
-* Performing assertions on items such as auto-generated IDs, timestamps, and others can
+* Performing assertions on such items as auto-generated IDs, timestamps, and others can
  be difficult.

 These challenges do not mean that we should abandon end-to-end integration testing
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 = Application Events

 The TestContext framework provides support for recording
-xref:core/beans/context-introduction.adoc#context-functionality-events[application events]
-published in the `ApplicationContext` so that assertions can be performed against those
-events within tests. All events published during the execution of a single test are made
-available via the `ApplicationEvents` API which allows you to process the events as a
+xref:core/beans/context-introduction.adoc#context-functionality-events[application events] published in the
+`ApplicationContext` so that assertions can be performed against those events within
+tests. All events published during the execution of a single test are made available via
+the `ApplicationEvents` API which allows you to process the events as a
 `java.util.Stream`.

 To use `ApplicationEvents` in your tests, do the following.
@@ -16,23 +16,16 @@ To use `ApplicationEvents` in your tests, do the following.
  that `ApplicationEventsTestExecutionListener` is registered by default and only needs
  to be manually registered if you have custom configuration via
  `@TestExecutionListeners` that does not include the default listeners.
-* When using the
-  xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-extension[SpringExtension for JUnit Jupiter],
-  declare a method parameter of type `ApplicationEvents` in a `@Test`, `@BeforeEach`, or
-  `@AfterEach` method.
-** Since `ApplicationEvents` is scoped to the lifecycle of the current test method, this
-   is the recommended approach.
-* Alternatively, you can annotate a field of type `ApplicationEvents` with `@Autowired`
-  and use that instance of `ApplicationEvents` in your test and lifecycle methods.
-
-NOTE: `ApplicationEvents` is registered with the `ApplicationContext` as a _resolvable
-dependency_ which is scoped to the lifecycle of the current test method. Consequently,
-`ApplicationEvents` cannot be accessed outside the lifecycle of a test method and cannot be
-`@Autowired` into the constructor of a test class.
+* Annotate a field of type `ApplicationEvents` with `@Autowired` and use that instance of
+  `ApplicationEvents` in your test and lifecycle methods (such as `@BeforeEach` and
+  `@AfterEach` methods in JUnit Jupiter).
+** When using the xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-extension[SpringExtension for JUnit Jupiter], you may declare a method
+   parameter of type `ApplicationEvents` in a test or lifecycle method as an alternative
+   to an `@Autowired` field in the test class.

 The following test class uses the `SpringExtension` for JUnit Jupiter and
-{assertj-docs}[AssertJ] to assert the types of application events published while
-invoking a method in a Spring-managed component:
+{assertj-docs}[AssertJ] to assert the types of application events
+published while invoking a method in a Spring-managed component:

 // Don't use "quotes" in the "subs" section because of the asterisks in /* ... */
 [tabs]
@@ -45,10 +38,16 @@ Java::
 	@RecordApplicationEvents // <1>
 	class OrderServiceTests {

+		@Autowired
+		OrderService orderService;
+
+		@Autowired
+		ApplicationEvents events; // <2>
+
 		@Test
-		void submitOrder(@Autowired OrderService service, ApplicationEvents events) { // <2>
+		void submitOrder() {
 			// Invoke method in OrderService that publishes an event
-			service.submitOrder(new Order(/* ... */));
+			orderService.submitOrder(new Order(/* ... */));
 			// Verify that an OrderSubmitted event was published
 			long numEvents = events.stream(OrderSubmitted.class).count(); // <3>
 			assertThat(numEvents).isEqualTo(1);
@@ -67,10 +66,16 @@ Kotlin::
 	@RecordApplicationEvents // <1>
 	class OrderServiceTests {

+		@Autowired
+		lateinit var orderService: OrderService
+
+		@Autowired
+		lateinit var events: ApplicationEvents // <2>
+
 		@Test
-		fun submitOrder(@Autowired service: OrderService, events: ApplicationEvents) { // <2>
+		fun submitOrder() {
 			// Invoke method in OrderService that publishes an event
-			service.submitOrder(Order(/* ... */))
+			orderService.submitOrder(Order(/* ... */))
 			// Verify that an OrderSubmitted event was published
 			val numEvents = events.stream(OrderSubmitted::class).count() // <3>
 			assertThat(numEvents).isEqualTo(1)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TestNG:
 * Dependency injection for test constructors, test methods, and test lifecycle callback
  methods. See xref:testing/testcontext-framework/support-classes.adoc#testcontext-junit-jupiter-di[Dependency
  Injection with the `SpringExtension`] for further details.
-* Powerful support for link:https://docs.junit.org/current/user-guide/#extensions-conditions[conditional
+* Powerful support for link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#extensions-conditions[conditional
  test execution] based on SpEL expressions, environment variables, system properties,
  and so on. See the documentation for `@EnabledIf` and `@DisabledIf` in
  xref:testing/annotations/integration-junit-jupiter.adoc[Spring JUnit Jupiter Testing Annotations]
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ for further details.
 === Dependency Injection with the `SpringExtension`

 The `SpringExtension` implements the
-link:https://docs.junit.org/current/user-guide/#extensions-parameter-resolution[`ParameterResolver`]
+link:https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#extensions-parameter-resolution[`ParameterResolver`]
 extension API from JUnit Jupiter, which lets Spring provide dependency injection for test
 constructors, test methods, and test lifecycle callback methods.

@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ of `PlatformTransactionManager` within the test's `ApplicationContext`, you can
 qualifier by using `@Transactional("myTxMgr")` or `@Transactional(transactionManager =
 "myTxMgr")`, or `TransactionManagementConfigurer` can be implemented by an
 `@Configuration` class. Consult the
-{spring-framework-api}/test/context/transaction/TestContextTransactionUtils.html#retrieveTransactionManager(org.springframework.test.context.TestContext,java.lang.String)[javadoc
+{spring-framework-api}/test/context/transaction/TestContextTransactionUtils.html#retrieveTransactionManager-org.springframework.test.context.TestContext-java.lang.String-[javadoc
 for `TestContextTransactionUtils.retrieveTransactionManager()`] for details on the
 algorithm used to look up a transaction manager in the test's `ApplicationContext`.

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ infrastructure and controller declarations and use it to handle requests via moc
 and response objects, without a running server.

 For WebFlux, use the following where the Spring `ApplicationContext` is passed to
-{spring-framework-api}/web/server/adapter/WebHttpHandlerBuilder.html#applicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)[WebHttpHandlerBuilder]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/server/adapter/WebHttpHandlerBuilder.html#applicationContext-org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext-[WebHttpHandlerBuilder]
 to create the xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#webflux-web-handler-api[WebHandler chain] to handle
 requests:

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ rejected. No CORS headers are added to the responses of simple and actual CORS r
 and, consequently, browsers reject them.

 Each `HandlerMapping` can be
-{spring-framework-api}/web/reactive/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations(java.util.Map)[configured]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/reactive/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations-java.util.Map-[configured]
 individually with URL pattern-based `CorsConfiguration` mappings. In most cases, applications
 use the WebFlux Java configuration to declare such mappings, which results in a single,
 global map passed to all `HandlerMapping` implementations.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class- or method-level `@CrossOrigin` annotations (other handlers can implement
 The rules for combining global and local configuration are generally additive -- for example,
 all global and all local origins. For those attributes where only a single value can be
 accepted, such as `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`, the local overrides the global value. See
-{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine(org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration)[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine-org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration-[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
 for more details.

 [TIP]
@@ -294,28 +294,7 @@ allPartsEvents.windowUntil(PartEvent::isLast)
 ----
 ======

-NOTE: The body contents of the `PartEvent` objects must be completely consumed, relayed, or released to avoid memory leaks.
-
-The following shows how to bind request parameters, including an optional `DataBinder` customization:
-
-[tabs]
-======
-Java::
-+
-[source,java]
----
-Pet pet = request.bind(Pet.class, dataBinder -> dataBinder.setAllowedFields("name"));
----
-
-Kotlin::
-+
-[source,kotlin]
----
-val pet = request.bind(Pet::class.java, {dataBinder -> dataBinder.setAllowedFields("name")})
----
-======
-
-
+Note that the body contents of the `PartEvent` objects must be completely consumed, relayed, or released to avoid memory leaks.

 [[webflux-fn-response]]
 === ServerResponse
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ Java::
 ----
 	@GetMapping
 	FragmentsRendering handle() {
-		return FragmentsRendering.fragment("posts").fragment("comments").build();
+		return FragmentsRendering.with("posts").fragment("comments").build();
 	}
 ----

@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ----
 	@GetMapping
 	fun handle(): FragmentsRendering {
-		return FragmentsRendering.fragment("posts").fragment("comments").build()
+		return FragmentsRendering.with("posts").fragment("comments").build()
 	}
 ----
 ======
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@
 = WebClient
 :page-section-summary-toc: 1

-Spring WebFlux includes a client to perform HTTP requests. `WebClient` has a
-functional, fluent API based on Reactor (see xref:web/webflux-reactive-libraries.adoc[Reactive Libraries])
+Spring WebFlux includes a client to perform HTTP requests with. `WebClient` has a
+functional, fluent API based on Reactor, see xref:web-reactive.adoc#webflux-reactive-libraries[Reactive Libraries],
 which enables declarative composition of asynchronous logic without the need to deal with
-threads or concurrency. It is fully non-blocking, supports streaming, and relies on
+threads or concurrency. It is fully non-blocking, it supports streaming, and relies on
 the same xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#webflux-codecs[codecs] that are also used to encode and
 decode request and response content on the server side.

-`WebClient` needs an HTTP client library to perform requests. There is built-in
+`WebClient` needs an HTTP client library to perform requests with. There is built-in
 support for the following:

 * {reactor-github-org}/reactor-netty[Reactor Netty]
 * {java-api}/java.net.http/java/net/http/HttpClient.html[JDK HttpClient]
 * https://github.com/jetty-project/jetty-reactive-httpclient[Jetty Reactive HttpClient]
 * https://hc.apache.org/index.html[Apache HttpComponents]
-* Others can be plugged in via `ClientHttpConnector`.
+* Others can be plugged via `ClientHttpConnector`.
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Java::
 			Flux<String> source = ... ;
 			Mono<Void> output = session.send(source.map(session::textMessage));	<2>

-			return input.and(output);											<3>
+			return Mono.zip(input, output).then();								<3>
 		}
 	}
 ----
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ Kotlin::
 			val source: Flux<String> = ...
 			val output = session.send(source.map(session::textMessage))		// <2>

-			return input.and(output)										// <3>
+			return Mono.zip(input, output).then()							// <3>
 		}
 	}
 ----
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ and others) and is equivalent to `required=false`.
 | Any other argument
 | If a method argument is not matched to any of the above, it is, by default, resolved as
  a `@RequestParam` if it is a simple type, as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  or as a `@ModelAttribute`, otherwise.
 |===
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ controller method xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-validation.adoc[Validation]

 TIP: Using `@ModelAttribute` is optional. By default, any argument that is not a simple
 value type as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
 _AND_ that is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as an implicit `@ModelAttribute`.

 WARNING: When compiling to a native image with GraalVM, the implicit `@ModelAttribute`
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ When a `@RequestParam` annotation is declared on a `Map<String, String>` or

 Note that use of `@RequestParam` is optional -- for example, to set its attributes. By
 default, any argument that is a simple value type (as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 and is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as if it were annotated
 with `@RequestParam`.
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ Reactor provides a dedicated operator for that, `Flux#collectList()`.
 | Other return values
 | If a return value remains unresolved in any other way, it is treated as a model
  attribute, unless it is a simple type as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  in which case it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -89,7 +89,39 @@ Kotlin::

 You can map requests by using glob patterns and wildcards:

-include::partial$web/uri-patterns.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+[cols="2,3,5"]
+|===
+|Pattern |Description |Example
+
+| `+?+`
+| Matches one character
+| `+"/pages/t?st.html"+` matches `+"/pages/test.html"+` and `+"/pages/t3st.html"+`
+
+| `+*+`
+| Matches zero or more characters within a path segment
+| `+"/resources/*.png"+` matches `+"/resources/file.png"+`
+
+`+"/projects/*/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` but does not match `+"/projects/spring/boot/versions"+`
+
+| `+**+`
+| Matches zero or more path segments until the end of the path
+| `+"/resources/**"+` matches `+"/resources/file.png"+` and `+"/resources/images/file.png"+`
+
+`+"/resources/**/file.png"+` is invalid as `+**+` is only allowed at the end of the path.
+
+| `+{name}+`
+| Matches a path segment and captures it as a variable named "name"
+| `+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` and captures `+project=spring+`
+
+| `+{name:[a-z]+}+`
+| Matches the regexp `+"[a-z]+"+` as a path variable named "name"
+| `+"/projects/{project:[a-z]+}/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` but not `+"/projects/spring1/versions"+`
+
+| `+{*path}+`
+| Matches zero or more path segments until the end of the path and captures it as a variable named "path"
+| `+"/resources/{*file}"+` matches `+"/resources/images/file.png"+` and captures `+file=/images/file.png+`
+
+|===

 Captured URI variables can be accessed with `@PathVariable`, as the following example shows:

@@ -202,13 +234,10 @@ Kotlin::
 ======
 --

-URI path patterns can also have:
-
- Embedded `${...}` placeholders that are resolved on startup via
-`PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer` against local, system, environment, and
-other property sources. This is useful, for example, to parameterize a base URL based on
-external configuration.
- SpEL expressions `#{...}`.
+URI path patterns can also have embedded `${...}` placeholders that are resolved on startup
+by using `PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer` against local, system, environment, and
+other property sources. You can use this, for example, to parameterize a base URL based on
+some external configuration.

