Release version 3.2.8

Update changelog for 3.2.8
Add processExternalEntities support to OXM
2026-06-08 17:33:33 +00:00 · 2014-02-18 21:51:41 -08:00 · 2014-02-18 20:58:34 -08:00 · 2014-02-18 16:01:20 -08:00 · 2014-02-18 15:18:26 -08:00 · 2014-02-14 23:46:22 +01:00
639 changed files with 15139 additions and 9601 deletions
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ buildscript {
 		maven { url "http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release" }
 	}
 	dependencies {
-		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.3")
-		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.2.6")
+		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:propdeps-plugin:0.0.5")
+		classpath("org.springframework.build.gradle:docbook-reference-plugin:0.2.8")
 	}
 }

@@ -12,10 +12,15 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	group = "org.springframework"
 	version = qualifyVersionIfNecessary(version)

-	ext.aspectjVersion  = "1.7.2"
+	// The following is a work-around for allowing to build on JDK 8 until the
+	// Gradle build uses Ant 1.9.x by default. This is necessary to avoid the
+	// "Class not found: javac1.8" issue with Ant versions prior to 1.9.x
+	ant.properties["build.compiler"] = "javac1.7"
+
+	ext.aspectjVersion  = "1.7.4"
 	ext.hsqldbVersion   = "1.8.0.10"
 	ext.junitVersion    = "4.11"
-	ext.slf4jVersion    = "1.6.1"
+	ext.slf4jVersion    = "1.6.6"
 	ext.gradleScriptDir = "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle"

 	apply plugin: "propdeps"
@@ -58,10 +63,13 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	test {
 		systemProperty("java.awt.headless", "true")
 		systemProperty("testGroups", project.properties.get("testGroups"))
+		scanForTestClasses = false
+		include '**/*Tests.*'
+		exclude '**/*Abstract*.*'
 	}

 	repositories {
-		maven { url "http://repo.springsource.org/libs-release" }
+		maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/libs-release" }
 	}

 	dependencies {
@@ -71,25 +79,27 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	}

 	ext.javadocLinks = [
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api",
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api",
-		"http://portals.apache.org/pluto/portlet-2.0-apidocs/",
-		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-release/",
-		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/apidocs/",
+		"http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/",
+		"http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/",
+		"http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs90/javadocs/", // CommonJ
+		"http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.javadoc.doc/web/apidocs/",
+		"http://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/",
 		"http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/4.0.5/connector/",
 		"http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/javadoc/7.1.2.Final/",
-		"http://aopalliance.sourceforge.net/doc/",
-		"http://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/",
-		"http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs90/javadocs/", // commonj
-		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.1.5/",
-		"http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/aspectj5rt-api/",
-		"http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/apidocs/",
-		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.0.0/",
-		"http://jackson.codehaus.org/1.4.2/javadoc/",
-		"http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v7r0/topic/com.ibm.websphere.javadoc.doc/web/apidocs/",
-		"http://ibatis.apache.org/docs/java/dev/",
-		"http://tiles.apache.org/framework/apidocs/",
+		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-2.5/",
+		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/apidocs/",
 		"http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/apidocs/",
+		"http://portals.apache.org/pluto/portlet-2.0-apidocs/",
+		"http://tiles.apache.org/framework/apidocs/",
+		"http://aopalliance.sourceforge.net/doc/",
+		"http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/doc/released/aspectj5rt-api/",
+		"http://ehcache.org/apidocs/",
+		"http://quartz-scheduler.org/api/2.1.7/",
+		"http://jackson.codehaus.org/1.9.4/javadoc/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.3.0/",
+		"http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.3.0/",
+		"http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs",
+		"http://ibatis.apache.org/docs/java/dev/"
 	] as String[]
 }

@@ -118,6 +128,9 @@ configure(subprojects - project(":spring-build-src")) { subproject ->
 		options.author = true
 		options.header = project.name
 		options.links(project.ext.javadocLinks)
+		if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
+			options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+		}

 		// suppress warnings due to cross-module @see and @link references;
 		// note that global 'api' task does display all warnings.
@@ -148,7 +161,7 @@ project("spring-build-src") {

 	dependencies {
 		compile gradleApi()
-		groovy localGroovy()
+		compile localGroovy()
 	}

 	configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()
@@ -219,10 +232,11 @@ project("spring-core") {
 		cglib("cglib:cglib:${cglibVersion}@jar")
 		jarjar("com.googlecode.jarjar:jarjar:1.3")

+		compile(files(cglibRepackJar))
 		compile(files(asmRepackJar))
-		compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1")
+		compile("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.3")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
-		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.0")
+		optional("net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.3")
 		optional("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.3")
 		testCompile("org.codehaus.woodstox:wstx-asl:3.2.7") {
@@ -245,30 +259,33 @@ project("spring-core") {

 project("spring-beans") {
 	description = "Spring Beans"
+
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(files(project(":spring-core").cglibRepackJar))
-		provided("javax.el:el-api:1.0")
-		provided("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
+		optional("javax.el:el-api:1.0")
+		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
 		testCompile("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-aop") {
 	description = "Spring AOP"
+
 	dependencies {
+		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(files(project(":spring-core").cglibRepackJar))
-		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
-		optional("com.jamonapi:jamon:2.4")
-		optional("commons-pool:commons-pool:1.5.3")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
+		optional("commons-pool:commons-pool:1.5.7")
+		optional("com.jamonapi:jamon:2.4")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-expression") {
 	description = "Spring Expression Language (SpEL)"
+
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 	}
@@ -276,17 +293,19 @@ project("spring-expression") {

 project("spring-instrument") {
 	description = "Spring Instrument"
-	dependencies {
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-	}
+
 	jar {
 		manifest.attributes["Premain-Class"] =
 			"org.springframework.instrument.InstrumentationSavingAgent"
+		manifest.attributes["Can-Redefine-Classes"] = "true"
+		manifest.attributes["Can-Retransform-Classes"] = "true"
+		manifest.attributes["Can-Set-Native-Method-Prefix"] = "false"
 	}
 }

 project("spring-instrument-tomcat") {
 	description = "Spring Instrument Tomcat"
+
 	dependencies {
 		provided("org.apache.tomcat:catalina:6.0.16")
 	}
@@ -294,31 +313,34 @@ project("spring-instrument-tomcat") {

 project("spring-context") {
 	description = "Spring Context"
+
 	dependencies {
-		optional(project(":spring-instrument"))
 		compile(project(":spring-aop"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-expression"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(files(project(":spring-core").cglibRepackJar))
-		optional("backport-util-concurrent:backport-util-concurrent:3.0")
-		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
+		optional(project(":spring-instrument"))
 		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
+		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
 		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jms_1.1_spec:1.1")
+		optional("backport-util-concurrent:backport-util-concurrent:3.0")
 		optional("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
 		optional("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA")
-		optional("org.beanshell:bsh:2.0b4")
-		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:1.8.8")
-		optional("org.jruby:jruby:1.6.5.1")
-		optional("joda-time:joda-time:2.1")
-		optional("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
-		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
+		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.1.Final")
+		optional("joda-time:joda-time:2.2")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
-		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
-		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.2.2")
+		optional("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:1.8.9")
+		optional("org.beanshell:bsh:2.0b4")
+		optional("org.jruby:jruby:1.7.10")
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject-tck:1")
+		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.3")
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}

+	// pick up RmiInvocationWrapperRTD.xml in src/main
+	sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs += "src/main/java"
+
 	test {
 		jvmArgs = ["-disableassertions:org.aspectj.weaver.UnresolvedType"] // SPR-7989
 	}
@@ -326,18 +348,19 @@ project("spring-context") {

 project("spring-tx") {
 	description = "Spring Transaction"
+
 	dependencies {
-		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for JCA, @EnableTransactionManagement
-		optional(project(":spring-aop"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
-		provided("com.ibm.websphere:uow:6.0.2.17")
-		optional("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
+		optional(project(":spring-aop"))
+		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for JCA, @EnableTransactionManagement
+		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
+		optional("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
 		optional("javax.ejb:ejb-api:3.0")
-		testCompile("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
+		optional("com.ibm.websphere:uow:6.0.2.17")
 		testCompile("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
+		testCompile("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
 	}
 }

@@ -355,13 +378,11 @@ project("spring-oxm") {
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for Jaxb2Marshaller
-		compile("commons-lang:commons-lang:2.5")
-		optional("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.3.1")
-		optional("com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.1.7")
-		optional("org.jibx:jibx-run:1.2.3")
-		optional("org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:2.4.0")
+		optional("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.4.4")
+		optional("org.jibx:jibx-run:1.2.5")
+		optional("org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:2.6.0")
 		optional("org.codehaus.castor:castor-xml:1.3.2")
+		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
 		testCompile("org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.0.1")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.3")
 		testCompile("xmlpull:xmlpull:1.1.3.4a")
@@ -373,61 +394,64 @@ project("spring-oxm") {

 project("spring-jms") {
 	description = "Spring JMS"
+
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-aop"))
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
 		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
-		optional(project(":spring-oxm"))
-		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		provided("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jms_1.1_spec:1.1")
+		optional(project(":spring-oxm"))
+		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
 		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
 		optional("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
-		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.4.2")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.1")
+		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.7.9")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.6")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-jdbc") {
 	description = "Spring JDBC"
+
 	dependencies {
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
-		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for JndiDataSourceLookup
+		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
+		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for JndiDataSourceLookup
+		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
 		optional("c3p0:c3p0:0.9.1.2")
 		optional("hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
 		optional("com.h2database:h2:1.0.71")
 		optional("org.apache.derby:derby:10.5.3.0_1")
 		optional("org.apache.derby:derbyclient:10.5.3.0_1")
-		optional("org.apache.geronimo.specs:geronimo-jta_1.1_spec:1.1")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-context-support") {
 	description = "Spring Context Support"
+
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
+		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
 		optional(project(":spring-jdbc")) // for Quartz support
 		optional(project(":spring-tx")) // for Quartz support
-		optional("javax.mail:mail:1.4")
+		optional("javax.mail:mail:1.4.7")
 		optional("javax.cache:cache-api:0.5")
-		optional("net.sf.ehcache:ehcache-core:2.0.0")
-		optional("opensymphony:quartz:1.6.2")
+		optional("net.sf.ehcache:ehcache-core:2.0.1")
+		optional("org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:1.7.3")
 		optional("org.codehaus.fabric3.api:commonj:1.1.0")
 		optional("velocity:velocity:1.5")
-		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.15")
+		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.20")
 		optional("com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7")
 		optional("jasperreports:jasperreports:2.0.5")
-		optional("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
-		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
 		testCompile("org.apache.poi:poi:3.0.2-FINAL")
 		testCompile("commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:1.8.0") // for Velocity/JasperReports
 		testCompile("commons-digester:commons-digester:1.8.1") // for Velocity/JasperReports
 		testCompile("hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}

 	// pick up **/*.types files in src/main
@@ -436,29 +460,30 @@ project("spring-context-support") {

 project("spring-web") {
 	description = "Spring Web"
+
 	dependencies {
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		compile(project(":spring-beans")) // for MultiPartFilter
 		compile(project(":spring-aop")) // for JaxWsPortProxyFactoryBean
+		compile(project(":spring-beans")) // for MultiPartFilter
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
+		compile(project(":spring-core"))
+		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
+		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
 		optional(project(":spring-oxm")) // for MarshallingHttpMessageConverter
-		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
-		optional("com.caucho:hessian:3.2.1")
-		optional("rome:rome:1.0")
+		optional("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		optional("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
 		optional("javax.el:el-api:1.0")
 		optional("javax.faces:jsf-api:1.2_08")
-		provided("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
-		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
-		provided("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
 		optional("javax.xml:jaxrpc-api:1.1")
-		provided("javax.xml.soap:saaj-api:1.3")
-		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
-		optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.2")
+		optional("javax.xml.soap:saaj-api:1.3")
+		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
+		optional("com.caucho:hessian:3.2.1")
+		optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.1")
 		optional("commons-io:commons-io:1.3")
 		optional("commons-httpclient:commons-httpclient:3.1")
-		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2")
-		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.4.2")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.1")
+		optional("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.6")
+		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.7.9")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.6")
+		optional("rome:rome:1.0")
 		optional("taglibs:standard:1.1.2")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:8.1.5.v20120716") {
 			exclude group: "org.eclipse.jetty.orbit", module: "javax.servlet"
@@ -486,78 +511,79 @@ project("spring-orm") {
 	}

 	dependencies {
-		compile("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
+		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
+		compile(project(":spring-core"))
+		compile(project(":spring-jdbc"))
+		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
+		optional(project(":spring-aop"))
+		optional(project(":spring-context"))
+		optional(project(":spring-web"))
+		optional("aopalliance:aopalliance:1.0")
+		optional("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
+		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.core:1.0.1")
+		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa:1.0.1")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:3.3.2.GA")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-annotations:3.4.0.GA")
 		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:3.4.0.GA")
 		optional("org.apache.openjpa:openjpa:1.1.0")
-		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.core:1.0.1")
-		optional("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.jpa:1.0.1")
 		optional("toplink.essentials:toplink-essentials:2.0-41b")
 		optional("javax.jdo:jdo-api:3.0")
 		optional("org.apache.ibatis:ibatis-sqlmap:2.3.4.726")
-		optional("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
-		provided("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
+		optional("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
 		testCompile("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
-		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
-		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.2.2")
 		testCompile("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.asm:1.0.1")
 		testCompile("org.eclipse.persistence:org.eclipse.persistence.antlr:1.0.1")
+		testCompile("commons-dbcp:commons-dbcp:1.3")
 		testCompile("hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
-		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
-		optional(project(":spring-aop"))
-		optional(project(":spring-context"))
-		compile(project(":spring-tx"))
-		compile(project(":spring-jdbc"))
-		optional(project(":spring-web"))
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-orm-hibernate4") {
 	description = "Spring Object/Relational Mapping - Hibernate 4 support"
 	merge.into = project(":spring-orm")
+
 	dependencies {
-		provided(project(":spring-tx"))
 		provided(project(":spring-jdbc"))
-		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:4.1.0.Final")
-		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:4.1.0.Final")
+		provided(project(":spring-tx"))
 		optional(project(":spring-web"))
+		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:4.2.8.Final")
+		optional("org.hibernate:hibernate-entitymanager:4.2.8.Final")
 		optional("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-webmvc") {
 	description = "Spring Web MVC"
+
 	dependencies {
+		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
+		compile(project(":spring-context"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-expression"))
-		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-web"))
-		compile(project(":spring-context"))
+		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
 		optional(project(":spring-context-support")) // for Velocity support
 		optional(project(":spring-oxm")) // for MarshallingView
-		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:2.1.2")
-		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:2.1.2")
-		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:2.1.2")
-		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:2.1.2")
-		optional("velocity-tools:velocity-tools-view:1.4")
-		optional("net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:2.6.3")
+		optional("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		optional("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
+		optional("net.sourceforge.jexcelapi:jxl:2.6.12")
 		optional("org.apache.poi:poi:3.0.2-FINAL")
+		optional("velocity:velocity:1.5")
+		optional("velocity-tools:velocity-tools-view:1.4")
+		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.20")
 		optional("com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7")
 		optional("jasperreports:jasperreports:2.0.5") {
 			exclude group: "xml-apis", module: "xml-apis"
 		}
+		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.7.9")
+		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.6")
 		optional("rome:rome:1.0")
-		optional("velocity:velocity:1.5")
-		optional("org.freemarker:freemarker:2.3.15")
-		optional("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.4.2")
-		optional("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.1")
-		provided("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
-		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
-		provided("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:2.1.2")
+		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:2.1.2")
+		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:2.1.2")
+		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:2.1.2")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-aop"))
-		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 		testCompile("rhino:js:1.7R1")
 		testCompile("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.3")
 		testCompile("dom4j:dom4j:1.6.1") {
@@ -575,10 +601,11 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 			exclude group: "org.eclipse.jetty.orbit", module: "javax.servlet"
 		}
 		testCompile("javax.validation:validation-api:1.0.0.GA")
-		testCompile("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.2")
+		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.1.Final")
+		testCompile("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.6")
+		testCompile("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.1")
 		testCompile("commons-io:commons-io:1.3")
-		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
-		testCompile("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2")
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}

 	// pick up DispatcherServlet.properties in src/main
@@ -588,12 +615,14 @@ project("spring-webmvc") {
 project("spring-webmvc-tiles3") {
 	description = "Spring Framework Tiles3 Integration"
 	merge.into = project(":spring-webmvc")
+
 	dependencies {
 		provided(project(":spring-context"))
 		provided(project(":spring-web"))
-		provided("javax.el:el-api:1.0")
-		provided("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
-		provided("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
+		optional("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		optional("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
+		optional("javax.el:el-api:1.0")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:1.0.1")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:3.0.1")
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:3.0.1") {
@@ -605,28 +634,29 @@ project("spring-webmvc-tiles3") {
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-jsp:3.0.1") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 		}
-		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-extras:3.0.1") {
-			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
-		}
 		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-el:3.0.1") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 		}
-		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
+		optional("org.apache.tiles:tiles-extras:3.0.1") {
+			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
+			exclude group: "org.springframework", module: "spring-web"
+		}
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}
 }

 project("spring-webmvc-portlet") {
 	description = "Spring Web Portlet"
+
 	dependencies {
-		provided("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
-		provided("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
-		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
+		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-web"))
 		compile(project(":spring-webmvc"))
-		optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.2")
+		provided("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
+		provided("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
+		optional("commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.1")
 	}

 	// pick up DispatcherPortlet.properties in src/main
@@ -636,23 +666,9 @@ project("spring-webmvc-portlet") {
 project("spring-test") {
 	description = "Spring TestContext Framework"

-	task testNG(type: Test) {
-		useTestNG()
-		// "TestCase" classes are run by other test classes, not the build.
-		exclude "**/*TestCase.class"
-		// Generate TestNG reports alongside JUnit reports.
-		testReport true
-	}
-
-	test {
-		dependsOn testNG
-		useJUnit()
-		// "TestCase" classes are run by other test classes, not the build.
-		exclude(["**/*TestCase.class", "**/*TestSuite.class"])
-	}
-
 	dependencies {
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
+		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
 		optional(project(":spring-beans"))
 		optional(project(":spring-context"))
 		optional(project(":spring-jdbc"))
@@ -660,20 +676,42 @@ project("spring-test") {
 		optional(project(":spring-orm"))
 		optional(project(":spring-web"))
 		optional(project(":spring-webmvc"))
-		optional(project(":spring-webmvc-portlet"), )
+		optional(project(":spring-webmvc-portlet"))
 		optional("junit:junit:${junitVersion}")
-		optional("org.testng:testng:6.5.2")
+		optional("org.testng:testng:6.8.7")
+		optional("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
 		optional("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
 		optional("javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1")
+		optional("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
 		optional("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
 		optional("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
 		optional("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
 		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:3.3.2.GA")
-		provided("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
-		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
-		provided("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
-		testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}"
 		testCompile("hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
+		testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}"
+	}
+
+	task testNG(type: Test) {
+		useTestNG()
+		// forkEvery 1
+		scanForTestClasses = false
+		include "**/testng/**/*.*"
+		exclude "**/FailingBeforeAndAfterMethodsTests.class"
+		// "TestCase" classes are run by other test classes, not the build.
+		exclude "**/*TestCase.class"
+		// Generate TestNG reports alongside JUnit reports.
+		getReports().getHtml().setEnabled(true)
+		// show standard out and standard error of the test JVM(s) on the console
+		// testLogging.showStandardStreams = true
+	}
+
+	test {
+		dependsOn testNG
+		useJUnit()
+		exclude "**/testng/**/*.*"
+		include "**/testng/FailingBeforeAndAfterMethodsTests"
+		// "TestCase" classes are run by other test classes, not the build.
+		exclude(["**/*TestCase.class", "**/*TestSuite.class"])
 	}
 }

@@ -681,25 +719,22 @@ project("spring-test-mvc") {
 	description = "Spring Test MVC Framework"
 	merge.into = project(":spring-test")
 	dependencies {
-		optional(project(":spring-context"))
 		provided(project(":spring-webmvc"))
 		provided("javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.0.1")
+		provided("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
+		optional(project(":spring-context"))
 		optional("org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3")
 		optional("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:0.8.1")
 		optional("xmlunit:xmlunit:1.3")
-		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
-		testCompile("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
-		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.0.Final")
-		testCompile("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.4.2")
-		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.1")
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context-support"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-oxm"))
+		testCompile("javax.servlet:jstl:1.2")
+		testCompile("javax.mail:mail:1.4.7")
+		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:4.3.1.Final")
 		testCompile("com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:1.3.1")
-		testCompile("cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2")
+		testCompile("org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.7.9")
+		testCompile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.0.6")
 		testCompile("rome:rome:1.0")
-		testCompile("javax.activation:activation:1.1")
-		testCompile("javax.mail:mail:1.4")
-		testCompile("javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.2.6")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-request-api:1.0.1")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-api:3.0.1")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-core:3.0.1") {
@@ -708,6 +743,7 @@ project("spring-test-mvc") {
 		testCompile("org.apache.tiles:tiles-servlet:3.0.1") {
 			exclude group: "org.slf4j", module: "jcl-over-slf4j"
 		}
+		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}
 }

@@ -730,23 +766,24 @@ project("spring-struts") {
 project("spring-aspects") {
 	description = "Spring Aspects"
 	apply from: "aspects.gradle"
+
 	dependencies {
-		optional(project(":spring-beans")) // for @Configurable support
-		optional(project(":spring-aop")) // for @Async support
-		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for @Enable* support
-		compile(project(":spring-context-support")) // for JavaMail support
-		optional(project(":spring-tx")) // for JPA, @Transactional support
-		optional(project(":spring-orm")) // for JPA exception translation support
 		aspects(project(":spring-orm"))
-		provided("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
-		testCompile("javax.mail:mail:1.4")
 		ajc("org.aspectj:aspectjtools:${aspectjVersion}")
 		rt("org.aspectj:aspectjrt:${aspectjVersion}")
 		compile("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
+		provided("javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0")
+		optional(project(":spring-aop")) // for @Async support
+		optional(project(":spring-beans")) // for @Configurable support
+		optional(project(":spring-context")) // for @Enable* support
+		optional(project(":spring-context-support")) // for JavaMail support
+		optional(project(":spring-orm")) // for JPA exception translation support
+		optional(project(":spring-tx")) // for JPA, @Transactional support
 		testCompile(project(":spring-core")) // for CodeStyleAspect
-		compile(project(":spring-beans")) // for "p" namespace visibility
 		testCompile(project(":spring-test"))
+		testCompile("javax.mail:mail:1.4.7")
 	}
+
 	eclipse.project {
 		natures += "org.eclipse.ajdt.ui.ajnature"
 		buildCommands = [new org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.
@@ -754,12 +791,47 @@ project("spring-aspects") {
 	}
 }

+project("spring-framework-bom") {
+	description = "Spring Framework (Bill of Materials)"
+
+	configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()
+	artifacts {
+		// work around GRADLE-2406 by attaching text artifact
+		archives(file("spring-framework-bom.txt"))
+	}
+
+	install {
+		repositories.mavenInstaller {
+			pom.whenConfigured {
+				packaging = "pom"
+				withXml {
+					asNode().children().last() + {
+						delegate.dependencyManagement {
+							delegate.dependencies {
+								parent.subprojects.sort { "$it.name" }.each { p ->
+									if (p.hasProperty("merge") && p.merge.into == null && p != project) {
+										delegate.dependency {
+											delegate.groupId(p.group)
+											delegate.artifactId(p.name)
+											delegate.version(p.version)
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 configure(rootProject) {
 	description = "Spring Framework"

 	apply plugin: "docbook-reference"
 	apply plugin: "groovy"
-	apply plugin: "detect-split-packages"
+	// apply plugin: "detect-split-packages"
 	apply from: "${gradleScriptDir}/jdiff.gradle"

 	reference {
@@ -767,31 +839,33 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		pdfFilename = "spring-framework-reference.pdf"
 	}

-	detectSplitPackages {
-		projectsToScan -= project(":spring-instrument-tomcat")
-	}
+	// TODO: DetectSplitPackagesPlugin fails in line 154 due to method not found on java.io.File.
+	// TODO: Possibly related to user rights or OS differences on OpenJDK 8; works fine on JDK 7.
+	// detectSplitPackages {
+	//	projectsToScan -= project(":spring-instrument-tomcat")
+	// }

 	// don't publish the default jar for the root project
 	configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()

 	dependencies { // for integration tests
-		testCompile(project(":spring-core"))
-		testCompile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-aop"))
-		testCompile(project(":spring-expression"))
+		testCompile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-context"))
-		testCompile(project(":spring-tx"))
+		testCompile(project(":spring-core"))
+		testCompile(project(":spring-expression"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-jdbc"))
+		testCompile(project(":spring-orm"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-test"))
+		testCompile(project(":spring-tx"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-web"))
 		testCompile(project(":spring-webmvc-portlet"))
-		testCompile(project(":spring-orm"))
-		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:4.1.0.Final")
 		testCompile("javax.servlet:servlet-api:2.5")
 		testCompile("javax.portlet:portlet-api:2.0")
 		testCompile("javax.inject:javax.inject:1")
 		testCompile("javax.resource:connector-api:1.5")
 		testCompile("org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:${aspectjVersion}")
+		testCompile("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:4.2.8.Final")
 		testCompile("hsqldb:hsqldb:${hsqldbVersion}")
 	}

@@ -812,6 +886,9 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 		options.stylesheetFile = file("src/api/stylesheet.css")
 		options.splitIndex = true
 		options.links(project.ext.javadocLinks)
+		if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
+			options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+		}

 		source subprojects.collect { project ->
 			project.sourceSets.main.allJava
@@ -822,7 +899,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {

 		doFirst {
 			classpath = files(
-				// ensure servlet 3.x and Hibernate 4.x have precedence on the Javadoc
+				// ensure Servlet 3.x and Hibernate 4.x have precedence on the javadoc
 				// classpath over their respective 2.5 and 3.x variants
 				project(":spring-webmvc").sourceSets.main.compileClasspath.files.find { it =~ "servlet-api" },
 				rootProject.sourceSets.test.compileClasspath.files.find { it =~ "hibernate-core" },
@@ -959,7 +1036,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {

 	task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 		description = "Generates gradlew[.bat] scripts"
-		gradleVersion = "1.3"
+		gradleVersion = "1.11"

 		doLast() {
 			def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xmx1024m"
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 public class DetectSplitPackagesPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 	public void apply(Project project) {
 		def tasks = project.tasks
-		Task detectSplitPackages = tasks.add("detectSplitPackages", DetectSplitPackagesTask.class)
+		Task detectSplitPackages = tasks.create("detectSplitPackages", DetectSplitPackagesTask.class)
 		if (tasks.asMap.containsKey("check")) {
 			tasks.getByName("check").dependsOn detectSplitPackages
 		}
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ class MergePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		project.plugins.apply(IdeaPlugin)

 		MergeModel model = project.extensions.create("merge", MergeModel)
-		project.configurations.add("merging")
-		Configuration runtimeMerge = project.configurations.add("runtimeMerge")
+		project.configurations.create("merging")
+		Configuration runtimeMerge = project.configurations.create("runtimeMerge")

 		// Ensure the IDE can reference merged projects
 		project.eclipse.classpath.plusConfigurations += [runtimeMerge]
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class MergePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		project.configurations.each { configuration ->
 			Conf2ScopeMapping mapping = project.conf2ScopeMappings.getMapping([configuration])
 			if(mapping.scope) {
-				Configuration intoConfiguration = project.merge.into.configurations.add(
+				Configuration intoConfiguration = project.merge.into.configurations.create(
 					project.name + "-" + configuration.name)
 				configuration.excludeRules.each {
 					configuration.exclude([
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=3.2.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=3.2.8.RELEASE
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def customizePom(pom, gradleProject) {
 				developer {
 					id = "jhoeller"
 					name = "Juergen Hoeller"
-					email = "jhoeller@vmware.com"
+					email = "jhoeller@gopivotal.com"
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Nov 28 09:14:59 PST 2012
+#Thu Feb 13 00:23:41 CET 2014
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.11-bin.zip
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ include "spring-web"
 include "spring-webmvc"
 include "spring-webmvc-portlet"
 include "spring-webmvc-tiles3"
+include "spring-framework-bom"

 // Exposes gradle buildSrc for IDE support
 include "buildSrc"
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ package org.springframework.aop;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;

 /**
- * A specialized type of MethodMatcher that takes into account introductions when
- * matching methods. If there are no introductions on the target class, a method
- * matcher may be able to optimize matching more effectively for example.
+ * A specialized type of {@link MethodMatcher} that takes into account introductions
+ * when matching methods. If there are no introductions on the target class,
+ * a method matcher may be able to optimize matching more effectively for example.
 *
 * @author Adrian Colyer
 * @since 2.0
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ public interface IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher extends MethodMatcher {
 	 * asking is the subject on one or more introductions; {@code false} otherwise
 	 * @return whether or not this method matches statically
 	 */
-	boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions);
+	boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions);

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParameter;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutParser;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.PointcutPrimitive;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.ShadowMatch;
+
 import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
 import org.springframework.aop.IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher;
 import org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

@@ -98,11 +100,11 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut

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

-	private Class pointcutDeclarationScope;
+	private Class<?> pointcutDeclarationScope;

 	private String[] pointcutParameterNames = new String[0];

-	private Class[] pointcutParameterTypes = new Class[0];
+	private Class<?>[] pointcutParameterTypes = new Class<?>[0];

 	private BeanFactory beanFactory;

@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	 * @param paramNames the parameter names for the pointcut
 	 * @param paramTypes the parameter types for the pointcut
 	 */
-	public AspectJExpressionPointcut(Class declarationScope, String[] paramNames, Class[] paramTypes) {
+	public AspectJExpressionPointcut(Class<?> declarationScope, String[] paramNames, Class<?>[] paramTypes) {
 		this.pointcutDeclarationScope = declarationScope;
 		if (paramNames.length != paramTypes.length) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(
@@ -137,21 +139,21 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	/**
 	 * Set the declaration scope for the pointcut.
 	 */
-	public void setPointcutDeclarationScope(Class pointcutDeclarationScope) {
+	public void setPointcutDeclarationScope(Class<?> pointcutDeclarationScope) {
 		this.pointcutDeclarationScope = pointcutDeclarationScope;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Set the parameter names for the pointcut.
 	 */
-	public void setParameterNames(String[] names) {
+	public void setParameterNames(String... names) {
 		this.pointcutParameterNames = names;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Set the parameter types for the pointcut.
 	 */
-	public void setParameterTypes(Class[] types) {
+	public void setParameterTypes(Class<?>... types) {
 		this.pointcutParameterTypes = types;
 	}

@@ -188,9 +190,9 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	 * Build the underlying AspectJ pointcut expression.
 	 */
 	private PointcutExpression buildPointcutExpression() {
-		ClassLoader cl = (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory ? ((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory)
-				.getBeanClassLoader() : Thread.currentThread()
-				.getContextClassLoader());
+		ClassLoader cl = (this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableBeanFactory ?
+				((ConfigurableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory).getBeanClassLoader() :
+				ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader());
 		return buildPointcutExpression(cl);
 	}

@@ -202,8 +204,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		PointcutParameter[] pointcutParameters = new PointcutParameter[this.pointcutParameterNames.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < pointcutParameters.length; i++) {
 			pointcutParameters[i] = parser.createPointcutParameter(
-					this.pointcutParameterNames[i],
-					this.pointcutParameterTypes[i]);
+					this.pointcutParameterNames[i], this.pointcutParameterTypes[i]);
 		}
 		return parser.parsePointcutExpression(
 				replaceBooleanOperators(getExpression()),
@@ -244,20 +245,19 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		return this.pointcutExpression;
 	}

-	public boolean matches(Class targetClass) {
+	public boolean matches(Class<?> targetClass) {
 		checkReadyToMatch();
 		try {
 			return this.pointcutExpression.couldMatchJoinPointsInType(targetClass);
-		} catch (ReflectionWorldException e) {
-			logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", e);
+		}
+		catch (ReflectionWorldException rwe) {
+			logger.debug("PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", rwe);
 			try {
-				// Actually this is still a "maybe" - treat the pointcut as dynamic if we
-				// don't know enough yet
+				// Actually this is still a "maybe" - treat the pointcut as dynamic if we don't know enough yet
 				return getFallbackPointcutExpression(targetClass).couldMatchJoinPointsInType(targetClass);
-			} catch (BCException ex) {
-				logger.debug(
-						"Fallback PointcutExpression matching rejected target class",
-						ex);
+			}
+			catch (BCException bce) {
+				logger.debug("Fallback PointcutExpression matching rejected target class", bce);
 				return false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		}
 	}

-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean beanHasIntroductions) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean beanHasIntroductions) {
 		checkReadyToMatch();
 		Method targetMethod = AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass);
 		ShadowMatch shadowMatch = getShadowMatch(targetMethod, method);
@@ -283,11 +283,19 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		}
 		else {
 			// the maybe case
-			return (beanHasIntroductions || matchesIgnoringSubtypes(shadowMatch) || matchesTarget(shadowMatch, targetClass));
+			if (beanHasIntroductions) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			// A match test returned maybe - if there are any subtype sensitive variables
+			// involved in the test (this, target, at_this, at_target, at_annotation) then
+			// we say this is not a match as in Spring there will never be a different
+			// runtime subtype.
+			RuntimeTestWalker walker = getRuntimeTestWalker(shadowMatch);
+			return (!walker.testsSubtypeSensitiveVars() || walker.testTargetInstanceOfResidue(targetClass));
 		}
 	}