 NOTE: Spring WebFlux uses `PathPattern` and the `PathPatternParser` for URI path matching support.
 Both classes are located in `spring-web` and are expressly designed for use with HTTP URL
@@ -7,23 +7,19 @@ Spring WebFlux has built-in xref:core/validation/validator.adoc[Validation] for
 `@RequestMapping` methods, including xref:core/validation/beanvalidation.adoc[Java Bean Validation].
 Validation may be applied at one of two levels:

-1. Java Bean Validation is applied individually to an
-xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/modelattrib-method-args.adoc[@ModelAttribute],
+1. xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/modelattrib-method-args.adoc[@ModelAttribute],
 xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/requestbody.adoc[@RequestBody], and
-xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/multipart-forms.adoc[@RequestPart] method parameter
-annotated with `@jakarta.validation.Valid` or Spring's `@Validated` so long as
-it is a command object rather than a container such as `Map` or `Collection`, it does not
-have `Errors` or `BindingResult` immediately after in the method signature, and does not
-otherwise require method validation (see next). `WebExchangeBindException` is the
-exception raised when validating a method parameter individually.
+xref:web/webflux/controller/ann-methods/multipart-forms.adoc[@RequestPart] argument
+resolvers validate a method argument individually if the method parameter is annotated
+with Jakarta `@Valid` or Spring's `@Validated`, _AND_ there is no `Errors` or
+`BindingResult` parameter immediately after, _AND_ method validation is not needed (to be
+discussed next). The exception raised in this case is `WebExchangeBindException`.

-2. Java Bean Validation is applied to the method when `@Constraint` annotations such as
-`@Min`, `@NotBlank` and others are declared directly on method parameters, or on the
-method for the return value, and it supersedes any validation that would be applied
-otherwise to a method parameter individually because method validation covers both
-method parameter constraints and nested constraints via `@Valid`.
-`HandlerMethodValidationException` is the exception raised validation is applied
-to the method.
+2. When `@Constraint` annotations such as `@Min`, `@NotBlank` and others are declared
+directly on method parameters, or on the method (for the return value), then method
+validation must be applied, and that supersedes validation at the method argument level
+because method validation covers both method parameter constraints and nested constraints
+via `@Valid`. The exception raised in this case is `HandlerMethodValidationException`.

 Applications must handle both `WebExchangeBindException` and
 `HandlerMethodValidationException` as either may be raised depending on the controller
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ was not provided (for example, model attribute was returned) or an async return
 view resolution scenarios. Explore the options in your IDE with code completion.
 * `Model`, `Map`: Extra model attributes to be added to the model for the request.
 * Any other: Any other return value (except for simple types, as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 is treated as a model attribute to be added to the model. The attribute name is derived
 from the class name by using {spring-framework-api}/core/Conventions.html[conventions],
 unless a handler method `@ModelAttribute` annotation is present.
@@ -15,27 +15,27 @@ See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-restclient[`RestClient`] for more de
 [[webmvc-webclient]]
 == `WebClient`

-`WebClient` is a reactive client for making HTTP requests with a fluent API.
+`WebClient` is a reactive client to perform HTTP requests with a fluent API.

-See xref:web/webflux-webclient.adoc[`WebClient`] for more details.
+See xref:web/webflux-webclient.adoc[WebClient] for more details.


 [[webmvc-resttemplate]]
 == `RestTemplate`

-`RestTemplate` is a synchronous client for making HTTP requests. It is the original
+`RestTemplate` is a synchronous client to perform HTTP requests. It is the original
 Spring REST client and exposes a simple, template-method API over underlying HTTP client
 libraries.

-See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-resttemplate[`RestTemplate`] for details.
+See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc[REST Endpoints] for details.


 [[webmvc-http-interface]]
 == HTTP Interface

-The Spring Framework lets you define an HTTP service as a Java interface with HTTP
+The Spring Frameworks lets you define an HTTP service as a Java interface with HTTP
 exchange methods. You can then generate a proxy that implements this interface and
 performs the exchanges. This helps to simplify HTTP remote access and provides additional
-flexibility for choosing an API style such as synchronous or reactive.
+flexibility for to choose an API style such as synchronous or reactive.

-See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-http-interface[HTTP Interface] for details.
+See xref:integration/rest-clients.adoc#rest-http-interface[REST Endpoints] for details.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ rejected. No CORS headers are added to the responses of simple and actual CORS r
 and, consequently, browsers reject them.

 Each `HandlerMapping` can be
-{spring-framework-api}/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations(java.util.Map)[configured]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.html#setCorsConfigurations-java.util.Map-[configured]
 individually with URL pattern-based `CorsConfiguration` mappings. In most cases, applications
 use the MVC Java configuration or the XML namespace to declare such mappings, which results
 in a single global map being passed to all `HandlerMapping` instances.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class- or method-level `@CrossOrigin` annotations (other handlers can implement
 The rules for combining global and local configuration are generally additive -- for example,
 all global and all local origins. For those attributes where only a single value can be
 accepted, for example, `allowCredentials` and `maxAge`, the local overrides the global value. See
-{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine(org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration)[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
+{spring-framework-api}/web/cors/CorsConfiguration.html#combine-org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration-[`CorsConfiguration#combine(CorsConfiguration)`]
 for more details.

 [TIP]
@@ -184,26 +184,6 @@ val map = request.params()
 ----
 ======

-The following shows how to bind request parameters, including an optional `DataBinder` customization:
-
-[tabs]
-======
-Java::
-+
-[source,java]
----
-Pet pet = request.bind(Pet.class, dataBinder -> dataBinder.setAllowedFields("name"));
----
-
-Kotlin::
-+
-[source,kotlin]
----
-val pet = request.bind(Pet::class.java, {dataBinder -> dataBinder.setAllowedFields("name")})
----
-======
-
-
 [[webmvc-fn-response]]
 === ServerResponse

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Java::
 ----
 	@GetMapping
 	FragmentsRendering handle() {
-		return FragmentsRendering.fragment("posts").fragment("comments").build();
+		return FragmentsRendering.with("posts").fragment("comments").build();
 	}
 ----

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Kotlin::
 ----
 	@GetMapping
 	fun handle(): FragmentsRendering {
-		return FragmentsRendering.fragment("posts").fragment("comments").build()
+		return FragmentsRendering.with("posts").fragment("comments").build()
 	}
 ----
 ======
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@

 [.small]#xref:web/webflux/reactive-spring.adoc#webflux-filters[See equivalent in the Reactive stack]#

-In the Servlet API, you can add a `jakarta.servlet.Filter` to apply interception-style logic
-before and after the rest of the processing chain of filters and the target `Servlet`.
-
-The `spring-web` module has a number of built-in `Filter` implementations:
+The `spring-web` module provides some useful filters:

 * xref:web/webmvc/filters.adoc#filters-http-put[Form Data]
 * xref:web/webmvc/filters.adoc#filters-forwarded-headers[Forwarded Headers]
@@ -14,19 +11,9 @@ The `spring-web` module has a number of built-in `Filter` implementations:
 * xref:web/webmvc/filters.adoc#filters-cors[CORS]
 * xref:web/webmvc/filters.adoc#filters.url-handler[URL Handler]

-There are also base class implementations for use in Spring applications:
-
-* `GenericFilterBean` -- base class for a `Filter` configured as a Spring bean;
-integrates with the Spring `ApplicationContext` lifecycle.
-* `OncePerRequestFilter` -- extension of `GenericFilterBean` that supports a single
-invocation at the start of a request, i.e. during the `REQUEST` dispatch phase, and
-ignoring further handling via `FORWARD` dispatches. The filter also provides control
-over whether the `Filter` gets involved in `ASYNC` and `ERROR` dispatches.
-
-Servlet filters can be configured in `web.xml` or via Servlet annotations.
-In a Spring Boot application , you can
-{spring-boot-docs}/how-to/webserver.html#howto.webserver.add-servlet-filter-listener.spring-bean[declare Filter's as beans]
-and Boot will have them configured.
+Servlet filters can be configured in the `web.xml` configuration file or using Servlet annotations.
+If you are using Spring Boot, you can
+{spring-boot-docs}/how-to/webserver.html#howto.webserver.add-servlet-filter-listener.spring-bean[declare them as beans and configure them as part of your application].


 [[filters-http-put]]
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ reactive types from the controller method.
 Reactive return values are handled as follows:

 * A single-value promise is adapted to, similar to using `DeferredResult`. Examples
-include `CompletionStage` (JDK), `Mono` (Reactor), and `Single` (RxJava).
+include `CompletionStage` (JDK), Mono` (Reactor), and `Single` (RxJava).
 * A multi-value stream with a streaming media type (such as `application/x-ndjson`
 or `text/event-stream`) is adapted to, similar to using `ResponseBodyEmitter` or
 `SseEmitter`. Examples include `Flux` (Reactor) or `Observable` (RxJava).
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Message codes and arguments for each error are also resolved via `MessageSource`

 | `TypeMismatchException`
 | (default)
-| `+{0}+` property name, `+{1}+` property value, `+{2}+` simple name of required type
+| `+{0}+` property name, `+{1}+` property value

 | `UnsatisfiedServletRequestParameterException`
 | (default)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ the content negotiation during the error handling phase will decide which conten

 | Any other return value
 | If a return value is not matched to any of the above and is not a simple type (as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
  by default, it is treated as a model attribute to be added to the model. If it is a simple type,
  it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -135,6 +135,6 @@ and others) and is equivalent to `required=false`.
 | Any other argument
 | If a method argument is not matched to any of the earlier values in this table and it is
  a simple type (as determined by
-	{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
+	{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]),
  it is resolved as a `@RequestParam`. Otherwise, it is resolved as a `@ModelAttribute`.
 |===
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-validation.adoc[Validation].

 TIP: Using `@ModelAttribute` is optional. By default, any parameter that is not a simple
 value type as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty]
 _AND_ that is not resolved by any other argument resolver is treated as an implicit `@ModelAttribute`.

 WARNING: When compiling to a native image with GraalVM, the implicit `@ModelAttribute`
@@ -117,6 +117,6 @@ Kotlin::

 Note that use of `@RequestParam` is optional (for example, to set its attributes).
 By default, any argument that is a simple value type (as determined by
-{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
+{spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty])
 and is not resolved by any other argument resolver, is treated as if it were annotated
 with `@RequestParam`.
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ supported for all return values.
 | Other return values
 | If a return value remains unresolved in any other way, it is treated as a model
  attribute, unless it is a simple type as determined by
-  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty(java.lang.Class)[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
+  {spring-framework-api}/beans/BeanUtils.html#isSimpleProperty-java.lang.Class-[BeanUtils#isSimpleProperty],
  in which case it remains unresolved.
 |===
@@ -103,9 +103,22 @@ Spring WebFlux. It was enabled for use in Spring MVC from version 5.3 and is ena
 default from version 6.0. See xref:web/webmvc/mvc-config/path-matching.adoc[MVC config] for
 customizations of path matching options.

-You can map requests by using glob patterns and wildcards:
+`PathPattern` supports the same pattern syntax as `AntPathMatcher`. In addition, it also
+supports the capturing pattern, for example, `+{*spring}+`, for matching 0 or more path segments
+at the end of a path. `PathPattern` also restricts the use of `+**+` for matching multiple
+path segments such that it's only allowed at the end of a pattern. This eliminates many
+cases of ambiguity when choosing the best matching pattern for a given request.
+For full pattern syntax please refer to
+{spring-framework-api}/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.html[PathPattern] and
+{spring-framework-api}/util/AntPathMatcher.html[AntPathMatcher].

-include::partial$web/uri-patterns.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+Some example patterns:
+
+* `+"/resources/ima?e.png"+` - match one character in a path segment
+* `+"/resources/*.png"+` - match zero or more characters in a path segment
+* `+"/resources/**"+` - match multiple path segments
+* `+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` - match a path segment and capture it as a variable
+* `++"/projects/{project:[a-z]+}/versions"++` - match and capture a variable with a regex

 Captured URI variables can be accessed with `@PathVariable`. For example:

@@ -204,13 +217,10 @@ Kotlin::
 ----
 ======

-URI path patterns can also have:
-
- Embedded `${...}` placeholders that are resolved on startup via
-`PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer` against local, system, environment, and
-other property sources. This is useful, for example, to parameterize a base URL based on
-external configuration.
- SpEL expression `#{...}`.
+URI path patterns can also have embedded `${...}` placeholders that are resolved on startup
+by using `PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer` against local, system, environment, and
+other property sources. You can use this, for example, to parameterize a base URL based on
+some external configuration.