-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 		return matches(method, targetClass, false);
 	}

@@ -296,7 +304,7 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		return this.pointcutExpression.mayNeedDynamicTest();
 	}

-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, Object[] args) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
 		checkReadyToMatch();
 		ShadowMatch shadowMatch = getShadowMatch(AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass), method);
 		ShadowMatch originalShadowMatch = getShadowMatch(method, method);
@@ -336,14 +344,13 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 			if (!originalMethodResidueTest.testThisInstanceOfResidue(thisObject.getClass())) {
 				return false;
 			}
-		}
-		if (joinPointMatch.matches() && pmi != null) {
-			bindParameters(pmi, joinPointMatch);
+			if (joinPointMatch.matches()) {
+				bindParameters(pmi, joinPointMatch);
+			}
 		}
 		return joinPointMatch.matches();
 	}

-
 	protected String getCurrentProxiedBeanName() {
 		return ProxyCreationContext.getCurrentProxiedBeanName();
 	}
@@ -353,29 +360,14 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 	 * Get a new pointcut expression based on a target class's loader, rather
 	 * than the default.
 	 */
-	private PointcutExpression getFallbackPointcutExpression(
-			Class<?> targetClass) {
+	private PointcutExpression getFallbackPointcutExpression(Class<?> targetClass) {
 		ClassLoader classLoader = targetClass.getClassLoader();
-		return classLoader == null ? this.pointcutExpression : buildPointcutExpression(classLoader);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * A match test returned maybe - if there are any subtype sensitive variables
-	 * involved in the test (this, target, at_this, at_target, at_annotation) then
-	 * we say this is not a match as in Spring there will never be a different
-	 * runtime subtype.
-	 */
-	private boolean matchesIgnoringSubtypes(ShadowMatch shadowMatch) {
-		return !(getRuntimeTestWalker(shadowMatch).testsSubtypeSensitiveVars());
-	}
-
-	private boolean matchesTarget(ShadowMatch shadowMatch, Class targetClass) {
-		return getRuntimeTestWalker(shadowMatch).testTargetInstanceOfResidue(targetClass);
+		return (classLoader != null ? buildPointcutExpression(classLoader) : this.pointcutExpression);
 	}

 	private RuntimeTestWalker getRuntimeTestWalker(ShadowMatch shadowMatch) {
 		if (shadowMatch instanceof DefensiveShadowMatch) {
-			return new RuntimeTestWalker(((DefensiveShadowMatch)shadowMatch).primary);
+			return new RuntimeTestWalker(((DefensiveShadowMatch) shadowMatch).primary);
 		}
 		return new RuntimeTestWalker(shadowMatch);
 	}
@@ -409,7 +401,8 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 						try {
 							fallbackPointcutExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
 							shadowMatch = fallbackPointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-						} catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException e) {
+						}
+						catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
 							if (targetMethod == originalMethod) {
 								shadowMatch = new ShadowMatchImpl(org.aspectj.util.FuzzyBoolean.NO, null, null, null);
 							}
@@ -417,21 +410,22 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 								try {
 									shadowMatch = this.pointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(originalMethod);
 								}
-								catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException ex2) {
+								catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException ex3) {
 									// Could neither introspect the target class nor the proxy class ->
 									// let's simply consider this method as non-matching.
 									methodToMatch = originalMethod;
 									fallbackPointcutExpression = getFallbackPointcutExpression(methodToMatch.getDeclaringClass());
 									try {
 										shadowMatch = fallbackPointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch);
-									} catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException e2) {
+									}
+									catch (ReflectionWorld.ReflectionWorldException ex4) {
 										shadowMatch = new ShadowMatchImpl(org.aspectj.util.FuzzyBoolean.NO, null, null, null);
 									}
 								}
 							}
 						}
 					}
-					if (shadowMatch.maybeMatches() && fallbackPointcutExpression!=null) {
+					if (shadowMatch.maybeMatches() && fallbackPointcutExpression != null) {
 						shadowMatch = new DefensiveShadowMatch(shadowMatch,
 								fallbackPointcutExpression.matchesMethodExecution(methodToMatch));
 					}
@@ -601,9 +595,11 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		this.shadowMatchCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<Method, ShadowMatch>(32);
 	}

+
 	private static class DefensiveShadowMatch implements ShadowMatch {

 		private final ShadowMatch primary;
+
 		private final ShadowMatch other;

 		public DefensiveShadowMatch(ShadowMatch primary, ShadowMatch other) {
@@ -612,31 +608,30 @@ public class AspectJExpressionPointcut extends AbstractExpressionPointcut
 		}

 		public boolean alwaysMatches() {
-			return primary.alwaysMatches();
+			return this.primary.alwaysMatches();
 		}

 		public boolean maybeMatches() {
-			return primary.maybeMatches();
+			return this.primary.maybeMatches();
 		}

 		public boolean neverMatches() {
-			return primary.neverMatches();
+			return this.primary.neverMatches();
 		}

-		public JoinPointMatch matchesJoinPoint(Object thisObject,
-				Object targetObject, Object[] args) {
+		public JoinPointMatch matchesJoinPoint(Object thisObject, Object targetObject, Object[] args) {
 			try {
-				return primary.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
-			} catch (ReflectionWorldException e) {
-				return other.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
+				return this.primary.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
+			}
+			catch (ReflectionWorldException ex) {
+				return this.other.matchesJoinPoint(thisObject, targetObject, args);
 			}
 		}

 		public void setMatchingContext(MatchingContext aMatchContext) {
-			primary.setMatchingContext(aMatchContext);
-			other.setMatchingContext(aMatchContext);
+			this.primary.setMatchingContext(aMatchContext);
+			this.other.setMatchingContext(aMatchContext);
 		}
-
 	}

 }
@@ -45,43 +45,41 @@ public class AspectJWeaverMessageHandler implements IMessageHandler {

 	private static final String AJ_ID = "[AspectJ] ";

-	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog("AspectJ Weaver");
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog("AspectJ Weaver");


 	public boolean handleMessage(IMessage message) throws AbortException {
 		Kind messageKind = message.getKind();
-
 		if (messageKind == IMessage.DEBUG) {
-			if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() || LOGGER.isTraceEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.debug(makeMessageFor(message));
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug(makeMessageFor(message));
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-		else if ((messageKind == IMessage.INFO) || (messageKind == IMessage.WEAVEINFO)) {
-			if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.info(makeMessageFor(message));
+		else if (messageKind == IMessage.INFO || messageKind == IMessage.WEAVEINFO) {
+			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+				logger.info(makeMessageFor(message));
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		else if (messageKind == IMessage.WARNING) {
-			if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.warn(makeMessageFor(message));
+			if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				logger.warn(makeMessageFor(message));
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		else if (messageKind == IMessage.ERROR) {
-			if (LOGGER.isErrorEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.error(makeMessageFor(message));
+			if (logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
+				logger.error(makeMessageFor(message));
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		else if (messageKind == IMessage.ABORT) {
-			if (LOGGER.isFatalEnabled()) {
-				LOGGER.fatal(makeMessageFor(message));
+			if (logger.isFatalEnabled()) {
+				logger.fatal(makeMessageFor(message));
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
-
 		return false;
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj;

 import java.lang.reflect.Field;

+import org.aspectj.weaver.ReferenceType;
+import org.aspectj.weaver.ReferenceTypeDelegate;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.ResolvedType;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.ast.And;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.ast.Call;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import org.aspectj.weaver.ast.Not;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.ast.Or;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.ast.Test;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.internal.tools.MatchingContextBasedTest;
+import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ReflectionBasedReferenceTypeDelegate;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ReflectionVar;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.reflect.ShadowMatchImpl;
 import org.aspectj.weaver.tools.ShadowMatch;
@@ -55,25 +58,36 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 */
 class RuntimeTestWalker {

+	private static final Field residualTestField;
+
+	private static final Field varTypeField;
+
+	private static final Field myClassField;
+
+
+	static {
+		try {
+			residualTestField = ShadowMatchImpl.class.getDeclaredField("residualTest");
+			varTypeField = ReflectionVar.class.getDeclaredField("varType");
+			myClassField = ReflectionBasedReferenceTypeDelegate.class.getDeclaredField("myClass");
+		}
+		catch (NoSuchFieldException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("The version of aspectjtools.jar / aspectjweaver.jar " +
+					"on the classpath is incompatible with this version of Spring: " + ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	private final Test runtimeTest;


 	public RuntimeTestWalker(ShadowMatch shadowMatch) {
-		ShadowMatchImpl shadowMatchImplementation = (ShadowMatchImpl) shadowMatch;
 		try {
-			Field testField = shadowMatchImplementation.getClass().getDeclaredField("residualTest");
-			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(testField);
-			this.runtimeTest = (Test) testField.get(shadowMatch);
+			ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(residualTestField);
+			this.runtimeTest = (Test) residualTestField.get(shadowMatch);
 		}
-		catch (NoSuchFieldException noSuchFieldEx) {
-			throw new IllegalStateException("The version of aspectjtools.jar / aspectjweaver.jar " +
-					"on the classpath is incompatible with this version of Spring: Expected field " +
-					"'runtimeTest' is not present on ShadowMatchImpl class.");
-		}
-		catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessEx) {
-			// Famous last words... but I don't see how this can happen given the
-			// makeAccessible call above
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to access ShadowMatchImpl.residualTest field");
+		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 		}
 	}

@@ -87,12 +101,12 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 				new SubtypeSensitiveVarTypeTestVisitor().testsSubtypeSensitiveVars(this.runtimeTest));
 	}

-	public boolean testThisInstanceOfResidue(Class thisClass) {
+	public boolean testThisInstanceOfResidue(Class<?> thisClass) {
 		return (this.runtimeTest != null &&
 				new ThisInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(thisClass).thisInstanceOfMatches(this.runtimeTest));
 	}

-	public boolean testTargetInstanceOfResidue(Class targetClass) {
+	public boolean testTargetInstanceOfResidue(Class<?> targetClass) {
 		return (this.runtimeTest != null &&
 				new TargetInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(targetClass).targetInstanceOfMatches(this.runtimeTest));
 	}
@@ -140,19 +154,11 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {

 		protected int getVarType(ReflectionVar v) {
 			try {
-				Field varTypeField = ReflectionVar.class.getDeclaredField("varType");
 				ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(varTypeField);
 				return (Integer) varTypeField.get(v);
 			}
-			catch (NoSuchFieldException noSuchFieldEx) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("the version of aspectjtools.jar / aspectjweaver.jar " +
-						"on the classpath is incompatible with this version of Spring:- expected field " +
-						"'varType' is not present on ReflectionVar class");
-			}
-			catch (IllegalAccessException illegalAccessEx) {
-				// Famous last words... but I don't see how this can happen given the
-				// makeAccessible call above
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to access ReflectionVar.varType field");
+			catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -160,11 +166,13 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {

 	private static abstract class InstanceOfResidueTestVisitor extends TestVisitorAdapter {

-		private Class matchClass;
-		private boolean matches;
-		private int matchVarType;
+		private final Class<?> matchClass;

-		public InstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class matchClass, boolean defaultMatches, int matchVarType) {
+		private boolean matches;
+
+		private final int matchVarType;
+
+		public InstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class<?> matchClass, boolean defaultMatches, int matchVarType) {
 			this.matchClass = matchClass;
 			this.matches = defaultMatches;
 			this.matchVarType = matchVarType;
@@ -172,19 +180,34 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {

 		public boolean instanceOfMatches(Test test) {
 			test.accept(this);
-			return matches;
+			return this.matches;
 		}

 		@Override
 		public void visit(Instanceof i) {
-			ResolvedType type = (ResolvedType) i.getType();
 			int varType = getVarType((ReflectionVar) i.getVar());
 			if (varType != this.matchVarType) {
 				return;
 			}
+			Class<?> typeClass = null;
+			ResolvedType type = (ResolvedType) i.getType();
+			if (type instanceof ReferenceType) {
+				ReferenceTypeDelegate delegate = ((ReferenceType) type).getDelegate();
+				if (delegate instanceof ReflectionBasedReferenceTypeDelegate) {
+					try {
+						ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(myClassField);
+						typeClass = (Class<?>) myClassField.get(delegate);
+					}
+					catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+						throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			try {
-				Class typeClass = ClassUtils.forName(type.getName(), this.matchClass.getClassLoader());
-				// Don't use ReflectionType.isAssignableFrom() as it won't be aware of (Spring) mixins
+				// Don't use ResolvedType.isAssignableFrom() as it won't be aware of (Spring) mixins
+				if (typeClass == null) {
+					typeClass = ClassUtils.forName(type.getName(), this.matchClass.getClassLoader());
+				}
 				this.matches = typeClass.isAssignableFrom(this.matchClass);
 			}
 			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
@@ -199,7 +222,7 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 	 */
 	private static class TargetInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor extends InstanceOfResidueTestVisitor {

-		public TargetInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class targetClass) {
+		public TargetInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class<?> targetClass) {
 			super(targetClass, false, TARGET_VAR);
 		}

@@ -214,7 +237,7 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 	 */
 	private static class ThisInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor extends InstanceOfResidueTestVisitor {

-		public ThisInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class thisClass) {
+		public ThisInstanceOfResidueTestVisitor(Class<?> thisClass) {
 			super(thisClass, true, THIS_VAR);
 		}

@@ -228,8 +251,11 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 	private static class SubtypeSensitiveVarTypeTestVisitor extends TestVisitorAdapter {

 		private final Object thisObj = new Object();
+
 		private final Object targetObj = new Object();
+
 		private final Object[] argsObjs = new Object[0];
+
 		private boolean testsSubtypeSensitiveVars = false;

 		public boolean testsSubtypeSensitiveVars(Test aTest) {
@@ -240,8 +266,8 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 		@Override
 		public void visit(Instanceof i) {
 			ReflectionVar v = (ReflectionVar) i.getVar();
-			Object varUnderTest = v.getBindingAtJoinPoint(thisObj,targetObj,argsObjs);
-			if ((varUnderTest == thisObj) || (varUnderTest == targetObj)) {
+			Object varUnderTest = v.getBindingAtJoinPoint(this.thisObj, this.targetObj, this.argsObjs);
+			if (varUnderTest == this.thisObj || varUnderTest == this.targetObj) {
 				this.testsSubtypeSensitiveVars = true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -251,7 +277,7 @@ class RuntimeTestWalker {
 			// If you thought things were bad before, now we sink to new levels of horror...
 			ReflectionVar v = (ReflectionVar) hasAnn.getVar();
 			int varType = getVarType(v);
-				if ((varType == AT_THIS_VAR) || (varType == AT_TARGET_VAR) || (varType == AT_ANNOTATION_VAR)) {
+			if (varType == AT_THIS_VAR || varType == AT_TARGET_VAR || varType == AT_ANNOTATION_VAR) {
 				this.testsSubtypeSensitiveVars = true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator extends AspectJAwareAdvisorA
 	}

 	public void setAspectJAdvisorFactory(AspectJAdvisorFactory aspectJAdvisorFactory) {
-		Assert.notNull(this.aspectJAdvisorFactory, "AspectJAdvisorFactory must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(aspectJAdvisorFactory, "AspectJAdvisorFactory must not be null");
 		this.aspectJAdvisorFactory = aspectJAdvisorFactory;
 	}

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class AnnotationAwareAspectJAutoProxyCreator extends AspectJAwareAdvisorA
 	}

 	@Override
-	protected boolean isInfrastructureClass(Class beanClass) {
+	protected boolean isInfrastructureClass(Class<?> beanClass) {
 		// Previously we setProxyTargetClass(true) in the constructor, but that has too
 		// broad an impact. Instead we now override isInfrastructureClass to avoid proxying
 		// aspects. I'm not entirely happy with that as there is no good reason not
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryAspectInstanceFactory implements MetadataAwareAspectInst
 			if (Ordered.class.isAssignableFrom(type) && this.beanFactory.isSingleton(this.name)) {
 				return ((Ordered) this.beanFactory.getBean(this.name)).getOrder();
 			}
-			Order order = type.getAnnotation(Order.class);
+			Order order = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(type, Order.class);
 			if (order != null) {
 				return order.value();
 			}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;

 import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.SimpleAspectInstanceFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;

 /**
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class SimpleMetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends SimpleAspectInstan
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected int getOrderForAspectClass(Class<?> aspectClass) {
-		Order order = aspectClass.getAnnotation(Order.class);
+		Order order = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(aspectClass, Order.class);
 		if (order != null) {
 			return order.value();
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.aop.aspectj.annotation;

 import org.springframework.aop.aspectj.SingletonAspectInstanceFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;

 /**
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public class SingletonMetadataAwareAspectInstanceFactory extends SingletonAspect
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected int getOrderForAspectClass(Class<?> aspectClass) {
-		Order order = aspectClass.getAnnotation(Order.class);
+		Order order = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(aspectClass, Order.class);
 		if (order != null) {
 			return order.value();
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ public interface Advised extends TargetClassAware {
 	 * Return the interfaces proxied by the AOP proxy. Will not
 	 * include the target class, which may also be proxied.
 	 */
-	Class[] getProxiedInterfaces();
+	Class<?>[] getProxiedInterfaces();

 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given interface is proxied.
 	 * @param intf the interface to check
 	 */
-	boolean isInterfaceProxied(Class intf);
+	boolean isInterfaceProxied(Class<?> intf);


 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public class AdvisedSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Advised {
 	 * @see #setTargetSource
 	 * @see #setTarget
 	 */
-	public void setTargetClass(Class targetClass) {
+	public void setTargetClass(Class<?> targetClass) {
 		this.targetSource = EmptyTargetSource.forClass(targetClass);
 	}

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class AdvisedSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Advised {
 	/**
 	 * Set the interfaces to be proxied.
 	 */
-	public void setInterfaces(Class[] interfaces) {
+	public void setInterfaces(Class<?>... interfaces) {
 		Assert.notNull(interfaces, "Interfaces must not be null");
 		this.interfaces.clear();
 		for (Class ifc : interfaces) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class AdvisedSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Advised {
 	 * Add a new proxied interface.
 	 * @param intf the additional interface to proxy
 	 */
-	public void addInterface(Class intf) {
+	public void addInterface(Class<?> intf) {
 		Assert.notNull(intf, "Interface must not be null");
 		if (!intf.isInterface()) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("[" + intf.getName() + "] is not an interface");
@@ -224,15 +224,15 @@ public class AdvisedSupport extends ProxyConfig implements Advised {
 	 * @return {@code true} if the interface was removed; {@code false}
 	 * if the interface was not found and hence could not be removed
 	 */
-	public boolean removeInterface(Class intf) {
+	public boolean removeInterface(Class<?> intf) {
 		return this.interfaces.remove(intf);
 	}

-	public Class[] getProxiedInterfaces() {
+	public Class<?>[] getProxiedInterfaces() {
 		return this.interfaces.toArray(new Class[this.interfaces.size()]);
 	}

-	public boolean isInterfaceProxied(Class intf) {
+	public boolean isInterfaceProxied(Class<?> intf) {
 		for (Class proxyIntf : this.interfaces) {
 			if (intf.isAssignableFrom(proxyIntf)) {
 				return true;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,7 +25,19 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;

+import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.aop.Advisor;
+import org.springframework.aop.AopInvocationException;
+import org.springframework.aop.PointcutAdvisor;
+import org.springframework.aop.RawTargetAccess;
+import org.springframework.aop.TargetSource;
+import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
 import org.springframework.cglib.core.CodeGenerationException;
+import org.springframework.cglib.core.SpringNamingPolicy;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.CallbackFilter;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Dispatcher;
@@ -34,18 +46,7 @@ import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Factory;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.NoOp;
-import org.springframework.cglib.transform.impl.UndeclaredThrowableStrategy;
-
-import org.aopalliance.aop.Advice;
-import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.springframework.aop.Advisor;
-import org.springframework.aop.AopInvocationException;
-import org.springframework.aop.PointcutAdvisor;
-import org.springframework.aop.RawTargetAccess;
-import org.springframework.aop.TargetSource;
-import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
+import org.springframework.cglib.transform.impl.MemorySafeUndeclaredThrowableStrategy;
 import org.springframework.core.SmartClassLoader;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -181,20 +182,20 @@ final class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 				}
 			}
 			enhancer.setSuperclass(proxySuperClass);
-			enhancer.setStrategy(new UndeclaredThrowableStrategy(UndeclaredThrowableException.class));
 			enhancer.setInterfaces(AopProxyUtils.completeProxiedInterfaces(this.advised));
+			enhancer.setNamingPolicy(SpringNamingPolicy.INSTANCE);
+			enhancer.setStrategy(new MemorySafeUndeclaredThrowableStrategy(UndeclaredThrowableException.class));
 			enhancer.setInterceptDuringConstruction(false);

 			Callback[] callbacks = getCallbacks(rootClass);
-			enhancer.setCallbacks(callbacks);
-			enhancer.setCallbackFilter(new ProxyCallbackFilter(
-					this.advised.getConfigurationOnlyCopy(), this.fixedInterceptorMap, this.fixedInterceptorOffset));
-
-			Class<?>[] types = new Class[callbacks.length];
+			Class<?>[] types = new Class<?>[callbacks.length];
 			for (int x = 0; x < types.length; x++) {
 				types[x] = callbacks[x].getClass();
 			}
+			enhancer.setCallbackFilter(new ProxyCallbackFilter(
+					this.advised.getConfigurationOnlyCopy(), this.fixedInterceptorMap, this.fixedInterceptorOffset));
 			enhancer.setCallbackTypes(types);
+			enhancer.setCallbacks(callbacks);

 			// Generate the proxy class and create a proxy instance.
 			Object proxy;
@@ -253,11 +254,14 @@ final class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	 * for each one found.
 	 */
 	private void doValidateClass(Class<?> proxySuperClass) {
-		Method[] methods = proxySuperClass.getMethods();
-		for (Method method : methods) {
-			if (!Object.class.equals(method.getDeclaringClass()) && Modifier.isFinal(method.getModifiers())) {
-				logger.warn("Unable to proxy method [" + method + "] because it is final: " +
-						"All calls to this method via a proxy will be routed directly to the proxy.");
+		if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
+			Method[] methods = proxySuperClass.getMethods();
+			for (Method method : methods) {
+				if (!Object.class.equals(method.getDeclaringClass()) && !Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers()) &&
+						Modifier.isFinal(method.getModifiers())) {
+					logger.warn("Unable to proxy method [" + method + "] because it is final: " +
+							"All calls to this method via a proxy will be routed directly to the proxy.");
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -309,8 +313,7 @@ final class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 			Callback[] fixedCallbacks = new Callback[methods.length];
 			this.fixedInterceptorMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>(methods.length);

-			// TODO: small memory optimisation here (can skip creation for
-			// methods with no advice)
+			// TODO: small memory optimisation here (can skip creation for methods with no advice)
 			for (int x = 0; x < methods.length; x++) {
 				List<Object> chain = this.advised.getInterceptorsAndDynamicInterceptionAdvice(methods[x], rootClass);
 				fixedCallbacks[x] = new FixedChainStaticTargetInterceptor(
@@ -337,16 +340,15 @@ final class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {
 	 */
 	private static Object processReturnType(Object proxy, Object target, Method method, Object retVal) {
 		// Massage return value if necessary
-		if (retVal != null && retVal == target &&
-				!RawTargetAccess.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
-			// Special case: it returned "this".
-			// Note that we can't help if the target sets a reference
-			// to itself in another returned object.
+		if (retVal != null && retVal == target && !RawTargetAccess.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
+			// Special case: it returned "this". Note that we can't help
+			// if the target sets a reference to itself in another returned object.
 			retVal = proxy;
 		}
 		Class<?> returnType = method.getReturnType();
 		if (retVal == null && returnType != Void.TYPE && returnType.isPrimitive()) {
-				throw new AopInvocationException("Null return value from advice does not match primitive return type for: " + method);
+			throw new AopInvocationException(
+					"Null return value from advice does not match primitive return type for: " + method);
 		}
 		return retVal;
 	}
@@ -848,7 +850,7 @@ final class CglibAopProxy implements AopProxy, Serializable {

 		@Override
 		public boolean equals(Object other) {
-			if (other == this) {
+			if (this == other) {
 				return true;
 			}
 			if (!(other instanceof ProxyCallbackFilter)) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class ProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	 * <p>No target, only interfaces. Must add interceptors.
 	 * @param proxyInterfaces the interfaces that the proxy should implement
 	 */
-	public ProxyFactory(Class[] proxyInterfaces) {
+	public ProxyFactory(Class<?>... proxyInterfaces) {
 		setInterfaces(proxyInterfaces);
 	}

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class ProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	 * @param proxyInterface the interface that the proxy should implement
 	 * @param interceptor the interceptor that the proxy should invoke
 	 */
-	public ProxyFactory(Class proxyInterface, Interceptor interceptor) {
+	public ProxyFactory(Class<?> proxyInterface, Interceptor interceptor) {
 		addInterface(proxyInterface);
 		addAdvice(interceptor);
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class ProxyFactory extends ProxyCreatorSupport {
 	 * @param proxyInterface the interface that the proxy should implement
 	 * @param targetSource the TargetSource that the proxy should invoke
 	 */
-	public ProxyFactory(Class proxyInterface, TargetSource targetSource) {
+	public ProxyFactory(Class<?> proxyInterface, TargetSource targetSource) {
 		addInterface(proxyInterface);
 		setTargetSource(targetSource);
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -81,24 +81,32 @@ public class BeanFactoryAdvisorRetrievalHelper {

 		List<Advisor> advisors = new LinkedList<Advisor>();
 		for (String name : advisorNames) {
-			if (isEligibleBean(name) && !this.beanFactory.isCurrentlyInCreation(name)) {
-				try {
-					advisors.add(this.beanFactory.getBean(name, Advisor.class));
-				}
-				catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
-					Throwable rootCause = ex.getMostSpecificCause();
-					if (rootCause instanceof BeanCurrentlyInCreationException) {
-						BeanCreationException bce = (BeanCreationException) rootCause;
-						if (this.beanFactory.isCurrentlyInCreation(bce.getBeanName())) {
-							if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-								logger.debug("Ignoring currently created advisor '" + name + "': " + ex.getMessage());
-							}
-							// Ignore: indicates a reference back to the bean we're trying to advise.
-							// We want to find advisors other than the currently created bean itself.
-							continue;
-						}
+			if (isEligibleBean(name)) {
+				if (this.beanFactory.isCurrentlyInCreation(name)) {
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Skipping currently created advisor '" + name + "'");
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					try {
+						advisors.add(this.beanFactory.getBean(name, Advisor.class));
+					}
+					catch (BeanCreationException ex) {
+						Throwable rootCause = ex.getMostSpecificCause();
+						if (rootCause instanceof BeanCurrentlyInCreationException) {
+							BeanCreationException bce = (BeanCreationException) rootCause;
+							if (this.beanFactory.isCurrentlyInCreation(bce.getBeanName())) {
+								if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+									logger.debug("Skipping advisor '" + name +
+											"' with dependency on currently created bean: " + ex.getMessage());
+								}
+								// Ignore: indicates a reference back to the bean we're trying to advise.
+								// We want to find advisors other than the currently created bean itself.
+								continue;
+							}
+						}
+						throw ex;
 					}
-					throw ex;
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {

 	/**
 	 * Determine the specific executor to use when executing the given method.
-	 * @return the executor to use (never {@code null})
+	 * @return the executor to use (or {@code null}, but just if no default executor has been set)
 	 */
 	protected AsyncTaskExecutor determineAsyncExecutor(Method method) {
 		AsyncTaskExecutor executor = this.executors.get(method);
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ public abstract class AsyncExecutionAspectSupport implements BeanFactoryAware {
 						this.beanFactory, Executor.class, qualifier);
 			}
 			else if (executorToUse == null) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("No executor qualifier specified and no default executor set on " +
-						getClass().getSimpleName() + " either");
+				return null;
 			}
 			executor = (executorToUse instanceof AsyncTaskExecutor ?
 					(AsyncTaskExecutor) executorToUse : new TaskExecutorAdapter(executorToUse));
@@ -82,7 +82,13 @@ public class AsyncExecutionInterceptor extends AsyncExecutionAspectSupport
 		Method specificMethod = ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(invocation.getMethod(), targetClass);
 		specificMethod = BridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(specificMethod);

-		Future<?> result = determineAsyncExecutor(specificMethod).submit(
+		AsyncTaskExecutor executor = determineAsyncExecutor(specificMethod);
+		if (executor == null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(
+					"No executor specified and no default executor set on AsyncExecutionInterceptor either");
+		}
+
+		Future<?> result = executor.submit(
 				new Callable<Object>() {
 					public Object call() throws Exception {
 						try {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {


 	/**
-	 * Generates a scoped proxy for the supplied target bean, registering the target
+	 * Generate a scoped proxy for the supplied target bean, registering the target
 	 * bean with an internal name and setting 'targetBeanName' on the scoped proxy.
 	 * @param definition the original bean definition
 	 * @param registry the bean definition registry
@@ -50,20 +50,20 @@ public abstract class ScopedProxyUtils {

 		String originalBeanName = definition.getBeanName();
 		BeanDefinition targetDefinition = definition.getBeanDefinition();
+		String targetBeanName = getTargetBeanName(originalBeanName);

 		// Create a scoped proxy definition for the original bean name,
 		// "hiding" the target bean in an internal target definition.
 		RootBeanDefinition proxyDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(ScopedProxyFactoryBean.class);
-		proxyDefinition.setOriginatingBeanDefinition(definition.getBeanDefinition());
+		proxyDefinition.setDecoratedDefinition(new BeanDefinitionHolder(targetDefinition, targetBeanName));
+		proxyDefinition.setOriginatingBeanDefinition(targetDefinition);
 		proxyDefinition.setSource(definition.getSource());
 		proxyDefinition.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);

-		String targetBeanName = getTargetBeanName(originalBeanName);
 		proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("targetBeanName", targetBeanName);
-
 		if (proxyTargetClass) {
 			targetDefinition.setAttribute(AutoProxyUtils.PRESERVE_TARGET_CLASS_ATTRIBUTE, Boolean.TRUE);
-			// ScopedFactoryBean's "proxyTargetClass" default is TRUE, so we don't need to set it explicitly here.
+			// ScopedProxyFactoryBean's "proxyTargetClass" default is TRUE, so we don't need to set it explicitly here.
 		}
 		else {
 			proxyDefinition.getPropertyValues().add("proxyTargetClass", Boolean.FALSE);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * <ul>
 * <li>pattern: regular expression for the fully-qualified method names to match.
 * The exact regexp syntax will depend on the subclass (e.g. Perl5 regular expressions)
- * <li>patterns: alternative property taking a String array of patterns. The result will
- * be the union of these patterns.
+ * <li>patterns: alternative property taking a String array of patterns.
+ * The result will be the union of these patterns.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Note: the regular expressions must be a match. For example,
 * {@code .*get.*} will match com.mycom.Foo.getBar().
 * {@code get.*} will not.
 *
- * <p>This base class is serializable. Subclasses should declare all fields transient
- * - the initPatternRepresentation method in this class will be invoked again on the
- * client side on deserialization.
+ * <p>This base class is serializable. Subclasses should declare all fields transient;
+ * the {@link #initPatternRepresentation} method will be invoked again on deserialization.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -51,10 +50,14 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPointcut
 		implements Serializable {

-	/** Regular expressions to match */
+	/**
+	 * Regular expressions to match.
+	 */
 	private String[] patterns = new String[0];

-	/** Regular expressions <strong>not</strong> to match */
+	/**
+	 * Regular expressions <strong>not</strong> to match.
+	 */
 	private String[] excludedPatterns = new String[0];


@@ -64,15 +67,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPo
 	 * @see #setPatterns
 	 */
 	public void setPattern(String pattern) {
-		setPatterns(new String[] {pattern});
+		setPatterns(pattern);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Set the regular expressions defining methods to match.
-	 * Matching will be the union of all these; if any match,
-	 * the pointcut matches.
+	 * Matching will be the union of all these; if any match, the pointcut matches.
+	 * @see #setPattern
 	 */
-	public void setPatterns(String[] patterns) {
+	public void setPatterns(String... patterns) {
 		Assert.notEmpty(patterns, "'patterns' must not be empty");
 		this.patterns = new String[patterns.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < patterns.length; i++) {
@@ -94,15 +97,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPo
 	 * @see #setExcludedPatterns
 	 */
 	public void setExcludedPattern(String excludedPattern) {
-		setExcludedPatterns(new String[] {excludedPattern});
+		setExcludedPatterns(excludedPattern);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Set the regular expressions defining methods to match for exclusion.
-	 * Matching will be the union of all these; if any match,
-	 * the pointcut matches.
+	 * Matching will be the union of all these; if any match, the pointcut matches.
+	 * @see #setExcludedPattern
 	 */
-	public void setExcludedPatterns(String[] excludedPatterns) {
+	public void setExcludedPatterns(String... excludedPatterns) {
 		Assert.notEmpty(excludedPatterns, "'excludedPatterns' must not be empty");
 		this.excludedPatterns = new String[excludedPatterns.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < excludedPatterns.length; i++) {
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPo
 	 * of the target class as well as against the method's declaring class,
 	 * plus the name of the method.
 	 */
-	public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass) {
+	public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 		return ((targetClass != null && matchesPattern(targetClass.getName() + "." + method.getName())) ||
 				matchesPattern(method.getDeclaringClass().getName() + "." + method.getName()));
 	}
@@ -172,18 +175,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractRegexpMethodPointcut extends StaticMethodMatcherPo
 	protected abstract void initExcludedPatternRepresentation(String[] patterns) throws IllegalArgumentException;