 [[mvc-ann-requestmapping-pattern-comparison]]
@@ -221,7 +231,7 @@ When multiple patterns match a URL, the best match must be selected. This is don
 one of the following depending on whether use of parsed `PathPattern` is enabled for use or not:

 * {spring-framework-api}/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.html#SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR[`PathPattern.SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR`]
-* {spring-framework-api}/util/AntPathMatcher.html#getPatternComparator(java.lang.String)[`AntPathMatcher.getPatternComparator(String path)`]
+* {spring-framework-api}/util/AntPathMatcher.html#getPatternComparator-java.lang.String-[`AntPathMatcher.getPatternComparator(String path)`]

 Both help to sort patterns with more specific ones on top. A pattern is more specific if
 it has a lower count of URI variables (counted as 1), single wildcards (counted as 1),
@@ -7,26 +7,22 @@ Spring MVC has built-in xref:core/validation/validator.adoc[validation] for
 `@RequestMapping` methods, including xref:core/validation/beanvalidation.adoc[Java Bean Validation].
 Validation may be applied at one of two levels:

-1. Java Bean Validation is applied individually to an
-xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/modelattrib-method-args.adoc[@ModelAttribute],
+1. xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/modelattrib-method-args.adoc[@ModelAttribute],
 xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/requestbody.adoc[@RequestBody], and
-xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/multipart-forms.adoc[@RequestPart] method parameter
-annotated with `@jakarta.validation.Valid` or Spring's `@Validated` so long as
-it is a command object rather than a container such as `Map` or `Collection`, it does not
-have `Errors` or `BindingResult` immediately after in the method signature, and does not
-otherwise require method validation (see next). `MethodArgumentNotValidException` is the
-exception raised when validating a method parameter individually.
+xref:web/webmvc/mvc-controller/ann-methods/multipart-forms.adoc[@RequestPart] argument
+resolvers validate a method argument individually if the method parameter is annotated
+with Jakarta `@Valid` or Spring's `@Validated`, _AND_ there is no `Errors` or
+`BindingResult` parameter immediately after, _AND_ method validation is not needed (to be
+discussed next). The exception raised in this case is `MethodArgumentNotValidException`.

-2. Java Bean Validation is applied to the method when `@Constraint` annotations such as
-`@Min`, `@NotBlank` and others are declared directly on method parameters, or on the
-method for the return value, and it supersedes any validation that would be applied
-otherwise to a method parameter individually because method validation covers both
-method parameter constraints and nested constraints via `@Valid`.
-`HandlerMethodValidationException` is the exception raised validation is applied
-to the method.
+2. When `@Constraint` annotations such as `@Min`, `@NotBlank` and others are declared
+directly on method parameters, or on the method (for the return value), then method
+validation must be applied, and that supersedes validation at the method argument level
+because method validation covers both method parameter constraints and nested constraints
+via `@Valid`. The exception raised in this case is `HandlerMethodValidationException`.

-Applications should handle both `MethodArgumentNotValidException` and
-`HandlerMethodValidationException` since either may be raised depending on the controller
+Applications must handle both `MethodArgumentNotValidException` and
+`HandlerMethodValidationException` as either may be raised depending on the controller
 method signature. The two exceptions, however are designed to be very similar, and can be
 handled with almost identical code. The main difference is that the former is for a single
 object while the latter is for a list of method parameters.
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-[cols="2,3,5"]
-|===
-|Pattern |Description |Example
-
-| `spring`
-| Literal pattern
-| `+"/spring"+` matches `+"/spring"+`
-
-| `+?+`
-| Matches one character
-| `+"/pages/t?st.html"+` matches `+"/pages/test.html"+` and `+"/pages/t3st.html"+`
-
-| `+*+`
-| Matches zero or more characters within a path segment
-| `+"/resources/*.png"+` matches `+"/resources/file.png"+`
-
-`+"/projects/*/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` but does not match `+"/projects/spring/boot/versions"+`.
-
-`+"/projects/*"+` matches `+"/projects/spring"+` but does not match `+"/projects"+` as the path segment is not present.
-
-| `+**+`
-| Matches zero or more path segments
-| `+"/resources/**"+` matches `+"/resources"+`, `+"/resources/file.png"+` and `+"/resources/images/file.png"+`
-
-`+"/**/info"+` matches `+"/info"+`, `+"/spring/info"+` and `+"/spring/framework/info"+`
-
-`+"/resources/**/file.png"+` is invalid as `+**+` is not allowed in the middle of the path.
-
-`+"/**/spring/**"+` is not allowed, as only a single `+**+`/`+{*path}+` instance is allowed per pattern.
-
-| `+{name}+`
-| Similar to `+*+`, but also captures the path segment as a variable named "name"
-| `+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` and captures `+project=spring+`
-
-`+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` does not match `+"/projects/spring/framework/versions"+` as it captures a single path segment.
-
-| `{name:[a-z]+}`
-| Matches the regexp `"[a-z]+"` as a path variable named "name"
-| `"/projects/{project:[a-z]+}/versions"` matches `"/projects/spring/versions"` but not `"/projects/spring1/versions"`
-
-| `+{*path}+`
-| Similar to `+**+`, but also captures the path segments as a variable named "path"
-| `+"/resources/{*file}"+` matches `+"/resources/images/file.png"+` and captures `+file=/images/file.png+`
-
-`+"{*path}/resources"+` matches `+"/spring/framework/resources"+` and captures `+path=/spring/framework+`
-
-`+"/resources/{*path}/file.png"+` is invalid as `{*path}` is not allowed in the middle of the path.
-
-`+"/{*path}/spring/**"+` is not allowed, as only a single `+**+`/`+{*path}+` instance is allowed per pattern.
-
-|===
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    "@antora/atlas-extension": "1.0.0-alpha.2",
    "@antora/collector-extension": "1.0.0-alpha.3",
    "@asciidoctor/tabs": "1.0.0-beta.6",
-    "@springio/antora-extensions": "1.14.7",
+    "@springio/antora-extensions": "1.14.2",
    "fast-xml-parser": "4.5.2",
    "@springio/asciidoctor-extensions": "1.0.0-alpha.10"
  }
@@ -7,33 +7,33 @@ javaPlatform {
 }

 dependencies {
-	api(platform("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.18.5"))
-	api(platform("io.micrometer:micrometer-bom:1.14.14"))
-	api(platform("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.128.Final"))
+	api(platform("com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.18.4"))
+	api(platform("io.micrometer:micrometer-bom:1.14.9"))
+	api(platform("io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.123.Final"))
 	api(platform("io.netty:netty5-bom:5.0.0.Alpha5"))
-	api(platform("io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:2024.0.13"))
+	api(platform("io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:2024.0.8"))
 	api(platform("io.rsocket:rsocket-bom:1.1.5"))
-	api(platform("org.apache.groovy:groovy-bom:4.0.29"))
+	api(platform("org.apache.groovy:groovy-bom:4.0.27"))
 	api(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.21.1"))
-	api(platform("org.assertj:assertj-bom:3.27.6"))
-	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-bom:12.0.30"))
-	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-bom:12.0.30"))
+	api(platform("org.assertj:assertj-bom:3.27.3"))
+	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-bom:12.0.23"))
+	api(platform("org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-bom:12.0.23"))
 	api(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-bom:1.8.1"))
 	api(platform("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-bom:1.6.3"))
-	api(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.14.1"))
-	api(platform("org.mockito:mockito-bom:5.20.0"))
+	api(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.13.3"))
+	api(platform("org.mockito:mockito-bom:5.18.0"))

 	constraints {
-		api("com.fasterxml:aalto-xml:1.3.4")
+		api("com.fasterxml:aalto-xml:1.3.2")
 		api("com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.7.0")
-		api("com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.2.3")
+		api("com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.2.1")
 		api("com.github.librepdf:openpdf:1.3.43")
 		api("com.google.code.findbugs:findbugs:3.0.1")
 		api("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
-		api("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2")
-		api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.32.1")
+		api("com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.1")
+		api("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.30.2")
 		api("com.h2database:h2:2.3.232")
-		api("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.10.0")
+		api("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0")
 		api("com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc11:21.9.0.0")
 		api("com.rometools:rome:1.19.0")
 		api("com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.14.9")
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ dependencies {
 		api("io.r2dbc:r2dbc-h2:1.0.0.RELEASE")
 		api("io.r2dbc:r2dbc-spi-test:1.0.0.RELEASE")
 		api("io.r2dbc:r2dbc-spi:1.0.0.RELEASE")
-		api("io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.12")
+		api("io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.10")
 		api("io.smallrye.reactive:mutiny:1.10.0")
-		api("io.undertow:undertow-core:2.3.20.Final")
-		api("io.undertow:undertow-servlet:2.3.20.Final")
-		api("io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr:2.3.20.Final")
+		api("io.undertow:undertow-core:2.3.18.Final")
+		api("io.undertow:undertow-servlet:2.3.18.Final")
+		api("io.undertow:undertow-websockets-jsr:2.3.18.Final")
 		api("io.vavr:vavr:0.10.4")
 		api("jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api:2.0.1")
 		api("jakarta.annotation:jakarta.annotation-api:2.0.0")
@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ dependencies {
 		api("junit:junit:4.13.2")
 		api("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:5.0.4")
 		api("org.apache-extras.beanshell:bsh:2.0b6")
-        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:5.17.7")
-        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-kahadb-store:5.17.7")
-        api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-stomp:5.17.7")
-        api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-jakarta-client:2.42.0")
-        api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-junit-5:2.42.0")
+		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-broker:5.17.6")
+		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-kahadb-store:5.17.6")
+		api("org.apache.activemq:activemq-stomp:5.17.6")
+		api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-jakarta-client:2.31.2")
+		api("org.apache.activemq:artemis-junit-5:2.31.2")
 		api("org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.9.0")
 		api("org.apache.derby:derby:10.16.1.1")
 		api("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.16.1.1")
 		api("org.apache.derby:derbytools:10.16.1.1")
 		api("org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.5")
-		api("org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-reactive:5.3.5")
+		api("org.apache.httpcomponents.core5:httpcore5-reactive:5.3.4")
 		api("org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.5")
 		api("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:10.1.28")
 		api("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:10.1.28")
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ dependencies {
 		api("org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.72")
 		api("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.5.4")
 		api("org.crac:crac:1.4.0")
-		api("org.dom4j:dom4j:2.2.0")
-		api("org.easymock:easymock:5.6.0")
-		api("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient:4.0.12")
+		api("org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.4")
+		api("org.easymock:easymock:5.5.0")
+		api("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-reactive-httpclient:4.0.9")
 		api("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa:3.0.4")
 		api("org.eclipse:yasson:2.0.4")
 		api("org.ehcache:ehcache:3.10.8")
@@ -129,24 +129,24 @@ dependencies {
 		api("org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:5.6.15.Final")
 		api("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:7.0.5.Final")
 		api("org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.7.4")
-		api("org.htmlunit:htmlunit:4.18.0")
+		api("org.htmlunit:htmlunit:4.13.0")
 		api("org.javamoney:moneta:1.4.4")
-		api("org.jruby:jruby:9.4.13.0")
+		api("org.jruby:jruby:9.4.12.0")
 		api("org.junit.support:testng-engine:1.0.5")
 		api("org.mozilla:rhino:1.7.15")
 		api("org.ogce:xpp3:1.1.6")
 		api("org.python:jython-standalone:2.7.4")
 		api("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:2.3.2")
-		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit3-driver:4.38.0")
-		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.38.0")
+		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit3-driver:4.33.0")
+		api("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:4.34.0")
 		api("org.skyscreamer:jsonassert:1.5.3")
 		api("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17")
 		api("org.testng:testng:7.11.0")
 		api("org.webjars:underscorejs:1.8.3")
 		api("org.webjars:webjars-locator-core:0.59")
 		api("org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite:1.1.0")
-		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj:2.10.4")
-		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.10.4")
-		api("org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.5")
+		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj:2.10.3")
+		api("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:2.10.3")
+		api("org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.4")
 	}
 }
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=6.2.15
+version=6.2.9

 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface ProxyMethodInvocation extends MethodInvocation {
 	MethodInvocation invocableClone(Object... arguments);

 	/**
-	 * Set the arguments to be used on subsequent invocations in any advice
+	 * Set the arguments to be used on subsequent invocations in the any advice
 	 * in this chain.
 	 * @param arguments the argument array
 	 */
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ public abstract class AopConfigUtils {
 		Assert.notNull(registry, "BeanDefinitionRegistry must not be null");

 		if (registry.containsBeanDefinition(AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR_BEAN_NAME)) {
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = registry.getBeanDefinition(AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR_BEAN_NAME);
-			if (!cls.getName().equals(beanDefinition.getBeanClassName())) {
-				int currentPriority = findPriorityForClass(beanDefinition.getBeanClassName());
+			BeanDefinition apcDefinition = registry.getBeanDefinition(AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR_BEAN_NAME);
+			if (!cls.getName().equals(apcDefinition.getBeanClassName())) {
+				int currentPriority = findPriorityForClass(apcDefinition.getBeanClassName());
 				int requiredPriority = findPriorityForClass(cls);
 				if (currentPriority < requiredPriority) {
-					beanDefinition.setBeanClassName(cls.getName());
+					apcDefinition.setBeanClassName(cls.getName());
 				}
 			}
 			return null;
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public abstract class AopConfigUtils {

 		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(cls);
 		beanDefinition.setSource(source);
-		beanDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
 		beanDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("order", Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE);
+		beanDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
 		registry.registerBeanDefinition(AUTO_PROXY_CREATOR_BEAN_NAME, beanDefinition);
 		return beanDefinition;
 	}
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor extends ProxyProcessorSu
 			}
 			proxyFactory.addAdvisor(this.advisor);
 			customizeProxyFactory(proxyFactory);
-			proxyFactory.setPreFiltered(true);