 	/**
-	 * Does the pattern at the given index match this string?
-	 * @param pattern {@code String} pattern to match
-	 * @param patternIndex index of pattern from 0
-	 * @return {@code true} if there is a match, else {@code false}.
+	 * Does the pattern at the given index match the given String?
+	 * @param pattern the {@code String} pattern to match
+	 * @param patternIndex index of pattern (starting from 0)
+	 * @return {@code true} if there is a match, {@code false} otherwise
 	 */
 	protected abstract boolean matches(String pattern, int patternIndex);

 	/**
-	 * Does the exclusion pattern at the given index match this string?
-	 * @param pattern {@code String} pattern to match.
-	 * @param patternIndex index of pattern starting from 0.
-	 * @return {@code true} if there is a match, else {@code false}.
+	 * Does the exclusion pattern at the given index match the given String?
+	 * @param pattern the {@code String} pattern to match
+	 * @param patternIndex index of pattern (starting from 0)
+	 * @return {@code true} if there is a match, {@code false} otherwise
 	 */
 	protected abstract boolean matchesExclusion(String pattern, int patternIndex);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
- * Static utility methods for composing
- * {@link org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter ClassFilters}.
+ * Static utility methods for composing {@link ClassFilter ClassFilters}.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Rob Harrop
@@ -96,9 +95,9 @@ public abstract class ClassFilters {
 			this.filters = filters;
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Class clazz) {
-			for (int i = 0; i < this.filters.length; i++) {
-				if (this.filters[i].matches(clazz)) {
+		public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
+			for (ClassFilter filter : this.filters) {
+				if (filter.matches(clazz)) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}
@@ -130,9 +129,9 @@ public abstract class ClassFilters {
 			this.filters = filters;
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Class clazz) {
-			for (int i = 0; i < this.filters.length; i++) {
-				if (!this.filters[i].matches(clazz)) {
+		public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
+			for (ClassFilter filter : this.filters) {
+				if (!filter.matches(clazz)) {
 					return false;
 				}
 			}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ public class ComposablePointcut implements Pointcut, Serializable {
 		return this.methodMatcher;
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
 		if (this == other) {
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ public class ComposablePointcut implements Pointcut, Serializable {
 		if (!(other instanceof ComposablePointcut)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-
 		ComposablePointcut that = (ComposablePointcut) other;
 		return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(that.classFilter, this.classFilter) &&
 				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(that.methodMatcher, this.methodMatcher);
@@ -207,8 +205,7 @@ public class ComposablePointcut implements Pointcut, Serializable {

 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "ComposablePointcut: ClassFilter [" + this.classFilter +
-				"], MethodMatcher [" + this.methodMatcher + "]";
+		return "ComposablePointcut: " + this.classFilter + ", " +this.methodMatcher;
 	}

 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ import org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
- * Static utility methods for composing
- * {@link org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher MethodMatchers}.
+ * Static utility methods for composing {@link MethodMatcher MethodMatchers}.
 *
- * <p>A MethodMatcher may be evaluated statically (based on method
- * and target class) or need further evaluation dynamically
- * (based on arguments at the time of method invocation).
+ * <p>A MethodMatcher may be evaluated statically (based on method and target
+ * class) or need further evaluation dynamically (based on arguments at the
+ * time of method invocation).
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Rob Harrop
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 	 * asking is the subject on one or more introductions; {@code false} otherwise
 	 * @return whether or not this method matches statically
 	 */
-	public static boolean matches(MethodMatcher mm, Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
+	public static boolean matches(MethodMatcher mm, Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
 		Assert.notNull(mm, "MethodMatcher must not be null");
 		return ((mm instanceof IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher &&
 				((IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher) mm).matches(method, targetClass, hasIntroductions)) ||
@@ -102,8 +101,9 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class UnionMethodMatcher implements IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher, Serializable {

-		private MethodMatcher mm1;
-		private MethodMatcher mm2;
+		private final MethodMatcher mm1;
+
+		private final MethodMatcher mm2;

 		public UnionMethodMatcher(MethodMatcher mm1, MethodMatcher mm2) {
 			Assert.notNull(mm1, "First MethodMatcher must not be null");
@@ -112,21 +112,21 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 			this.mm2 = mm2;
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
 			return (matchesClass1(targetClass) && MethodMatchers.matches(this.mm1, method, targetClass, hasIntroductions)) ||
 					(matchesClass2(targetClass) && MethodMatchers.matches(this.mm2, method, targetClass, hasIntroductions));
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return (matchesClass1(targetClass) && this.mm1.matches(method, targetClass)) ||
 					(matchesClass2(targetClass) && this.mm2.matches(method, targetClass));
 		}

-		protected boolean matchesClass1(Class targetClass) {
+		protected boolean matchesClass1(Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return true;
 		}

-		protected boolean matchesClass2(Class targetClass) {
+		protected boolean matchesClass2(Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return true;
 		}

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 			return this.mm1.isRuntime() || this.mm2.isRuntime();
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, Object[] args) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
 			return this.mm1.matches(method, targetClass, args) || this.mm2.matches(method, targetClass, args);
 		}

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 	private static class ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher extends UnionMethodMatcher {

 		private final ClassFilter cf1;
+
 		private final ClassFilter cf2;

 		public ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher(MethodMatcher mm1, ClassFilter cf1, MethodMatcher mm2, ClassFilter cf2) {
@@ -177,12 +178,12 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 		}

 		@Override
-		protected boolean matchesClass1(Class targetClass) {
+		protected boolean matchesClass1(Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return this.cf1.matches(targetClass);
 		}

 		@Override
-		protected boolean matchesClass2(Class targetClass) {
+		protected boolean matchesClass2(Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return this.cf2.matches(targetClass);
 		}

@@ -191,11 +192,17 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 			if (this == other) {
 				return true;
 			}
-			if (!(other instanceof ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher)) {
+			if (!super.equals(other)) {
 				return false;
 			}
-			ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher that = (ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher) other;
-			return (this.cf1.equals(that.cf1) && this.cf2.equals(that.cf2) && super.equals(other));
+			ClassFilter otherCf1 = ClassFilter.TRUE;
+			ClassFilter otherCf2 = ClassFilter.TRUE;
+			if (other instanceof ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher) {
+				ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher cfa = (ClassFilterAwareUnionMethodMatcher) other;
+				otherCf1 = cfa.cf1;
+				otherCf2 = cfa.cf2;
+			}
+			return (this.cf1.equals(otherCf1) && this.cf2.equals(otherCf2));
 		}
 	}

@@ -206,8 +213,9 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class IntersectionMethodMatcher implements IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher, Serializable {

-		private MethodMatcher mm1;
-		private MethodMatcher mm2;
+		private final MethodMatcher mm1;
+
+		private final MethodMatcher mm2;

 		public IntersectionMethodMatcher(MethodMatcher mm1, MethodMatcher mm2) {
 			Assert.notNull(mm1, "First MethodMatcher must not be null");
@@ -216,12 +224,12 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 			this.mm2 = mm2;
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean hasIntroductions) {
 			return MethodMatchers.matches(this.mm1, method, targetClass, hasIntroductions) &&
 					MethodMatchers.matches(this.mm2, method, targetClass, hasIntroductions);
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return this.mm1.matches(method, targetClass) && this.mm2.matches(method, targetClass);
 		}

@@ -229,7 +237,7 @@ public abstract class MethodMatchers {
 			return this.mm1.isRuntime() || this.mm2.isRuntime();
 		}

-		public boolean matches(Method method, Class targetClass, Object[] args) {
+		public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
 			// Because a dynamic intersection may be composed of a static and dynamic part,
 			// we must avoid calling the 3-arg matches method on a dynamic matcher, as
 			// it will probably be an unsupported operation.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,10 +59,32 @@ public class AnnotationClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 	}


-	public boolean matches(Class clazz) {
+	public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
 		return (this.checkInherited ?
 				(AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(clazz, this.annotationType) != null) :
 				clazz.isAnnotationPresent(this.annotationType));
 	}

+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object other) {
+		if (this == other) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (!(other instanceof AnnotationClassFilter)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		AnnotationClassFilter otherCf = (AnnotationClassFilter) other;
+		return (this.annotationType.equals(otherCf.annotationType) && this.checkInherited == otherCf.checkInherited);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return this.annotationType.hashCode();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getClass().getName() + ": " + this.annotationType;
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
 import org.springframework.aop.MethodMatcher;
 import org.springframework.aop.Pointcut;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
 * Simple Pointcut that looks for a specific Java 5 annotation
@@ -98,6 +99,36 @@ public class AnnotationMatchingPointcut implements Pointcut {
 		return this.methodMatcher;
 	}

+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object other) {
+		if (this == other) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (!(other instanceof AnnotationMatchingPointcut)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		AnnotationMatchingPointcut that = (AnnotationMatchingPointcut) other;
+		return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(that.classFilter, this.classFilter) &&
+				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(that.methodMatcher, this.methodMatcher);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		int code = 17;
+		if (this.classFilter != null) {
+			code = 37 * code + this.classFilter.hashCode();
+		}
+		if (this.methodMatcher != null) {
+			code = 37 * code + this.methodMatcher.hashCode();
+		}
+		return code;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "AnnotationMatchingPointcut: " + this.classFilter + ", " +this.methodMatcher;
+	}
+

 	/**
 	 * Factory method for an AnnotationMatchingPointcut that matches
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -73,4 +73,9 @@ public class AnnotationMethodMatcher extends StaticMethodMatcher {
 		return this.annotationType.hashCode();
 	}

+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getClass().getName() + ": " + this.annotationType;
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 * @see #releaseTarget
 * @see #destroy
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public abstract class AbstractPoolingTargetSource extends AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource
 		implements PoolingConfig, DisposableBean {

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 * @see ThreadLocalTargetSource
 * @see CommonsPoolTargetSource
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public abstract class AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource extends AbstractBeanFactoryBasedTargetSource {

 	@Override
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.core.Constants;

 /**
- * TargetSource implementation that holds objects in a configurable
- * Jakarta Commons Pool.
+ * {@link org.springframework.aop.TargetSource} implementation that holds
+ * objects in a configurable Apache Commons Pool.
 *
 * <p>By default, an instance of {@code GenericObjectPool} is created.
 * Subclasses may change the type of {@code ObjectPool} used by
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ import org.springframework.core.Constants;
 * of configuration properties that are relevant to your chosen implementation.
 *
 * <p>The {@code testOnBorrow}, {@code testOnReturn} and {@code testWhileIdle}
- * properties are explictly not mirrored because the implementation of
+ * properties are explicitly not mirrored because the implementation of
 * {@code PoolableObjectFactory} used by this class does not implement
- * meaningful validation. All exposed Commons Pool properties use the corresponding
- * Commons Pool defaults: for example,
+ * meaningful validation. All exposed Commons Pool properties use the
+ * corresponding Commons Pool defaults.
+ *
+ * <p>Compatible with Apache Commons Pool 1.5.x and 1.6.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Rob Harrop
@@ -55,10 +57,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.Constants;
 * @see #setTimeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis
 * @see #setMinEvictableIdleTimeMillis
 */
-public class CommonsPoolTargetSource extends AbstractPoolingTargetSource
-		implements PoolableObjectFactory {
-
-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class CommonsPoolTargetSource extends AbstractPoolingTargetSource implements PoolableObjectFactory {

 	private static final Constants constants = new Constants(GenericObjectPool.class);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ package org.springframework.aop.target;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;

 /**
- * TargetSource that creates a new instance of the target bean for each
- * request, destroying each instance on release (after each request).
- * Obtains bean instances from its containing
+ * {@link org.springframework.aop.TargetSource} implementation that
+ * creates a new instance of the target bean for each request,
+ * destroying each instance on release (after each request).
+ *
+ * <p>Obtains bean instances from its containing
 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory}.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
@@ -29,10 +31,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 * @see #setBeanFactory
 * @see #setTargetBeanName
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class PrototypeTargetSource extends AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource {

-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
 	/**
 	 * Obtain a new prototype instance for every call.
 	 * @see #newPrototypeInstance()
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;

 /**
- * Alternative to an object pool. This TargetSource uses a threading model in which
- * every thread has its own copy of the target. There's no contention for targets.
- * Target object creation is kept to a minimum on the running server.
+ * Alternative to an object pool. This {@link org.springframework.aop.TargetSource}
+ * uses a threading model in which every thread has its own copy of the target.
+ * There's no contention for targets. Target object creation is kept to a minimum
+ * on the running server.
 *
 * <p>Application code is written as to a normal pool; callers can't assume they
 * will be dealing with the same instance in invocations in different threads.
@@ -47,11 +48,10 @@ import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;
 * @see ThreadLocalTargetSourceStats
 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean#destroy()
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class ThreadLocalTargetSource extends AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource
 		implements ThreadLocalTargetSourceStats, DisposableBean {

-	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-
 	/**
 	 * ThreadLocal holding the target associated with the current
 	 * thread. Unlike most ThreadLocals, which are static, this variable
@@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ public class ThreadLocalTargetSource extends AbstractPrototypeBasedTargetSource
 		Object target = this.targetInThread.get();
 		if (target == null) {
 			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				logger.debug("No target for prototype '" + getTargetBeanName() +
-						"' bound to thread: " +
-						"creating one and binding it to thread '" +
-						Thread.currentThread().getName() + "'");
+				logger.debug("No target for prototype '" + getTargetBeanName() + "' bound to thread: " +
+						"creating one and binding it to thread '" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "'");
 			}
 			// Associate target with ThreadLocal.
 			target = newPrototypeInstance();
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public final class MethodMatchersTests {

 	private final Method IOTHER_ABSQUATULATE;

+
 	public MethodMatchersTests() throws Exception {
 		EXCEPTION_GETMESSAGE = Exception.class.getMethod("getMessage", (Class[]) null);
 		ITESTBEAN_GETAGE = ITestBean.class.getMethod("getAge", (Class[]) null);
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public final class MethodMatchersTests {
 		IOTHER_ABSQUATULATE = IOther.class.getMethod("absquatulate", (Class[]) null);
 	}

+
 	@Test
 	public void testDefaultMatchesAll() throws Exception {
 		MethodMatcher defaultMm = MethodMatcher.TRUE;
@@ -99,23 +101,33 @@ public final class MethodMatchersTests {
 		assertTrue("Matched setAge method", union.matches(ITESTBEAN_SETAGE, TestBean.class));
 		assertTrue("Matched getAge method", union.matches(ITESTBEAN_GETAGE, TestBean.class));
 		assertFalse("Didn't matched absquatulate method", union.matches(IOTHER_ABSQUATULATE, TestBean.class));
+	}

+	@Test
+	public void testUnionEquals() {
+		MethodMatcher first = MethodMatchers.union(MethodMatcher.TRUE, MethodMatcher.TRUE);
+		MethodMatcher second = new ComposablePointcut(MethodMatcher.TRUE).union(new ComposablePointcut(MethodMatcher.TRUE)).getMethodMatcher();
+		assertTrue(first.equals(second));
+		assertTrue(second.equals(first));
 	}


 	public static class StartsWithMatcher extends StaticMethodMatcher {
-		private String prefix;
+
+		private final String prefix;
+
 		public StartsWithMatcher(String s) {
 			this.prefix = s;
 		}
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean matches(Method m, Class<?> targetClass) {
 			return m.getName().startsWith(prefix);
 		}
 	}

-
 	private static class TestDynamicMethodMatcherWhichMatches extends DynamicMethodMatcher {
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean matches(Method m, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
 			return true;
@@ -123,6 +135,7 @@ public final class MethodMatchersTests {
 	}

 	private static class TestDynamicMethodMatcherWhichDoesNotMatch extends DynamicMethodMatcher {
+
 		@Override
 		public boolean matches(Method m, Class<?> targetClass, Object[] args) {
 			return false;
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ configurations {
 tasks.getByName("idea").onlyIf { false }
 tasks.getByName("ideaModule").onlyIf { false }

-task compileJava(overwrite: true)  {
-	dependsOn JavaPlugin.PROCESS_RESOURCES_TASK_NAME
+compileJava  {
+	actions = []
 	dependsOn configurations.ajc.getTaskDependencyFromProjectDependency(true, "compileJava")

 	def outputDir = project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ task compileJava(overwrite: true)  {
 	}
 }

-task compileTestJava(overwrite: true)  {
-	dependsOn JavaPlugin.PROCESS_TEST_RESOURCES_TASK_NAME
+compileTestJava  {
+	actions = []
 	dependsOn configurations.ajc.getTaskDependencyFromProjectDependency(true, "compileTestJava")
 	dependsOn jar

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,16 +18,22 @@ package org.springframework.mock.staticmock;

 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
-import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
 * Abstract aspect to enable mocking of methods picked out by a pointcut.
- * Sub-aspects must define the mockStaticsTestMethod() pointcut to
- * indicate call stacks when mocking should be triggered, and the
- * methodToMock() pointcut to pick out a method invocations to mock.
+ *
+ * <p>Sub-aspects must define:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>the {@link #mockStaticsTestMethod()} pointcut to indicate call stacks
+ * when mocking should be triggered
+ * <li>the {@link #methodToMock()} pointcut to pick out method invocations to mock
+ * </ul>
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 */
 public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMethod()) {

@@ -35,24 +41,34 @@ public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMeth

 	protected abstract pointcut methodToMock();

+
 	private boolean recording = true;

-	static enum CallResponse { nothing, return_, throw_ };

-	// Represents a list of expected calls to static entity methods
+	static enum CallResponse {
+		nothing, return_, throw_
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Represents a list of expected calls to methods.
+	 */
 	// Public to allow inserted code to access: is this normal??
 	public class Expectations {

-		// Represents an expected call to a static entity method
+		/**
+		 * Represents an expected call to a method.
+		 */
 		private class Call {
+
 			private final String signature;
 			private final Object[] args;

 			private Object responseObject; // return value or throwable
 			private CallResponse responseType = CallResponse.nothing;

-			public Call(String name, Object[] args) {
-				this.signature = name;
+
+			public Call(String signature, Object[] args) {
+				this.signature = signature;
 				this.args = args;
 			}

@@ -77,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMeth

 			public Object throwException(String lastSig, Object[] args) {
 				checkSignature(lastSig, args);
-				throw (RuntimeException)responseObject;
+				throw (RuntimeException) responseObject;
 			}

 			private void checkSignature(String lastSig, Object[] args) {
@@ -88,50 +104,62 @@ public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMeth
 					throw new IllegalArgumentException("Arguments don't match");
 				}
 			}
+
+			@Override
+			public String toString() {
+				return String.format("Call with signature [%s] and arguments %s", this.signature,
+					ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(args));
+			}
 		}

-		private List<Call> calls = new LinkedList<Call>();

-		// Calls already verified
+		/**
+		 * The list of recorded calls.
+		 */
+		private final LinkedList<Call> calls = new LinkedList<Call>();
+
+		/**
+		 * The number of calls already verified.
+		 */
 		private int verified;

+
 		public void verify() {
 			if (verified != calls.size()) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Expected " + calls.size()
-						+ " calls, received " + verified);
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Expected " + calls.size() + " calls, but received " + verified);
 			}
 		}

 		/**
-		 * Validate the call and provide the expected return value
-		 * @param lastSig
-		 * @param args
-		 * @return
+		 * Validate the call and provide the expected return value.
 		 */
 		public Object respond(String lastSig, Object[] args) {
-			Call call = nextCall();
-			CallResponse responseType = call.responseType;
-			if (responseType == CallResponse.return_) {
-				return call.returnValue(lastSig, args);
-			} else if(responseType == CallResponse.throw_) {
-				return (RuntimeException)call.throwException(lastSig, args);
-			} else if(responseType == CallResponse.nothing) {
-				// do nothing
+			Call c = nextCall();
+
+			switch (c.responseType) {
+				case return_: {
+					return c.returnValue(lastSig, args);
+				}
+				case throw_: {
+					return c.throwException(lastSig, args);
+				}
+				default: {
+					throw new IllegalStateException("Behavior of " + c + " not specified");
+				}
 			}
-			throw new IllegalStateException("Behavior of " + call + " not specified");
 		}

 		private Call nextCall() {
-			if (verified > calls.size() - 1) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("Expected " + calls.size()
-						+ " calls, received " + verified);
+			verified++;
+			if (verified > calls.size()) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException("Expected " + calls.size() + " calls, but received " + verified);
 			}
-			return calls.get(verified++);
+			// The 'verified' count is 1-based; whereas, 'calls' is 0-based.
+			return calls.get(verified - 1);
 		}

-		public void expectCall(String lastSig, Object lastArgs[]) {
-			Call call = new Call(lastSig, lastArgs);
-			calls.add(call);
+		public void expectCall(String lastSig, Object[] lastArgs) {
+			calls.add(new Call(lastSig, lastArgs));
 		}

 		public boolean hasCalls() {
@@ -139,29 +167,31 @@ public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMeth
 		}

 		public void expectReturn(Object retVal) {
-			Call call = calls.get(calls.size() - 1);
-			if (call.hasResponseSpecified()) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("No static method invoked before setting return value");
+			Call c = calls.getLast();
+			if (c.hasResponseSpecified()) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException("No method invoked before setting return value");
 			}
-			call.setReturnVal(retVal);
+			c.setReturnVal(retVal);
 		}

 		public void expectThrow(Throwable throwable) {
-			Call call = calls.get(calls.size() - 1);
-			if (call.hasResponseSpecified()) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException("No static method invoked before setting throwable");
+			Call c = calls.getLast();
+			if (c.hasResponseSpecified()) {
+				throw new IllegalStateException("No method invoked before setting throwable");
 			}
-			call.setThrow(throwable);
+			c.setThrow(throwable);
 		}
 	}

-	private Expectations expectations = new Expectations();
+
+	private final Expectations expectations = new Expectations();
+

 	after() returning : mockStaticsTestMethod() {
 		if (recording && (expectations.hasCalls())) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException(
-					"Calls recorded, yet playback state never reached: Create expectations then call "
-							+ this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ".playback()");
+				"Calls recorded, yet playback state never reached: Create expectations then call "
+						+ this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ".playback()");
 		}
 		expectations.verify();
 	}
@@ -171,7 +201,8 @@ public abstract aspect AbstractMethodMockingControl percflow(mockStaticsTestMeth
 			expectations.expectCall(thisJoinPointStaticPart.toLongString(), thisJoinPoint.getArgs());
 			// Return value doesn't matter
 			return null;
-		} else {
+		}
+		else {
 			return expectations.respond(thisJoinPointStaticPart.toLongString(), thisJoinPoint.getArgs());
 		}
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,50 +17,69 @@
 package org.springframework.mock.staticmock;

 /**
- * Annotation-based aspect to use in test build to enable mocking static methods
- * on JPA-annotated {@code @Entity} classes, as used by Roo for finders.
+ * Annotation-based aspect to use in test builds to enable mocking of static methods
+ * on JPA-annotated {@code @Entity} classes, as used by Spring Roo for so-called
+ * <em>finder methods</em>.
 *
- * <p>Mocking will occur in the call stack of any method in a class (typically a test class)
- * that is annotated with the @MockStaticEntityMethods annotation.
+ * <p>Mocking will occur within the call stack of any method in a class (typically a
+ * test class) that is annotated with {@code @MockStaticEntityMethods}.
 *
- * <p>Also provides static methods to simplify the programming model for
- * entering playback mode and setting expected return values.
+ * <p>This aspect also provides static methods to simplify the programming model for
+ * setting expectations and entering playback mode.
 *
 * <p>Usage:
 * <ol>
- * <li>Annotate a test class with @MockStaticEntityMethods.
- * <li>In each test method, AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl will begin in recording mode.
- * Invoke static methods on Entity classes, with each recording-mode invocation
- * being followed by an invocation to the static expectReturn() or expectThrow()
- * method on AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.
- * <li>Invoke the static AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl() method.
- * <li>Call the code you wish to test that uses the static methods. Verification will
- * occur automatically.
+ * <li>Annotate a test class with {@code @MockStaticEntityMethods}.
+ * <li>In each test method, {@code AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl}
+ * will begin in <em>recording</em> mode.
+ * <li>Invoke static methods on JPA-annotated {@code @Entity} classes, with each
+ * recording-mode invocation being followed by an invocation of either the static
+ * {@link #expectReturn(Object)} method or the static {@link #expectThrow(Throwable)}
+ * method on {@code AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl}.
+ * <li>Invoke the static {@link #playback()} method.
+ * <li>Call the code you wish to test that uses the static methods.
+ * <li>Verification will occur automatically.
 * </ol>
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Ramnivas Laddad
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 * @see MockStaticEntityMethods
 */
 public aspect AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl extends AbstractMethodMockingControl {

 	/**
-	 * Stop recording mock calls and enter playback state
+	 * Expect the supplied {@link Object} to be returned by the previous static
+	 * method invocation.
+	 * @see #playback()
 	 */
-	public static void playback() {
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.aspectOf().playbackInternal();
-	}
-
 	public static void expectReturn(Object retVal) {
 		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.aspectOf().expectReturnInternal(retVal);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Expect the supplied {@link Throwable} to be thrown by the previous static
+	 * method invocation.
+	 * @see #playback()
+	 */
 	public static void expectThrow(Throwable throwable) {
 		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.aspectOf().expectThrowInternal(throwable);
 	}

-	// Only matches directly annotated @Test methods, to allow methods in
-	// @MockStatics classes to invoke each other without resetting the mocking environment
+	/**
+	 * Stop recording mock expectations and enter <em>playback</em> mode.
+	 * @see #expectReturn(Object)
+	 * @see #expectThrow(Throwable)
+	 */
+	public static void playback() {
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.aspectOf().playbackInternal();
+	}
+	
+	// Apparently, the following pointcut was originally defined to only match
+	// methods directly annotated with @Test (in order to allow methods in
+	// @MockStaticEntityMethods classes to invoke each other without resetting
+	// the mocking environment); however, this is no longer the case. The current
+	// pointcut applies to all public methods in @MockStaticEntityMethods classes.
 	protected pointcut mockStaticsTestMethod() : execution(public * (@MockStaticEntityMethods *).*(..));

 	protected pointcut methodToMock() : execution(public static * (@javax.persistence.Entity *).*(..));
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;

 /**
- * Annotation to indicate a test class for whose @Test methods
- * static methods on Entity classes should be mocked. See
- * {@code AbstractMethodMockingControl}.
+ * Annotation to indicate a test class for whose {@code @Test} methods
+ * static methods on JPA-annotated {@code @Entity} classes should be mocked.
+ *
+ * <p>See {@link AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl} for details.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
 * @since 3.1
 * @see EnableAsync
 * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.AsyncConfigurationSelector
+ * @see org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.ProxyAsyncConfiguration
 */
@Configuration
 public class AspectJAsyncConfiguration extends AbstractAsyncConfiguration {

-	@Override
 	@Bean(name=AnnotationConfigUtils.ASYNC_EXECUTION_ASPECT_BEAN_NAME)
 	@Role(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE)
 	public AnnotationAsyncExecutionAspect asyncAdvisor() {
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.mock.staticmock;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-import static org.springframework.mock.staticmock.AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn;
-import static org.springframework.mock.staticmock.AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectThrow;
-import static org.springframework.mock.staticmock.AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback;
-
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
-
-
-/**
- * Test for static entity mocking framework.
- * @author Rod Johnson
- * @author Ramnivas Laddad
- *
- */
-@MockStaticEntityMethods
-@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
-public class AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControlTest {
-
-	@Test
-	public void testNoArgIntReturn() {
-		int expectedCount = 13;
-		Person.countPeople();
-		expectReturn(expectedCount);
-		playback();
-		assertEquals(expectedCount, Person.countPeople());
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=PersistenceException.class)
-	public void testNoArgThrows() {
-		Person.countPeople();
-		expectThrow(new PersistenceException());
-		playback();
-		Person.countPeople();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testArgMethodMatches() {
-		long id = 13;
-		Person found = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id);
-		expectReturn(found);
-		playback();
-		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
-	}
-
-
-	@Test
-	public void testLongSeriesOfCalls() {
-		long id1 = 13;
-		long id2 = 24;
-		Person found1 = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id1);
-		expectReturn(found1);
-		Person found2 = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id2);
-		expectReturn(found2);
-		Person.findPerson(id1);
-		expectReturn(found1);
-		Person.countPeople();
-		expectReturn(0);
-		playback();
-
-		assertEquals(found1, Person.findPerson(id1));
-		assertEquals(found2, Person.findPerson(id2));
-		assertEquals(found1, Person.findPerson(id1));
-		assertEquals(0, Person.countPeople());
-	}
-
-	// Note delegation is used when tests are invalid and should fail, as otherwise
-	// the failure will occur on the verify() method in the aspect after
-	// this method returns, failing the test case
-	@Test
-	public void testArgMethodNoMatchExpectReturn() {
-		try {
-			new Delegate().testArgMethodNoMatchExpectReturn();
-			fail();
-		} catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
-	public void testArgMethodNoMatchExpectThrow() {
-		new Delegate().testArgMethodNoMatchExpectThrow();
-	}
-
-	private void called(Person found, long id) {
-		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testReentrant() {
-		long id = 13;
-		Person found = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id);
-		expectReturn(found);
-		playback();
-		called(found, id);
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
-	public void testRejectUnexpectedCall() {
-		new Delegate().rejectUnexpectedCall();
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
-	public void testFailTooFewCalls() {
-		new Delegate().failTooFewCalls();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testEmpty() {
-		// Test that verification check doesn't blow up if no replay() call happened
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
-	public void testDoesntEverReplay() {
-		new Delegate().doesntEverReplay();
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=IllegalStateException.class)
-	public void testDoesntEverSetReturn() {
-		new Delegate().doesntEverSetReturn();
-	}
-}
-
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.mock.staticmock;
+
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.springframework.mock.staticmock.AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.*;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for Spring's static entity mocking framework (i.e., @{@link MockStaticEntityMethods}
+ * and {@link AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl}).
+ * 
+ * @author Rod Johnson
+ * @author Ramnivas Laddad
+ * @author Sam Brannen
+ */
+@MockStaticEntityMethods
+public class AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControlTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void noArgumentMethodInvocationReturnsInt() {
+		int expectedCount = 13;
+		Person.countPeople();
+		expectReturn(expectedCount);
+		playback();
+		assertEquals(expectedCount, Person.countPeople());
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = PersistenceException.class)
+	public void noArgumentMethodInvocationThrowsException() {
+		Person.countPeople();
+		expectThrow(new PersistenceException());
+		playback();
+		Person.countPeople();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void methodArgumentsMatch() {
+		long id = 13;
+		Person found = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id);
+		expectReturn(found);
+		playback();
+		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void longSeriesOfCalls() {
+		long id1 = 13;
+		long id2 = 24;
+		Person found1 = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id1);
+		expectReturn(found1);
+		Person found2 = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id2);
+		expectReturn(found2);
+		Person.findPerson(id1);
+		expectReturn(found1);
+		Person.countPeople();
+		expectReturn(0);
+		playback();
+
+		assertEquals(found1, Person.findPerson(id1));
+		assertEquals(found2, Person.findPerson(id2));
+		assertEquals(found1, Person.findPerson(id1));
+		assertEquals(0, Person.countPeople());
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	public void methodArgumentsDoNotMatchAndReturnsObject() {
+		long id = 13;
+		Person found = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id);
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(found);
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id + 1));
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+	public void methodArgumentsDoNotMatchAndThrowsException() {
+		long id = 13;
+		Person found = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id);
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectThrow(new PersistenceException());
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id + 1));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void reentrant() {
+		long id = 13;
+		Person found = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id);
+		expectReturn(found);
+		playback();
+		called(found, id);
+	}
+
+	private void called(Person found, long id) {
+		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void rejectUnexpectedCall() {
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+		Person.countPeople();
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void tooFewCalls() {
+		long id = 13;
+		Person found = new Person();
+		Person.findPerson(id);
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(found);
+		Person.countPeople();
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(25);
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void empty() {
+		// Test that verification check doesn't blow up if no replay() call happened.
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void doesNotEnterPlaybackMode() {
+		Person.countPeople();
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void doesNotSetExpectedReturnValue() {
+		Person.countPeople();
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Note: this test method currently does NOT actually verify that the mock
+	 * verification fails.
+	 */
+	// TODO Determine if it's possible for a mock verification failure to fail a test in
+	// JUnit 4+ if the test method itself throws an expected exception.
+	@Test(expected = RemoteException.class)
+	public void verificationFailsEvenWhenTestFailsInExpectedManner() throws Exception {
+		Person.countPeople();
+		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
+		// No calls in order to allow verification failure
+		throw new RemoteException();
+	}
+
+}
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.mock.staticmock;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-import java.rmi.RemoteException;
-
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.mock.staticmock.AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl;
-import org.springframework.mock.staticmock.MockStaticEntityMethods;
-
-//Used because verification failures occur after method returns,
-//so we can't test for them in the test case itself
-@MockStaticEntityMethods
-@Ignore // This isn't meant for direct testing; rather it is driven from AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl
-public class Delegate {
-
-	@Test
-	public void testArgMethodNoMatchExpectReturn() {
-		long id = 13;
-		Person found = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id);
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(found);
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id + 1));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void testArgMethodNoMatchExpectThrow() {
-		long id = 13;
-		Person found = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id);
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectThrow(new PersistenceException());
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id + 1));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void failTooFewCalls() {
-		long id = 13;
-		Person found = new Person();
-		Person.findPerson(id);
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(found);
-		Person.countPeople();
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.expectReturn(25);
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-		assertEquals(found, Person.findPerson(id));
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void doesntEverReplay() {
-		Person.countPeople();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void doesntEverSetReturn() {
-		Person.countPeople();
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void rejectUnexpectedCall() {
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-		Person.countPeople();
-	}
-
-	@Test(expected=RemoteException.class)
-	public void testVerificationFailsEvenWhenTestFailsInExpectedManner() throws RemoteException {
-		Person.countPeople();
-		AnnotationDrivenStaticEntityMockingControl.playback();
-		// No calls to allow verification failure
-		throw new RemoteException();
-	}
-}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,33 +20,36 @@ import java.beans.BeanInfo;
 import java.beans.IntrospectionException;