 			// Use original ClassLoader if bean class not locally loaded in overriding class loader
 			ClassLoader classLoader = getProxyClassLoader();
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ abstract class CoroutinesUtils {
 		}
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
 	@Nullable
+	@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 	static Object awaitSingleOrNull(@Nullable Object value, Object continuation) {
 		return MonoKt.awaitSingleOrNull(value instanceof Mono mono ? mono : Mono.justOrEmpty(value),
 				(Continuation<Object>) continuation);
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

 /**
- * Extension of {@link AbstractAdvisingBeanPostProcessor} which implements
- * {@link BeanFactoryAware}, adds exposure of the original target class for each
- * proxied bean ({@link AutoProxyUtils#ORIGINAL_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE}),
+ * Extension of {@link AbstractAutoProxyCreator} which implements {@link BeanFactoryAware},
+ * adds exposure of the original target class for each proxied bean
+ * ({@link AutoProxyUtils#ORIGINAL_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE}),
 * and participates in an externally enforced target-class mode for any given bean
 * ({@link AutoProxyUtils#PRESERVE_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE}).
 * This post-processor is therefore aligned with {@link AbstractAutoProxyCreator}.
@@ -81,19 +81,13 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {
 		// Copy autowire settings from original bean definition.
 		proxyDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(targetDefinition.isAutowireCandidate());
 		proxyDefinition.setPrimary(targetDefinition.isPrimary());
-		proxyDefinition.setFallback(targetDefinition.isFallback());
 		if (targetDefinition instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition abd) {
-			proxyDefinition.setDefaultCandidate(abd.isDefaultCandidate());
 			proxyDefinition.copyQualifiersFrom(abd);
 		}

 		// The target bean should be ignored in favor of the scoped proxy.
 		targetDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(false);
 		targetDefinition.setPrimary(false);
-		targetDefinition.setFallback(false);
-		if (targetDefinition instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition abd) {
-			abd.setDefaultCandidate(false);
-		}

 		// Register the target bean as separate bean in the factory.
 		registry.registerBeanDefinition(targetBeanName, targetDefinition);
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 * Tests for {@link AsyncExecutionInterceptor}.
 *
 * @author Bao Ngo
+ * @since 7.0
 */
 class AsyncExecutionInterceptorTests {

@@ -61,13 +62,11 @@ class AsyncExecutionInterceptorTests {
 		O run();
 	}

-
 	static class FutureRunner implements GenericRunner<Future<Void>> {
-
 		@Override
 		public Future<Void> run() {
-			return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {});
+			return CompletableFuture.runAsync(() -> {
+			});
 		}
 	}
-
 }
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.aop.scope;

 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.GenericBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry;
-
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;

@@ -34,7 +25,6 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException
 * Tests for {@link ScopedProxyUtils}.
 *
 * @author Sam Brannen
- * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 5.1.10
 */
 class ScopedProxyUtilsTests {
@@ -63,79 +53,15 @@ class ScopedProxyUtilsTests {
 	@Test
 	void getOriginalBeanNameForNullTargetBean() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> ScopedProxyUtils.getOriginalBeanName(null))
-				.withMessage("bean name 'null' does not refer to the target of a scoped proxy");
+			.isThrownBy(() -> ScopedProxyUtils.getOriginalBeanName(null))
+			.withMessage("bean name 'null' does not refer to the target of a scoped proxy");
 	}

 	@Test
 	void getOriginalBeanNameForNonScopedTarget() {
 		assertThatIllegalArgumentException()
-				.isThrownBy(() -> ScopedProxyUtils.getOriginalBeanName("myBean"))
-				.withMessage("bean name 'myBean' does not refer to the target of a scoped proxy");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void createScopedProxyTargetAppliesAutowireSettingsToProxyBeanDefinition() {
-		AbstractBeanDefinition targetDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
-		// Opposite of defaults
-		targetDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(false);
-		targetDefinition.setDefaultCandidate(false);
-		targetDefinition.setPrimary(true);
-		targetDefinition.setFallback(true);
-
-		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
-		BeanDefinitionHolder proxyHolder = ScopedProxyUtils.createScopedProxy(
-				new BeanDefinitionHolder(targetDefinition, "myBean"), registry, false);
-		AbstractBeanDefinition proxyBeanDefinition = (AbstractBeanDefinition) proxyHolder.getBeanDefinition();
-
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.isAutowireCandidate()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.isDefaultCandidate()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.isPrimary()).isTrue();
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.isFallback()).isTrue();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void createScopedProxyTargetAppliesBeanAttributesToProxyBeanDefinition() {
-		GenericBeanDefinition targetDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
-		// Opposite of defaults
-		targetDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-		targetDefinition.setSource("theSource");
-		targetDefinition.addQualifier(new AutowireCandidateQualifier("myQualifier"));
-
-		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
-		BeanDefinitionHolder proxyHolder = ScopedProxyUtils.createScopedProxy(
-				new BeanDefinitionHolder(targetDefinition, "myBean"), registry, false);
-		BeanDefinition proxyBeanDefinition = proxyHolder.getBeanDefinition();
-
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.getRole()).isEqualTo(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition).isInstanceOf(RootBeanDefinition.class);
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.getPropertyValues()).hasSize(2);
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.getPropertyValues().get("proxyTargetClass")).isEqualTo(false);
-		assertThat(proxyBeanDefinition.getPropertyValues().get("targetBeanName")).isEqualTo(
-				ScopedProxyUtils.getTargetBeanName("myBean"));
-
-		RootBeanDefinition rootBeanDefinition = (RootBeanDefinition) proxyBeanDefinition;
-		assertThat(rootBeanDefinition.getQualifiers()).hasSize(1);
-		assertThat(rootBeanDefinition.hasQualifier("myQualifier")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(rootBeanDefinition.getSource()).isEqualTo("theSource");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void createScopedProxyTargetCleansAutowireSettingsInTargetDefinition() {
-		AbstractBeanDefinition targetDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
-		targetDefinition.setAutowireCandidate(true);
-		targetDefinition.setDefaultCandidate(true);
-		targetDefinition.setPrimary(true);
-		targetDefinition.setFallback(true);
-
-		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
-		ScopedProxyUtils.createScopedProxy(
-				new BeanDefinitionHolder(targetDefinition, "myBean"), registry, false);
-
-		assertThat(targetDefinition.isAutowireCandidate()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(targetDefinition.isDefaultCandidate()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(targetDefinition.isPrimary()).isFalse();
-		assertThat(targetDefinition.isFallback()).isFalse();
+			.isThrownBy(() -> ScopedProxyUtils.getOriginalBeanName("myBean"))
+			.withMessage("bean name 'myBean' does not refer to the target of a scoped proxy");
 	}

 }
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.aop.framework
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import java.time.LocalDateTime

 /**
 * Tests for Kotlin support in [CglibAopProxy].
@@ -49,13 +48,6 @@ class CglibAopProxyKotlinTests {
 		assertThatThrownBy { proxy.checkedException() }.isInstanceOf(CheckedException::class.java)
 	}

-	@Test // gh-35487
-	fun jvmDefault() {
-		val proxyFactory = ProxyFactory()
-		proxyFactory.setTarget(AddressRepo())
-		proxyFactory.proxy
-	}
-

 	open class MyKotlinBean {

@@ -71,24 +63,4 @@ class CglibAopProxyKotlinTests {
 	}

 	class CheckedException() : Exception()
-
-	open class AddressRepo(): CrudRepo<Address, Int>
-
-	interface CrudRepo<E : Any, ID : Any> {
-		fun save(e: E): E {
-			return e
-		}
-		fun delete(id: ID): Long {
-			return 0L
-		}
-	}
-
-	data class Address(
-		val id: Int = 0,
-		val street: String,
-		val version: Int = 0,
-		val createdAt: LocalDateTime? = null,
-		val updatedAt: LocalDateTime? = null,
-	)
-
 }
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor implements SmartInstantiationA
 		}

 		final List<InjectionMetadata.InjectedElement> elements = new ArrayList<>();
-		Class<?> targetClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(clazz);
+		Class<?> targetClass = clazz;

 		do {
 			final List<InjectionMetadata.InjectedElement> fieldElements = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -586,11 +586,12 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor implements SmartInstantiationA

 			final List<InjectionMetadata.InjectedElement> methodElements = new ArrayList<>();
 			ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(targetClass, method -> {
-				if (method.isBridge()) {
+				Method bridgedMethod = BridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(method);
+				if (!BridgeMethodResolver.isVisibilityBridgeMethodPair(method, bridgedMethod)) {
 					return;
 				}
-				MergedAnnotation<?> ann = findAutowiredAnnotation(method);
-				if (ann != null && method.equals(BridgeMethodResolver.getMostSpecificMethod(method, clazz))) {
+				MergedAnnotation<?> ann = findAutowiredAnnotation(bridgedMethod);
+				if (ann != null && method.equals(ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, clazz))) {
 					if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
 						if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
 							logger.info("Autowired annotation is not supported on static methods: " + method);
@@ -608,7 +609,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor implements SmartInstantiationA
 						}
 					}
 					boolean required = determineRequiredStatus(ann);
-					PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(method, clazz);
+					PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(bridgedMethod, clazz);
 					methodElements.add(new AutowiredMethodElement(method, required, pd));
 				}
 			});
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 	 * {@code true} if a qualifier has been found and matched,
 	 * {@code null} if no qualifier has been found at all
 	 */
+
 	@Nullable
 	protected Boolean checkQualifiers(BeanDefinitionHolder bdHolder, Annotation[] annotationsToSearch) {
 		boolean qualifierFound = false;
@@ -374,17 +375,6 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		MethodParameter methodParam = descriptor.getMethodParameter();
-		if (methodParam != null) {
-			Method method = methodParam.getMethod();
-			if (method == null || void.class == method.getReturnType()) {
-				for (Annotation annotation : methodParam.getMethodAnnotations()) {
-					if (isQualifier(annotation.annotationType())) {
-						return true;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
 		return false;
 	}

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGenerator.Delegate;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGeneratorDelegates;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGeneratorDelegates.CollectionDelegate;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGeneratorDelegates.MapDelegate;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowiredPropertyMarker;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
@@ -58,7 +57,6 @@ abstract class BeanDefinitionPropertyValueCodeGeneratorDelegates {
 	 * <li>{@link LinkedHashMap}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link BeanReference}</li>
 	 * <li>{@link TypedStringValue}</li>
-	 * <li>{@link AutowiredPropertyMarker}</li>
 	 * </ul>
 	 * When combined with {@linkplain ValueCodeGeneratorDelegates#INSTANCES the
 	 * delegates for common value types}, this should be added first as they have
@@ -70,8 +68,7 @@ abstract class BeanDefinitionPropertyValueCodeGeneratorDelegates {
 			new ManagedMapDelegate(),
 			new LinkedHashMapDelegate(),
 			new BeanReferenceDelegate(),
-			new TypedStringValueDelegate(),
-			new AutowiredPropertyMarkerDelegate()
+			new TypedStringValueDelegate()
 	);


@@ -219,20 +216,4 @@ abstract class BeanDefinitionPropertyValueCodeGeneratorDelegates {
 			return valueCodeGenerator.generateCode(value);
 		}
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * {@link Delegate} for {@link AutowiredPropertyMarker} types.
-	 */
-	private static class AutowiredPropertyMarkerDelegate implements Delegate {
-
-		@Override
-		@Nullable
-		public CodeBlock generateCode(ValueCodeGenerator valueCodeGenerator, Object value) {
-			if (value instanceof AutowiredPropertyMarker) {
-				return CodeBlock.of("$T.INSTANCE", AutowiredPropertyMarker.class);
-			}
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
 }
@@ -294,12 +294,9 @@ public class InstanceSupplierCodeGenerator {

 		this.generationContext.getRuntimeHints().reflection().registerMethod(factoryMethod, ExecutableMode.INVOKE);
 		GeneratedMethod getInstanceMethod = generateGetInstanceSupplierMethod(method -> {
-			CodeWarnings codeWarnings = new CodeWarnings();
 			Class<?> suppliedType = ClassUtils.resolvePrimitiveIfNecessary(factoryMethod.getReturnType());
-			codeWarnings.detectDeprecation(suppliedType, factoryMethod);
 			method.addJavadoc("Get the bean instance supplier for '$L'.", beanName);
 			method.addModifiers(PRIVATE_STATIC);
-			codeWarnings.suppress(method);
 			method.returns(ParameterizedTypeName.get(BeanInstanceSupplier.class, suppliedType));
 			method.addStatement(generateInstanceSupplierForFactoryMethod(
 					factoryMethod, suppliedType, targetClass, factoryMethod.getName()));
@@ -152,18 +152,6 @@ public interface ConfigurableListableBeanFactory
 	 */
 	boolean isConfigurationFrozen();