 /**
- * Strategy for creating {@link BeanInfo} instances.
+ * Strategy interface for creating {@link BeanInfo} instances for Spring beans.
+ * Can be used to plug in custom bean property resolution strategies (e.g. for other
+ * languages on the JVM) or more efficient {@link BeanInfo} retrieval algorithms.
 *
 * <p>BeanInfoFactories are are instantiated by the {@link CachedIntrospectionResults},
- * by using the {@link org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader} utility
- * class.
+ * by using the {@link org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader}
+ * utility class.
 *
 * When a {@link BeanInfo} is to be created, the {@code CachedIntrospectionResults}
- * will iterate through the discovered factories, calling {@link
- * #getBeanInfo(Class)} on each one. If {@code null} is returned, the next factory will
- * be queried. If none of the factories support the class, an standard {@link BeanInfo}
- * is created as a default.
+ * will iterate through the discovered factories, calling {@link #getBeanInfo(Class)}
+ * on each one. If {@code null} is returned, the next factory will be queried.
+ * If none of the factories support the class, a standard {@link BeanInfo} will be
+ * created as a default.
 *
 * <p>Note that the {@link org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader}
 * sorts the {@code BeanInfoFactory} instances by
- * {@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order @Order}, so that ones with
- * a higher precedence come first.
+ * {@link org.springframework.core.annotation.Order @Order}, so that ones with a
+ * higher precedence come first.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.2
+ * @see CachedIntrospectionResults
+ * @see org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader
 */
 public interface BeanInfoFactory {

 	/**
-	 * Returns the bean info for the given class, if supported.
-	 *
+	 * Return the bean info for the given class, if supported.
 	 * @param beanClass the bean class
-	 * @return the bean info, or {@code null} if not the given class is not supported
+	 * @return the BeanInfo, or {@code null} if the given class is not supported
 	 * @throws IntrospectionException in case of exceptions
 	 */
 	BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass) throws IntrospectionException;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {

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

-	// using WeakHashMap as a Set
+	// Effectively using a WeakHashMap as a Set
 	private static final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> unknownEditorTypes =
 			Collections.synchronizedMap(new WeakHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>());

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public static <T> T instantiateClass(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> assignableTo) throws BeanInstantiationException {
 		Assert.isAssignable(assignableTo, clazz);
-		return (T)instantiateClass(clazz);
+		return (T) instantiateClass(clazz);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @return the Method object, or {@code null} if not found
 	 * @see Class#getDeclaredMethod
 	 */
-	public static Method findDeclaredMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>[] paramTypes) {
+	public static Method findDeclaredMethod(Class<?> clazz, String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) {
 		try {
 			return clazz.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
 		}
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 				}
 				else {
 					if (targetMethod.getParameterTypes().length == numParams) {
-						// Additional candidate with same length.
+						// Additional candidate with same length
 						numMethodsFoundWithCurrentMinimumArgs++;
 					}
 				}
@@ -317,10 +317,8 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	public static Method resolveSignature(String signature, Class<?> clazz) {
 		Assert.hasText(signature, "'signature' must not be empty");
 		Assert.notNull(clazz, "Class must not be null");
-
 		int firstParen = signature.indexOf("(");
 		int lastParen = signature.indexOf(")");
-
 		if (firstParen > -1 && lastParen == -1) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid method signature '" + signature +
 					"': expected closing ')' for args list");
@@ -336,7 +334,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 			String methodName = signature.substring(0, firstParen);
 			String[] parameterTypeNames =
 					StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(signature.substring(firstParen + 1, lastParen));
-			Class<?>[] parameterTypes = new Class[parameterTypeNames.length];
+			Class<?>[] parameterTypes = new Class<?>[parameterTypeNames.length];
 			for (int i = 0; i < parameterTypeNames.length; i++) {
 				String parameterTypeName = parameterTypeNames[i].trim();
 				try {
@@ -455,7 +453,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @param beanClasses the classes to check against
 	 * @return the property type, or {@code Object.class} as fallback
 	 */
-	public static Class<?> findPropertyType(String propertyName, Class<?>[] beanClasses) {
+	public static Class<?> findPropertyType(String propertyName, Class<?>... beanClasses) {
 		if (beanClasses != null) {
 			for (Class<?> beanClass : beanClasses) {
 				PropertyDescriptor pd = getPropertyDescriptor(beanClass, propertyName);
@@ -475,8 +473,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 */
 	public static MethodParameter getWriteMethodParameter(PropertyDescriptor pd) {
 		if (pd instanceof GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor) {
-			return new MethodParameter(
-					((GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor) pd).getWriteMethodParameter());
+			return new MethodParameter(((GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor) pd).getWriteMethodParameter());
 		}
 		else {
 			return new MethodParameter(pd.getWriteMethod(), 0);
@@ -528,7 +525,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @see BeanWrapper
 	 */
 	public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target) throws BeansException {
-		copyProperties(source, target, null, null);
+		copyProperties(source, target, null, (String[]) null);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -545,10 +542,8 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @throws BeansException if the copying failed
 	 * @see BeanWrapper
 	 */
-	public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, Class<?> editable)
-			throws BeansException {
-
-		copyProperties(source, target, editable, null);
+	public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, Class<?> editable) throws BeansException {
+		copyProperties(source, target, editable, (String[]) null);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -565,9 +560,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @throws BeansException if the copying failed
 	 * @see BeanWrapper
 	 */
-	public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, String[] ignoreProperties)
-			throws BeansException {
-
+	public static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, String... ignoreProperties) throws BeansException {
 		copyProperties(source, target, null, ignoreProperties);
 	}

@@ -583,7 +576,7 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 	 * @throws BeansException if the copying failed
 	 * @see BeanWrapper
 	 */
-	private static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, Class<?> editable, String[] ignoreProperties)
+	private static void copyProperties(Object source, Object target, Class<?> editable, String... ignoreProperties)
 			throws BeansException {

 		Assert.notNull(source, "Source must not be null");
@@ -601,24 +594,27 @@ public abstract class BeanUtils {
 		List<String> ignoreList = (ignoreProperties != null) ? Arrays.asList(ignoreProperties) : null;

 		for (PropertyDescriptor targetPd : targetPds) {
-			if (targetPd.getWriteMethod() != null &&
-					(ignoreProperties == null || (!ignoreList.contains(targetPd.getName())))) {
+			Method writeMethod = targetPd.getWriteMethod();
+			if (writeMethod != null && (ignoreProperties == null || (!ignoreList.contains(targetPd.getName())))) {
 				PropertyDescriptor sourcePd = getPropertyDescriptor(source.getClass(), targetPd.getName());
-				if (sourcePd != null && sourcePd.getReadMethod() != null) {
-					try {
-						Method readMethod = sourcePd.getReadMethod();
-						if (!Modifier.isPublic(readMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
-							readMethod.setAccessible(true);
+				if (sourcePd != null) {
+					Method readMethod = sourcePd.getReadMethod();
+					if (readMethod != null &&
+							ClassUtils.isAssignable(writeMethod.getParameterTypes()[0], readMethod.getReturnType())) {
+						try {
+							if (!Modifier.isPublic(readMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
+								readMethod.setAccessible(true);
+							}
+							Object value = readMethod.invoke(source);
+							if (!Modifier.isPublic(writeMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
+								writeMethod.setAccessible(true);
+							}
+							writeMethod.invoke(target, value);
 						}
-						Object value = readMethod.invoke(source);
-						Method writeMethod = targetPd.getWriteMethod();
-						if (!Modifier.isPublic(writeMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
-							writeMethod.setAccessible(true);
+						catch (Throwable ex) {
+							throw new FatalBeanException(
+									"Could not copy property '" + targetPd.getName() + "' from source to target", ex);
 						}
-						writeMethod.invoke(target, value);
-					}
-					catch (Throwable ex) {
-						throw new FatalBeanException("Could not copy properties from source to target", ex);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public interface BeanWrapper extends ConfigurablePropertyAccessor {
 	 * @return the type of the wrapped bean instance,
 	 * or {@code null} if no wrapped object has been set
 	 */
-	Class getWrappedClass();
+	Class<?> getWrappedClass();

 	/**
 	 * Obtain the PropertyDescriptors for the wrapped object
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ public interface BeanWrapper extends ConfigurablePropertyAccessor {
 	PropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName) throws InvalidPropertyException;

 	/**
-	 * Set whether this BeanWrapper should attempt to "auto-grow" a nested path that contains a null value.
-	 * <p>If "true", a null path location will be populated with a default object value and traversed
-	 * instead of resulting in a {@link NullValueInNestedPathException}. Turning this flag on also
-	 * enables auto-growth of collection elements when accessing an out-of-bounds index.
-	 * <p>Default is "false" on a plain BeanWrapper.
+	 * Set whether this BeanWrapper should attempt to "auto-grow" a
+	 * nested path that contains a {@code null} value.
+	 * <p>If {@code true}, a {@code null} path location will be populated
+	 * with a default object value and traversed instead of resulting in a
+	 * {@link NullValueInNestedPathException}. Turning this flag on also enables
+	 * auto-growth of collection elements when accessing an out-of-bounds index.
+	 * <p>Default is {@code false} on a plain BeanWrapper.
 	 */
 	void setAutoGrowNestedPaths(boolean autoGrowNestedPaths);

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 		return this.object;
 	}

-	public final Class getWrappedClass() {
+	public final Class<?> getWrappedClass() {
 		return (this.object != null ? this.object.getClass() : null);
 	}

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 	 * Return the class of the root object at the top of the path of this BeanWrapper.
 	 * @see #getNestedPath
 	 */
-	public final Class getRootClass() {
+	public final Class<?> getRootClass() {
 		return (this.rootObject != null ? this.rootObject.getClass() : null);
 	}

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 	 * Needs to be called when the target object changes.
 	 * @param clazz the class to introspect
 	 */
-	protected void setIntrospectionClass(Class clazz) {
+	protected void setIntrospectionClass(Class<?> clazz) {
 		if (this.cachedIntrospectionResults != null &&
 				!clazz.equals(this.cachedIntrospectionResults.getBeanClass())) {
 			this.cachedIntrospectionResults = null;
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 	}

 	@Override
-	public Class getPropertyType(String propertyName) throws BeansException {
+	public Class<?> getPropertyType(String propertyName) throws BeansException {
 		try {
 			PropertyDescriptor pd = getPropertyDescriptorInternal(propertyName);
 			if (pd != null) {
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 				}
 				// Check to see if there is a custom editor,
 				// which might give an indication on the desired target type.
-				Class editorType = guessPropertyTypeFromEditors(propertyName);
+				Class<?> editorType = guessPropertyTypeFromEditors(propertyName);
 				if (editorType != null) {
 					return editorType;
 				}
@@ -485,13 +485,13 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 			throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
 					"No property '" + propertyName + "' found");
 		}
-		return convertForProperty(propertyName, null, value, pd);
+		return convertForProperty(propertyName, null, value, new TypeDescriptor(property(pd)));
 	}

-	private Object convertForProperty(String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue, PropertyDescriptor pd)
+	private Object convertForProperty(String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue, TypeDescriptor td)
 			throws TypeMismatchException {

-		return convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, newValue, pd.getPropertyType(), new TypeDescriptor(property(pd)));
+		return convertIfNecessary(propertyName, oldValue, newValue, td.getType(), td);
 	}

 	private Property property(PropertyDescriptor pd) {
@@ -699,7 +699,8 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 		return nestedBw.getPropertyValue(tokens);
 	}

-    private Object getPropertyValue(PropertyTokenHolder tokens) throws BeansException {
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private Object getPropertyValue(PropertyTokenHolder tokens) throws BeansException {
 		String propertyName = tokens.canonicalName;
 		String actualName = tokens.actualName;
 		PropertyDescriptor pd = getCachedIntrospectionResults().getPropertyDescriptor(actualName);
@@ -766,20 +767,20 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 					}
 					else if (value instanceof List) {
 						int index = Integer.parseInt(key);
-						List list = (List) value;
+						List<Object> list = (List<Object>) value;
 						growCollectionIfNecessary(list, index, indexedPropertyName, pd, i + 1);
 						value = list.get(index);
 					}
 					else if (value instanceof Set) {
 						// Apply index to Iterator in case of a Set.
-						Set set = (Set) value;
+						Set<Object> set = (Set<Object>) value;
 						int index = Integer.parseInt(key);
 						if (index < 0 || index >= set.size()) {
 							throw new InvalidPropertyException(getRootClass(), this.nestedPath + propertyName,
 									"Cannot get element with index " + index + " from Set of size " +
 									set.size() + ", accessed using property path '" + propertyName + "'");
 						}
-						Iterator it = set.iterator();
+						Iterator<Object> it = set.iterator();
 						for (int j = 0; it.hasNext(); j++) {
 							Object elem = it.next();
 							if (j == index) {
@@ -789,11 +790,12 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 						}
 					}
 					else if (value instanceof Map) {
-						Map map = (Map) value;
+						Map<Object, Object> map = (Map<Object, Object>) value;
 						Class<?> mapKeyType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyReturnType(pd.getReadMethod(), i + 1);
 						// IMPORTANT: Do not pass full property name in here - property editors
 						// must not kick in for map keys but rather only for map values.
-						TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = mapKeyType != null ? TypeDescriptor.valueOf(mapKeyType) : TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Object.class);
+						TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = (mapKeyType != null ?
+								TypeDescriptor.valueOf(mapKeyType) : TypeDescriptor.valueOf(Object.class));
 						Object convertedMapKey = convertIfNecessary(null, null, key, mapKeyType, typeDescriptor);
 						value = map.get(convertedMapKey);
 					}
@@ -850,16 +852,15 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 		}
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private void growCollectionIfNecessary(
-			Collection collection, int index, String name, PropertyDescriptor pd, int nestingLevel) {
+	private void growCollectionIfNecessary(Collection<Object> collection, int index, String name,
+			PropertyDescriptor pd, int nestingLevel) {

 		if (!this.autoGrowNestedPaths) {
 			return;
 		}
 		int size = collection.size();
 		if (index >= size && index < this.autoGrowCollectionLimit) {
-			Class elementType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionReturnType(pd.getReadMethod(), nestingLevel);
+			Class<?> elementType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionReturnType(pd.getReadMethod(), nestingLevel);
 			if (elementType != null) {
 				for (int i = collection.size(); i < index + 1; i++) {
 					collection.add(newValue(elementType, name));
@@ -945,7 +946,7 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 			}
 			if (propValue.getClass().isArray()) {
 				PropertyDescriptor pd = getCachedIntrospectionResults().getPropertyDescriptor(actualName);
-				Class requiredType = propValue.getClass().getComponentType();
+				Class<?> requiredType = propValue.getClass().getComponentType();
 				int arrayIndex = Integer.parseInt(key);
 				Object oldValue = null;
 				try {
@@ -963,9 +964,9 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 			}
 			else if (propValue instanceof List) {
 				PropertyDescriptor pd = getCachedIntrospectionResults().getPropertyDescriptor(actualName);
-				Class requiredType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionReturnType(
+				Class<?> requiredType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getCollectionReturnType(
 						pd.getReadMethod(), tokens.keys.length);
-				List list = (List) propValue;
+				List<Object> list = (List<Object>) propValue;
 				int index = Integer.parseInt(key);
 				Object oldValue = null;
 				if (isExtractOldValueForEditor() && index < list.size()) {
@@ -1000,11 +1001,11 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 			}
 			else if (propValue instanceof Map) {
 				PropertyDescriptor pd = getCachedIntrospectionResults().getPropertyDescriptor(actualName);
-				Class mapKeyType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyReturnType(
+				Class<?> mapKeyType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapKeyReturnType(
 						pd.getReadMethod(), tokens.keys.length);
-				Class mapValueType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueReturnType(
+				Class<?> mapValueType = GenericCollectionTypeResolver.getMapValueReturnType(
 						pd.getReadMethod(), tokens.keys.length);
-				Map map = (Map) propValue;
+				Map<Object, Object> map = (Map<Object, Object>) propValue;
 				// IMPORTANT: Do not pass full property name in here - property editors
 				// must not kick in for map keys but rather only for map values.
 				TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = (mapKeyType != null ?
@@ -1094,7 +1095,8 @@ public class BeanWrapperImpl extends AbstractPropertyAccessor implements BeanWra
 								}
 							}
 						}
-						valueToApply = convertForProperty(propertyName, oldValue, originalValue, pd);
+						valueToApply = convertForProperty(
+								propertyName, oldValue, originalValue, new TypeDescriptor(property(pd)));
 					}
 					pv.getOriginalPropertyValue().conversionNecessary = (valueToApply != originalValue);
 				}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import java.util.WeakHashMap;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

+import org.springframework.core.SpringProperties;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -50,6 +51,18 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 * implements the factory design pattern, using a private constructor and
 * a static {@link #forClass(Class)} factory method to obtain instances.
 *
+ * <p>Note that for caching to work effectively, some preconditions need to be met:
+ * Prefer an arrangement where the Spring jars live in the same ClassLoader as the
+ * application classes, which allows for clean caching along with the application's
+ * lifecycle in any case. For a web application, consider declaring a local
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.util.IntrospectorCleanupListener} in {@code web.xml}
+ * in case of a multi-ClassLoader layout, which will allow for effective caching as well.
+ *
+ * <p>In case of a non-clean ClassLoader arrangement without a cleanup listener having
+ * been set up, this class will fall back to a weak-reference-based caching model that
+ * recreates much-requested entries every time the garbage collector removed them. In
+ * such a scenario, consider the {@link #IGNORE_BEANINFO_PROPERTY_NAME} system property.
+ *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 05 May 2001
@@ -59,11 +72,34 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 */
 public class CachedIntrospectionResults {

-	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CachedIntrospectionResults.class);
+	/**
+	 * System property that instructs Spring to use the {@link Introspector#IGNORE_ALL_BEANINFO}
+	 * mode when calling the JavaBeans {@link Introspector}: "spring.beaninfo.ignore", with a
+	 * value of "true" skipping the search for {@code BeanInfo} classes (typically for scenarios
+	 * where no such classes are being defined for beans in the application in the first place).
+	 * <p>The default is "false", considering all {@code BeanInfo} metadata classes, like for
+	 * standard {@link Introspector#getBeanInfo(Class)} calls. Consider switching this flag to
+	 * "true" if you experience repeated ClassLoader access for non-existing {@code BeanInfo}
+	 * classes, in case such access is expensive on startup or on lazy loading.
+	 * <p>Note that such an effect may also indicate a scenario where caching doesn't work
+	 * effectively: Prefer an arrangement where the Spring jars live in the same ClassLoader
+	 * as the application classes, which allows for clean caching along with the application's
+	 * lifecycle in any case. For a web application, consider declaring a local
+	 * {@link org.springframework.web.util.IntrospectorCleanupListener} in {@code web.xml}
+	 * in case of a multi-ClassLoader layout, which will allow for effective caching as well.
+	 * @see Introspector#getBeanInfo(Class, int)
+	 */
+	public static final String IGNORE_BEANINFO_PROPERTY_NAME = "spring.beaninfo.ignore";
+
+
+	private static final boolean shouldIntrospectorIgnoreBeaninfoClasses =
+			SpringProperties.getFlag(IGNORE_BEANINFO_PROPERTY_NAME);

 	/** Stores the BeanInfoFactory instances */
-	private static List<BeanInfoFactory> beanInfoFactories =
-			SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactories(BeanInfoFactory.class, CachedIntrospectionResults.class.getClassLoader());
+	private static List<BeanInfoFactory> beanInfoFactories = SpringFactoriesLoader.loadFactories(
+			BeanInfoFactory.class, CachedIntrospectionResults.class.getClassLoader());
+
+	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(CachedIntrospectionResults.class);

 	/**
 	 * Set of ClassLoaders that this CachedIntrospectionResults class will always
@@ -76,7 +112,7 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 	 * Needs to be a WeakHashMap with WeakReferences as values to allow
 	 * for proper garbage collection in case of multiple class loaders.
 	 */
-	static final Map<Class, Object> classCache = new WeakHashMap<Class, Object>();
+	static final Map<Class<?>, Object> classCache = new WeakHashMap<Class<?>, Object>();


 	/**
@@ -101,15 +137,14 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {

 	/**
 	 * Clear the introspection cache for the given ClassLoader, removing the
-	 * introspection results for all classes underneath that ClassLoader,
-	 * and deregistering the ClassLoader (and any of its children) from the
-	 * acceptance list.
+	 * introspection results for all classes underneath that ClassLoader, and
+	 * removing the ClassLoader (and its children) from the acceptance list.
 	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to clear the cache for
 	 */
 	public static void clearClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
 		synchronized (classCache) {
-			for (Iterator<Class> it = classCache.keySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
-				Class beanClass = it.next();
+			for (Iterator<Class<?>> it = classCache.keySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+				Class<?> beanClass = it.next();
 				if (isUnderneathClassLoader(beanClass.getClassLoader(), classLoader)) {
 					it.remove();
 				}
@@ -127,21 +162,20 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {

 	/**
 	 * Create CachedIntrospectionResults for the given bean class.
-	 * <P>We don't want to use synchronization here. Object references are atomic,
-	 * so we can live with doing the occasional unnecessary lookup at startup only.
 	 * @param beanClass the bean class to analyze
 	 * @return the corresponding CachedIntrospectionResults
 	 * @throws BeansException in case of introspection failure
 	 */
-	static CachedIntrospectionResults forClass(Class beanClass) throws BeansException {
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	static CachedIntrospectionResults forClass(Class<?> beanClass) throws BeansException {
 		CachedIntrospectionResults results;
 		Object value;
 		synchronized (classCache) {
 			value = classCache.get(beanClass);
 		}
 		if (value instanceof Reference) {
-			Reference ref = (Reference) value;
-			results = (CachedIntrospectionResults) ref.get();
+			Reference<CachedIntrospectionResults> ref = (Reference<CachedIntrospectionResults>) value;
+			results = ref.get();
 		}
 		else {
 			results = (CachedIntrospectionResults) value;
@@ -181,8 +215,8 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 		synchronized (acceptedClassLoaders) {
 			acceptedLoaderArray = acceptedClassLoaders.toArray(new ClassLoader[acceptedClassLoaders.size()]);
 		}
-		for (ClassLoader registeredLoader : acceptedLoaderArray) {
-			if (isUnderneathClassLoader(classLoader, registeredLoader)) {
+		for (ClassLoader acceptedLoader : acceptedLoaderArray) {
+			if (isUnderneathClassLoader(classLoader, acceptedLoader)) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -225,7 +259,7 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 	 * @param beanClass the bean class to analyze
 	 * @throws BeansException in case of introspection failure
 	 */
-	private CachedIntrospectionResults(Class beanClass) throws BeansException {
+	private CachedIntrospectionResults(Class<?> beanClass) throws BeansException {
 		try {
 			if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 				logger.trace("Getting BeanInfo for class [" + beanClass.getName() + "]");
@@ -240,20 +274,25 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 			}
 			if (beanInfo == null) {
 				// If none of the factories supported the class, fall back to the default
-				beanInfo = Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass);
+				beanInfo = (shouldIntrospectorIgnoreBeaninfoClasses ?
+						Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass, Introspector.IGNORE_ALL_BEANINFO) :
+						Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass));
 			}
 			this.beanInfo = beanInfo;

-			// Immediately remove class from Introspector cache, to allow for proper
-			// garbage collection on class loader shutdown - we cache it here anyway,
-			// in a GC-friendly manner. In contrast to CachedIntrospectionResults,
-			// Introspector does not use WeakReferences as values of its WeakHashMap!
-			Class classToFlush = beanClass;
-			do {
-				Introspector.flushFromCaches(classToFlush);
-				classToFlush = classToFlush.getSuperclass();
+			// Only bother with flushFromCaches if the Introspector actually cached...
+			if (!shouldIntrospectorIgnoreBeaninfoClasses) {
+				// Immediately remove class from Introspector cache, to allow for proper
+				// garbage collection on class loader shutdown - we cache it here anyway,
+				// in a GC-friendly manner. In contrast to CachedIntrospectionResults,
+				// Introspector does not use WeakReferences as values of its WeakHashMap!
+				Class<?> classToFlush = beanClass;
+				do {
+					Introspector.flushFromCaches(classToFlush);
+					classToFlush = classToFlush.getSuperclass();
+				}
+				while (classToFlush != null && classToFlush != Object.class);
 			}
-			while (classToFlush != null);

 			if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 				logger.trace("Caching PropertyDescriptors for class [" + beanClass.getName() + "]");
@@ -263,8 +302,9 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 			// This call is slow so we do it once.
 			PropertyDescriptor[] pds = this.beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();
 			for (PropertyDescriptor pd : pds) {
-				if (Class.class.equals(beanClass) && "classLoader".equals(pd.getName())) {
-					// Ignore Class.getClassLoader() method - nobody needs to bind to that
+				if (Class.class.equals(beanClass) &&
+						("classLoader".equals(pd.getName()) ||  "protectionDomain".equals(pd.getName()))) {
+					// Ignore Class.getClassLoader() and getProtectionDomain() methods - nobody needs to bind to those
 					continue;
 				}
 				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
@@ -286,7 +326,7 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 		return this.beanInfo;
 	}

-	Class getBeanClass() {
+	Class<?> getBeanClass() {
 		return this.beanInfo.getBeanDescriptor().getBeanClass();
 	}

@@ -314,7 +354,7 @@ public class CachedIntrospectionResults {
 		return pds;
 	}

-	private PropertyDescriptor buildGenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(Class beanClass, PropertyDescriptor pd) {
+	private PropertyDescriptor buildGenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, PropertyDescriptor pd) {
 		try {
 			return new GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(beanClass, pd.getName(), pd.getReadMethod(),
 					pd.getWriteMethod(), pd.getPropertyEditorClass());
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.beans;

 import java.awt.Image;
-
 import java.beans.BeanDescriptor;
 import java.beans.BeanInfo;
 import java.beans.EventSetDescriptor;
@@ -26,10 +25,8 @@ import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
 import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.beans.MethodDescriptor;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ import static org.springframework.beans.PropertyDescriptorUtils.*;
 * Decorator for a standard {@link BeanInfo} object, e.g. as created by
 * {@link Introspector#getBeanInfo(Class)}, designed to discover and register static
 * and/or non-void returning setter methods. For example:
- * <pre>{@code
+ * <pre class="code">
 * public class Bean {
 *     private Foo foo;
 *
@@ -56,7 +53,7 @@ import static org.springframework.beans.PropertyDescriptorUtils.*;
 *         this.foo = foo;
 *         return this;
 *     }
- * }}</pre>
+ * }</pre>
 * The standard JavaBeans {@code Introspector} will discover the {@code getFoo} read
 * method, but will bypass the {@code #setFoo(Foo)} write method, because its non-void
 * returning signature does not comply with the JavaBeans specification.
@@ -84,8 +81,8 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {

 	/**
 	 * Wrap the given {@link BeanInfo} instance; copy all its existing property descriptors
-	 * locally, wrapping each in a custom {@link SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor indexed} or
-	 * {@link SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor non-indexed} {@code PropertyDescriptor}
+	 * locally, wrapping each in a custom {@link SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor indexed}
+	 * or {@link SimplePropertyDescriptor non-indexed} {@code PropertyDescriptor}
 	 * variant that bypasses default JDK weak/soft reference management; then search
 	 * through its method descriptors to find any non-void returning write methods and
 	 * update or create the corresponding {@link PropertyDescriptor} for each one found.
@@ -96,15 +93,16 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 	 */
 	public ExtendedBeanInfo(BeanInfo delegate) throws IntrospectionException {
 		this.delegate = delegate;
-
 		for (PropertyDescriptor pd : delegate.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
 			this.propertyDescriptors.add(pd instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor ?
 					new SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) pd) :
-					new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor(pd));
+					new SimplePropertyDescriptor(pd));
 		}
-
-		for (Method method : findCandidateWriteMethods(delegate.getMethodDescriptors())) {
-			handleCandidateWriteMethod(method);
+		MethodDescriptor[] methodDescriptors = delegate.getMethodDescriptors();
+		if (methodDescriptors != null) {
+			for (Method method : findCandidateWriteMethods(methodDescriptors)) {
+				handleCandidateWriteMethod(method);
+			}
 		}
 	}

@@ -132,58 +130,44 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 		String methodName = method.getName();
 		Class<?>[] parameterTypes = method.getParameterTypes();
 		int nParams = parameterTypes.length;
-		if (methodName.length() > 3 && methodName.startsWith("set") &&
-				Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()) &&
-				(
-						!void.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType()) ||
-						Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())
-				) &&
-				(nParams == 1 || (nParams == 2 && parameterTypes[0].equals(int.class)))) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
+		return methodName.length() > 3 && methodName.startsWith("set") && Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()) &&
+				(!void.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType()) || Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) &&
+				(nParams == 1 || (nParams == 2 && parameterTypes[0].equals(int.class)));
 	}

 	private void handleCandidateWriteMethod(Method method) throws IntrospectionException {
 		int nParams = method.getParameterTypes().length;
 		String propertyName = propertyNameFor(method);
 		Class<?> propertyType = method.getParameterTypes()[nParams-1];
-		PropertyDescriptor existingPD = findExistingPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, propertyType);
+		PropertyDescriptor existingPd = findExistingPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, propertyType);
 		if (nParams == 1) {
-			if (existingPD == null) {
-				this.propertyDescriptors.add(
-						new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, null, method));
+			if (existingPd == null) {
+				this.propertyDescriptors.add(new SimplePropertyDescriptor(propertyName, null, method));
 			}
 			else {
-				existingPD.setWriteMethod(method);
+				existingPd.setWriteMethod(method);
 			}
 		}
 		else if (nParams == 2) {
-			if (existingPD == null) {
+			if (existingPd == null) {
 				this.propertyDescriptors.add(
-						new SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(
-								propertyName, null, null, null, method));
+						new SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(propertyName, null, null, null, method));
 			}
-			else if (existingPD instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
-				((IndexedPropertyDescriptor)existingPD).setIndexedWriteMethod(method);
+			else if (existingPd instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
+				((IndexedPropertyDescriptor) existingPd).setIndexedWriteMethod(method);
 			}
 			else {
-				this.propertyDescriptors.remove(existingPD);
-				this.propertyDescriptors.add(
-						new SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(
-								propertyName, existingPD.getReadMethod(),
-								existingPD.getWriteMethod(), null, method));
+				this.propertyDescriptors.remove(existingPd);
+				this.propertyDescriptors.add(new SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(
+						propertyName, existingPd.getReadMethod(), existingPd.getWriteMethod(), null, method));
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-					"write method must have exactly 1 or 2 parameters: " + method);
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Write method must have exactly 1 or 2 parameters: " + method);
 		}
 	}

-	private PropertyDescriptor findExistingPropertyDescriptor(
-			String propertyName, Class<?> propertyType) {
-
+	private PropertyDescriptor findExistingPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Class<?> propertyType) {
 		for (PropertyDescriptor pd : this.propertyDescriptors) {
 			final Class<?> candidateType;
 			final String candidateName = pd.getName();
@@ -191,16 +175,14 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 				IndexedPropertyDescriptor ipd = (IndexedPropertyDescriptor) pd;
 				candidateType = ipd.getIndexedPropertyType();
 				if (candidateName.equals(propertyName) &&
-						(candidateType.equals(propertyType) ||
-								candidateType.equals(propertyType.getComponentType()))) {
+						(candidateType.equals(propertyType) || candidateType.equals(propertyType.getComponentType()))) {
 					return pd;
 				}
 			}
 			else {
 				candidateType = pd.getPropertyType();
 				if (candidateName.equals(propertyName) &&
-						(candidateType.equals(propertyType) ||
-								propertyType.equals(candidateType.getComponentType()))) {
+						(candidateType.equals(propertyType) || propertyType.equals(candidateType.getComponentType()))) {
 					return pd;
 				}
 			}
@@ -209,8 +191,7 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 	}

 	private String propertyNameFor(Method method) {
-		return Introspector.decapitalize(
-				method.getName().substring(3, method.getName().length()));
+		return Introspector.decapitalize(method.getName().substring(3, method.getName().length()));
 	}


@@ -221,65 +202,61 @@ class ExtendedBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
 	 * @see #ExtendedBeanInfo(BeanInfo)
 	 */
 	public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() {
-		return this.propertyDescriptors.toArray(
-				new PropertyDescriptor[this.propertyDescriptors.size()]);
+		return this.propertyDescriptors.toArray(new PropertyDescriptor[this.propertyDescriptors.size()]);
 	}

 	public BeanInfo[] getAdditionalBeanInfo() {
-		return delegate.getAdditionalBeanInfo();
+		return this.delegate.getAdditionalBeanInfo();
 	}

 	public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor() {
-		return delegate.getBeanDescriptor();
+		return this.delegate.getBeanDescriptor();
 	}

 	public int getDefaultEventIndex() {
-		return delegate.getDefaultEventIndex();
+		return this.delegate.getDefaultEventIndex();
 	}

 	public int getDefaultPropertyIndex() {
-		return delegate.getDefaultPropertyIndex();
+		return this.delegate.getDefaultPropertyIndex();
 	}

 	public EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors() {
-		return delegate.getEventSetDescriptors();
+		return this.delegate.getEventSetDescriptors();
 	}

 	public Image getIcon(int iconKind) {
-		return delegate.getIcon(iconKind);
+		return this.delegate.getIcon(iconKind);
 	}

 	public MethodDescriptor[] getMethodDescriptors() {
-		return delegate.getMethodDescriptors();
+		return this.delegate.getMethodDescriptors();
 	}
 }