-	/**
-	 * Mark current thread as main bootstrap thread for singleton instantiation,
-	 * with lenient bootstrap locking applying for background threads.
-	 * <p>Any such marker is to be removed at the end of the managed bootstrap in
-	 * {@link #preInstantiateSingletons()}.
-	 * @since 6.2.12
-	 * @see #setBootstrapExecutor
-	 * @see #preInstantiateSingletons()
-	 */
-	default void prepareSingletonBootstrap() {
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Ensure that all non-lazy-init singletons are instantiated, also considering
 	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean FactoryBeans}.
@@ -171,7 +159,6 @@ public interface ConfigurableListableBeanFactory
 	 * @throws BeansException if one of the singleton beans could not be created.
 	 * Note: This may have left the factory with some beans already initialized!
 	 * Call {@link #destroySingletons()} for full cleanup in this case.
-	 * @see #prepareSingletonBootstrap()
 	 * @see #destroySingletons()
 	 */
 	void preInstantiateSingletons() throws BeansException;
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	 * to check whether the bean with the given name matches the specified type. Allow
 	 * additional constraints to be applied to ensure that beans are not created early.
 	 * @param name the name of the bean to query
-	 * @param typeToMatch the type to match against (as a {@code ResolvableType})
+	 * @param typeToMatch the type to match against (as a
+	 * {@code ResolvableType})
 	 * @return {@code true} if the bean type matches, {@code false} if it
 	 * doesn't match or cannot be determined yet
 	 * @throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException if there is no bean with the given name
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @since 1.1
+ * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader
 */
 public abstract class BeanDefinitionReaderUtils {
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.AliasRegistry;
 * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
 * @see org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader
+ * @see PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader
 */
 public interface BeanDefinitionRegistry extends AliasRegistry {

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ 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;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException;
@@ -197,8 +196,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	/** Map from bean name to merged BeanDefinitionHolder. */
 	private final Map<String, BeanDefinitionHolder> mergedBeanDefinitionHolders = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(256);

-	/** Map of bean definition names with a primary marker plus corresponding type. */
-	private final Map<String, Class<?>> primaryBeanNamesWithType = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(16);
+	/** Set of bean definition names with a primary marker. */
+	private final Set<String> primaryBeanNames = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet(16);

 	/** Map of singleton and non-singleton bean names, keyed by dependency type. */
 	private final Map<Class<?>, String[]> allBeanNamesByType = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(64);
@@ -1038,7 +1037,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	protected void cacheMergedBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition mbd, String beanName) {
 		super.cacheMergedBeanDefinition(mbd, beanName);
 		if (mbd.isPrimary()) {
-			this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.put(beanName, Void.class);
+			this.primaryBeanNames.add(beanName);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1102,11 +1101,6 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		return null;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public void prepareSingletonBootstrap() {
-		this.mainThreadPrefix = getThreadNamePrefix();
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void preInstantiateSingletons() throws BeansException {
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
@@ -1118,12 +1112,11 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		List<String> beanNames = new ArrayList<>(this.beanDefinitionNames);

 		// Trigger initialization of all non-lazy singleton beans...
+		List<CompletableFuture<?>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+
 		this.preInstantiationThread.set(PreInstantiation.MAIN);
-		if (this.mainThreadPrefix == null) {
-			this.mainThreadPrefix = getThreadNamePrefix();
-		}
+		this.mainThreadPrefix = getThreadNamePrefix();
 		try {
-			List<CompletableFuture<?>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
 			for (String beanName : beanNames) {
 				RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
 				if (!mbd.isAbstract() && mbd.isSingleton()) {
@@ -1133,20 +1126,21 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			if (!futures.isEmpty()) {
-				try {
-					CompletableFuture.allOf(futures.toArray(new CompletableFuture<?>[0])).join();
-				}
-				catch (CompletionException ex) {
-					ReflectionUtils.rethrowRuntimeException(ex.getCause());
-				}
-			}
 		}
 		finally {
 			this.mainThreadPrefix = null;
 			this.preInstantiationThread.remove();
 		}

+		if (!futures.isEmpty()) {
+			try {
+				CompletableFuture.allOf(futures.toArray(new CompletableFuture<?>[0])).join();
+			}
+			catch (CompletionException ex) {
+				ReflectionUtils.rethrowRuntimeException(ex.getCause());
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Trigger post-initialization callback for all applicable beans...
 		for (String beanName : beanNames) {
 			Object singletonInstance = getSingleton(beanName, false);
@@ -1319,7 +1313,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto

 		// Cache a primary marker for the given bean.
 		if (beanDefinition.isPrimary()) {
-			this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.put(beanName, Void.class);
+			this.primaryBeanNames.add(beanName);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1411,7 +1405,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		destroySingleton(beanName);

 		// Remove a cached primary marker for the given bean.
-		this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.remove(beanName);
+		this.primaryBeanNames.remove(beanName);

 		// Notify all post-processors that the specified bean definition has been reset.
 		for (MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor processor : getBeanPostProcessorCache().mergedDefinition) {
@@ -1461,30 +1455,11 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		}
 	}

-	@Override
-	protected void addSingleton(String beanName, Object singletonObject) {
-		super.addSingleton(beanName, singletonObject);
-
-		Predicate<Class<?>> filter = (beanType -> beanType != Object.class && beanType.isInstance(singletonObject));
-		this.allBeanNamesByType.keySet().removeIf(filter);
-		this.singletonBeanNamesByType.keySet().removeIf(filter);
-
-		if (this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.containsKey(beanName) && singletonObject.getClass() != NullBean.class) {
-			Class<?> beanType = (singletonObject instanceof FactoryBean<?> fb ?
-					getTypeForFactoryBean(fb) : singletonObject.getClass());
-			if (beanType != null) {
-				this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.put(beanName, beanType);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public void registerSingleton(String beanName, Object singletonObject) throws IllegalStateException {
 		super.registerSingleton(beanName, singletonObject);
-
 		updateManualSingletonNames(set -> set.add(beanName), set -> !this.beanDefinitionMap.containsKey(beanName));
-		this.allBeanNamesByType.remove(Object.class);
-		this.singletonBeanNamesByType.remove(Object.class);
+		clearByTypeCache();
 	}

 	@Override
@@ -1653,8 +1628,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		return doResolveDependency(descriptor, requestingBeanName, autowiredBeanNames, typeConverter);
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")  // Dataflow analysis limitation
 	@Nullable
+	@SuppressWarnings("NullAway")
 	public Object doResolveDependency(DependencyDescriptor descriptor, @Nullable String beanName,
 			@Nullable Set<String> autowiredBeanNames, @Nullable TypeConverter typeConverter) throws BeansException {

@@ -1991,8 +1966,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 			DependencyDescriptor fallbackDescriptor = descriptor.forFallbackMatch();
 			for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
 				if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) && isAutowireCandidate(candidate, fallbackDescriptor) &&
-						(!multiple || matchesBeanName(candidate, descriptor.getDependencyName()) ||
-								getAutowireCandidateResolver().hasQualifier(descriptor))) {
+						(!multiple || getAutowireCandidateResolver().hasQualifier(descriptor))) {
 					addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
 				}
 			}
@@ -2109,9 +2083,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 					boolean candidateLocal = containsBeanDefinition(candidateBeanName);
 					boolean primaryLocal = containsBeanDefinition(primaryBeanName);
 					if (candidateLocal == primaryLocal) {
-						String message = "more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: " + candidates.keySet();
-						logger.trace(message);
-						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.size(), message);
+						throw new NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException(requiredType, candidates.size(),
+								"more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: " + candidates.keySet());
 					}
 					else if (candidateLocal) {
 						primaryBeanName = candidateBeanName;
@@ -2263,12 +2236,12 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Determine whether the given dependency name matches the bean name or the aliases
+	 * Determine whether the given candidate name matches the bean name or the aliases
 	 * stored in this bean definition.
 	 */
-	protected boolean matchesBeanName(String beanName, @Nullable String dependencyName) {
-		return (dependencyName != null &&
-				(dependencyName.equals(beanName) || ObjectUtils.containsElement(getAliases(beanName), dependencyName)));
+	protected boolean matchesBeanName(String beanName, @Nullable String candidateName) {
+		return (candidateName != null &&
+				(candidateName.equals(beanName) || ObjectUtils.containsElement(getAliases(beanName), candidateName)));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -2288,12 +2261,8 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	 * not matching the given bean name.
 	 */
 	private boolean hasPrimaryConflict(String beanName, Class<?> dependencyType) {
-		for (Map.Entry<String, Class<?>> candidate : this.primaryBeanNamesWithType.entrySet()) {
-			String candidateName = candidate.getKey();
-			Class<?> candidateType = candidate.getValue();
-			if (!candidateName.equals(beanName) && (candidateType != Void.class ?
-					dependencyType.isAssignableFrom(candidateType) :  // cached singleton class for primary bean
-					isTypeMatch(candidateName, dependencyType))) {  // not instantiated yet or not a singleton
+		for (String candidate : this.primaryBeanNames) {
+			if (isTypeMatch(candidate, dependencyType) && !candidate.equals(beanName)) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	public void registerContainedBean(String containedBeanName, String containingBeanName) {
 		synchronized (this.containedBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> containedBeans =
-					this.containedBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(containingBeanName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.containedBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(containingBeanName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			if (!containedBeans.add(containedBeanName)) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements

 		synchronized (this.dependentBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> dependentBeans =
-					this.dependentBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(canonicalName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.dependentBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(canonicalName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			if (!dependentBeans.add(dependentBeanName)) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements

 		synchronized (this.dependenciesForBeanMap) {
 			Set<String> dependenciesForBean =
-					this.dependenciesForBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(dependentBeanName, key -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
+					this.dependenciesForBeanMap.computeIfAbsent(dependentBeanName, k -> new LinkedHashSet<>(8));
 			dependenciesForBean.add(canonicalName);
 		}
 	}
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;

 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -419,29 +418,14 @@ class DisposableBeanAdapter implements DisposableBean, Runnable, Serializable {
 		String destroyMethodName = beanDefinition.resolvedDestroyMethodName;
 		if (destroyMethodName == null) {
 			destroyMethodName = beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodName();
-			boolean autoCloseable = AutoCloseable.class.isAssignableFrom(target);
-			boolean executorService = ExecutorService.class.isAssignableFrom(target);
+			boolean autoCloseable = (AutoCloseable.class.isAssignableFrom(target));
 			if (AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD.equals(destroyMethodName) ||
-					(destroyMethodName == null && (autoCloseable || executorService))) {
+					(destroyMethodName == null && autoCloseable)) {
 				// Only perform destroy method inference in case of the bean
 				// not explicitly implementing the DisposableBean interface
 				destroyMethodName = null;
 				if (!(DisposableBean.class.isAssignableFrom(target))) {
-					if (executorService) {
-						destroyMethodName = SHUTDOWN_METHOD_NAME;
-						try {
-							// On JDK 19+, avoid the ExecutorService-level AutoCloseable default implementation
-							// which awaits task termination for 1 day, even for delayed tasks such as cron jobs.
-							// Custom close() implementations in ExecutorService subclasses are still accepted.
-							if (target.getMethod(CLOSE_METHOD_NAME).getDeclaringClass() != ExecutorService.class) {
-								destroyMethodName = CLOSE_METHOD_NAME;
-							}
-						}
-						catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
-							// Ignore - stick with shutdown()
-						}
-					}
-					else if (autoCloseable) {
+					if (autoCloseable) {
 						destroyMethodName = CLOSE_METHOD_NAME;
 					}
 					else {
@@ -128,48 +128,43 @@ public abstract class FactoryBeanRegistrySupport extends DefaultSingletonBeanReg
 				locked = (lockFlag && this.singletonLock.tryLock());
 			}
 			try {
-				// Defensively synchronize against non-thread-safe FactoryBean.getObject() implementations,
-				// potentially to be called from a background thread while the main thread currently calls
-				// the same getObject() method within the singleton lock.
-				synchronized (factory) {
-					Object object = this.factoryBeanObjectCache.get(beanName);
-					if (object == null) {
-						object = doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(factory, beanName);
-						// Only post-process and store if not put there already during getObject() call above
-						// (for example, because of circular reference processing triggered by custom getBean calls)
-						Object alreadyThere = this.factoryBeanObjectCache.get(beanName);
-						if (alreadyThere != null) {
-							object = alreadyThere;
-						}
-						else {
-							if (shouldPostProcess) {
+				Object object = this.factoryBeanObjectCache.get(beanName);
+				if (object == null) {
+					object = doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(factory, beanName);
+					// Only post-process and store if not put there already during getObject() call above
+					// (for example, because of circular reference processing triggered by custom getBean calls)
+					Object alreadyThere = this.factoryBeanObjectCache.get(beanName);
+					if (alreadyThere != null) {
+						object = alreadyThere;
+					}
+					else {
+						if (shouldPostProcess) {
+							if (locked) {
+								if (isSingletonCurrentlyInCreation(beanName)) {
+									// Temporarily return non-post-processed object, not storing it yet
+									return object;
+								}
+								beforeSingletonCreation(beanName);
+							}
+							try {
+								object = postProcessObjectFromFactoryBean(object, beanName);
+							}
+							catch (Throwable ex) {
+								throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
+										"Post-processing of FactoryBean's singleton object failed", ex);
+							}
+							finally {
 								if (locked) {
-									if (isSingletonCurrentlyInCreation(beanName)) {
-										// Temporarily return non-post-processed object, not storing it yet
-										return object;
-									}
-									beforeSingletonCreation(beanName);
-								}
-								try {
-									object = postProcessObjectFromFactoryBean(object, beanName);
-								}
-								catch (Throwable ex) {
-									throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
-											"Post-processing of FactoryBean's singleton object failed", ex);
-								}
-								finally {
-									if (locked) {
-										afterSingletonCreation(beanName);
-									}
+									afterSingletonCreation(beanName);
 								}
 							}
-							if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
-								this.factoryBeanObjectCache.put(beanName, object);
-							}
+						}
+						if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
+							this.factoryBeanObjectCache.put(beanName, object);
 						}
 					}
-					return object;
 				}
+				return object;
 			}
 			finally {
 				if (locked) {
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @since 26.11.2003
 * @see DefaultListableBeanFactory
- * @deprecated in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats and/or
- * custom BeanDefinitionReader implementations
+ * @deprecated as of 5.3, in favor of Spring's common bean definition formats
+ * and/or custom reader implementations
 */
-@Deprecated(since = "5.3")
+@Deprecated
 public class PropertiesBeanDefinitionReader extends AbstractBeanDefinitionReader {

 	/**
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class PathEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 		if (resource == null) {
 			setValue(null);
 		}
-		else if (nioPathCandidate && (!resource.isFile() || !resource.exists())) {
+		else if (nioPathCandidate && !resource.exists()) {
 			setValue(Paths.get(text).normalize());
 		}
 		else {
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPropertyAccessorTests {
 		assertThat(target.getAge()).as("age is OK").isEqualTo(age);
 		assertThat(name).as("name is OK").isEqualTo(target.getName());
 		accessor.setPropertyValues(new MutablePropertyValues());
-		// Check it's unchanged
+		// Check its unchanged
 		assertThat(target.getAge()).as("age is OK").isEqualTo(age);
 		assertThat(name).as("name is OK").isEqualTo(target.getName());
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.core.testfixture.io.SerializationTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;

 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -1799,7 +1798,7 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 		assertThatExceptionOfType(NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> lbf.getBean(TestBean.class))
-				.withMessageEndingWith("more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: [bd1, bd2]");
+				.withMessageContaining("more than one 'primary'");
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -2123,7 +2122,7 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 		assertThatExceptionOfType(NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException.class)
 				.isThrownBy(() -> lbf.getBean(ConstructorDependency.class, 42))
-				.withMessageEndingWith("more than one 'primary' bean found among candidates: [bd1, bd2]");
+				.withMessageContaining("more than one 'primary'");
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -3203,33 +3202,6 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(holder.getNonPublicEnum()).isEqualTo(NonPublicEnum.VALUE_1);
 	}

-	@Test
-	void mostSpecificCacheEntryForTypeMatching() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition();
-		bd1.setFactoryBeanName("config");
-		bd1.setFactoryMethodName("create");
-		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("config", new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithFactoryMethod.class));
-		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd1", bd1);
-		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd2", new RootBeanDefinition(NestedTestBean.class));
-		lbf.freezeConfiguration();
-
-		String[] allBeanNames = lbf.getBeanNamesForType(Object.class);
-		String[] nestedBeanNames = lbf.getBeanNamesForType(NestedTestBean.class);
-		assertThat(lbf.getType("bd1")).isEqualTo(TestBean.class);
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class)).containsExactly("bd1");
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(DerivedTestBean.class)).isEmpty();
-		lbf.getBean("bd1");
-		assertThat(lbf.getType("bd1")).isEqualTo(DerivedTestBean.class);
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(TestBean.class)).containsExactly("bd1");
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(DerivedTestBean.class)).containsExactly("bd1");
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(NestedTestBean.class)).isSameAs(nestedBeanNames);
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(Object.class)).isSameAs(allBeanNames);
-
-		lbf.registerSingleton("bd3", new Object());
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(NestedTestBean.class)).isSameAs(nestedBeanNames);
-		assertThat(lbf.getBeanNamesForType(Object.class)).containsExactly(StringUtils.addStringToArray(allBeanNames, "bd3"));
-	}
-

 	private int registerBeanDefinitions(Properties p) {
 		return registerBeanDefinitions(p, null);
@@ -3446,7 +3418,7 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		}

 		public TestBean create() {
-			DerivedTestBean tb = new DerivedTestBean();
+			TestBean tb = new TestBean();
 			tb.setName(this.name);
 			return tb;
 		}
@@ -3674,11 +3646,11 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {

 		private FactoryBean<?> factoryBean;

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

-		public void setFactoryBean(FactoryBean<?> factoryBean) {
+		public final void setFactoryBean(final FactoryBean<?> factoryBean) {
 			this.factoryBean = factoryBean;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1275,6 +1275,88 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(bean.getTestBean().get("testBean2")).isNull();
 	}

+	@Test
+	void fieldInjectionWithMap() {
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
+		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
+		TestBean tb1 = new TestBean("tb1");
+		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean("tb2");
+		bf.registerSingleton("testBean1", tb1);
+		bf.registerSingleton("testBean2", tb2);
+		bf.registerAlias("testBean1", "testBean");
+
+		MapFieldInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean2");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb1);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb2);
+
+		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(2);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean2");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb1);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb2);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void methodInjectionWithMap() {
+		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
+		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
+		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
+		bf.registerSingleton("testBean", tb);
+
+		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
+
+		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void methodInjectionWithMapAndMultipleMatches() {
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean1", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean2", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(UnsatisfiedDependencyException.class).as("should have failed, more than one bean of type")
+				.isThrownBy(() -> bf.getBean("annotatedBean"))
+				.satisfies(methodParameterDeclaredOn(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void methodInjectionWithMapAndMultipleMatchesButOnlyOneAutowireCandidate() {
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean1", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		rbd2.setAutowireCandidate(false);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean2", rbd2);
+
+		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
+		TestBean tb = bf.getBean("testBean1", TestBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void methodInjectionWithMapAndNoMatches() {
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
+
+		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isNull();
+		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isNull();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void constructorInjectionWithTypedMapAsBean() {
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(MapConstructorInjectionBean.class);
@@ -1327,19 +1409,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {

 	@Test
 	void constructorInjectionWithPlainHashMapAsBean() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean.class);
-		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBeanMap", new RootBeanDefinition(HashMap.class));
-
-		NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("testBeanMap"));
-		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("testBeanMap"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void constructorInjectionWithQualifiedPlainHashMapAsBean() {
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(QualifiedMapConstructorInjectionBean.class);
 		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
@@ -1428,114 +1497,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanSet()).contains(tb1, tb2);
 	}

-	@Test
-	void fieldInjectionWithMap() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
-		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
-		TestBean tb1 = new TestBean("tb1");
-		TestBean tb2 = new TestBean("tb2");
-		bf.registerSingleton("testBean1", tb1);
-		bf.registerSingleton("testBean2", tb2);
-		bf.registerAlias("testBean1", "testBean");
-
-		MapFieldInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(2);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean2");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb1);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb2);
-
-		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapFieldInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(2);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean2");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb1);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb2);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithMap() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
-		TestBean tb = new TestBean();
-		bf.registerSingleton("testBean", tb);
-
-		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
-
-		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithMapAndMultipleMatches() {
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean1", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean2", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
-		assertThatExceptionOfType(UnsatisfiedDependencyException.class).as("should have failed, more than one bean of type")
-				.isThrownBy(() -> bf.getBean("annotatedBean"))
-				.satisfies(methodParameterDeclaredOn(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithMapAndMultipleMatchesButOnlyOneAutowireCandidate() {
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean1", new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class));
-		RootBeanDefinition rbd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
-		rbd2.setAutowireCandidate(false);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBean2", rbd2);
-
-		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		TestBean tb = bf.getBean("testBean1", TestBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).hasSize(1);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsKey("testBean1");
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).containsValue(tb);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isSameAs(tb);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithMapAndNoMatches() {
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(MapMethodInjectionBean.class));
-
-		MapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", MapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isNull();
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBean()).isNull();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithPlainHashMapAsBean() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(NamedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("testBeanMap", new RootBeanDefinition(HashMap.class));
-
-		NamedMapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", NamedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("testBeanMap"));
-		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", NamedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("testBeanMap"));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void methodInjectionWithQualifiedPlainHashMapAsBean() {
-		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(QualifiedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", bd);
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("myTestBeanMap", new RootBeanDefinition(HashMap.class));
-
-		QualifiedMapMethodInjectionBean bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", QualifiedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("myTestBeanMap"));
-		bean = bf.getBean("annotatedBean", QualifiedMapMethodInjectionBean.class);
-		assertThat(bean.getTestBeanMap()).isSameAs(bf.getBean("myTestBeanMap"));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void selfReference() {
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("annotatedBean", new RootBeanDefinition(SelfInjectionBean.class));
@@ -2112,8 +2073,8 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("factoryBeanDependentBean", new RootBeanDefinition(FactoryBeanDependentBean.class));
 		bf.registerSingleton("stringFactoryBean", new StringFactoryBean());

-		StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
-		FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");
+		final StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
+		final FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");

 		assertThat(factoryBean).as("The singleton StringFactoryBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
 		assertThat(bean).as("The factoryBeanDependentBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
@@ -2724,7 +2685,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerSingleton("nonNullBean", "Test");
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mixedNullableInjectionBean",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MixedNullableInjectionBean.class));
-
 		MixedNullableInjectionBean mixedNullableInjectionBean = bf.getBean(MixedNullableInjectionBean.class);
 		assertThat(mixedNullableInjectionBean.nonNullBean).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(mixedNullableInjectionBean.nullableBean).isNull();
@@ -2735,7 +2695,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerSingleton("nonNullBean", "Test");
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mixedOptionalInjectionBean",
 				new RootBeanDefinition(MixedOptionalInjectionBean.class));
-
 		MixedOptionalInjectionBean mixedOptionalInjectionBean = bf.getBean(MixedOptionalInjectionBean.class);
 		assertThat(mixedOptionalInjectionBean.nonNullBean).isNotNull();
 		assertThat(mixedOptionalInjectionBean.nullableBean).isNull();
@@ -3299,21 +3258,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 	}


-	public static class NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean {
-
-		private Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap;
-
-		@Autowired
-		public NamedMapConstructorInjectionBean(Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap) {
-			this.testBeanMap = testBeanMap;
-		}
-
-		public Map<String, TestBean> getTestBeanMap() {
-			return this.testBeanMap;
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	public static class QualifiedMapConstructorInjectionBean {

 		private Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap;
@@ -3413,37 +3357,6 @@ class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 	}


-	public static class NamedMapMethodInjectionBean {
-
-		private Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap;
-
-		@Autowired
-		public void setTestBeanMap(Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap) {
-			this.testBeanMap = testBeanMap;
-		}
-
-		public Map<String, TestBean> getTestBeanMap() {
-			return this.testBeanMap;
-		}
-	}
-
-
-	public static class QualifiedMapMethodInjectionBean {
-
-		private Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap;
-
-		@Autowired
-		@Qualifier("myTestBeanMap")
-		public void setTestBeanMap(Map<String, TestBean> testBeanMap) {
-			this.testBeanMap = testBeanMap;
-		}
-
-		public Map<String, TestBean> getTestBeanMap() {
-			return this.testBeanMap;
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	public static class ObjectFactoryFieldInjectionBean implements Serializable {

@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ class InjectAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("factoryBeanDependentBean", new RootBeanDefinition(FactoryBeanDependentBean.class));
 		bf.registerSingleton("stringFactoryBean", new StringFactoryBean());

-		StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
-		FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");
+		final StringFactoryBean factoryBean = (StringFactoryBean) bf.getBean("&stringFactoryBean");
+		final FactoryBeanDependentBean bean = (FactoryBeanDependentBean) bf.getBean("factoryBeanDependentBean");

 		assertThat(factoryBean).as("The singleton StringFactoryBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
 		assertThat(bean).as("The factoryBeanDependentBean should have been registered.").isNotNull();
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ class InjectAnnotationBeanPostProcessorTests {

 		private ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory;

+
 		public ConstructorResourceInjectionBean() {
 			throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
 		}
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory.aot;

-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ import org.springframework.aot.generate.GenerationContext;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.MethodReference;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.MethodReference.ArgumentCodeGenerator;
 import org.springframework.aot.test.generate.TestGenerationContext;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowiredPropertyMarker;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
@@ -628,22 +626,6 @@ class BeanDefinitionMethodGeneratorTests {
 								-> assertThat(customPropertyValue.value()).isEqualTo("test")));
 	}

-	@Test
-	void generateBeanDefinitionMethodWhenHasAutowiredPropertyGeneratesMethod() {
-		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = (RootBeanDefinition) BeanDefinitionBuilder
-				.rootBeanDefinition(CustomBean.class).addAutowiredProperty("innerBean")
-				.getBeanDefinition();
-		RegisteredBean registeredBean = registerBean(beanDefinition);
-		BeanDefinitionMethodGenerator generator = new BeanDefinitionMethodGenerator(
-				this.methodGeneratorFactory, registeredBean, null,
-				Collections.emptyList());
-		MethodReference method = generator.generateBeanDefinitionMethod(
-				this.generationContext, this.beanRegistrationsCode);
-		compile(method, (actual, compiled) ->
-				assertThat(actual.getPropertyValues().get("innerBean"))
-						.isSameAs(AutowiredPropertyMarker.INSTANCE));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void generateBeanDefinitionMethodWhenHasAotContributionsAppliesContributions() {
 		RegisteredBean registeredBean = registerBean(
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.springframework.aot.generate.GeneratedClass;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGenerator;
 import org.springframework.aot.generate.ValueCodeGeneratorDelegates;
 import org.springframework.aot.test.generate.TestGenerationContext;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowiredPropertyMarker;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanNameReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
@@ -487,16 +486,4 @@ class BeanDefinitionPropertyValueCodeGeneratorDelegatesTests {