-class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
+class SimplePropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {

 	private Method readMethod;
+
 	private Method writeMethod;
+
 	private Class<?> propertyType;
+
 	private Class<?> propertyEditorClass;

-
-	public SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor original)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
-
+	public SimplePropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor original) throws IntrospectionException {
 		this(original.getName(), original.getReadMethod(), original.getWriteMethod());
 		copyNonMethodProperties(original, this);
 	}

-	public SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
-			Method readMethod, Method writeMethod) throws IntrospectionException {
-
+	public SimplePropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Method readMethod, Method writeMethod) throws IntrospectionException {
 		super(propertyName, null, null);
-		this.setReadMethod(readMethod);
-		this.setWriteMethod(writeMethod);
+		this.readMethod = readMethod;
+		this.writeMethod = writeMethod;
 		this.propertyType = findPropertyType(readMethod, writeMethod);
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public Method getReadMethod() {
 		return this.readMethod;
@@ -305,8 +282,9 @@ class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 		if (this.propertyType == null) {
 			try {
 				this.propertyType = findPropertyType(this.readMethod, this.writeMethod);
-			} catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
-				// ignore, as does PropertyDescriptor#getPropertyType
+			}
+			catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
+				// Ignore, as does PropertyDescriptor#getPropertyType
 			}
 		}
 		return this.propertyType;
@@ -322,7 +300,6 @@ class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 		this.propertyEditorClass = propertyEditorClass;
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 		return PropertyDescriptorUtils.equals(this, obj);
@@ -331,8 +308,7 @@ class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return String.format("%s[name=%s, propertyType=%s, readMethod=%s, writeMethod=%s]",
-				this.getClass().getSimpleName(), this.getName(), this.getPropertyType(),
-				this.readMethod, this.writeMethod);
+				getClass().getSimpleName(), getName(), getPropertyType(), this.readMethod, this.writeMethod);
 	}
 }

@@ -340,40 +316,37 @@ class SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {

 	private Method readMethod;
+
 	private Method writeMethod;
+
 	private Class<?> propertyType;
-	private Class<?> propertyEditorClass;

 	private Method indexedReadMethod;
+
 	private Method indexedWriteMethod;
+
 	private Class<?> indexedPropertyType;

+	private Class<?> propertyEditorClass;

-	public SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(IndexedPropertyDescriptor original)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
-
+	public SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(IndexedPropertyDescriptor original) throws IntrospectionException {
 		this(original.getName(), original.getReadMethod(), original.getWriteMethod(),
 				original.getIndexedReadMethod(), original.getIndexedWriteMethod());
 		copyNonMethodProperties(original, this);
 	}

-	public SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName,
-				Method readMethod, Method writeMethod,
-				Method indexedReadMethod, Method indexedWriteMethod)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
+	public SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName, Method readMethod, Method writeMethod,
+				Method indexedReadMethod, Method indexedWriteMethod) throws IntrospectionException {

 		super(propertyName, null, null, null, null);
-		this.setReadMethod(readMethod);
-		this.setWriteMethod(writeMethod);
+		this.readMethod = readMethod;
+		this.writeMethod = writeMethod;
 		this.propertyType = findPropertyType(readMethod, writeMethod);
-
-		this.setIndexedReadMethod(indexedReadMethod);
-		this.setIndexedWriteMethod(indexedWriteMethod);
-		this.indexedPropertyType = findIndexedPropertyType(
-				this.getName(), this.propertyType, indexedReadMethod, indexedWriteMethod);
+		this.indexedReadMethod = indexedReadMethod;
+		this.indexedWriteMethod = indexedWriteMethod;
+		this.indexedPropertyType = findIndexedPropertyType(propertyName, this.propertyType, indexedReadMethod, indexedWriteMethod);
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public Method getReadMethod() {
 		return this.readMethod;
@@ -399,8 +372,9 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 		if (this.propertyType == null) {
 			try {
 				this.propertyType = findPropertyType(this.readMethod, this.writeMethod);
-			} catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
-				// ignore, as does IndexedPropertyDescriptor#getPropertyType
+			}
+			catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
+				// Ignore, as does IndexedPropertyDescriptor#getPropertyType
 			}
 		}
 		return this.propertyType;
@@ -431,10 +405,10 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 		if (this.indexedPropertyType == null) {
 			try {
 				this.indexedPropertyType = findIndexedPropertyType(
-						this.getName(), this.getPropertyType(),
-						this.indexedReadMethod, this.indexedWriteMethod);
-			} catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
-				// ignore, as does IndexedPropertyDescriptor#getIndexedPropertyType
+						getName(), getPropertyType(), this.indexedReadMethod, this.indexedWriteMethod);
+			}
+			catch (IntrospectionException ex) {
+				// Ignore, as does IndexedPropertyDescriptor#getIndexedPropertyType
 			}
 		}
 		return this.indexedPropertyType;
@@ -450,26 +424,22 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 		this.propertyEditorClass = propertyEditorClass;
 	}

-
 	/*
-	 * @see java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor#equals(java.lang.Object)
+	 * See java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor#equals(java.lang.Object)
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 		if (this == obj) {
 			return true;
 		}
-
 		if (obj != null && obj instanceof IndexedPropertyDescriptor) {
 			IndexedPropertyDescriptor other = (IndexedPropertyDescriptor) obj;
 			if (!compareMethods(getIndexedReadMethod(), other.getIndexedReadMethod())) {
 				return false;
 			}
-
 			if (!compareMethods(getIndexedWriteMethod(), other.getIndexedWriteMethod())) {
 				return false;
 			}
-
 			if (getIndexedPropertyType() != other.getIndexedPropertyType()) {
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -482,9 +452,8 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 	public String toString() {
 		return String.format("%s[name=%s, propertyType=%s, indexedPropertyType=%s, " +
 				"readMethod=%s, writeMethod=%s, indexedReadMethod=%s, indexedWriteMethod=%s]",
-				this.getClass().getSimpleName(), this.getName(), this.getPropertyType(),
-				this.getIndexedPropertyType(), this.readMethod, this.writeMethod,
-				this.indexedReadMethod, this.indexedWriteMethod);
+				getClass().getSimpleName(), getName(), getPropertyType(), getIndexedPropertyType(),
+				this.readMethod, this.writeMethod, this.indexedReadMethod, this.indexedWriteMethod);
 	}
 }

@@ -492,7 +461,7 @@ class SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor extends IndexedPropertyDescriptor {
 class PropertyDescriptorUtils {

 	/*
-	 * see java.beans.FeatureDescriptor#FeatureDescriptor(FeatureDescriptor)
+	 * See java.beans.FeatureDescriptor#FeatureDescriptor(FeatureDescriptor)
 	 */
 	public static void copyNonMethodProperties(PropertyDescriptor source, PropertyDescriptor target)
 			throws IntrospectionException {
@@ -504,14 +473,14 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 		target.setShortDescription(source.getShortDescription());
 		target.setDisplayName(source.getDisplayName());

-		// copy all attributes (emulating behavior of private FeatureDescriptor#addTable)
+		// Copy all attributes (emulating behavior of private FeatureDescriptor#addTable)
 		Enumeration<String> keys = source.attributeNames();
 		while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
 			String key = keys.nextElement();
 			target.setValue(key, source.getValue(key));
 		}

-		// see java.beans.PropertyDescriptor#PropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor)
+		// See java.beans.PropertyDescriptor#PropertyDescriptor(PropertyDescriptor)
 		target.setPropertyEditorClass(source.getPropertyEditorClass());
 		target.setBound(source.isBound());
 		target.setConstrained(source.isConstrained());
@@ -520,32 +489,39 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 	/*
 	 * See PropertyDescriptor#findPropertyType
 	 */
-	public static Class<?> findPropertyType(Method readMethod, Method writeMethod)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
-
+	public static Class<?> findPropertyType(Method readMethod, Method writeMethod) throws IntrospectionException {
 		Class<?> propertyType = null;
-
 		if (readMethod != null) {
 			Class<?>[] params = readMethod.getParameterTypes();
 			if (params.length != 0) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException("bad read method arg count: " + readMethod);
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Bad read method arg count: " + readMethod);
 			}
 			propertyType = readMethod.getReturnType();
 			if (propertyType == Void.TYPE) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException("read method "
-						+ readMethod.getName() + " returns void");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Read method returns void: " + readMethod);
 			}
 		}
 		if (writeMethod != null) {
 			Class<?> params[] = writeMethod.getParameterTypes();
 			if (params.length != 1) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException("bad write method arg count: " + writeMethod);
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Bad write method arg count: " + writeMethod);
 			}
-			if (propertyType != null
-					&& !params[0].isAssignableFrom(propertyType)) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException("type mismatch between read and write methods");
+			if (propertyType != null) {
+				if (propertyType.isAssignableFrom(params[0])) {
+					// Write method's property type potentially more specific
+					propertyType = params[0];
+				}
+				else if (params[0].isAssignableFrom(propertyType)) {
+					// Proceed with read method's property type
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new IntrospectionException(
+							"Type mismatch between read and write methods: " + readMethod + " - " + writeMethod);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				propertyType = params[0];
 			}
-			propertyType = params[0];
 		}
 		return propertyType;
 	}
@@ -554,48 +530,51 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 	 * See IndexedPropertyDescriptor#findIndexedPropertyType
 	 */
 	public static Class<?> findIndexedPropertyType(String name, Class<?> propertyType,
-				Method indexedReadMethod, Method indexedWriteMethod)
-			throws IntrospectionException {
+			Method indexedReadMethod, Method indexedWriteMethod) throws IntrospectionException {

 		Class<?> indexedPropertyType = null;
-
 		if (indexedReadMethod != null) {
 			Class<?> params[] = indexedReadMethod.getParameterTypes();
 			if (params.length != 1) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"bad indexed read method arg count");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Bad indexed read method arg count: " + indexedReadMethod);
 			}
 			if (params[0] != Integer.TYPE) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"non int index to indexed read method");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Non int index to indexed read method: " + indexedReadMethod);
 			}
 			indexedPropertyType = indexedReadMethod.getReturnType();
 			if (indexedPropertyType == Void.TYPE) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"indexed read method returns void");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Indexed read method returns void: " + indexedReadMethod);
 			}
 		}
 		if (indexedWriteMethod != null) {
 			Class<?> params[] = indexedWriteMethod.getParameterTypes();
 			if (params.length != 2) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"bad indexed write method arg count");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Bad indexed write method arg count: " + indexedWriteMethod);
 			}
 			if (params[0] != Integer.TYPE) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"non int index to indexed write method");
+				throw new IntrospectionException("Non int index to indexed write method: " + indexedWriteMethod);
 			}
-			if (indexedPropertyType != null && indexedPropertyType != params[1]) {
-				throw new IntrospectionException(
-						"type mismatch between indexed read and indexed write methods: " + name);
+			if (indexedPropertyType != null) {
+				if (indexedPropertyType.isAssignableFrom(params[1])) {
+					// Write method's property type potentially more specific
+					indexedPropertyType = params[1];
+				}
+				else if (params[1].isAssignableFrom(indexedPropertyType)) {
+					// Proceed with read method's property type
+				}
+				else {
+					throw new IntrospectionException("Type mismatch between indexed read and write methods: " +
+							indexedReadMethod + " - " + indexedWriteMethod);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				indexedPropertyType = params[1];
 			}
-			indexedPropertyType = params[1];
 		}
-		if (propertyType != null
-				&& (!propertyType.isArray() ||
-						propertyType.getComponentType() != indexedPropertyType)) {
-			throw new IntrospectionException(
-					"type mismatch between indexed and non-indexed methods: " + name);
+		if (propertyType != null && (!propertyType.isArray() ||
+				propertyType.getComponentType() != indexedPropertyType)) {
+			throw new IntrospectionException("Type mismatch between indexed and non-indexed methods: " +
+					indexedReadMethod + " - " + indexedWriteMethod);
 		}
 		return indexedPropertyType;
 	}
@@ -605,7 +584,6 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 	 * return {@code true} if they are objects are equivalent, i.e. both are {@code
 	 * PropertyDescriptor}s whose read method, write method, property types, property
 	 * editor and flags are equivalent.
-	 *
 	 * @see PropertyDescriptor#equals(Object)
 	 */
 	public static boolean equals(PropertyDescriptor pd1, Object obj) {
@@ -617,15 +595,12 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 			if (!compareMethods(pd1.getReadMethod(), pd2.getReadMethod())) {
 				return false;
 			}
-
 			if (!compareMethods(pd1.getWriteMethod(), pd2.getWriteMethod())) {
 				return false;
 			}
-
-			if (pd1.getPropertyType() == pd2.getPropertyType()
-					&& pd1.getPropertyEditorClass() == pd2.getPropertyEditorClass()
-					&& pd1.isBound() == pd2.isBound()
-					&& pd1.isConstrained() == pd2.isConstrained()) {
+			if (pd1.getPropertyType() == pd2.getPropertyType() &&
+					pd1.getPropertyEditorClass() == pd2.getPropertyEditorClass() &&
+					pd1.isBound() == pd2.isBound() && pd1.isConstrained() == pd2.isConstrained()) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -633,14 +608,13 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 	}

 	/*
-	 * see PropertyDescriptor#compareMethods
+	 * See PropertyDescriptor#compareMethods
 	 */
 	public static boolean compareMethods(Method a, Method b) {
 		if ((a == null) != (b == null)) {
 			return false;
 		}
-
-		if (a != null && b != null) {
+		if (a != null) {
 			if (!a.equals(b)) {
 				return false;
 			}
@@ -653,7 +627,6 @@ class PropertyDescriptorUtils {
 /**
 * Sorts PropertyDescriptor instances alpha-numerically to emulate the behavior of
 * {@link java.beans.BeanInfo#getPropertyDescriptors()}.
- *
 * @see ExtendedBeanInfo#propertyDescriptors
 */
 class PropertyDescriptorComparator implements Comparator<PropertyDescriptor> {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;

 /**
 * {@link BeanInfoFactory} implementation that evaluates whether bean classes have
- * "non-standard" JavaBeans setter methods and are thus candidates for introspection by
- * Spring's {@link ExtendedBeanInfo}.
+ * "non-standard" JavaBeans setter methods and are thus candidates for introspection
+ * by Spring's (package-visible) {@code ExtendedBeanInfo} implementation.
 *
 * <p>Ordered at {@link Ordered#LOWEST_PRECEDENCE} to allow other user-defined
 * {@link BeanInfoFactory} types to take precedence.
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.2
 * @see BeanInfoFactory
+ * @see CachedIntrospectionResults
 */
-public class ExtendedBeanInfoFactory implements Ordered, BeanInfoFactory {
+public class ExtendedBeanInfoFactory implements BeanInfoFactory, Ordered {

 	/**
-	 * Return a new {@link ExtendedBeanInfo} for the given bean class.
+	 * Return an {@link ExtendedBeanInfo} for the given bean class, if applicable.
 	 */
 	public BeanInfo getBeanInfo(Class<?> beanClass) throws IntrospectionException {
-		return supports(beanClass) ?
-				new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass)) : null;
+		return (supports(beanClass) ? new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(beanClass)) : null);
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return whether the given bean class declares or inherits any non-void returning
-	 * JavaBeans or <em>indexed property</em> setter methods.
+	 * Return whether the given bean class declares or inherits any non-void
+	 * returning bean property or indexed property setter methods.
 	 */
 	private boolean supports(Class<?> beanClass) {
 		for (Method method : beanClass.getMethods()) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,32 +31,32 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
- * Extension of the standard JavaBeans PropertyDescriptor class,
- * overriding {@code getPropertyType()} such that a generically
- * declared type will be resolved against the containing bean class.
+ * Extension of the standard JavaBeans {@link PropertyDescriptor} class,
+ * overriding {@code getPropertyType()} such that a generically declared
+ * type variable will be resolved against the containing bean class.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.5.2
 */
 class GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {

-	private final Class beanClass;
+	private final Class<?> beanClass;

 	private final Method readMethod;

 	private final Method writeMethod;

-	private final Class propertyEditorClass;
+	private final Class<?> propertyEditorClass;

 	private volatile Set<Method> ambiguousWriteMethods;

-	private Class propertyType;
+	private Class<?> propertyType;

 	private MethodParameter writeMethodParameter;


-	public GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(Class beanClass, String propertyName,
-			Method readMethod, Method writeMethod, Class propertyEditorClass)
+	public GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor(Class<?> beanClass, String propertyName,
+			Method readMethod, Method writeMethod, Class<?> propertyEditorClass)
 			throws IntrospectionException {

 		super(propertyName, null, null);
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ class GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 			// Fallback: Original JavaBeans introspection might not have found matching setter
 			// method due to lack of bridge method resolution, in case of the getter using a
 			// covariant return type whereas the setter is defined for the concrete property type.
-			writeMethodToUse = ClassUtils.getMethodIfAvailable(this.beanClass,
-					"set" + StringUtils.capitalize(getName()), readMethodToUse.getReturnType());
+			Method candidate = ClassUtils.getMethodIfAvailable(
+					this.beanClass, "set" + StringUtils.capitalize(getName()), (Class<?>[]) null);
+			if (candidate != null && candidate.getParameterTypes().length == 1) {
+				writeMethodToUse = candidate;
+			}
 		}
 		this.readMethod = readMethodToUse;
 		this.writeMethod = writeMethodToUse;
@@ -118,12 +121,12 @@ class GenericTypeAwarePropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptor {
 	}

 	@Override
-	public Class getPropertyEditorClass() {
+	public Class<?> getPropertyEditorClass() {
 		return this.propertyEditorClass;
 	}

 	@Override
-	public synchronized Class getPropertyType() {
+	public synchronized Class<?> getPropertyType() {
 		if (this.propertyType == null) {
 			if (this.readMethod != null) {
 				this.propertyType = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnType(this.readMethod, this.beanClass);
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ class TypeConverterDelegate {
 			// Try to apply some standard type conversion rules if appropriate.

 			if (convertedValue != null) {
+				if (Object.class.equals(requiredType)) {
+					return (T) convertedValue;
+				}
 				if (requiredType.isArray()) {
 					// Array required -> apply appropriate conversion of elements.
 					if (convertedValue instanceof String && Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(requiredType.getComponentType())) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public abstract class BeanFactoryUtils {
 	 * @param type the type that beans must match
 	 * @return the array of matching bean names, or an empty array if none
 	 */
-	public static String[] beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(ListableBeanFactory lbf, Class type) {
+	public static String[] beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(ListableBeanFactory lbf, Class<?> type) {
 		Assert.notNull(lbf, "ListableBeanFactory must not be null");
 		String[] result = lbf.getBeanNamesForType(type);
 		if (lbf instanceof HierarchicalBeanFactory) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public abstract class BeanFactoryUtils {
 	 * @return the array of matching bean names, or an empty array if none
 	 */
 	public static String[] beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(
-			ListableBeanFactory lbf, Class type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) {
+			ListableBeanFactory lbf, Class<?> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean allowEagerInit) {

 		Assert.notNull(lbf, "ListableBeanFactory must not be null");
 		String[] result = lbf.getBeanNamesForType(type, includeNonSingletons, allowEagerInit);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -58,15 +58,19 @@ public class AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition extends GenericBeanDefinition implem
 	 * allowing for ASM-based processing and avoidance of early loading of the bean class.
 	 * Note that this constructor is functionally equivalent to
 	 * {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.ScannedGenericBeanDefinition
-	 * ScannedGenericBeanDefinition}, however the semantics of the latter indicate that
-	 * a bean was discovered specifically via component-scanning as opposed to other
-	 * means.
+	 * ScannedGenericBeanDefinition}, however the semantics of the latter indicate that a
+	 * bean was discovered specifically via component-scanning as opposed to other means.
 	 * @param metadata the annotation metadata for the bean class in question
 	 * @since 3.1.1
 	 */
 	public AnnotatedGenericBeanDefinition(AnnotationMetadata metadata) {
 		Assert.notNull(metadata, "AnnotationMetadata must not be null");
-		setBeanClassName(metadata.getClassName());
+		if (metadata instanceof StandardAnnotationMetadata) {
+			setBeanClass(((StandardAnnotationMetadata) metadata).getIntrospectedClass());
+		}
+		else {
+			setBeanClassName(metadata.getClassName());
+		}
 		this.metadata = metadata;
 	}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor} implementation
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	private final Map<Class<?>, Constructor<?>[]> candidateConstructorsCache =
 			new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Constructor<?>[]>(64);

-	private final Map<Class<?>, InjectionMetadata> injectionMetadataCache =
-			new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, InjectionMetadata>(64);
+	private final Map<String, InjectionMetadata> injectionMetadataCache =
+			new ConcurrentHashMap<String, InjectionMetadata>(64);


 	/**
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean

 	public void postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, Class<?> beanType, String beanName) {
 		if (beanType != null) {
-			InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(beanType);
+			InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(beanName, beanType);
 			metadata.checkConfigMembers(beanDefinition);
 		}
 	}
@@ -264,10 +265,10 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 						if (requiredConstructor == null && defaultConstructor != null) {
 							candidates.add(defaultConstructor);
 						}
-						candidateConstructors = candidates.toArray(new Constructor[candidates.size()]);
+						candidateConstructors = candidates.toArray(new Constructor<?>[candidates.size()]);
 					}
 					else {
-						candidateConstructors = new Constructor[0];
+						candidateConstructors = new Constructor<?>[0];
 					}
 					this.candidateConstructorsCache.put(beanClass, candidateConstructors);
 				}
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	public PropertyValues postProcessPropertyValues(
 			PropertyValues pvs, PropertyDescriptor[] pds, Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {

-		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(bean.getClass());
+		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(beanName, bean.getClass());
 		try {
 			metadata.inject(bean, beanName, pvs);
 		}
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	 */
 	public void processInjection(Object bean) throws BeansException {
 		Class<?> clazz = bean.getClass();
-		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(clazz);
+		InjectionMetadata metadata = findAutowiringMetadata(clazz.getName(), clazz);
 		try {
 			metadata.inject(bean, null, null);
 		}
@@ -308,15 +309,17 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 	}


-	private InjectionMetadata findAutowiringMetadata(Class<?> clazz) {
+	private InjectionMetadata findAutowiringMetadata(String beanName, Class<?> clazz) {
 		// Quick check on the concurrent map first, with minimal locking.
-		InjectionMetadata metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(clazz);
-		if (metadata == null) {
+		// Fall back to class name as cache key, for backwards compatibility with custom callers.
+		String cacheKey = (StringUtils.hasLength(beanName) ? beanName : clazz.getName());
+		InjectionMetadata metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(cacheKey);
+		if (InjectionMetadata.needsRefresh(metadata, clazz)) {
 			synchronized (this.injectionMetadataCache) {
-				metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(clazz);
-				if (metadata == null) {
+				metadata = this.injectionMetadataCache.get(cacheKey);
+				if (InjectionMetadata.needsRefresh(metadata, clazz)) {
 					metadata = buildAutowiringMetadata(clazz);
-					this.injectionMetadataCache.put(clazz, metadata);
+					this.injectionMetadataCache.put(cacheKey, metadata);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ public class InjectionMetadata {

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

-	private final Class targetClass;
+	private final Class<?> targetClass;

 	private final Collection<InjectedElement> injectedElements;

 	private volatile Set<InjectedElement> checkedElements;


-	public InjectionMetadata(Class targetClass, Collection<InjectedElement> elements) {
+	public InjectionMetadata(Class<?> targetClass, Collection<InjectedElement> elements) {
 		this.targetClass = targetClass;
 		this.injectedElements = elements;
 	}
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ public class InjectionMetadata {
 	}


+	public static boolean needsRefresh(InjectionMetadata metadata, Class<?> clazz) {
+		return (metadata == null || !metadata.targetClass.equals(clazz));
+	}
+
+
 	public static abstract class InjectedElement {

 		protected final Member member;
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ public class InjectionMetadata {
 			return this.member;
 		}

-		protected final Class getResourceType() {
+		protected final Class<?> getResourceType() {
 			if (this.isField) {
 				return ((Field) this.member).getType();
 			}
@@ -122,16 +127,16 @@ public class InjectionMetadata {
 			}
 		}

-		protected final void checkResourceType(Class resourceType) {
+		protected final void checkResourceType(Class<?> resourceType) {
 			if (this.isField) {
-				Class fieldType = ((Field) this.member).getType();
+				Class<?> fieldType = ((Field) this.member).getType();
 				if (!(resourceType.isAssignableFrom(fieldType) || fieldType.isAssignableFrom(resourceType))) {
 					throw new IllegalStateException("Specified field type [" + fieldType +
 							"] is incompatible with resource type [" + resourceType.getName() + "]");
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				Class paramType =
+				Class<?> paramType =
 						(this.pd != null ? this.pd.getPropertyType() : ((Method) this.member).getParameterTypes()[0]);
 				if (!(resourceType.isAssignableFrom(paramType) || paramType.isAssignableFrom(resourceType))) {
 					throw new IllegalStateException("Specified parameter type [" + paramType +
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.SimpleTypeConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeConverter;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateResolver;
@@ -227,17 +229,22 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCan

 		Class<? extends Annotation> type = annotation.annotationType();
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = (RootBeanDefinition) bdHolder.getBeanDefinition();
+
 		AutowireCandidateQualifier qualifier = bd.getQualifier(type.getName());
 		if (qualifier == null) {
 			qualifier = bd.getQualifier(ClassUtils.getShortName(type));
 		}
 		if (qualifier == null) {
-			Annotation targetAnnotation = null;
-			if (bd.getResolvedFactoryMethod() != null) {
-				targetAnnotation = AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(bd.getResolvedFactoryMethod(), type);
+			// First, check annotation on factory method, if applicable
+			Annotation targetAnnotation = getFactoryMethodAnnotation(bd, type);
+			if (targetAnnotation == null) {
+				RootBeanDefinition dbd = getResolvedDecoratedDefinition(bd);
+				if (dbd != null) {
+					targetAnnotation = getFactoryMethodAnnotation(dbd, type);
+				}
 			}
 			if (targetAnnotation == null) {
-				// look for matching annotation on the target class
+				// Look for matching annotation on the target class
 				if (this.beanFactory != null) {
 					Class<?> beanType = this.beanFactory.getType(bdHolder.getBeanName());
 					if (beanType != null) {
@@ -252,30 +259,31 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCan
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
+
 		Map<String, Object> attributes = AnnotationUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(annotation);
 		if (attributes.isEmpty() && qualifier == null) {
-			// if no attributes, the qualifier must be present
+			// If no attributes, the qualifier must be present
 			return false;
 		}
 		for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : attributes.entrySet()) {
 			String attributeName = entry.getKey();
 			Object expectedValue = entry.getValue();
 			Object actualValue = null;
-			// check qualifier first
+			// Check qualifier first
 			if (qualifier != null) {
 				actualValue = qualifier.getAttribute(attributeName);
 			}
 			if (actualValue == null) {
-				// fall back on bean definition attribute
+				// Fall back on bean definition attribute
 				actualValue = bd.getAttribute(attributeName);
 			}
 			if (actualValue == null && attributeName.equals(AutowireCandidateQualifier.VALUE_KEY) &&
 					expectedValue instanceof String && bdHolder.matchesName((String) expectedValue)) {
-				// fall back on bean name (or alias) match
+				// Fall back on bean name (or alias) match
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (actualValue == null && qualifier != null) {
-				// fall back on default, but only if the qualifier is present
+				// Fall back on default, but only if the qualifier is present
 				actualValue = AnnotationUtils.getDefaultValue(annotation, attributeName);
 			}
 			if (actualValue != null) {
@@ -288,6 +296,25 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCan
 		return true;
 	}

+	protected RootBeanDefinition getResolvedDecoratedDefinition(RootBeanDefinition rbd) {
+		BeanDefinitionHolder decDef = rbd.getDecoratedDefinition();
+		if (decDef != null && this.beanFactory instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
+			ConfigurableListableBeanFactory clbf = (ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory;
+			if (clbf.containsBeanDefinition(decDef.getBeanName())) {
+				BeanDefinition dbd = clbf.getMergedBeanDefinition(decDef.getBeanName());
+				if (dbd instanceof RootBeanDefinition) {
+					return (RootBeanDefinition) dbd;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	protected Annotation getFactoryMethodAnnotation(RootBeanDefinition bd, Class<? extends Annotation> type) {
+		Method resolvedFactoryMethod = bd.getResolvedFactoryMethod();
+		return (resolvedFactoryMethod != null ? AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(resolvedFactoryMethod, type) : null);
+	}
+

 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given dependency carries a value annotation.
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE
 	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR
 	 */
-	Object createBean(Class beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException;
+	Object createBean(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException;

 	/**
 	 * Instantiate a new bean instance of the given class with the specified autowire
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	 * @see #applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization
 	 * @see #applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization
 	 */
-	Object autowire(Class beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException;
+	Object autowire(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException;

 	/**
 	 * Autowire the bean properties of the given bean instance by name or type.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * untyped values only)
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getIndexedArgumentValue(int index, Class requiredType) {
+	public ValueHolder getIndexedArgumentValue(int index, Class<?> requiredType) {
 		return getIndexedArgumentValue(index, requiredType, null);
 	}

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * unnamed values only)
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getIndexedArgumentValue(int index, Class requiredType, String requiredName) {
+	public ValueHolder getIndexedArgumentValue(int index, Class<?> requiredType, String requiredName) {
 		Assert.isTrue(index >= 0, "Index must not be negative");
 		ValueHolder valueHolder = this.indexedArgumentValues.get(index);
 		if (valueHolder != null &&
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * @param requiredType the type to match
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class requiredType) {
+	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class<?> requiredType) {
 		return getGenericArgumentValue(requiredType, null, null);
 	}

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * @param requiredName the name to match
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class requiredType, String requiredName) {
+	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class<?> requiredType, String requiredName) {
 		return getGenericArgumentValue(requiredType, requiredName, null);
 	}

@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * in the current resolution process and should therefore not be returned again
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none found
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class requiredType, String requiredName, Set<ValueHolder> usedValueHolders) {
+	public ValueHolder getGenericArgumentValue(Class<?> requiredType, String requiredName, Set<ValueHolder> usedValueHolders) {
 		for (ValueHolder valueHolder : this.genericArgumentValues) {
 			if (usedValueHolders != null && usedValueHolders.contains(valueHolder)) {
 				continue;
@@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * Look for an argument value that either corresponds to the given index
 	 * in the constructor argument list or generically matches by type.
 	 * @param index the index in the constructor argument list
-	 * @param requiredType the type to match
+	 * @param requiredType the parameter type to match
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class requiredType) {
+	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class<?> requiredType) {
 		return getArgumentValue(index, requiredType, null, null);
 	}

@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * Look for an argument value that either corresponds to the given index
 	 * in the constructor argument list or generically matches by type.
 	 * @param index the index in the constructor argument list
-	 * @param requiredType the type to match
-	 * @param requiredName the name to match
+	 * @param requiredType the parameter type to match
+	 * @param requiredName the parameter name to match
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class requiredType, String requiredName) {
+	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class<?> requiredType, String requiredName) {
 		return getArgumentValue(index, requiredType, requiredName, null);
 	}

@@ -332,15 +332,17 @@ public class ConstructorArgumentValues {
 	 * Look for an argument value that either corresponds to the given index
 	 * in the constructor argument list or generically matches by type.
 	 * @param index the index in the constructor argument list
-	 * @param requiredType the type to match (can be {@code null} to find
-	 * an untyped argument value)
+	 * @param requiredType the parameter type to match (can be {@code null}
+	 * to find an untyped argument value)
+	 * @param requiredName the parameter name to match (can be {@code null}
+	 * to find an unnamed argument value)
 	 * @param usedValueHolders a Set of ValueHolder objects that have already
 	 * been used in the current resolution process and should therefore not
 	 * be returned again (allowing to return the next generic argument match
 	 * in case of multiple generic argument values of the same type)
 	 * @return the ValueHolder for the argument, or {@code null} if none set
 	 */
-	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class requiredType, String requiredName, Set<ValueHolder> usedValueHolders) {
+	public ValueHolder getArgumentValue(int index, Class<?> requiredType, String requiredName, Set<ValueHolder> usedValueHolders) {
 		Assert.isTrue(index >= 0, "Index must not be negative");
 		ValueHolder valueHolder = getIndexedArgumentValue(index, requiredType, requiredName);
 		if (valueHolder == null) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class DependencyDescriptor implements Serializable {

 	private transient Field field;

-	private Class declaringClass;
+	private Class<?> declaringClass;

 	private String methodName;

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public abstract class PlaceholderConfigurerSupport extends PropertyResourceConfi
 					visitor.visitBeanDefinition(bd);
 				}
 				catch (Exception ex) {
-					throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException(bd.getResourceDescription(), curName, ex.getMessage());
+					throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException(bd.getResourceDescription(), curName, ex.getMessage(), ex);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import java.util.Set;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.core.Constants;
+import org.springframework.core.SpringProperties;
+import org.springframework.core.env.AbstractEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper;
 import org.springframework.util.PropertyPlaceholderHelper.PlaceholderResolver;
 import org.springframework.util.StringValueResolver;
@@ -82,7 +84,8 @@ public class PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer extends PlaceholderConfigurerSupport

 	private int systemPropertiesMode = SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_MODE_FALLBACK;