 	}

-	@Nested
-	class AutowiredPropertyMarkerTests {
-
-		@Test
-		void generateWhenAutowiredPropertyMarker() {
-			compile(AutowiredPropertyMarker.INSTANCE, (instance, compiler) ->
-					assertThat(instance).isInstanceOf(AutowiredPropertyMarker.class)
-							.isSameAs(AutowiredPropertyMarker.INSTANCE));
-		}
-
-	}
-
 }
@@ -418,16 +418,6 @@ class InstanceSupplierCodeGeneratorTests {
 			compileAndCheckWarnings(beanDefinition);
 		}

-		@Test
-		void generateWhenTargetFactoryMethodIsProtectedAndReturnTypeIsDeprecated() {
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.rootBeanDefinition(DeprecatedBean.class)
-					.setFactoryMethodOnBean("deprecatedReturnTypeProtected", "config").getBeanDefinition();
-			beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("config", BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.genericBeanDefinition(DeprecatedMemberConfiguration.class).getBeanDefinition());
-			compileAndCheckWarnings(beanDefinition);
-		}
-
 		private void compileAndCheckWarnings(BeanDefinition beanDefinition) {
 			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> compile(TEST_COMPILER, beanDefinition,
 					((instanceSupplier, compiled) -> {})));
@@ -474,26 +464,6 @@ class InstanceSupplierCodeGeneratorTests {
 			compileAndCheckWarnings(beanDefinition);
 		}

-		@Test
-		void generateWhenTargetFactoryMethodReturnTypeIsDeprecatedForRemoval() {
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.rootBeanDefinition(DeprecatedForRemovalBean.class)
-					.setFactoryMethodOnBean("deprecatedReturnType", "config").getBeanDefinition();
-			beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("config", BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.genericBeanDefinition(DeprecatedForRemovalMemberConfiguration.class).getBeanDefinition());
-			compileAndCheckWarnings(beanDefinition);
-		}
-
-		@Test
-		void generateWhenTargetFactoryMethodIsProtectedAndReturnTypeIsDeprecatedForRemoval() {
-			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.rootBeanDefinition(DeprecatedForRemovalBean.class)
-					.setFactoryMethodOnBean("deprecatedReturnTypeProtected", "config").getBeanDefinition();
-			beanFactory.registerBeanDefinition("config", BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.genericBeanDefinition(DeprecatedForRemovalMemberConfiguration.class).getBeanDefinition());
-			compileAndCheckWarnings(beanDefinition);
-		}
-
 		private void compileAndCheckWarnings(BeanDefinition beanDefinition) {
 			assertThatNoException().isThrownBy(() -> compile(TEST_COMPILER, beanDefinition,
 					((instanceSupplier, compiled) -> {})));
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;

 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

@@ -60,38 +59,13 @@ class RootBeanDefinitionTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForCloseMethod() {
+	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedInferredVaue() {
 		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithCloseMethod.class);
 		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
 		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
 		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("close");
 	}

-	@Test
-	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForShutdownMethod() {
-		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithShutdownMethod.class);
-		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
-		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
-		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("shutdown");
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForExecutorService() {
-		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanImplementingExecutorService.class);
-		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
-		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
-		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("shutdown");
-		// even on JDK 19+ where the ExecutorService interface declares a default AutoCloseable implementation
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void resolveDestroyMethodWithMatchingCandidateReplacedForAutoCloseableExecutorService() {
-		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanImplementingExecutorServiceAndAutoCloseable.class);
-		beanDefinition.setDestroyMethodName(AbstractBeanDefinition.INFER_METHOD);
-		beanDefinition.resolveDestroyMethodIfNecessary();
-		assertThat(beanDefinition.getDestroyMethodNames()).containsExactly("close");
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void resolveDestroyMethodWithNoCandidateSetDestroyMethodNameToNull() {
 		RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(BeanWithNoDestroyMethod.class);
@@ -116,25 +90,6 @@ class RootBeanDefinitionTests {
 	}


-	static class BeanWithShutdownMethod {
-
-		public void shutdown() {
-		}
-	}
-
-
-	abstract static class BeanImplementingExecutorService implements ExecutorService {
-	}
-
-
-	abstract static class BeanImplementingExecutorServiceAndAutoCloseable implements ExecutorService, AutoCloseable {
-
-		@Override
-		public void close() {
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	static class BeanWithNoDestroyMethod {
 	}

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.FieldRetrievingFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ComponentDefinition;
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Fisher
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {

 	private DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {


 	@BeforeEach
-	void setup() {
+	void setUp() {
 		this.beanFactory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(this.beanFactory);
 		reader.setEventListener(this.listener);
@@ -109,17 +109,17 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {

 	@Test
 	void testSimpleMap() {
-		Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("simpleMap");
+		Map<?, ?> map = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("simpleMap");
 		assertThat(map.get("foo")).isEqualTo("bar");
-		Map<?, ?> map2 = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("simpleMap");
+		Map<?, ?> map2 = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("simpleMap");
 		assertThat(map).isSameAs(map2);
 	}

 	@Test
 	void testScopedMap() {
-		Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("scopedMap");
+		Map<?, ?> map = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("scopedMap");
 		assertThat(map.get("foo")).isEqualTo("bar");
-		Map<?, ?> map2 = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("scopedMap");
+		Map<?, ?> map2 = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("scopedMap");
 		assertThat(map2.get("foo")).isEqualTo("bar");
 		assertThat(map).isNotSameAs(map2);
 	}
@@ -164,23 +164,17 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {
 	}

 	@Test
-	void testMapWithRef() throws Exception {
-		Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("mapWithRef");
+	void testMapWithRef() {
+		Map<?, ?> map = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("mapWithRef");
 		assertThat(map).isInstanceOf(TreeMap.class);
 		assertThat(map.get("bean")).isEqualTo(this.beanFactory.getBean("testBean"));
-		assertThat(this.beanFactory.resolveDependency(
-				new DependencyDescriptor(getClass().getDeclaredField("mapWithRef"), true), null))
-				.isSameAs(map);
 	}

 	@Test
-	void testMapWithTypes() throws Exception {
-		Map<?, ?> map = (Map<?, ?>) this.beanFactory.getBean("mapWithTypes");
+	void testMapWithTypes() {
+		Map<?, ?> map = (Map) this.beanFactory.getBean("mapWithTypes");
 		assertThat(map).isInstanceOf(LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap.class);
 		assertThat(map.get("bean")).isEqualTo(this.beanFactory.getBean("testBean"));
-		assertThat(this.beanFactory.resolveDependency(
-				new DependencyDescriptor(getClass().getDeclaredField("mapWithTypes"), true), null))
-				.isSameAs(map);
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -246,11 +240,11 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {
 	void testCircularCollections() {
 		TestBean bean = (TestBean) this.beanFactory.getBean("circularCollectionsBean");

-		assertThat(bean.getSomeList()).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
-		assertThat(bean.getSomeSet()).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(bean.getSomeList()).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);
+		assertThat(bean.getSomeSet()).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);
 		assertThat(bean.getSomeMap()).hasSize(1).allSatisfy((key, value) -> {
 			assertThat(key).isEqualTo("foo");
-			assertThat(value).isSameAs(bean);
+			assertThat(value).isEqualTo(bean);
 		});
 	}

@@ -261,17 +255,17 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {

 		List<?> list = bean.getSomeList();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(list.getClass())).isTrue();
-		assertThat(list).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(list).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Set<?> set = bean.getSomeSet();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(set.getClass())).isFalse();
-		assertThat(set).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(set).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Map<?, ?> map = bean.getSomeMap();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(map.getClass())).isFalse();
 		assertThat(map).hasSize(1).allSatisfy((key, value) -> {
 			assertThat(key).isEqualTo("foo");
-			assertThat(value).isSameAs(bean);
+			assertThat(value).isEqualTo(bean);
 		});
 	}

@@ -282,17 +276,17 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {

 		List<?> list = bean.getSomeList();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(list.getClass())).isFalse();
-		assertThat(list).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(list).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Set<?> set = bean.getSomeSet();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(set.getClass())).isTrue();
-		assertThat(set).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(set).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Map<?, ?> map = bean.getSomeMap();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(map.getClass())).isFalse();
 		assertThat(map).hasSize(1).allSatisfy((key, value) -> {
 			assertThat(key).isEqualTo("foo");
-			assertThat(value).isSameAs(bean);
+			assertThat(value).isEqualTo(bean);
 		});
 	}

@@ -303,17 +297,17 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {

 		List<?> list = bean.getSomeList();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(list.getClass())).isFalse();
-		assertThat(list).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(list).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Set<?> set = bean.getSomeSet();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(set.getClass())).isFalse();
-		assertThat(set).singleElement().isSameAs(bean);
+		assertThat(set).singleElement().isEqualTo(bean);

 		Map<?, ?> map = bean.getSomeMap();
 		assertThat(Proxy.isProxyClass(map.getClass())).isTrue();
 		assertThat(map).hasSize(1).allSatisfy((key, value) -> {
 			assertThat(key).isEqualTo("foo");
-			assertThat(value).isSameAs(bean);
+			assertThat(value).isEqualTo(bean);
 		});
 	}

@@ -378,9 +372,4 @@ class UtilNamespaceHandlerTests {
 		assertThat(props).as("Incorrect property value").containsEntry("foo2", "local2");
 	}

-
-	// For DependencyDescriptor resolution
-	private Map<String, TestBean> mapWithRef;
-	private Map<String, TestBean> mapWithTypes;
-
 }
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ public class TestBean implements BeanNameAware, BeanFactoryAware, ITestBean, IOt

 	private boolean jedi;

-	private String favoriteCafé;
-
 	private ITestBean spouse;

 	private String touchy;
@@ -211,14 +209,6 @@ public class TestBean implements BeanNameAware, BeanFactoryAware, ITestBean, IOt
 		this.jedi = jedi;
 	}

-	public String getFavoriteCafé() {
-		return this.favoriteCafé;
-	}
-
-	public void setFavoriteCafé(String favoriteCafé) {
-		this.favoriteCafé = favoriteCafé;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public ITestBean getSpouse() {
 		return this.spouse;
@@ -33,14 +33,4 @@ public class DeprecatedForRemovalMemberConfiguration {
 		return bean.toString();
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
-	public DeprecatedForRemovalBean deprecatedReturnType() {
-		return new DeprecatedForRemovalBean();
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
-	DeprecatedForRemovalBean deprecatedReturnTypeProtected() {
-		return new DeprecatedForRemovalBean();
-	}
-
 }
@@ -38,9 +38,4 @@ public class DeprecatedMemberConfiguration {
 		return new DeprecatedBean();
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
-	DeprecatedBean deprecatedReturnTypeProtected() {
-		return new DeprecatedBean();
-	}
-
 }
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;

 /**
 * Annotation {@link Processor} that writes a {@link CandidateComponentsMetadata}
- * file for Spring components.
+ * file for spring components.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 5.0
- * @deprecated as of 6.1, in favor of the AOT engine and the forthcoming
- * support for an AOT-generated Spring components index
+ * @deprecated as of 6.1, in favor of the AOT engine.
 */
@Deprecated(since = "6.1", forRemoval = true)
 public class CandidateComponentsIndexer implements Processor {
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import javax.lang.model.element.ElementKind;

 /**
 * A {@link StereotypesProvider} that extracts a stereotype for each
- * {@code jakarta.*} or {@code javax.*} annotation <i>present</i>
- * on a class or interface.
+ * {@code jakarta.*} or {@code javax.*} annotation <i>present</i> on a class or
+ * interface.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 5.0
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class CaffeineCacheManager implements CacheManager {

 	private boolean allowNullValues = true;

-	private volatile boolean dynamic = true;
+	private boolean dynamic = true;

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

@@ -102,15 +102,10 @@ public class CaffeineCacheManager implements CacheManager {

 	/**
 	 * Specify the set of cache names for this CacheManager's 'static' mode.
-	 * <p>The number of caches and their names will be fixed after a call
-	 * to this method, with no creation of further cache regions at runtime.
-	 * <p>Note that this method replaces existing caches of the given names
-	 * and prevents the creation of further cache regions from here on - but
-	 * does <i>not</i> remove unrelated existing caches. For a full reset,
-	 * consider calling {@link #resetCaches()} before calling this method.
-	 * <p>Calling this method with a {@code null} collection argument resets
-	 * the mode to 'dynamic', allowing for further creation of caches again.
-	 * @see #resetCaches()
+	 * <p>The number of caches and their names will be fixed after a call to this method,
+	 * with no creation of further cache regions at runtime.
+	 * <p>Calling this with a {@code null} collection argument resets the
+	 * mode to 'dynamic', allowing for further creation of caches again.
 	 */
 	public void setCacheNames(@Nullable Collection<String> cacheNames) {
 		if (cacheNames != null) {
@@ -250,6 +245,11 @@ public class CaffeineCacheManager implements CacheManager {
 	}


+	@Override
+	public Collection<String> getCacheNames() {
+		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheMap.keySet());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public Cache getCache(String name) {
@@ -260,33 +260,6 @@ public class CaffeineCacheManager implements CacheManager {
 		return cache;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public Collection<String> getCacheNames() {
-		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheMap.keySet());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Reset this cache manager's caches, removing them completely for on-demand
-	 * re-creation in 'dynamic' mode, or simply clearing their entries otherwise.
-	 * @since 6.2.14
-	 */
-	public void resetCaches() {
-		this.cacheMap.values().forEach(Cache::clear);
-		if (this.dynamic) {
-			this.cacheMap.keySet().retainAll(this.customCacheNames);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Remove the specified cache from this cache manager, applying to
-	 * custom caches as well as dynamically registered caches at runtime.
-	 * @param name the name of the cache
-	 * @since 6.1.15
-	 */
-	public void removeCache(String name) {
-		this.customCacheNames.remove(name);
-		this.cacheMap.remove(name);
-	}

 	/**
 	 * Register the given native Caffeine Cache instance with this cache manager,
@@ -330,6 +303,16 @@ public class CaffeineCacheManager implements CacheManager {
 		this.cacheMap.put(name, adaptCaffeineCache(name, cache));
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Remove the specified cache from this cache manager, applying to
+	 * custom caches as well as dynamically registered caches at runtime.
+	 * @param name the name of the cache
+	 * @since 6.1.15
+	 */
+	public void removeCache(String name) {
+		this.customCacheNames.remove(name);
+		this.cacheMap.remove(name);
+	}

 	/**
 	 * Adapt the given new native Caffeine Cache instance to Spring's {@link Cache}
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodClassKey;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -98,10 +97,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackJCacheOperationSource implements JCacheOpe
 		if (allowPublicMethodsOnly() && !Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers())) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		// Skip setBeanFactory method on BeanFactoryAware.
-		if (method.getDeclaringClass() == BeanFactoryAware.class) {
-			return null;
-		}

 		// The method may be on an interface, but we need metadata from the target class.
 		// If the target class is null, the method will be unchanged.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.CaffeineSpec;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
+import org.springframework.cache.CacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cache.support.SimpleValueWrapper;

 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class CaffeineCacheManagerTests {
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("cast")
 	void dynamicMode() {
-		CaffeineCacheManager cm = new CaffeineCacheManager();
+		CacheManager cm = new CaffeineCacheManager();

 		Cache cache1 = cm.getCache("c1");
 		assertThat(cache1).isInstanceOf(CaffeineCache.class);
@@ -75,14 +76,6 @@ class CaffeineCacheManagerTests {
 		cache1.evict("key3");
 		assertThat(cache1.get("key3", () -> (String) null)).isNull();
 		assertThat(cache1.get("key3", () -> (String) null)).isNull();
-
-		cm.removeCache("c1");
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c1")).isNotSameAs(cache1);
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c2")).isSameAs(cache2);
-
-		cm.resetCaches();
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c1")).isNotSameAs(cache1);
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c2")).isNotSameAs(cache2);
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -138,24 +131,11 @@ class CaffeineCacheManagerTests {

 		cm.setAllowNullValues(true);
 		Cache cache1y = cm.getCache("c1");
-		Cache cache2y = cm.getCache("c2");

 		cache1y.put("key3", null);
 		assertThat(cache1y.get("key3").get()).isNull();
 		cache1y.evict("key3");
 		assertThat(cache1y.get("key3")).isNull();
-		cache2y.put("key4", "value4");
-		assertThat(cache2y.get("key4").get()).isEqualTo("value4");
-
-		cm.removeCache("c1");
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c1")).isNull();
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c2")).isSameAs(cache2y);
-		assertThat(cache2y.get("key4").get()).isEqualTo("value4");
-
-		cm.resetCaches();
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c1")).isNull();
-		assertThat(cm.getCache("c2")).isSameAs(cache2y);
-		assertThat(cache2y.get("key4")).isNull();
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ class JCacheEhCacheApiTests extends AbstractValueAdaptingCacheTests<JCacheCache>
 		this.cacheManager.createCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL, new MutableConfiguration<>());
 		this.nativeCache = this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME);
 		this.cache = new JCacheCache(this.nativeCache);
-		Cache<Object, Object> nativeCacheNoNull = this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL);
+		Cache<Object, Object> nativeCacheNoNull =
+				this.cacheManager.getCache(CACHE_NAME_NO_NULL);
 		this.cacheNoNull = new JCacheCache(nativeCacheNoNull, false);
 	}

@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

 /**
- * Interface to be implemented for explicitly specifying how caches are resolved
- * and how keys are generated for annotation-driven cache management.
+ * Interface to be implemented by @{@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
+ * Configuration} classes annotated with @{@link EnableCaching} that wish or need to specify
+ * explicitly how caches are resolved and how keys are generated for annotation-driven
+ * cache management.
 *
- * <p>Typically implemented by @{@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
- * Configuration} classes annotated with @{@link EnableCaching}.
- * See @{@link EnableCaching} for general examples and context; see
- * {@link #cacheManager()}, {@link #cacheResolver()}, {@link #keyGenerator()},
- * and {@link #errorHandler()} for detailed instructions.
+ * <p>See @{@link EnableCaching} for general examples and context; see
+ * {@link #cacheManager()}, {@link #cacheResolver()}, {@link #keyGenerator()}, and
+ * {@link #errorHandler()} for detailed instructions.
 *
 * <p><b>NOTE: A {@code CachingConfigurer} will get initialized early.</b>
 * Do not inject common dependencies into autowired fields directly; instead, consider
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCacheManager implements CacheManager, BeanClassLoaderA

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

-	private volatile boolean dynamic = true;
+	private boolean dynamic = true;

 	private boolean allowNullValues = true;

@@ -82,15 +82,10 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCacheManager implements CacheManager, BeanClassLoaderA

 	/**
 	 * Specify the set of cache names for this CacheManager's 'static' mode.
-	 * <p>The number of caches and their names will be fixed after a call
-	 * to this method, with no creation of further cache regions at runtime.
-	 * <p>Note that this method replaces existing caches of the given names
-	 * and prevents the creation of further cache regions from here on - but
-	 * does <i>not</i> remove unrelated existing caches. For a full reset,
-	 * consider calling {@link #resetCaches()} before calling this method.
-	 * <p>Calling this method with a {@code null} collection argument resets
-	 * the mode to 'dynamic', allowing for further creation of caches again.
-	 * @see #resetCaches()
+	 * <p>The number of caches and their names will be fixed after a call to this method,
+	 * with no creation of further cache regions at runtime.
+	 * <p>Calling this with a {@code null} collection argument resets the
+	 * mode to 'dynamic', allowing for further creation of caches again.
 	 */
 	public void setCacheNames(@Nullable Collection<String> cacheNames) {
 		if (cacheNames != null) {
@@ -165,6 +160,11 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCacheManager implements CacheManager, BeanClassLoaderA
 	}


+	@Override
+	public Collection<String> getCacheNames() {
+		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheMap.keySet());
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public Cache getCache(String name) {
@@ -175,23 +175,6 @@ public class ConcurrentMapCacheManager implements CacheManager, BeanClassLoaderA
 		return cache;
 	}

-	@Override
-	public Collection<String> getCacheNames() {
-		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheMap.keySet());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Reset this cache manager's caches, removing them completely for on-demand
-	 * re-creation in 'dynamic' mode, or simply clearing their entries otherwise.
-	 * @since 6.2.14
-	 */
-	public void resetCaches() {
-		this.cacheMap.values().forEach(Cache::clear);
-		if (this.dynamic) {
-			this.cacheMap.clear();
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Remove the specified cache from this cache manager.
 	 * @param name the name of the cache
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 			builder.setUnless(getAttributeValue(opElement, "unless", ""));
 			builder.setSync(Boolean.parseBoolean(getAttributeValue(opElement, "sync", "false")));

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 				builder.setBeforeInvocation(Boolean.parseBoolean(after.trim()));
 			}

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class CacheAdviceParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 					parserContext.getReaderContext(), new CachePutOperation.Builder());
 			builder.setUnless(getAttributeValue(opElement, "unless", ""));

-			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, key -> new ArrayList<>(2));
+			Collection<CacheOperation> col = cacheOpMap.computeIfAbsent(nameHolder, k -> new ArrayList<>(2));
 			col.add(builder.build());
 		}

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodClassKey;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -140,10 +139,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractFallbackCacheOperationSource implements CacheOpera
 		if (allowPublicMethodsOnly() && !Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers())) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		// Skip setBeanFactory method on BeanFactoryAware.
-		if (method.getDeclaringClass() == BeanFactoryAware.class) {
-			return null;
-		}

 		// The method may be on an interface, but we need metadata from the target class.
 		// If the target class is null, the method will be unchanged.
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.cache.support;

 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

@@ -30,29 +32,45 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 * for disabling caching, typically used for backing cache declarations
 * without an actual backing store.
 *
- * <p>This implementation will simply accept any items into the cache,
- * not actually storing them.
+ * <p>Will simply accept any items into the cache not actually storing them.
 *
 * @author Costin Leau
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
- * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 3.1
 * @see NoOpCache
 */
 public class NoOpCacheManager implements CacheManager {

-	private final ConcurrentMap<String, Cache> cacheMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(16);
+	private final ConcurrentMap<String, Cache> caches = new ConcurrentHashMap<>(16);
+
+	private final Set<String> cacheNames = new LinkedHashSet<>(16);


+	/**
+	 * This implementation always returns a {@link Cache} implementation that will not store items.
+	 * Additionally, the request cache will be remembered by the manager for consistency.
+	 */
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public Cache getCache(String name) {
-		return this.cacheMap.computeIfAbsent(name, NoOpCache::new);
+		Cache cache = this.caches.get(name);
+		if (cache == null) {
+			this.caches.computeIfAbsent(name, NoOpCache::new);
+			synchronized (this.cacheNames) {
+				this.cacheNames.add(name);
+			}
+		}
+		return this.caches.get(name);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * This implementation returns the name of the caches previously requested.
+	 */
 	@Override
 	public Collection<String> getCacheNames() {
-		return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheMap.keySet());
+		synchronized (this.cacheNames) {
+			return Collections.unmodifiableSet(this.cacheNames);
+		}
 	}

 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public interface MessageSource {
 	 * @see java.text.MessageFormat
 	 */
 	@Nullable
-	String getMessage(String code, @Nullable Object[] args, @Nullable String defaultMessage, @Nullable Locale locale);
+	String getMessage(String code, @Nullable Object[] args, @Nullable String defaultMessage, Locale locale);

 	/**
 	 * Try to resolve the message. Treat as an error if the message can't be found.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public interface MessageSource {
 	 * @see #getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable, Locale)
 	 * @see java.text.MessageFormat
 	 */
-	String getMessage(String code, @Nullable Object[] args, @Nullable Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException;
+	String getMessage(String code, @Nullable Object[] args, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException;

 	/**
 	 * Try to resolve the message using all the attributes contained within the
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ public interface MessageSource {
 	 * @see MessageSourceResolvable#getDefaultMessage()
 	 * @see java.text.MessageFormat
 	 */
-	String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, @Nullable Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException;
+	String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException;

 }
@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@
 package org.springframework.context.annotation;

 /**
- * Enumeration used to determine whether JDK/CGLIB proxy-based or
+ * Enumeration used to determine whether JDK proxy-based or
 * AspectJ weaving-based advice should be applied.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1
- * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.AsyncConfigurationSelector#selectImports
 * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync#mode()
+ * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.AsyncConfigurationSelector#selectImports
+ * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement#mode()
 */
 public enum AdviceMode {

 	/**
-	 * JDK/CGLIB proxy-based advice.
+	 * JDK proxy-based advice.
 	 */
 	PROXY,

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 * @see ScannedGenericBeanDefinition
 * @see CandidateComponentsIndex
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("removal") // components index
 public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements EnvironmentCapable, ResourceLoaderAware {

 	static final String DEFAULT_RESOURCE_PATTERN = "**/*.class";
@@ -451,9 +452,9 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements EnvironmentC
 	private Set<BeanDefinition> scanCandidateComponents(String basePackage) {
 		Set<BeanDefinition> candidates = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 		try {
-			String packageSearchPattern = ResourcePatternResolver.CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX +
+			String packageSearchPath = ResourcePatternResolver.CLASSPATH_ALL_URL_PREFIX +
 					resolveBasePackage(basePackage) + '/' + this.resourcePattern;
-			Resource[] resources = getResourcePatternResolver().getResources(packageSearchPattern);
+			Resource[] resources = getResourcePatternResolver().getResources(packageSearchPath);
 			boolean traceEnabled = logger.isTraceEnabled();
 			boolean debugEnabled = logger.isDebugEnabled();
 			for (Resource resource : resources) {
@@ -536,13 +537,13 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements EnvironmentC
 	 * @return whether the class qualifies as a candidate component
 	 */
 	protected boolean isCandidateComponent(MetadataReader metadataReader) throws IOException {
-		for (TypeFilter filter : this.excludeFilters) {
-			if (filter.match(metadataReader, getMetadataReaderFactory())) {
+		for (TypeFilter tf : this.excludeFilters) {
+			if (tf.match(metadataReader, getMetadataReaderFactory())) {
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
-		for (TypeFilter filter : this.includeFilters) {
-			if (filter.match(metadataReader, getMetadataReaderFactory())) {
+		for (TypeFilter tf : this.includeFilters) {
+			if (tf.match(metadataReader, getMetadataReaderFactory())) {
 				return isConditionMatch(metadataReader);
 			}
 		}
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