-	private boolean searchSystemEnvironment = true;
+	private boolean searchSystemEnvironment =
+			!SpringProperties.getFlag(AbstractEnvironment.IGNORE_GETENV_PROPERTY_NAME);


 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class TypedStringValue implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	 * @param value the String value
 	 * @param targetType the type to convert to
 	 */
-	public TypedStringValue(String value, Class targetType) {
+	public TypedStringValue(String value, Class<?> targetType) {
 		setValue(value);
 		setTargetType(targetType);
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class TypedStringValue implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	 * for example in BeanFactoryPostProcessors.
 	 * @see PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer
 	 */
-	public void setTargetType(Class targetType) {
+	public void setTargetType(Class<?> targetType) {
 		Assert.notNull(targetType, "'targetType' must not be null");
 		this.targetType = targetType;
 	}
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class TypedStringValue implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	/**
 	 * Return the type to convert to.
 	 */
-	public Class getTargetType() {
+	public Class<?> getTargetType() {
 		Object targetTypeValue = this.targetType;
 		if (!(targetTypeValue instanceof Class)) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Typed String value does not carry a resolved target type");
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ public class TypedStringValue implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	 * @return the resolved type to convert to
 	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the type cannot be resolved
 	 */
-	public Class resolveTargetType(ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+	public Class<?> resolveTargetType(ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 		if (this.targetType == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		Class resolvedClass = ClassUtils.forName(getTargetTypeName(), classLoader);
+		Class<?> resolvedClass = ClassUtils.forName(getTargetTypeName(), classLoader);
 		this.targetType = resolvedClass;
 		return resolvedClass;
 	}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor;
@@ -135,21 +135,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * Dependency types to ignore on dependency check and autowire, as Set of
 	 * Class objects: for example, String. Default is none.
 	 */
-	private final Set<Class> ignoredDependencyTypes = new HashSet<Class>();
+	private final Set<Class<?>> ignoredDependencyTypes = new HashSet<Class<?>>();

 	/**
 	 * Dependency interfaces to ignore on dependency check and autowire, as Set of
 	 * Class objects. By default, only the BeanFactory interface is ignored.
 	 */
-	private final Set<Class> ignoredDependencyInterfaces = new HashSet<Class>();
+	private final Set<Class<?>> ignoredDependencyInterfaces = new HashSet<Class<?>>();

 	/** Cache of unfinished FactoryBean instances: FactoryBean name --> BeanWrapper */
 	private final Map<String, BeanWrapper> factoryBeanInstanceCache =
 			new ConcurrentHashMap<String, BeanWrapper>(16);

 	/** Cache of filtered PropertyDescriptors: bean Class -> PropertyDescriptor array */
-	private final Map<Class, PropertyDescriptor[]> filteredPropertyDescriptorsCache =
-			new ConcurrentHashMap<Class, PropertyDescriptor[]>(64);
+	private final Map<Class<?>, PropertyDescriptor[]> filteredPropertyDescriptorsCache =
+			new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, PropertyDescriptor[]>(64);


 	/**
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		setParentBeanFactory(parentBeanFactory);
 	}

+
 	/**
 	 * Set the instantiation strategy to use for creating bean instances.
 	 * Default is CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy.
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * Ignore the given dependency type for autowiring:
 	 * for example, String. Default is none.
 	 */
-	public void ignoreDependencyType(Class type) {
+	public void ignoreDependencyType(Class<?> type) {
 		this.ignoredDependencyTypes.add(type);
 	}

@@ -257,11 +258,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware
 	 */
-	public void ignoreDependencyInterface(Class ifc) {
+	public void ignoreDependencyInterface(Class<?> ifc) {
 		this.ignoredDependencyInterfaces.add(ifc);
 	}

-
 	@Override
 	public void copyConfigurationFrom(ConfigurableBeanFactory otherFactory) {
 		super.copyConfigurationFrom(otherFactory);
@@ -305,12 +305,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = null;
 		if (mbd instanceof RootBeanDefinition) {
 			RootBeanDefinition rbd = (RootBeanDefinition) mbd;
-			if (rbd.isPrototype()) {
-				bd = rbd;
-			}
+			bd = (rbd.isPrototype() ? rbd : rbd.cloneBeanDefinition());
 		}
-		if (bd == null) {
-			bd = new RootBeanDefinition(mbd);
+		if (!mbd.isPrototype()) {
+			if (bd == null) {
+				bd = new RootBeanDefinition(mbd);
+			}
 			bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
 			bd.allowCaching = false;
 		}
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	// Specialized methods for fine-grained control over the bean lifecycle
 	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

-	public Object createBean(Class beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException {
+	public Object createBean(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException {
 		// Use non-singleton bean definition, to avoid registering bean as dependent bean.
 		RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(beanClass, autowireMode, dependencyCheck);
 		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
 		return createBean(beanClass.getName(), bd, null);
 	}

-	public Object autowire(Class beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException {
+	public Object autowire(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException {
 		// Use non-singleton bean definition, to avoid registering bean as dependent bean.
 		final RootBeanDefinition bd = new RootBeanDefinition(beanClass, autowireMode, dependencyCheck);
 		bd.setScope(BeanDefinition.SCOPE_PROTOTYPE);
@@ -346,10 +346,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		else {
 			Object bean;
 			final BeanFactory parent = this;
-
 			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
 				bean = AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
-
 					public Object run() {
 						return getInstantiationStrategy().instantiate(bd, null, parent);
 					}
@@ -358,7 +356,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			else {
 				bean = getInstantiationStrategy().instantiate(bd, null, parent);
 			}
-
 			populateBean(beanClass.getName(), bd, new BeanWrapperImpl(bean));
 			return bean;
 		}
@@ -490,7 +487,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			instanceWrapper = createBeanInstance(beanName, mbd, args);
 		}
 		final Object bean = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedInstance() : null);
-		Class beanType = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedClass() : null);
+		Class<?> beanType = (instanceWrapper != null ? instanceWrapper.getWrappedClass() : null);

 		// Allow post-processors to modify the merged bean definition.
 		synchronized (mbd.postProcessingLock) {
@@ -509,7 +506,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				logger.debug("Eagerly caching bean '" + beanName +
 						"' to allow for resolving potential circular references");
 			}
-			addSingletonFactory(beanName, new ObjectFactory() {
+			addSingletonFactory(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
 				public Object getObject() throws BeansException {
 					return getEarlyBeanReference(beanName, mbd, bean);
 				}
@@ -572,7 +569,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	}

 	@Override
-	protected Class<?> predictBeanType(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class... typesToMatch) {
+	protected Class<?> predictBeanType(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?>... typesToMatch) {
 		Class<?> targetType = mbd.getTargetType();
 		if (targetType == null) {
 			targetType = (mbd.getFactoryMethodName() != null ? getTypeForFactoryMethod(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch) :
@@ -587,7 +584,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
 				if (bp instanceof SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) {
 					SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor ibp = (SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) bp;
-					Class predicted = ibp.predictBeanType(targetType, beanName);
+					Class<?> predicted = ibp.predictBeanType(targetType, beanName);
 					if (predicted != null && (typesToMatch.length != 1 || !FactoryBean.class.equals(typesToMatch[0]) ||
 							FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(predicted))) {
 						return predicted;
@@ -635,31 +632,61 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			return null;
 		}

-		List<ValueHolder> argumentValues = mbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().getGenericArgumentValues();
-		Object[] args = new Object[argumentValues.size()];
-		for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
-			args[i] = argumentValues.get(i).getValue();
-		}
-
 		// If all factory methods have the same return type, return that type.
 		// Can't clearly figure out exact method due to type converting / autowiring!
+		Class<?> commonType = null;
 		int minNrOfArgs = mbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().getArgumentCount();
 		Method[] candidates = ReflectionUtils.getUniqueDeclaredMethods(factoryClass);
-		Set<Class<?>> returnTypes = new HashSet<Class<?>>(1);
 		for (Method factoryMethod : candidates) {
 			if (Modifier.isStatic(factoryMethod.getModifiers()) == isStatic &&
 					factoryMethod.getName().equals(mbd.getFactoryMethodName()) &&
 					factoryMethod.getParameterTypes().length >= minNrOfArgs) {
-				Class<?> returnType = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeForGenericMethod(factoryMethod, args);
-				if (returnType != null) {
-					returnTypes.add(returnType);
+				// No declared type variables to inspect, so just process the standard return type.
+				if (factoryMethod.getTypeParameters().length > 0) {
+					try {
+						// Fully resolve parameter names and argument values.
+						Class<?>[] paramTypes = factoryMethod.getParameterTypes();
+						String[] paramNames = null;
+						ParameterNameDiscoverer pnd = getParameterNameDiscoverer();
+						if (pnd != null) {
+							paramNames = pnd.getParameterNames(factoryMethod);
+						}
+						ConstructorArgumentValues cav = mbd.getConstructorArgumentValues();
+						Set<ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder> usedValueHolders =
+								new HashSet<ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder>(paramTypes.length);
+						Object[] args = new Object[paramTypes.length];
+						for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
+							ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder valueHolder = cav.getArgumentValue(
+									i, paramTypes[i], (paramNames != null ? paramNames[i] : null), usedValueHolders);
+							if (valueHolder == null) {
+								valueHolder = cav.getGenericArgumentValue(null, null, usedValueHolders);
+							}
+							if (valueHolder != null) {
+								args[i] = valueHolder.getValue();
+								usedValueHolders.add(valueHolder);
+							}
+						}
+						Class<?> returnType = AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(
+								factoryMethod, args, getBeanClassLoader());
+						if (returnType != null) {
+							commonType = ClassUtils.determineCommonAncestor(returnType, commonType);
+						}
+					}
+					catch (Throwable ex) {
+						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+							logger.debug("Failed to resolve generic return type for factory method: " + ex);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					commonType = ClassUtils.determineCommonAncestor(factoryMethod.getReturnType(), commonType);
 				}
 			}
 		}

-		if (returnTypes.size() == 1) {
+		if (commonType != null) {
 			// Clear return type found: all factory methods return same type.
-			return returnTypes.iterator().next();
+			return commonType;
 		}
 		else {
 			// Ambiguous return types found: return null to indicate "not determinable".
@@ -688,22 +715,19 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 			// Try to obtain the FactoryBean's object type without instantiating it at all.
 			BeanDefinition fbDef = getBeanDefinition(factoryBeanName);
 			if (fbDef instanceof AbstractBeanDefinition && ((AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef).hasBeanClass()) {
-				Class<?> fbClass = ((AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef).getBeanClass();
-				if (ClassUtils.isCglibProxyClass(fbClass)) {
-					// CGLIB subclass methods hide generic parameters. look at the superclass.
-					fbClass = fbClass.getSuperclass();
-				}
+				// CGLIB subclass methods hide generic parameters; look at the original user class.
+				Class<?> fbClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(((AbstractBeanDefinition) fbDef).getBeanClass());
 				// Find the given factory method, taking into account that in the case of
 				// @Bean methods, there may be parameters present.
 				ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(fbClass,
-					new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
-						public void doWith(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-							if (method.getName().equals(factoryMethodName) &&
-									FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
-								objectType.value = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeArgument(method, FactoryBean.class);
+						new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+							public void doWith(Method method) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+								if (method.getName().equals(factoryMethodName) &&
+										FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
+									objectType.value = GenericTypeResolver.resolveReturnTypeArgument(method, FactoryBean.class);
+								}
 							}
-						}
-					});
+						});
 				if (objectType.value != null) {
 					return objectType.value;
 				}
@@ -764,11 +788,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @return the FactoryBean instance, or {@code null} to indicate
 	 * that we couldn't obtain a shortcut FactoryBean instance
 	 */
-	private FactoryBean getSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
+	private FactoryBean<?> getSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
 		synchronized (getSingletonMutex()) {
 			BeanWrapper bw = this.factoryBeanInstanceCache.get(beanName);
 			if (bw != null) {
-				return (FactoryBean) bw.getWrappedInstance();
+				return (FactoryBean<?>) bw.getWrappedInstance();
 			}
 			if (isSingletonCurrentlyInCreation(beanName)) {
 				return null;
@@ -788,7 +812,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 				// Finished partial creation of this bean.
 				afterSingletonCreation(beanName);
 			}
-			FactoryBean fb = getFactoryBean(beanName, instance);
+			FactoryBean<?> fb = getFactoryBean(beanName, instance);
 			if (bw != null) {
 				this.factoryBeanInstanceCache.put(beanName, bw);
 			}
@@ -805,7 +829,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @return the FactoryBean instance, or {@code null} to indicate
 	 * that we couldn't obtain a shortcut FactoryBean instance
 	 */
-	private FactoryBean getNonSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
+	private FactoryBean<?> getNonSingletonFactoryBeanForTypeCheck(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
 		if (isPrototypeCurrentlyInCreation(beanName)) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -836,7 +860,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @throws BeansException if any post-processing failed
 	 * @see MergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessor#postProcessMergedBeanDefinition
 	 */
-	protected void applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class beanType, String beanName)
+	protected void applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(RootBeanDefinition mbd, Class<?> beanType, String beanName)
 			throws BeansException {

 		try {
@@ -887,7 +911,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @throws BeansException if any post-processing failed
 	 * @see InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInstantiation
 	 */
-	protected Object applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(Class beanClass, String beanName)
+	protected Object applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInstantiation(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName)
 			throws BeansException {

 		for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
@@ -916,7 +940,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 */
 	protected BeanWrapper createBeanInstance(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Object[] args) {
 		// Make sure bean class is actually resolved at this point.
-		Class beanClass = resolveBeanClass(mbd, beanName);
+		Class<?> beanClass = resolveBeanClass(mbd, beanName);

 		if (beanClass != null && !Modifier.isPublic(beanClass.getModifiers()) && !mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed()) {
 			throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
@@ -948,7 +972,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		}

 		// Need to determine the constructor...
-		Constructor[] ctors = determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(beanClass, beanName);
+		Constructor<?>[] ctors = determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(beanClass, beanName);
 		if (ctors != null ||
 				mbd.getResolvedAutowireMode() == RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR ||
 				mbd.hasConstructorArgumentValues() || !ObjectUtils.isEmpty(args))  {
@@ -968,14 +992,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException in case of errors
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor#determineCandidateConstructors
 	 */
-	protected Constructor[] determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(Class beanClass, String beanName)
+	protected Constructor<?>[] determineConstructorsFromBeanPostProcessors(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName)
 			throws BeansException {

 		if (beanClass != null && hasInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessors()) {
 			for (BeanPostProcessor bp : getBeanPostProcessors()) {
 				if (bp instanceof SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) {
 					SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor ibp = (SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor) bp;
-					Constructor[] ctors = ibp.determineCandidateConstructors(beanClass, beanName);
+					Constructor<?>[] ctors = ibp.determineCandidateConstructors(beanClass, beanName);
 					if (ctors != null) {
 						return ctors;
 					}
@@ -1046,7 +1070,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	 * @return BeanWrapper for the new instance
 	 */
 	protected BeanWrapper autowireConstructor(
-			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Constructor[] ctors, Object[] explicitArgs) {
+			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, Constructor<?>[] ctors, Object[] explicitArgs) {

 		return new ConstructorResolver(this).autowireConstructor(beanName, mbd, ctors, explicitArgs);
 	}
@@ -1349,7 +1373,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 		MutablePropertyValues mpvs = null;
 		List<PropertyValue> original;

-		if (System.getSecurityManager()!= null) {
+		if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
 			if (bw instanceof BeanWrapperImpl) {
 				((BeanWrapperImpl) bw).setSecurityContext(getAccessControlContext());
 			}
@@ -1642,7 +1666,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac


 	/**
-	 * Special DependencyDescriptor variant for autowire="byType".
+	 * Special DependencyDescriptor variant for Spring's good old autowire="byType" mode.
 	 * Always optional; never considering the parameter name for choosing a primary candidate.
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 			throw new IllegalStateException(
 					"Bean class name [" + beanClassObject + "] has not been resolved into an actual Class");
 		}
-		return (Class) beanClassObject;
+		return (Class<?>) beanClassObject;
 	}

 	public void setBeanClassName(String beanClassName) {
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	public String getBeanClassName() {
 		Object beanClassObject = this.beanClass;
 		if (beanClassObject instanceof Class) {
-			return ((Class) beanClassObject).getName();
+			return ((Class<?>) beanClassObject).getName();
 		}
 		else {
 			return (String) beanClassObject;
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	 * @return the resolved bean class
 	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the class name could be resolved
 	 */
-	public Class resolveBeanClass(ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+	public Class<?> resolveBeanClass(ClassLoader classLoader) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 		String className = getBeanClassName();
 		if (className == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
-		Class resolvedClass = ClassUtils.forName(className, classLoader);
+		Class<?> resolvedClass = ClassUtils.forName(className, classLoader);
 		this.beanClass = resolvedClass;
 		return resolvedClass;
 	}
@@ -551,8 +551,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 			// Work out whether to apply setter autowiring or constructor autowiring.
 			// If it has a no-arg constructor it's deemed to be setter autowiring,
 			// otherwise we'll try constructor autowiring.
-			Constructor[] constructors = getBeanClass().getConstructors();
-			for (Constructor constructor : constructors) {
+			Constructor<?>[] constructors = getBeanClass().getConstructors();
+			for (Constructor<?> constructor : constructors) {
 				if (constructor.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
 					return AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE;
 				}
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether to allow access to non-public constructors and methods,
 	 * for the case of externalized metadata pointing to those.
+	 * The default is {@code true}; switch this to {@false} for public access only.
 	 * <p>This applies to constructor resolution, factory method resolution,
 	 * and also init/destroy methods. Bean property accessors have to be public
 	 * in any case and are not affected by this setting.
@@ -699,7 +700,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinition extends BeanMetadataAttributeAccess
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether to resolve constructors in lenient mode ({@code true},
 	 * which is the default) or to switch to strict resolution (throwing an exception
-	 * in case of ambigious constructors that all match when converting the arguments,
+	 * in case of ambiguous constructors that all match when converting the arguments,
 	 * whereas lenient mode would use the one with the 'closest' type matches).
 	 */
 	public void setLenientConstructorResolution(boolean lenientConstructorResolution) {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionReader implements EnvironmentCapable

 	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;

-	private Environment environment = new StandardEnvironment();
+	private Environment environment;

 	private BeanNameGenerator beanNameGenerator = new DefaultBeanNameGenerator();

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanDefinitionReader implements EnvironmentCapable

 		// Inherit Environment if possible
 		if (this.registry instanceof EnvironmentCapable) {
-			this.environment = ((EnvironmentCapable)this.registry).getEnvironment();
+			this.environment = ((EnvironmentCapable) this.registry).getEnvironment();
 		}
 		else {
 			this.environment = new StandardEnvironment();
@@ -275,76 +275,82 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 				markBeanAsCreated(beanName);
 			}

-			final RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
-			checkMergedBeanDefinition(mbd, beanName, args);
+			try {
+				final RootBeanDefinition mbd = getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName);
+				checkMergedBeanDefinition(mbd, beanName, args);

-			// Guarantee initialization of beans that the current bean depends on.
-			String[] dependsOn = mbd.getDependsOn();
-			if (dependsOn != null) {
-				for (String dependsOnBean : dependsOn) {
-					getBean(dependsOnBean);
-					registerDependentBean(dependsOnBean, beanName);
-				}
-			}
-
-			// Create bean instance.
-			if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
-				sharedInstance = getSingleton(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
-					public Object getObject() throws BeansException {
-						try {
-							return createBean(beanName, mbd, args);
-						}
-						catch (BeansException ex) {
-							// Explicitly remove instance from singleton cache: It might have been put there
-							// eagerly by the creation process, to allow for circular reference resolution.
-							// Also remove any beans that received a temporary reference to the bean.
-							destroySingleton(beanName);
-							throw ex;
-						}
+				// Guarantee initialization of beans that the current bean depends on.
+				String[] dependsOn = mbd.getDependsOn();
+				if (dependsOn != null) {
+					for (String dependsOnBean : dependsOn) {
+						getBean(dependsOnBean);
+						registerDependentBean(dependsOnBean, beanName);
 					}
-				});
-				bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(sharedInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
-			}
+				}

-			else if (mbd.isPrototype()) {
-				// It's a prototype -> create a new instance.
-				Object prototypeInstance = null;
-				try {
-					beforePrototypeCreation(beanName);
-					prototypeInstance = createBean(beanName, mbd, args);
-				}
-				finally {
-					afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
-				}
-				bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(prototypeInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
-			}
-
-			else {
-				String scopeName = mbd.getScope();
-				final Scope scope = this.scopes.get(scopeName);
-				if (scope == null) {
-					throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope '" + scopeName + "'");
-				}
-				try {
-					Object scopedInstance = scope.get(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
+				// Create bean instance.
+				if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
+					sharedInstance = getSingleton(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
 						public Object getObject() throws BeansException {
-							beforePrototypeCreation(beanName);
 							try {
 								return createBean(beanName, mbd, args);
 							}
-							finally {
-								afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
+							catch (BeansException ex) {
+								// Explicitly remove instance from singleton cache: It might have been put there
+								// eagerly by the creation process, to allow for circular reference resolution.
+								// Also remove any beans that received a temporary reference to the bean.
+								destroySingleton(beanName);
+								throw ex;
 							}
 						}
 					});
-					bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(scopedInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
+					bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(sharedInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
 				}
-				catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
-					throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
-							"Scope '" + scopeName + "' is not active for the current thread; " +
-							"consider defining a scoped proxy for this bean if you intend to refer to it from a singleton",
-							ex);
+
+				else if (mbd.isPrototype()) {
+					// It's a prototype -> create a new instance.
+					Object prototypeInstance = null;
+					try {
+						beforePrototypeCreation(beanName);
+						prototypeInstance = createBean(beanName, mbd, args);
+					}
+					finally {
+						afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
+					}
+					bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(prototypeInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
 				}
+
+				else {
+					String scopeName = mbd.getScope();
+					final Scope scope = this.scopes.get(scopeName);
+					if (scope == null) {
+						throw new IllegalStateException("No Scope registered for scope '" + scopeName + "'");
+					}
+					try {
+						Object scopedInstance = scope.get(beanName, new ObjectFactory<Object>() {
+							public Object getObject() throws BeansException {
+								beforePrototypeCreation(beanName);
+								try {
+									return createBean(beanName, mbd, args);
+								}
+								finally {
+									afterPrototypeCreation(beanName);
+								}
+							}
+						});
+						bean = getObjectForBeanInstance(scopedInstance, name, beanName, mbd);
+					}
+					catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+						throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
+								"Scope '" + scopeName + "' is not active for the current thread; " +
+								"consider defining a scoped proxy for this bean if you intend to refer to it from a singleton",
+								ex);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			catch (BeansException ex) {
+				cleanupAfterBeanCreationFailure(beanName);
+				throw ex;
 			}
 		}

@@ -511,26 +517,32 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 				}
 			}

-			Class<?> beanClass = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch);
-			if (beanClass == null) {
+			Class<?> beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, typesToMatch);
+			if (beanType == null) {
 				return false;
 			}

 			// Check bean class whether we're dealing with a FactoryBean.
-			if (FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass)) {
+			if (FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
 				if (!BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
 					// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not the factory class.
-					Class<?> type = getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
-					return (type != null && typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(type));
-				}
-				else {
-					return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(beanClass);
+					beanType = getTypeForFactoryBean(beanName, mbd);
+					if (beanType == null) {
+						return false;
+					}
 				}
 			}
-			else {
-				return !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name) &&
-						typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(beanClass);
+			else if (BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+				// Special case: A SmartInstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor returned a non-FactoryBean
+				// type but we nevertheless are being asked to dereference a FactoryBean...
+				// Let's check the original bean class and proceed with it if it is a FactoryBean.
+				beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, FactoryBean.class);
+				if (beanType == null || !FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType)) {
+					return false;
+				}
 			}
+
+			return typeToMatch.isAssignableFrom(beanType);
 		}
 	}

@@ -1335,8 +1347,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 	 * @param mbd the corresponding bean definition
 	 */
 	protected boolean isFactoryBean(String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
-		Class<?> beanClass = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, FactoryBean.class);
-		return (beanClass != null && FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass));
+		Class<?> beanType = predictBeanType(beanName, mbd, FactoryBean.class);
+		return (beanType != null && FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanType));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1382,6 +1394,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
 		this.alreadyCreated.put(beanName, Boolean.TRUE);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Perform appropriate cleanup of cached metadata after bean creation failed.
+	 * @param beanName the name of the bean
+	 */
+	protected void cleanupAfterBeanCreationFailure(String beanName) {
+		this.alreadyCreated.remove(beanName);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the specified bean is eligible for having
 	 * its bean definition metadata cached.
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,20 +23,27 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Set;

+import org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataElement;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;

 /**
- * Utility class that contains various methods useful for
- * the implementation of autowire-capable bean factories.
+ * Utility class that contains various methods useful for the implementation of
+ * autowire-capable bean factories.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 1.1.2
 * @see AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory
 */
@@ -49,9 +56,9 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * decreasing number of arguments.
 	 * @param constructors the constructor array to sort
 	 */
-	public static void sortConstructors(Constructor[] constructors) {
-		Arrays.sort(constructors, new Comparator<Constructor>() {
-			public int compare(Constructor c1, Constructor c2) {
+	public static void sortConstructors(Constructor<?>[] constructors) {
+		Arrays.sort(constructors, new Comparator<Constructor<?>>() {
+			public int compare(Constructor<?> c1, Constructor<?> c2) {
 				boolean p1 = Modifier.isPublic(c1.getModifiers());
 				boolean p2 = Modifier.isPublic(c2.getModifiers());
 				if (p1 != p2) {
@@ -103,7 +110,7 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 		}
 		// It was declared by CGLIB, but we might still want to autowire it
 		// if it was actually declared by the superclass.
-		Class superclass = wm.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
+		Class<?> superclass = wm.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
 		return !ClassUtils.hasMethod(superclass, wm.getName(), wm.getParameterTypes());
 	}

@@ -114,11 +121,11 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * @param interfaces the Set of interfaces (Class objects)
 	 * @return whether the setter method is defined by an interface
 	 */
-	public static boolean isSetterDefinedInInterface(PropertyDescriptor pd, Set<Class> interfaces) {
+	public static boolean isSetterDefinedInInterface(PropertyDescriptor pd, Set<Class<?>> interfaces) {
 		Method setter = pd.getWriteMethod();
 		if (setter != null) {
-			Class targetClass = setter.getDeclaringClass();
-			for (Class ifc : interfaces) {
+			Class<?> targetClass = setter.getDeclaringClass();
+			for (Class<?> ifc : interfaces) {
 				if (ifc.isAssignableFrom(targetClass) &&
 						ClassUtils.hasMethod(ifc, setter.getName(), setter.getParameterTypes())) {
 					return true;
@@ -135,12 +142,12 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	 * @param requiredType the type to assign the result to
 	 * @return the resolved value
 	 */
-	public static Object resolveAutowiringValue(Object autowiringValue, Class requiredType) {
+	public static Object resolveAutowiringValue(Object autowiringValue, Class<?> requiredType) {
 		if (autowiringValue instanceof ObjectFactory && !requiredType.isInstance(autowiringValue)) {
-			ObjectFactory factory = (ObjectFactory) autowiringValue;
+			ObjectFactory<?> factory = (ObjectFactory<?>) autowiringValue;
 			if (autowiringValue instanceof Serializable && requiredType.isInterface()) {
 				autowiringValue = Proxy.newProxyInstance(requiredType.getClassLoader(),
-						new Class[] {requiredType}, new ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler(factory));
+						new Class<?>[] {requiredType}, new ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler(factory));
 			}
 			else {
 				return factory.getObject();
@@ -149,6 +156,124 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 		return autowiringValue;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Determine the target type for the generic return type of the given
+	 * <em>generic factory method</em>, where formal type variables are declared
+	 * on the given method itself.
+	 * <p>For example, given a factory method with the following signature,
+	 * if {@code resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod()} is invoked with the reflected
+	 * method for {@code creatProxy()} and an {@code Object[]} array containing
+	 * {@code MyService.class}, {@code resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod()} will
+	 * infer that the target return type is {@code MyService}.
+	 * <pre class="code">{@code public static <T> T createProxy(Class<T> clazz)}</pre>
+	 * <h4>Possible Return Values</h4>
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>the target return type, if it can be inferred</li>
+	 * <li>the {@linkplain Method#getReturnType() standard return type}, if
+	 * the given {@code method} does not declare any {@linkplain
+	 * Method#getTypeParameters() formal type variables}</li>
+	 * <li>the {@linkplain Method#getReturnType() standard return type}, if the
+	 * target return type cannot be inferred (e.g., due to type erasure)</li>
+	 * <li>{@code null}, if the length of the given arguments array is shorter
+	 * than the length of the {@linkplain
+	 * Method#getGenericParameterTypes() formal argument list} for the given
+	 * method</li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * @param method the method to introspect (never {@code null})
+	 * @param args the arguments that will be supplied to the method when it is
+	 * invoked (never {@code null})
+	 * @param classLoader the ClassLoader to resolve class names against, if necessary
+	 * (never {@code null})
+	 * @return the resolved target return type, the standard return type, or {@code null}
+	 * @since 3.2.5
+	 */
+	public static Class<?> resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(Method method, Object[] args, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		Assert.notNull(method, "Method must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(args, "Argument array must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(classLoader, "ClassLoader must not be null");
+
+		TypeVariable<Method>[] declaredTypeVariables = method.getTypeParameters();
+		Type genericReturnType = method.getGenericReturnType();
+		Type[] methodParameterTypes = method.getGenericParameterTypes();
+		Assert.isTrue(args.length == methodParameterTypes.length, "Argument array does not match parameter count");
+
+		// Ensure that the type variable (e.g., T) is declared directly on the method
+		// itself (e.g., via <T>), not on the enclosing class or interface.
+		boolean locallyDeclaredTypeVariableMatchesReturnType = false;
+		for (TypeVariable<Method> currentTypeVariable : declaredTypeVariables) {
+			if (currentTypeVariable.equals(genericReturnType)) {
+				locallyDeclaredTypeVariableMatchesReturnType = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (locallyDeclaredTypeVariableMatchesReturnType) {
+			for (int i = 0; i < methodParameterTypes.length; i++) {
+				Type methodParameterType = methodParameterTypes[i];
+				Object arg = args[i];
+				if (methodParameterType.equals(genericReturnType)) {
+					if (arg instanceof TypedStringValue) {
+						TypedStringValue typedValue = ((TypedStringValue) arg);
+						if (typedValue.hasTargetType()) {
+							return typedValue.getTargetType();
+						}
+						try {
+							return typedValue.resolveTargetType(classLoader);
+						}
+						catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+							throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to resolve value type [" +
+									typedValue.getTargetTypeName() + "] for factory method argument", ex);
+						}
+					}
+					// Only consider argument type if it is a simple value...
+					if (arg != null && !(arg instanceof BeanMetadataElement)) {
+						return arg.getClass();
+					}
+					return method.getReturnType();
+				}
+				else if (methodParameterType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+					ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) methodParameterType;
+					Type[] actualTypeArguments = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
+					for (Type typeArg : actualTypeArguments) {
+						if (typeArg.equals(genericReturnType)) {
+							if (arg instanceof Class) {
+								return (Class<?>) arg;
+							}
+							else {
+								String className = null;
+								if (arg instanceof String) {
+									className = (String) arg;
+								}
+								else if (arg instanceof TypedStringValue) {
+									TypedStringValue typedValue = ((TypedStringValue) arg);
+									String targetTypeName = typedValue.getTargetTypeName();
+									if (targetTypeName == null || Class.class.getName().equals(targetTypeName)) {
+										className = typedValue.getValue();
+									}
+								}
+								if (className != null) {
+									try {
+										return ClassUtils.forName(className, classLoader);
+									}
+									catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+										throw new IllegalStateException("Could not resolve class name [" + arg +
+												"] for factory method argument", ex);
+									}
+								}
+								// Consider adding logic to determine the class of the typeArg, if possible.
+								// For now, just fall back...
+								return method.getReturnType();
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Fall back...
+		return method.getReturnType();
+	}
+

 	/**
 	 * Reflective InvocationHandler for lazy access to the current target object.
@@ -156,9 +281,9 @@ abstract class AutowireUtils {
 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	private static class ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler, Serializable {

-		private final ObjectFactory objectFactory;
+		private final ObjectFactory<?> objectFactory;

-		public ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler(ObjectFactory objectFactory) {
+		public ObjectFactoryDelegatingInvocationHandler(ObjectFactory<?> objectFactory) {
 			this.objectFactory = objectFactory;
 		}

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;

 /**
 * Simple interface for bean definition readers.
- * Specifies load methods with Resource parameters.
+ * Specifies load methods with Resource and String location parameters.
 *
 * <p>Concrete bean definition readers can of course add additional
 * load and register methods for bean definitions, specific to
@@ -45,23 +45,23 @@ public interface BeanDefinitionReader {
 	 */
 	BeanDefinitionRegistry getRegistry();

-		/**
-		 * Return the resource loader to use for resource locations.
-		 * Can be checked for the <b>ResourcePatternResolver</b> interface and cast
-		 * accordingly, for loading multiple resources for a given resource pattern.
-		 * <p>Null suggests that absolute resource loading is not available
-		 * for this bean definition reader.
-		 * <p>This is mainly meant to be used for importing further resources
-		 * from within a bean definition resource, for example via the "import"
-		 * tag in XML bean definitions. It is recommended, however, to apply
-		 * such imports relative to the defining resource; only explicit full
-		 * resource locations will trigger absolute resource loading.
-		 * <p>There is also a {@code loadBeanDefinitions(String)} method available,
-		 * for loading bean definitions from a resource location (or location pattern).
-		 * This is a convenience to avoid explicit ResourceLoader handling.
-		 * @see #loadBeanDefinitions(String)
-		 * @see org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver
-		 */
+	/**
+	 * Return the resource loader to use for resource locations.
+	 * Can be checked for the <b>ResourcePatternResolver</b> interface and cast
+	 * accordingly, for loading multiple resources for a given resource pattern.
+	 * <p>Null suggests that absolute resource loading is not available
+	 * for this bean definition reader.
+	 * <p>This is mainly meant to be used for importing further resources
+	 * from within a bean definition resource, for example via the "import"
+	 * tag in XML bean definitions. It is recommended, however, to apply
+	 * such imports relative to the defining resource; only explicit full
+	 * resource locations will trigger absolute resource loading.
+	 * <p>There is also a {@code loadBeanDefinitions(String)} method available,
+	 * for loading bean definitions from a resource location (or location pattern).
+	 * This is a convenience to avoid explicit ResourceLoader handling.
+	 * @see #loadBeanDefinitions(String)
+	 * @see org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver
+	 */
 	ResourceLoader getResourceLoader();

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 		else if (value instanceof ManagedArray) {
 			// May need to resolve contained runtime references.
 			ManagedArray array = (ManagedArray) value;
-			Class elementType = array.resolvedElementType;
+			Class<?> elementType = array.resolvedElementType;
 			if (elementType == null) {
 				String elementTypeName = array.getElementTypeName();
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(elementTypeName)) {
@@ -256,10 +256,8 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 			mbd = this.beanFactory.getMergedBeanDefinition(innerBeanName, innerBd, this.beanDefinition);
 			// Check given bean name whether it is unique. If not already unique,
 			// add counter - increasing the counter until the name is unique.
-			String actualInnerBeanName = innerBeanName;
-			if (mbd.isSingleton()) {
-				actualInnerBeanName = adaptInnerBeanName(innerBeanName);
-			}
+			String actualInnerBeanName = adaptInnerBeanName(innerBeanName);
+			this.beanFactory.registerContainedBean(actualInnerBeanName, this.beanName);
 			// Guarantee initialization of beans that the inner bean depends on.
 			String[] dependsOn = mbd.getDependsOn();
 			if (dependsOn != null) {
@@ -269,9 +267,8 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 				}
 			}
 			Object innerBean = this.beanFactory.createBean(actualInnerBeanName, mbd, null);
-			this.beanFactory.registerContainedBean(actualInnerBeanName, this.beanName);
 			if (innerBean instanceof FactoryBean) {
-				boolean synthetic = (mbd != null && mbd.isSynthetic());
+				boolean synthetic = mbd.isSynthetic();
 				return this.beanFactory.getObjectFromFactoryBean((FactoryBean) innerBean, actualInnerBeanName, !synthetic);
 			}
 			else {
@@ -335,7 +332,7 @@ class BeanDefinitionValueResolver {
 	/**
 	 * For each element in the managed array, resolve reference if necessary.
 	 */
-	private Object resolveManagedArray(Object argName, List<?> ml, Class elementType) {
+	private Object resolveManagedArray(Object argName, List<?> ml, Class<?> elementType) {
 		Object resolved = Array.newInstance(elementType, ml.size());
 		for (int i = 0; i < ml.size(); i++) {
 			Array.set(resolved, i,
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
-
+import org.springframework.cglib.core.SpringNamingPolicy;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.CallbackFilter;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy extends SimpleInstantiationSt
 	@Override
 	protected Object instantiateWithMethodInjection(
 			RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition, String beanName, BeanFactory owner,
-			Constructor ctor, Object[] args) {
+			Constructor<?> ctor, Object[] args) {

 		return new CglibSubclassCreator(beanDefinition, owner).instantiate(ctor, args);
 	}
@@ -104,9 +104,10 @@ public class CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy extends SimpleInstantiationSt
 		 * Ignored if the ctor parameter is {@code null}.
 		 * @return new instance of the dynamically generated class
 		 */
-		public Object instantiate(Constructor ctor, Object[] args) {
+		public Object instantiate(Constructor<?> ctor, Object[] args) {
 			Enhancer enhancer = new Enhancer();
 			enhancer.setSuperclass(this.beanDefinition.getBeanClass());
+			enhancer.setNamingPolicy(SpringNamingPolicy.INSTANCE);
 			enhancer.setCallbackFilter(new CallbackFilterImpl());
 			enhancer.setCallbacks(new Callback[] {
 					NoOp.INSTANCE,
@@ -114,9 +115,7 @@ public class CglibSubclassingInstantiationStrategy extends SimpleInstantiationSt
 					new ReplaceOverrideMethodInterceptor()
 			});

-			return (ctor == null) ?
-					enhancer.create() :
-					enhancer.create(ctor.getParameterTypes(), args);
+			return (ctor != null ? enhancer.create(ctor.getParameterTypes(), args) : enhancer.create());
 		}


@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class ChildBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * @param pvs the property values to apply
 	 */
 	public ChildBeanDefinition(
-			String parentName, Class beanClass, ConstructorArgumentValues cargs, MutablePropertyValues pvs) {
+			String parentName, Class<?> beanClass, ConstructorArgumentValues cargs, MutablePropertyValues pvs) {

 		super(cargs, pvs);
 		this.parentName = parentName;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,12 +54,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
- * Helper class for resolving constructors and factory methods.
+ * Delegate for resolving constructors and factory methods.
 * Performs constructor resolution through argument matching.
 *
- * <p>Operates on an {@link AbstractBeanFactory} and an {@link InstantiationStrategy}.
- * Used by {@link AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory}.
- *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Rob Harrop
 * @author Mark Fisher
@@ -103,12 +100,12 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 * @return a BeanWrapper for the new instance
 	 */
 	public BeanWrapper autowireConstructor(
-			final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, Constructor[] chosenCtors, final Object[] explicitArgs) {
+			final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, Constructor<?>[] chosenCtors, final Object[] explicitArgs) {

 		BeanWrapperImpl bw = new BeanWrapperImpl();
 		this.beanFactory.initBeanWrapper(bw);

-		Constructor constructorToUse = null;
+		Constructor<?> constructorToUse = null;
 		ArgumentsHolder argsHolderToUse = null;
 		Object[] argsToUse = null;

@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 		else {
 			Object[] argsToResolve = null;
 			synchronized (mbd.constructorArgumentLock) {
-				constructorToUse = (Constructor) mbd.resolvedConstructorOrFactoryMethod;
+				constructorToUse = (Constructor<?>) mbd.resolvedConstructorOrFactoryMethod;
 				if (constructorToUse != null && mbd.constructorArgumentsResolved) {
 					// Found a cached constructor...
 					argsToUse = mbd.resolvedConstructorArguments;
@@ -149,9 +146,9 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			}

 			// Take specified constructors, if any.
-			Constructor[] candidates = chosenCtors;
+			Constructor<?>[] candidates = chosenCtors;
 			if (candidates == null) {
-				Class beanClass = mbd.getBeanClass();
+				Class<?> beanClass = mbd.getBeanClass();
 				try {
 					candidates = (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
 							beanClass.getDeclaredConstructors() : beanClass.getConstructors());
@@ -164,12 +161,12 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			}
 			AutowireUtils.sortConstructors(candidates);
 			int minTypeDiffWeight = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-			Set<Constructor> ambiguousConstructors = null;
+			Set<Constructor<?>> ambiguousConstructors = null;
 			List<Exception> causes = null;

 			for (int i = 0; i < candidates.length; i++) {
 				Constructor<?> candidate = candidates[i];
-				Class[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();
+				Class<?>[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();

 				if (constructorToUse != null && argsToUse.length > paramTypes.length) {
 					// Already found greedy constructor that can be satisfied ->
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 					try {
 						String[] paramNames = null;
 						if (constructorPropertiesAnnotationAvailable) {
-							paramNames = ConstructorPropertiesChecker.evaluateAnnotation(candidate, paramTypes.length);
+							paramNames = ConstructorPropertiesChecker.evaluate(candidate, paramTypes.length);
 						}
 						if (paramNames == null) {
 							ParameterNameDiscoverer pnd = this.beanFactory.getParameterNameDiscoverer();
@@ -239,7 +236,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 				}
 				else if (constructorToUse != null && typeDiffWeight == minTypeDiffWeight) {
 					if (ambiguousConstructors == null) {
-						ambiguousConstructors = new LinkedHashSet<Constructor>();
+						ambiguousConstructors = new LinkedHashSet<Constructor<?>>();
 						ambiguousConstructors.add(constructorToUse);
 					}
 					ambiguousConstructors.add(candidate);
@@ -267,7 +264,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			Object beanInstance;

 			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
-				final Constructor ctorToUse = constructorToUse;
+				final Constructor<?> ctorToUse = constructorToUse;
 				final Object[] argumentsToUse = argsToUse;
 				beanInstance = AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Object>() {
 					public Object run() {
@@ -295,18 +292,22 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 * @param mbd the bean definition to check
 	 */
 	public void resolveFactoryMethodIfPossible(RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
-		Class factoryClass;
+		Class<?> factoryClass;
+		boolean isStatic;
 		if (mbd.getFactoryBeanName() != null) {
 			factoryClass = this.beanFactory.getType(mbd.getFactoryBeanName());
+			isStatic = false;
 		}
 		else {
 			factoryClass = mbd.getBeanClass();
+			isStatic = true;
 		}
 		factoryClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(factoryClass);
-		Method[] candidates = ReflectionUtils.getAllDeclaredMethods(factoryClass);
+
+		Method[] candidates = getCandidateMethods(factoryClass, mbd);
 		Method uniqueCandidate = null;
 		for (Method candidate : candidates) {
-			if (mbd.isFactoryMethod(candidate)) {
+			if (Modifier.isStatic(candidate.getModifiers()) == isStatic && mbd.isFactoryMethod(candidate)) {
 				if (uniqueCandidate == null) {
 					uniqueCandidate = candidate;
 				}
@@ -321,6 +322,27 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 		}
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Retrieve all candidate methods for the given class, considering
+	 * the {@link RootBeanDefinition#isNonPublicAccessAllowed()} flag.
+	 * Called as the starting point for factory method determination.
+	 */
+	private Method[] getCandidateMethods(final Class<?> factoryClass, final RootBeanDefinition mbd) {
+		if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+			return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Method[]>() {
+				@Override
+				public Method[] run() {
+					return (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
+							ReflectionUtils.getAllDeclaredMethods(factoryClass) : factoryClass.getMethods());
+				}
+			});
+		}
+		else {
+			return (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
+					ReflectionUtils.getAllDeclaredMethods(factoryClass) : factoryClass.getMethods());
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Instantiate the bean using a named factory method. The method may be static, if the
 	 * bean definition parameter specifies a class, rather than a "factory-bean", or
@@ -336,12 +358,14 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 * method, or {@code null} if none (-> use constructor argument values from bean definition)
 	 * @return a BeanWrapper for the new instance
 	 */
-	public BeanWrapper instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final Object[] explicitArgs) {
+	public BeanWrapper instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(
+			final String beanName, final RootBeanDefinition mbd, final Object[] explicitArgs) {
+
 		BeanWrapperImpl bw = new BeanWrapperImpl();
 		this.beanFactory.initBeanWrapper(bw);

 		Object factoryBean;
-		Class factoryClass;
+		Class<?> factoryClass;
 		boolean isStatic;

 		String factoryBeanName = mbd.getFactoryBeanName();
@@ -397,27 +421,11 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			// Need to determine the factory method...
 			// Try all methods with this name to see if they match the given arguments.
 			factoryClass = ClassUtils.getUserClass(factoryClass);
-			Method[] rawCandidates;
-
-			final Class factoryClazz = factoryClass;
-			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
-				rawCandidates = AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Method[]>() {
-					public Method[] run() {
-						return (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
-								ReflectionUtils.getAllDeclaredMethods(factoryClazz) : factoryClazz.getMethods());
-					}
-				});
-			}
-			else {
-				rawCandidates = (mbd.isNonPublicAccessAllowed() ?
-						ReflectionUtils.getAllDeclaredMethods(factoryClazz) : factoryClazz.getMethods());
-			}

+			Method[] rawCandidates = getCandidateMethods(factoryClass, mbd);
 			List<Method> candidateSet = new ArrayList<Method>();
 			for (Method candidate : rawCandidates) {
-				if (Modifier.isStatic(candidate.getModifiers()) == isStatic &&
-						candidate.getName().equals(mbd.getFactoryMethodName()) &&
-						mbd.isFactoryMethod(candidate)) {
+				if (Modifier.isStatic(candidate.getModifiers()) == isStatic && mbd.isFactoryMethod(candidate)) {
 					candidateSet.add(candidate);
 				}
 			}
@@ -445,7 +453,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {

 			for (int i = 0; i < candidates.length; i++) {
 				Method candidate = candidates[i];
-				Class[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();
+				Class<?>[] paramTypes = candidate.getParameterTypes();

 				if (paramTypes.length >= minNrOfArgs) {
 					ArgumentsHolder argsHolder;
@@ -503,7 +511,15 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 						minTypeDiffWeight = typeDiffWeight;
 						ambiguousFactoryMethods = null;
 					}
-					else if (factoryMethodToUse != null && typeDiffWeight == minTypeDiffWeight) {
+					// Find out about ambiguity: In case of the same type difference weight
+					// for methods with the same number of parameters, collect such candidates
+					// and eventually raise an ambiguity exception.
+					// However, only perform that check in non-lenient constructor resolution mode,
+					// and explicitly ignore overridden methods (with the same parameter signature).
+					else if (factoryMethodToUse != null && typeDiffWeight == minTypeDiffWeight &&
+							!mbd.isLenientConstructorResolution() &&
+							paramTypes.length == factoryMethodToUse.getParameterTypes().length &&
+							!Arrays.equals(paramTypes, factoryMethodToUse.getParameterTypes())) {
 						if (ambiguousFactoryMethods == null) {
 							ambiguousFactoryMethods = new LinkedHashSet<Method>();
 							ambiguousFactoryMethods.add(factoryMethodToUse);
@@ -540,7 +556,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 						"Invalid factory method '" + mbd.getFactoryMethodName() +
 						"': needs to have a non-void return type!");
 			}
-			else if (ambiguousFactoryMethods != null && !mbd.isLenientConstructorResolution()) {
+			else if (ambiguousFactoryMethods != null) {
 				throw new BeanCreationException(mbd.getResourceDescription(), beanName,
 						"Ambiguous factory method matches found in bean '" + beanName + "' " +
 						"(hint: specify index/type/name arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities): " +
@@ -644,7 +660,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 */
 	private ArgumentsHolder createArgumentArray(
 			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, ConstructorArgumentValues resolvedValues,
-			BeanWrapper bw, Class[] paramTypes, String[] paramNames, Object methodOrCtor,
+			BeanWrapper bw, Class<?>[] paramTypes, String[] paramNames, Object methodOrCtor,
 			boolean autowiring) throws UnsatisfiedDependencyException {

 		String methodType = (methodOrCtor instanceof Constructor ? "constructor" : "factory method");
@@ -750,8 +766,8 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	private Object[] resolvePreparedArguments(
 			String beanName, RootBeanDefinition mbd, BeanWrapper bw, Member methodOrCtor, Object[] argsToResolve) {

-		Class[] paramTypes = (methodOrCtor instanceof Method ?
-				((Method) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes() : ((Constructor) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes());
+		Class<?>[] paramTypes = (methodOrCtor instanceof Method ?
+				((Method) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes() : ((Constructor<?>) methodOrCtor).getParameterTypes());
 		TypeConverter converter = (this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() != null ?
 				this.beanFactory.getCustomTypeConverter() : bw);
 		BeanDefinitionValueResolver valueResolver =
@@ -822,7 +838,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			this.preparedArguments = args;
 		}

-		public int getTypeDifferenceWeight(Class[] paramTypes) {
+		public int getTypeDifferenceWeight(Class<?>[] paramTypes) {
 			// If valid arguments found, determine type difference weight.
 			// Try type difference weight on both the converted arguments and
 			// the raw arguments. If the raw weight is better, use it.
@@ -832,7 +848,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 			return (rawTypeDiffWeight < typeDiffWeight ? rawTypeDiffWeight : typeDiffWeight);
 		}

-		public int getAssignabilityWeight(Class[] paramTypes) {
+		public int getAssignabilityWeight(Class<?>[] paramTypes) {
 			for (int i = 0; i < paramTypes.length; i++) {
 				if (!ClassUtils.isAssignableValue(paramTypes[i], this.arguments[i])) {
 					return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
@@ -873,7 +889,7 @@ class ConstructorResolver {
 	 */
 	private static class ConstructorPropertiesChecker {

-		public static String[] evaluateAnnotation(Constructor<?> candidate, int paramCount) {
+		public static String[] evaluate(Constructor<?> candidate, int paramCount) {
 			ConstructorProperties cp = candidate.getAnnotation(ConstructorProperties.class);
 			if (cp != null) {
 				String[] names = cp.value();
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -460,12 +459,15 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	}

 	public Map<String, Object> getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
-		Set<String> beanNames = new LinkedHashSet<String>(getBeanDefinitionCount());
-		beanNames.addAll(Arrays.asList(getBeanDefinitionNames()));
-		beanNames.addAll(Arrays.asList(getSingletonNames()));
 		Map<String, Object> results = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
-		for (String beanName : beanNames) {
-			if (findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
+		for (String beanName : getBeanDefinitionNames()) {
+			BeanDefinition beanDefinition = getBeanDefinition(beanName);
+			if (!beanDefinition.isAbstract() && findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
+				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
+			}
+		}
+		for (String beanName : getSingletonNames()) {
+			if (!results.containsKey(beanName) && findAnnotationOnBean(beanName, annotationType) != null) {
 				results.put(beanName, getBean(beanName));
 			}
 		}
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	private final Map<String, Object> singletonObjects = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>(64);

 	/** Cache of singleton factories: bean name --> ObjectFactory */
-	private final Map<String, ObjectFactory> singletonFactories = new HashMap<String, ObjectFactory>(16);
+	private final Map<String, ObjectFactory<?>> singletonFactories = new HashMap<String, ObjectFactory<?>>(16);

 	/** Cache of early singleton objects: bean name --> bean instance */
 	private final Map<String, Object> earlySingletonObjects = new HashMap<String, Object>(16);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 			synchronized (this.singletonObjects) {
 				singletonObject = this.earlySingletonObjects.get(beanName);
 				if (singletonObject == null && allowEarlyReference) {
-					ObjectFactory singletonFactory = this.singletonFactories.get(beanName);
+					ObjectFactory<?> singletonFactory = this.singletonFactories.get(beanName);
 					if (singletonFactory != null) {
 						singletonObject = singletonFactory.getObject();
 						this.earlySingletonObjects.put(beanName, singletonObject);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry extends SimpleAliasRegistry implements
 	 * with, if necessary
 	 * @return the registered singleton object
 	 */
-	public Object getSingleton(String beanName, ObjectFactory singletonFactory) {
+	public Object getSingleton(String beanName, ObjectFactory<?> singletonFactory) {
 		Assert.notNull(beanName, "'beanName' must not be null");
 		synchronized (this.singletonObjects) {
 			Object singletonObject = this.singletonObjects.get(beanName);
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ public abstract class FactoryBeanRegistrySupport extends DefaultSingletonBeanReg
 	 * @return the FactoryBean's object type,
 	 * or {@code null} if the type cannot be determined yet
 	 */
-	protected Class getTypeForFactoryBean(final FactoryBean factoryBean) {
+	protected Class<?> getTypeForFactoryBean(final FactoryBean<?> factoryBean) {
 		try {
 			if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
-				return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Class>() {
-					public Class run() {
+				return AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<Class<?>>() {
+					public Class<?> run() {
 						return factoryBean.getObjectType();
 					}
 				}, getAccessControlContext());
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class FactoryBeanRegistrySupport extends DefaultSingletonBeanReg
 	 * @throws BeanCreationException if FactoryBean object creation failed
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean#getObject()
 	 */
-	protected Object getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBean factory, String beanName, boolean shouldPostProcess) {
+	protected Object getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBean<?> factory, String beanName, boolean shouldPostProcess) {
 		if (factory.isSingleton() && containsSingleton(beanName)) {
 			synchronized (getSingletonMutex()) {
 				Object object = this.factoryBeanObjectCache.get(beanName);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public abstract class FactoryBeanRegistrySupport extends DefaultSingletonBeanReg
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean#getObject()
 	 */
 	private Object doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(
-			final FactoryBean factory, final String beanName, final boolean shouldPostProcess)
+			final FactoryBean<?> factory, final String beanName, final boolean shouldPostProcess)
 			throws BeanCreationException {

 		Object object;
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ public abstract class FactoryBeanRegistrySupport extends DefaultSingletonBeanReg
 	 * @return the bean instance as FactoryBean
 	 * @throws BeansException if the given bean cannot be exposed as a FactoryBean
 	 */
-	protected FactoryBean getFactoryBean(String beanName, Object beanInstance) throws BeansException {
+	protected FactoryBean<?> getFactoryBean(String beanName, Object beanInstance) throws BeansException {
 		if (!(beanInstance instanceof FactoryBean)) {
 			throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
 					"Bean instance of type [" + beanInstance.getClass() + "] is not a FactoryBean");
 		}
-		return (FactoryBean) beanInstance;
+		return (FactoryBean<?>) beanInstance;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
- * Object representing the override of a method on a managed
- * object by the IoC container.
+ * Object representing the override of a method on a managed object by the IoC
+ * container.
 *
- * <p>Note that the override mechanism is <i>not</i> intended as a
- * generic means of inserting crosscutting code: use AOP for that.
+ * <p>Note that the override mechanism is <em>not</em> intended as a generic
+ * means of inserting crosscutting code: use AOP for that.
 *
 * @author Rod Johnson
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 1.1
 */
 public abstract class MethodOverride implements BeanMetadataElement {
@@ -59,17 +60,18 @@ public abstract class MethodOverride implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Set whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded
-	 * (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).
-	 * <p>Default is "true"; can be switched to "false" to optimize runtime performance.
+	 * Set whether the overridden method is <em>overloaded</em> (i.e., whether argument
+	 * type matching needs to occur to disambiguate methods of the same name).
+	 * <p>Default is {@code true}; can be switched to {@code false} to optimize
+	 * runtime performance.
 	 */
 	protected void setOverloaded(boolean overloaded) {
 		this.overloaded = overloaded;
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return whether the overridden method has to be considered as overloaded
-	 * (that is, whether arg type matching has to happen).
+	 * Return whether the overridden method is <em>overloaded</em> (i.e., whether argument
+	 * type matching needs to occur to disambiguate methods of the same name).
 	 */
 	protected boolean isOverloaded() {
 		return this.overloaded;
@@ -87,17 +89,15 @@ public abstract class MethodOverride implements BeanMetadataElement {
 		return this.source;
 	}

-
 	/**
-	 * Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they match
-	 * the given method. This allows for argument list checking
-	 * as well as method name checking.
+	 * Subclasses must override this to indicate whether they <em>match</em> the
+	 * given method. This allows for argument list checking as well as method
+	 * name checking.
 	 * @param method the method to check
 	 * @return whether this override matches the given method
 	 */
 	public abstract boolean matches(Method method);

-
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object other) {
 		if (this == other) {
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ public abstract class MethodOverride implements BeanMetadataElement {
 		}
 		MethodOverride that = (MethodOverride) other;
 		return (ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.methodName, that.methodName) &&
-				this.overloaded == that.overloaded &&
 				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.source, that.source));
 	}

@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ public abstract class MethodOverride implements BeanMetadataElement {
 	public int hashCode() {
 		int hashCode = ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(this.methodName);
 		hashCode = 29 * hashCode + ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(this.source);
-		hashCode = 29 * hashCode + (this.overloaded ? 1 : 0);
 		return hashCode;
 	}

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

 import java.lang.reflect.Member;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;

 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
@@ -48,19 +48,10 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {

-	// using a ConcurrentHashMap as a Set
-	private final Map<Member, Boolean> externallyManagedConfigMembers = new ConcurrentHashMap<Member, Boolean>(0);
-
-	// using a ConcurrentHashMap as a Set
-	private final Map<String, Boolean> externallyManagedInitMethods = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>(0);
-
-	// using a ConcurrentHashMap as a Set
-	private final Map<String, Boolean> externallyManagedDestroyMethods = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Boolean>(0);
+	boolean allowCaching = true;

 	private BeanDefinitionHolder decoratedDefinition;

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

 	boolean isFactoryMethodUnique = false;
@@ -87,6 +78,12 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	/** Package-visible field that indicates a before-instantiation post-processor having kicked in */
 	volatile Boolean beforeInstantiationResolved;

+	private Set<Member> externallyManagedConfigMembers;
+
+	private Set<String> externallyManagedInitMethods;
+
+	private Set<String> externallyManagedDestroyMethods;
+

 	/**
 	 * Create a new RootBeanDefinition, to be configured through its bean
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * Create a new RootBeanDefinition for a singleton.
 	 * @param beanClass the class of the bean to instantiate
 	 */
-	public RootBeanDefinition(Class beanClass) {
+	public RootBeanDefinition(Class<?> beanClass) {
 		super();
 		setBeanClass(beanClass);
 	}
@@ -147,7 +144,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * @param dependencyCheck whether to perform a dependency check for objects
 	 * (not applicable to autowiring a constructor, thus ignored there)
 	 */
-	public RootBeanDefinition(Class beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) {
+	public RootBeanDefinition(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) {
 		super();
 		setBeanClass(beanClass);
 		setAutowireMode(autowireMode);
@@ -191,7 +188,7 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * @param cargs the constructor argument values to apply
 	 * @param pvs the property values to apply
 	 */
-	public RootBeanDefinition(Class beanClass, ConstructorArgumentValues cargs, MutablePropertyValues pvs) {
+	public RootBeanDefinition(Class<?> beanClass, ConstructorArgumentValues cargs, MutablePropertyValues pvs) {
 		super(cargs, pvs);
 		setBeanClass(beanClass);
 	}
@@ -225,7 +222,11 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 * @param original the original bean definition to copy from
 	 */
 	public RootBeanDefinition(RootBeanDefinition original) {
-		this((BeanDefinition) original);
+		super((BeanDefinition) original);
+		this.allowCaching = original.allowCaching;
+		this.decoratedDefinition = original.decoratedDefinition;
+		this.targetType = original.targetType;
+		this.isFactoryMethodUnique = original.isFactoryMethodUnique;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -235,13 +236,6 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 	 */
 	RootBeanDefinition(BeanDefinition original) {
 		super(original);
-		if (original instanceof RootBeanDefinition) {
-			RootBeanDefinition originalRbd = (RootBeanDefinition) original;
-			this.decoratedDefinition = originalRbd.decoratedDefinition;
-			this.allowCaching = originalRbd.allowCaching;
-			this.targetType = originalRbd.targetType;
-			this.isFactoryMethodUnique = originalRbd.isFactoryMethodUnique;
-		}
 	}


@@ -255,6 +249,20 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 		}
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Register a target definition that is being decorated by this bean definition.
+	 */
+	public void setDecoratedDefinition(BeanDefinitionHolder decoratedDefinition) {
+		this.decoratedDefinition = decoratedDefinition;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the target definition that is being decorated by this bean definition, if any.
+	 */
+	public BeanDefinitionHolder getDecoratedDefinition() {
+		return this.decoratedDefinition;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify the target type of this bean definition, if known in advance.
 	 */
@@ -297,37 +305,52 @@ public class RootBeanDefinition extends AbstractBeanDefinition {
 		}
 	}

-
 	public void registerExternallyManagedConfigMember(Member configMember) {
-		this.externallyManagedConfigMembers.put(configMember, Boolean.TRUE);
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			if (this.externallyManagedConfigMembers == null) {
+				this.externallyManagedConfigMembers = new HashSet<Member>(1);
+			}
+			this.externallyManagedConfigMembers.add(configMember);
+		}
 	}

 	public boolean isExternallyManagedConfigMember(Member configMember) {
-		return this.externallyManagedConfigMembers.containsKey(configMember);
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			return (this.externallyManagedConfigMembers != null &&
+					this.externallyManagedConfigMembers.contains(configMember));
+		}
 	}

 	public void registerExternallyManagedInitMethod(String initMethod) {
-		this.externallyManagedInitMethods.put(initMethod, Boolean.TRUE);
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			if (this.externallyManagedInitMethods == null) {
+				this.externallyManagedInitMethods = new HashSet<String>(1);
+			}
+			this.externallyManagedInitMethods.add(initMethod);
+		}
 	}

 	public boolean isExternallyManagedInitMethod(String initMethod) {
-		return this.externallyManagedInitMethods.containsKey(initMethod);
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			return (this.externallyManagedInitMethods != null &&
+					this.externallyManagedInitMethods.contains(initMethod));
+		}
 	}

 	public void registerExternallyManagedDestroyMethod(String destroyMethod) {
-		this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods.put(destroyMethod, Boolean.TRUE);
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			if (this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods == null) {
+				this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods = new HashSet<String>(1);
+			}
+			this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods.add(destroyMethod);
+		}
 	}

 	public boolean isExternallyManagedDestroyMethod(String destroyMethod) {
-		return this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods.containsKey(destroyMethod);
-	}
-
-	public void setDecoratedDefinition(BeanDefinitionHolder decoratedDefinition) {
-		this.decoratedDefinition = decoratedDefinition;
-	}
-
-	public BeanDefinitionHolder getDecoratedDefinition() {
-		return this.decoratedDefinition;
+		synchronized (this.postProcessingLock) {
+			return (this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods != null &&
+					this.externallyManagedDestroyMethods.contains(destroyMethod));
+		}
 	}


@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ public class SimpleInstantiationStrategy implements InstantiationStrategy {
 			synchronized (beanDefinition.constructorArgumentLock) {
 				constructorToUse = (Constructor<?>) beanDefinition.resolvedConstructorOrFactoryMethod;
 				if (constructorToUse == null) {
-					final Class clazz = beanDefinition.getBeanClass();
+					final Class<?> clazz = beanDefinition.getBeanClass();
 					if (clazz.isInterface()) {
 						throw new BeanInstantiationException(clazz, "Specified class is an interface");
 					}
 					try {
 						if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
 							constructorToUse = AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedExceptionAction<Constructor>() {
-								public Constructor run() throws Exception {
+								public Constructor<?> run() throws Exception {
 									return clazz.getDeclaredConstructor((Class[]) null);
 								}
 							});
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class SimpleInstantiationStrategy implements InstantiationStrategy {
 	 * Instantiation should use the given constructor and parameters.
 	 */
 	protected Object instantiateWithMethodInjection(RootBeanDefinition beanDefinition,
-			String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor ctor, Object[] args) {
+			String beanName, BeanFactory owner, Constructor<?> ctor, Object[] args) {

 		throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
 				"Method Injection not supported in SimpleInstantiationStrategy");
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class StaticListableBeanFactory implements ListableBeanFactory {

 		if (bean instanceof FactoryBean && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
 			try {
-				return ((FactoryBean) bean).getObject();
+				return ((FactoryBean<?>) bean).getObject();
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
 				throw new BeanCreationException(beanName, "FactoryBean threw exception on object creation", ex);
@@ -141,18 +141,18 @@ public class StaticListableBeanFactory implements ListableBeanFactory {
 	public boolean isSingleton(String name) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
 		Object bean = getBean(name);
 		// In case of FactoryBean, return singleton status of created object.
-		return (bean instanceof FactoryBean && ((FactoryBean) bean).isSingleton());
+		return (bean instanceof FactoryBean && ((FactoryBean<?>) bean).isSingleton());
 	}

 	public boolean isPrototype(String name) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
 		Object bean = getBean(name);
 		// In case of FactoryBean, return prototype status of created object.
-		return ((bean instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean) bean).isPrototype()) ||
-				(bean instanceof FactoryBean && !((FactoryBean) bean).isSingleton()));
+		return ((bean instanceof SmartFactoryBean && ((SmartFactoryBean<?>) bean).isPrototype()) ||
+				(bean instanceof FactoryBean && !((FactoryBean<?>) bean).isSingleton()));
 	}

-	public boolean isTypeMatch(String name, Class targetType) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
-		Class type = getType(name);
+	public boolean isTypeMatch(String name, Class<?> targetType) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+		Class<?> type = getType(name);
 		return (targetType == null || (type != null && targetType.isAssignableFrom(type)));
 	}

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public class StaticListableBeanFactory implements ListableBeanFactory {

 		if (bean instanceof FactoryBean && !BeanFactoryUtils.isFactoryDereference(name)) {
 			// If it's a FactoryBean, we want to look at what it creates, not the factory class.
-			return ((FactoryBean) bean).getObjectType();
+			return ((FactoryBean<?>) bean).getObjectType();
 		}
 		return bean.getClass();
 	}
@@ -193,18 +193,18 @@ public class StaticListableBeanFactory implements ListableBeanFactory {
 		return StringUtils.toStringArray(this.beans.keySet());
 	}

-	public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class type) {
+	public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type) {
 		return getBeanNamesForType(type, true, true);
 	}

-	public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean includeFactoryBeans) {
+	public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class<?> type, boolean includeNonSingletons, boolean includeFactoryBeans) {
 		boolean isFactoryType = (type != null && FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(type));
 		List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
 		for (String name : this.beans.keySet()) {
 			Object beanInstance = this.beans.get(name);
 			if (beanInstance instanceof FactoryBean && !isFactoryType) {
 				if (includeFactoryBeans) {
-					Class objectType = ((FactoryBean) beanInstance).getObjectType();
+					Class<?> objectType = ((FactoryBean<?>) beanInstance).getObjectType();
 					if (objectType != null && (type == null || type.isAssignableFrom(objectType))) {
 						matches.add(name);
 					}
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ public class StaticListableBeanFactory implements ListableBeanFactory {
 			if (beanInstance instanceof FactoryBean && !isFactoryType) {
 				if (includeFactoryBeans) {
 					// Match object created by FactoryBean.
-					FactoryBean factory = (FactoryBean) beanInstance;
-					Class objectType = factory.getObjectType();
+					FactoryBean<?> factory = (FactoryBean<?>) beanInstance;
+					Class<?> objectType = factory.getObjectType();
 					if ((includeNonSingletons || factory.isSingleton()) &&
 							objectType != null && (type == null || type.isAssignableFrom(objectType))) {
 						matches.put(beanName, getBean(beanName, type));
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader implements BeanDefinitionDocume
 		// then ultimately reset this.delegate back to its original (parent) reference.
 		// this behavior emulates a stack of delegates without actually necessitating one.
 		BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parent = this.delegate;
-		this.delegate = createHelper(this.readerContext, root, parent);
+		this.delegate = createDelegate(this.readerContext, root, parent);

 		preProcessXml(root);
 		parseBeanDefinitions(root, this.delegate);
@@ -142,12 +142,22 @@ public class DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader implements BeanDefinitionDocume
 		this.delegate = parent;
 	}

+	protected BeanDefinitionParserDelegate createDelegate(
+			XmlReaderContext readerContext, Element root, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parentDelegate) {
+
+		BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate = createHelper(readerContext, root, parentDelegate);
+		if (delegate == null) {
+			delegate = new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(readerContext, this.environment);
+			delegate.initDefaults(root, parentDelegate);
+		}
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
+	@Deprecated
 	protected BeanDefinitionParserDelegate createHelper(
 			XmlReaderContext readerContext, Element root, BeanDefinitionParserDelegate parentDelegate) {

-		BeanDefinitionParserDelegate delegate = new BeanDefinitionParserDelegate(readerContext, environment);
-		delegate.initDefaults(root, parentDelegate);
-		return delegate;
+		return null;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -78,9 +78,12 @@ public class ResourceEditorRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Create a new ResourceEditorRegistrar for the given ResourceLoader
+	 * Create a new ResourceEditorRegistrar for the given {@link ResourceLoader}
+	 * and {@link PropertyResolver}.
 	 * @param resourceLoader the ResourceLoader (or ResourcePatternResolver)
 	 * to create editors for (usually an ApplicationContext)
+	 * @param propertyResolver the PropertyResolver (usually an Environment)
+	 * @see org.springframework.core.env.Environment
 	 * @see org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
 	 */
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@

 package org.springframework.beans;

-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
 import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;

 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomDateEditor;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.DerivedTestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.ITestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;

+import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
 * Unit tests for {@link BeanUtils}.
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testBeanPropertyIsArray() {
 		PropertyDescriptor[] descriptors = BeanUtils.getPropertyDescriptors(ContainerBean.class);
-		for (int i = 0; i < descriptors.length; i++) {
-			PropertyDescriptor descriptor = descriptors[i];
+		for (PropertyDescriptor descriptor : descriptors) {
 			if ("containedBeans".equals(descriptor.getName())) {
 				assertTrue("Property should be an array", descriptor.getPropertyType().isArray());
 				assertEquals(descriptor.getPropertyType().getComponentType(), ContainedBean.class);
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 		assertTrue("Touchy empty", tb2.getTouchy() == null);

 		// "spouse", "touchy", "age" should not be copied
-		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, new String[]{"spouse", "touchy", "age"});
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(tb, tb2, "spouse", "touchy", "age");
 		assertTrue("Name copied", tb2.getName() == null);
 		assertTrue("Age still empty", tb2.getAge() == 0);
 		assertTrue("Touchy still empty", tb2.getTouchy() == null);
@@ -182,10 +181,23 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 		NameAndSpecialProperty source = new NameAndSpecialProperty();
 		source.setName("name");
 		TestBean target = new TestBean();
-		BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target, new String[]{"specialProperty"});
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target, "specialProperty");
 		assertEquals(target.getName(), "name");
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void testCopyPropertiesWithInvalidProperty() {
+		InvalidProperty source = new InvalidProperty();
+		source.setName("name");
+		source.setFlag1(true);
+		source.setFlag2(true);
+		InvalidProperty target = new InvalidProperty();
+		BeanUtils.copyProperties(source, target);
+		assertEquals(target.getName(), "name");
+		assertTrue(target.getFlag1());
+		assertTrue(target.getFlag2());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testResolveSimpleSignature() throws Exception {
 		Method desiredMethod = MethodSignatureBean.class.getMethod("doSomething");
@@ -257,7 +269,8 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 		assertEquals(String.class, keyDescr.getPropertyType());
 		for (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor : descrs) {
 			if (propertyDescriptor.getName().equals(keyDescr.getName())) {
-				assertEquals(propertyDescriptor.getName() + " has unexpected type", keyDescr.getPropertyType(), propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType());
+				assertEquals(propertyDescriptor.getName() + " has unexpected type",
+						keyDescr.getPropertyType(), propertyDescriptor.getPropertyType());
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -292,6 +305,51 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 	}


+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+	private static class InvalidProperty {
+
+		private String name;
+
+		private String value;
+
+		private boolean flag1;
+
+		private boolean flag2;
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return this.name;
+		}
+
+		public void setValue(int value) {
+			this.value = Integer.toString(value);
+		}
+
+		public String getValue() {
+			return this.value;
+		}
+
+		public void setFlag1(boolean flag1) {
+			this.flag1 = flag1;
+		}
+
+		public Boolean getFlag1() {
+			return this.flag1;
+		}
+
+		public void setFlag2(Boolean flag2) {
+			this.flag2 = flag2;
+		}
+
+		public boolean getFlag2() {
+			return this.flag2;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private static class ContainerBean {

@@ -347,6 +405,7 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 		}
 	}

+
 	private interface MapEntry<K, V> {

 		K getKey();
@@ -358,6 +417,7 @@ public final class BeanUtilsTests {
 		void setValue(V value);
 	}

+
 	private static class Bean implements MapEntry<String, String> {

 		private String key;
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@

 package org.springframework.beans;

-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
 import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -44,11 +37,16 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;

 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowire;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringArrayPropertyEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor;
 import org.springframework.beans.support.DerivedFromProtectedBaseBean;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 import org.springframework.tests.Assume;
 import org.springframework.tests.TestGroup;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.BooleanTestBean;
@@ -56,13 +54,11 @@ import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.ITestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.IndexedTestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.NumberTestBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
-import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
 * @author Rod Johnson
@@ -1553,14 +1549,55 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests {
 	@Test
 	public void cornerSpr10115() {
 		Spr10115Bean foo = new Spr10115Bean();
-		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl();
-		bwi.setWrappedInstance(foo);
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
 		bwi.setPropertyValue("prop1", "val1");
 		assertEquals("val1", Spr10115Bean.prop1);
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void testArrayToObject() {
+		ArrayToObject foo = new ArrayToObject();
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
+
+		Object[] array = new Object[] {"1","2"};
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array);
+		assertThat(foo.getObject(), equalTo((Object) array));
+
+		array = new Object[] {"1"};
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", array);
+		assertThat(foo.getObject(), equalTo((Object) array));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testPropertyTypeMismatch() {
+		PropertyTypeMismatch foo = new PropertyTypeMismatch();
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("object", "a String");
+		assertEquals("a String", foo.value);
+		assertEquals(8, bwi.getPropertyValue("object"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGenericArraySetter() {
+		SkipReaderStub foo = new SkipReaderStub();
+		BeanWrapperImpl bwi = new BeanWrapperImpl(foo);
+		List<String> values = new LinkedList<String>();
+		values.add("1");
+		values.add("2");
+		values.add("3");
+		values.add("4");
+		bwi.setPropertyValue("items", values);
+		Object[] result = foo.items;
+		assertEquals(4, result.length);
+		assertEquals("1", result[0]);
+		assertEquals("2", result[1]);
+		assertEquals("3", result[2]);
+		assertEquals("4", result[3]);
+	}
+

 	static class Spr10115Bean {
+
 		private static String prop1;

 		public static void setProp1(String prop1) {
@@ -1944,4 +1981,49 @@ public final class BeanWrapperTests {
 		TEST_VALUE
 	}

+
+	public static class ArrayToObject {
+
+		private Object object;
+
+		public void setObject(Object object) {
+			this.object = object;
+		}
+
+		public Object getObject() {
+			return object;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public static class PropertyTypeMismatch {
+
+		public String value;
+
+		public void setObject(String object) {
+			this.value = object;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getObject() {
+			return (this.value != null ? this.value.length() : null);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public static class SkipReaderStub<T> {
+
+		public T[] items;
+
+		public SkipReaderStub() {
+		}
+
+		public SkipReaderStub(T... items) {
+			this.items = items;
+		}
+
+		public void setItems(T... items) {
+			this.items = items;
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -21,29 +21,19 @@ import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
 import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
 import java.beans.Introspector;
 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;

 import org.junit.Test;

 import org.springframework.core.JdkVersion;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
-
-
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.lessThan;
-

 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
-
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
- * Unit tests for {@link ExtendedBeanInfo}.
- *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @since 3.1
 */
@@ -207,10 +197,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		}
 	}

-	interface Spr9453<T> {
-		T getProp();
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void cornerSpr9453() throws IntrospectionException {
 		final class Bean implements Spr9453<Class<?>> {
@@ -335,10 +321,8 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		BeanInfo ebi = new ExtendedBeanInfo(bi);

 		assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "foo"), is(true));
-		assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "foo"), is(false));
-
 		assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(ebi, "foo"), is(true));
-		assertThat(hasWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "foo"), is(false));
+		assertEquals(hasWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "foo"), hasWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "foo"));
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -352,10 +336,8 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		BeanInfo ebi = new ExtendedBeanInfo(bi);

 		assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(bi, "foos"), is(true));
-		assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "foos"), is(false));
-
 		assertThat(hasIndexedReadMethodForProperty(ebi, "foos"), is(true));
-		assertThat(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "foos"), is(false));
+		assertEquals(hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(bi, "foos"), hasIndexedWriteMethodForProperty(ebi, "foos"));
 	}

 	/**
@@ -595,7 +577,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(BigDecimal.class));
 	}

-
 	@Test
 	public void subclassWriteMethodWithCovariantReturnType() throws IntrospectionException {
 		@SuppressWarnings("unused") class B {
@@ -792,6 +773,7 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 	@Test
 	public void propertyDescriptorComparator() throws IntrospectionException {
 		PropertyDescriptorComparator c = new PropertyDescriptorComparator();
+
 		assertThat(c.compare(new PropertyDescriptor("a", null, null), new PropertyDescriptor("a", null, null)), equalTo(0));
 		assertThat(c.compare(new PropertyDescriptor("abc", null, null), new PropertyDescriptor("abc", null, null)), equalTo(0));
 		assertThat(c.compare(new PropertyDescriptor("a", null, null), new PropertyDescriptor("b", null, null)), lessThan(0));
@@ -863,31 +845,6 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		new ExtendedBeanInfo(Introspector.getBeanInfo(LawLibrary.class));
 	}

-	interface Book { }
-
-	interface TextBook extends Book { }
-
-	interface LawBook extends TextBook { }
-
-	interface BookOperations {
-		Book getBook();
-		void setBook(Book book);
-	}
-
-	interface TextBookOperations extends BookOperations {
-		TextBook getBook();
-	}
-
-	abstract class Library {
-		public Book getBook() { return null; }
-		public void setBook(Book book) { }
-	}
-
-	class LawLibrary extends Library implements TextBookOperations {
-		public LawBook getBook() { return null; }
-	}
-
-
 	@Test
 	public void cornerSpr8949() throws IntrospectionException {
 		class A {
@@ -905,23 +862,10 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {

 		BeanInfo bi = Introspector.getBeanInfo(B.class);

-		/* first, demonstrate the 'problem':
-		 * java.beans.Introspector returns the "wrong" declaring class for overridden read
-		 * methods, which in turn violates expectations in {@link ExtendedBeanInfo} regarding
-		 * method equality. Spring's {@link ClassUtils#getMostSpecificMethod(Method, Class)}
-		 * helps out here, and is now put into use in ExtendedBeanInfo as well
-		 */
-		for (PropertyDescriptor pd : bi.getPropertyDescriptors()) {
-			if ("targetMethod".equals(pd.getName())) {
-				Method readMethod = pd.getReadMethod();
-				assertTrue(readMethod.getDeclaringClass().equals(A.class)); // we expected B!
-
-				Method msReadMethod = ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(readMethod, B.class);
-				assertTrue(msReadMethod.getDeclaringClass().equals(B.class)); // and now we get it.
-			}
-		}
-
-		// and now demonstrate that we've indeed fixed the problem
+		// java.beans.Introspector returns the "wrong" declaring class for overridden read
+		// methods, which in turn violates expectations in {@link ExtendedBeanInfo} regarding
+		// method equality. Spring's {@link ClassUtils#getMostSpecificMethod(Method, Class)}
+		// helps out here, and is now put into use in ExtendedBeanInfo as well.
 		BeanInfo ebi = new ExtendedBeanInfo(bi);

 		assertThat(hasReadMethodForProperty(bi, "targetMethod"), is(true));
@@ -973,8 +917,56 @@ public class ExtendedBeanInfoTests {
 		}
 	}

+
+	interface Spr9453<T> {
+
+		T getProp();
+	}
+
+	interface Book {
+	}
+
+	interface TextBook extends Book {
+	}
+
+	interface LawBook extends TextBook {
+	}
+
+	interface BookOperations {
+
+		Book getBook();
+
+		void setBook(Book book);
+	}
+
+	interface TextBookOperations extends BookOperations {
+
+		@Override
+		TextBook getBook();
+	}
+
+	abstract class Library {
+
+		public Book getBook() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void setBook(Book book) {
+		}
+	}
+
+	class LawLibrary extends Library implements TextBookOperations {
+
+		@Override
+		public LawBook getBook() {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
 	static class WithStaticWriteMethod {
+
 		public static void setProp1(String prop1) {
 		}
 	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
- * Unit tests for {@link SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor} and
+ * Unit tests for {@link SimplePropertyDescriptor} and
 * {@link SimpleIndexedPropertyDescriptor}.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class SimplePropertyDescriptorTests {
 	@Test
 	public void toStringOutput() throws IntrospectionException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
 		{
-			Object pd = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
+			Object pd = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
 			assertThat(pd.toString(), containsString(
 					"PropertyDescriptor[name=foo, propertyType=null, readMethod=null"));
 		}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class SimplePropertyDescriptorTests {
 				public Object setFoo(String foo) { return null; }
 			}
 			Method m = C.class.getMethod("setFoo", String.class);
-			Object pd = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", null, m);
+			Object pd = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", null, m);
 			assertThat(pd.toString(), allOf(
 					containsString("PropertyDescriptor[name=foo"),
 					containsString("propertyType=class java.lang.String"),
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ public class SimplePropertyDescriptorTests {

 	@Test
 	public void nonIndexedEquality() throws IntrospectionException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
-		Object pd1 = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
+		Object pd1 = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
 		assertThat(pd1, equalTo(pd1));

-		Object pd2 = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
+		Object pd2 = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", null, null);
 		assertThat(pd1, equalTo(pd2));
 		assertThat(pd2, equalTo(pd1));

@@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ public class SimplePropertyDescriptorTests {
 			public String getFoo() { return null; }
 		}
 		Method wm1 = C.class.getMethod("setFoo", String.class);
-		Object pd3 = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", null, wm1);
+		Object pd3 = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", null, wm1);
 		assertThat(pd1, not(equalTo(pd3)));
 		assertThat(pd3, not(equalTo(pd1)));

 		Method rm1 = C.class.getMethod("getFoo");
-		Object pd4 = new SimpleNonIndexedPropertyDescriptor("foo", rm1, null);
+		Object pd4 = new SimplePropertyDescriptor("foo", rm1, null);
 		assertThat(pd1, not(equalTo(pd4)));
 		assertThat(pd4, not(equalTo(pd1)));

@@ -147,4 +147,5 @@ public class SimplePropertyDescriptorTests {
 		assertThat(pd1, not(equalTo(pd7)));
 		assertThat(pd7, not(equalTo(pd1)));
 	}
+
 }
@@ -712,6 +712,20 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 				factory.getMergedBeanDefinition("child"), factory.getMergedBeanDefinition("child"));
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void testGetTypeWorksAfterParentChildMerging() {
+		RootBeanDefinition parentDefinition = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		ChildBeanDefinition childDefinition = new ChildBeanDefinition("parent", DerivedTestBean.class, null, null);
+
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("parent", parentDefinition);
+		factory.registerBeanDefinition("child", childDefinition);
+		factory.freezeConfiguration();
+
+		assertEquals(TestBean.class, factory.getType("parent"));
+		assertEquals(DerivedTestBean.class, factory.getType("child"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testNameAlreadyBound() {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">
+
+<beans>
+
+	<bean id="abstractFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBeanTests$AbstractFactoryBean" abstract="true"/>
+
+</beans>
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanFactoryPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	private static final Class<?> CLASS = FactoryBeanTests.class;
 	private static final Resource RETURNS_NULL_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "returnsNull.xml");
 	private static final Resource WITH_AUTOWIRING_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "withAutowiring.xml");
+	private static final Resource ABSTRACT_CONTEXT = qualifiedResource(CLASS, "abstract.xml");

 	@Test
 	public void testFactoryBeanReturnsNull() throws Exception {
@@ -80,6 +82,20 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		assertSame(gamma, beta.getGamma());
 	}

+	@Test
+	public void testAbstractFactoryBeanViaAnnotation() throws Exception {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory).loadBeanDefinitions(ABSTRACT_CONTEXT);
+		factory.getBeansWithAnnotation(Component.class);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAbstractFactoryBeanViaType() throws Exception {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory).loadBeanDefinitions(ABSTRACT_CONTEXT);
+		factory.getBeansOfType(AbstractFactoryBean.class);
+	}
+

 	public static class NullReturningFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {

@@ -152,6 +168,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 	}


+	@Component
 	public static class BetaFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {

 		private Beta beta;
@@ -176,4 +193,7 @@ public final class FactoryBeanTests {
 		}
 	}

+	public abstract static class AbstractFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Object> {
+	}
+
 }
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */

-package org.springframework.beans.annotation;
+package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;

 import static org.junit.Assert.*;

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 * limitations under the License.
 */

-package org.springframework.beans.annotation;
+package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;

 import static org.junit.Assert.*;

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNameAware;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Required;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sam Brannen
+ */
+public class AutowireUtilsTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void genericMethodReturnTypes() {
+		Method notParameterized = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "notParameterized", new Class[]{});
+		assertEquals(String.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(notParameterized, new Object[]{}, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method notParameterizedWithArguments = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "notParameterizedWithArguments",
+				new Class[] { Integer.class, Boolean.class });
+		assertEquals(String.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(notParameterizedWithArguments, new Object[] { 99, true }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createProxy = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createProxy", new Class[] { Object.class });
+		assertEquals(String.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createProxy, new Object[] { "foo" }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createNamedProxyWithDifferentTypes = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createNamedProxy",
+				new Class[] { String.class, Object.class });
+		assertEquals(Long.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createNamedProxyWithDifferentTypes, new Object[] { "enigma", 99L }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createNamedProxyWithDuplicateTypes = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createNamedProxy",
+				new Class[] { String.class, Object.class });
+		assertEquals(String.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createNamedProxyWithDuplicateTypes, new Object[] { "enigma", "foo" }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createMock = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createMock", new Class[] { Class.class });
+		assertEquals(Runnable.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createMock, new Object[] { Runnable.class }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+		assertEquals(Runnable.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createMock, new Object[] { Runnable.class.getName() }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createNamedMock = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createNamedMock", new Class[] { String.class,
+				Class.class });
+		assertEquals(Runnable.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createNamedMock, new Object[] { "foo", Runnable.class }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		Method createVMock = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "createVMock",
+				new Class[] { Object.class, Class.class });
+		assertEquals(Runnable.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(createVMock, new Object[] { "foo", Runnable.class }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		// Ideally we would expect String.class instead of Object.class, but
+		// resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod() does not currently support this form of
+		// look-up.
+		Method extractValueFrom = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "extractValueFrom",
+				new Class[] { MyInterfaceType.class });
+		assertEquals(Object.class,
+				AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(extractValueFrom, new Object[] { new MySimpleInterfaceType() }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+
+		// Ideally we would expect Boolean.class instead of Object.class, but this
+		// information is not available at run-time due to type erasure.
+		Map<Integer, Boolean> map = new HashMap<Integer, Boolean>();
+		map.put(0, false);
+		map.put(1, true);
+		Method extractMagicValue = ReflectionUtils.findMethod(MyTypeWithMethods.class, "extractMagicValue", new Class[] { Map.class });
+		assertEquals(Object.class, AutowireUtils.resolveReturnTypeForFactoryMethod(extractMagicValue, new Object[] { map }, getClass().getClassLoader()));
+	}
+
+
+	public interface MyInterfaceType<T> {
+	}
+
+	public class MySimpleInterfaceType implements MyInterfaceType<String> {
+	}
+
+	public static class MyTypeWithMethods<T> {
+
+		public MyInterfaceType<Integer> integer() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public MySimpleInterfaceType string() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public Object object() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+		public MyInterfaceType raw() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public String notParameterized() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public String notParameterizedWithArguments(Integer x, Boolean b) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Simulates a factory method that wraps the supplied object in a proxy of the
+		 * same type.
+		 */
+		public static <T> T createProxy(T object) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Similar to {@link #createProxy(Object)} but adds an additional argument before
+		 * the argument of type {@code T}. Note that they may potentially be of the same
+		 * time when invoked!
+		 */
+		public static <T> T createNamedProxy(String name, T object) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Simulates factory methods found in libraries such as Mockito and EasyMock.
+		 */
+		public static <MOCK> MOCK createMock(Class<MOCK> toMock) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Similar to {@link #createMock(Class)} but adds an additional method argument
+		 * before the parameterized argument.
+		 */
+		public static <T> T createNamedMock(String name, Class<T> toMock) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Similar to {@link #createNamedMock(String, Class)} but adds an additional
+		 * parameterized type.
+		 */
+		public static <V extends Object, T> T createVMock(V name, Class<T> toMock) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Extract some value of the type supported by the interface (i.e., by a concrete,
+		 * non-generic implementation of the interface).
+		 */
+		public static <T> T extractValueFrom(MyInterfaceType<T> myInterfaceType) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Extract some magic value from the supplied map.
+		 */
+		public static <K, V> V extractMagicValue(Map<K, V> map) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public void readIntegerInputMessage(MyInterfaceType<Integer> message) {
+		}
+
+		public void readIntegerArrayInputMessage(MyInterfaceType<Integer>[] message) {
+		}
+
+		public void readGenericArrayInputMessage(T[] message) {
+		}
+	}
+
+}
@@ -16,13 +16,9 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
-
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -37,21 +33,23 @@ import java.util.Set;

 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyEditorRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
 import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 import org.springframework.tests.Assume;
 import org.springframework.tests.TestGroup;
-
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.GenericBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.GenericIntegerBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.GenericSetOfIntegerBean;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;

+import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(GenericIntegerBean.class);

-		List input = new ArrayList();
+		List<Integer> input = new ArrayList<Integer>();
 		input.add(1);
 		rbd.getPropertyValues().add("testBeanList", input);

@@ -655,18 +653,17 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Tests support for parameterized {@code factory-method} declarations such
-	 * as Mockito {@code mock()} method which has the following signature.
-	 *
-	 * <pre>{@code
+	 * Tests support for parameterized static {@code factory-method} declarations such as
+	 * Mockito's {@code mock()} method which has the following signature.
+	 * <pre>
+	 * {@code
 	 * public static <T> T mock(Class<T> classToMock)
-	 * }</pre>
-	 *
-	 * See SPR-9493
-	 * @since 3.2
+	 * }
+	 * </pre>
+	 * <p>See SPR-9493
 	 */
 	@Test
-	public void parameterizedFactoryMethod() {
+	public void parameterizedStaticFactoryMethod() {
 		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(Mockito.class);
 		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("mock");
 		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(Runnable.class);
@@ -678,6 +675,100 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 		assertEquals(1, beans.size());
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Tests support for parameterized instance {@code factory-method} declarations such
+	 * as EasyMock's {@code IMocksControl.createMock()} method which has the following
+	 * signature.
+	 * <pre>
+	 * {@code
+	 * public <T> T createMock(Class<T> toMock)
+	 * }
+	 * </pre>
+	 * <p>See SPR-10411
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void parameterizedInstanceFactoryMethod() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(MocksControl.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mocksControl", rbd);
+
+		rbd = new RootBeanDefinition();
+		rbd.setFactoryBeanName("mocksControl");
+		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("createMock");
+		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(Runnable.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mock", rbd);
+
+		Map<String, Runnable> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(Runnable.class);
+		assertEquals(1, beans.size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parameterizedInstanceFactoryMethodWithNonResolvedClassName() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(MocksControl.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mocksControl", rbd);
+
+		rbd = new RootBeanDefinition();
+		rbd.setFactoryBeanName("mocksControl");
+		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("createMock");
+		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(Runnable.class.getName());
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mock", rbd);
+
+		Map<String, Runnable> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(Runnable.class);
+		assertEquals(1, beans.size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parameterizedInstanceFactoryMethodWithWrappedClassName() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition();
+		rbd.setBeanClassName(Mockito.class.getName());
+		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("mock");
+		// TypedStringValue used to be equivalent to an XML-defined argument String
+		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue(new TypedStringValue(Runnable.class.getName()));
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mock", rbd);
+
+		Map<String, Runnable> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(Runnable.class);
+		assertEquals(1, beans.size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parameterizedInstanceFactoryMethodWithInvalidClassName() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(MocksControl.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mocksControl", rbd);
+
+		rbd = new RootBeanDefinition();
+		rbd.setFactoryBeanName("mocksControl");
+		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("createMock");
+		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue("x");
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mock", rbd);
+
+		Map<String, Runnable> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(Runnable.class);
+		assertEquals(0, beans.size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void parameterizedInstanceFactoryMethodWithIndexedArgument() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd = new RootBeanDefinition(MocksControl.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mocksControl", rbd);
+
+		rbd = new RootBeanDefinition();
+		rbd.setFactoryBeanName("mocksControl");
+		rbd.setFactoryMethodName("createMock");
+		rbd.getConstructorArgumentValues().addIndexedArgumentValue(0, Runnable.class);
+		bf.registerBeanDefinition("mock", rbd);
+
+		Map<String, Runnable> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(Runnable.class);
+		assertEquals(1, beans.size());
+	}
+

 	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
 	public static class NamedUrlList extends LinkedList<URL> {
@@ -722,4 +813,22 @@ public class BeanFactoryGenericsTests {
 		}
 	}

+
+	/**
+	 * Pseudo-implementation of EasyMock's {@code MocksControl} class.
+	 */
+	public static class MocksControl {
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		public <T> T createMock(Class<T> toMock) {
+			return (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(BeanFactoryGenericsTests.class.getClassLoader(), new Class<?>[] {toMock},
+					new InvocationHandler() {
+						@Override
+						public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args) throws Throwable {
+							throw new UnsupportedOperationException("mocked!");
+						}
+					});
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,63 +16,95 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

-import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;

+import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
+ * Unit tests for {@code equals()} and {@code hashCode()} in bean definitions.
+ *
 * @author Rob Harrop
+ * @author Sam Brannen
 */
-public class DefinitionMetadataEqualsHashCodeTests extends TestCase {
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class DefinitionMetadataEqualsHashCodeTests {

-	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-	public void testRootBeanDefinitionEqualsAndHashCode() throws Exception {
+	@Test
+	public void rootBeanDefinition() {
 		RootBeanDefinition master = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
 		RootBeanDefinition equal = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
 		RootBeanDefinition notEqual = new RootBeanDefinition(String.class);
-		RootBeanDefinition subclass = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class) {};
+		RootBeanDefinition subclass = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class) {
+		};
 		setBaseProperties(master);
 		setBaseProperties(equal);
 		setBaseProperties(notEqual);
 		setBaseProperties(subclass);

-		assertEqualsContract(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
-		assertEquals("Hash code for equal instances should match", master.hashCode(), equal.hashCode());
+		assertEqualsAndHashCodeContracts(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
 	}

-	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
-	public void testChildBeanDefinitionEqualsAndHashCode() throws Exception {
+	/**
+	 * @since 3.2.8
+	 * @see <a href="https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-11420">SPR-11420</a>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void rootBeanDefinitionAndMethodOverridesWithDifferentOverloadedValues() {
+		RootBeanDefinition master = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		RootBeanDefinition equal = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+
+		setBaseProperties(master);
+		setBaseProperties(equal);
+
+		// Simulate AbstractBeanDefinition.validate() which delegates to
+		// AbstractBeanDefinition.prepareMethodOverrides():
+		master.getMethodOverrides().getOverrides().iterator().next().setOverloaded(false);
+		// But do not simulate validation of the 'equal' bean. As a consequence, a method
+		// override in 'equal' will be marked as overloaded, but the corresponding
+		// override in 'master' will not. But... the bean definitions should still be
+		// considered equal.
+
+		assertEquals("Should be equal", master, equal);
+		assertEquals("Hash code for equal instances must match", master.hashCode(), equal.hashCode());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void childBeanDefinition() {
 		ChildBeanDefinition master = new ChildBeanDefinition("foo");
 		ChildBeanDefinition equal = new ChildBeanDefinition("foo");
 		ChildBeanDefinition notEqual = new ChildBeanDefinition("bar");
-		ChildBeanDefinition subclass = new ChildBeanDefinition("foo"){};
+		ChildBeanDefinition subclass = new ChildBeanDefinition("foo") {
+		};
 		setBaseProperties(master);
 		setBaseProperties(equal);
 		setBaseProperties(notEqual);
 		setBaseProperties(subclass);

-		assertEqualsContract(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
-		assertEquals("Hash code for equal instances should match", master.hashCode(), equal.hashCode());
+		assertEqualsAndHashCodeContracts(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
 	}

-	public void testRuntimeBeanReference() throws Exception {
+	@Test
+	public void runtimeBeanReference() {
 		RuntimeBeanReference master = new RuntimeBeanReference("name");
 		RuntimeBeanReference equal = new RuntimeBeanReference("name");
 		RuntimeBeanReference notEqual = new RuntimeBeanReference("someOtherName");
-		RuntimeBeanReference subclass = new RuntimeBeanReference("name"){};
-		assertEqualsContract(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
+		RuntimeBeanReference subclass = new RuntimeBeanReference("name") {
+		};
+		assertEqualsAndHashCodeContracts(master, equal, notEqual, subclass);
 	}
+
 	private void setBaseProperties(AbstractBeanDefinition definition) {
 		definition.setAbstract(true);
 		definition.setAttribute("foo", "bar");
 		definition.setAutowireCandidate(false);
 		definition.setAutowireMode(AbstractBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE);
-		//definition.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue("foo");
+		// definition.getConstructorArgumentValues().addGenericArgumentValue("foo");
 		definition.setDependencyCheck(AbstractBeanDefinition.DEPENDENCY_CHECK_OBJECTS);
-		definition.setDependsOn(new String[]{"foo", "bar"});
+		definition.setDependsOn(new String[] { "foo", "bar" });
 		definition.setDestroyMethodName("destroy");
 		definition.setEnforceDestroyMethod(false);
 		definition.setEnforceInitMethod(true);
@@ -89,10 +121,15 @@ public class DefinitionMetadataEqualsHashCodeTests extends TestCase {
 		definition.setSource("foo");
 	}

-	private void assertEqualsContract(Object master, Object equal, Object notEqual, Object subclass) {
+	private void assertEqualsAndHashCodeContracts(Object master, Object equal, Object notEqual, Object subclass) {
 		assertEquals("Should be equal", master, equal);
-		assertFalse("Should not be equal", master.equals(notEqual));
+		assertEquals("Hash code for equal instances should match", master.hashCode(), equal.hashCode());
+
+		assertNotEquals("Should not be equal", master, notEqual);
+		assertNotEquals("Hash code for non-equal instances should not match", master.hashCode(), notEqual.hashCode());
+
 		assertEquals("Subclass should be equal", master, subclass);
+		assertEquals("Hash code for subclass should match", master.hashCode(), subclass.hashCode());
 	}

 }
@@ -16,59 +16,59 @@

 package org.springframework.beans.factory.support;

-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;

+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;

-import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;

 /**
 * Unit tests for SPR-8954, in which a custom {@link InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessor}
 * forces the predicted type of a FactoryBean, effectively preventing retrieval of the
 * bean from calls to #getBeansOfType(FactoryBean.class). The implementation of
- * {@link AbstractBeanFactory#isFactoryBean(String, RootBeanDefinition)} now ensures
- * that not only the predicted bean type is considered, but also the original bean
- * definition's beanClass.
+ * {@link AbstractBeanFactory#isFactoryBean(String, RootBeanDefinition)} now ensures that
+ * not only the predicted bean type is considered, but also the original bean definition's
+ * beanClass.
 *
 * @author Chris Beams
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public class Spr8954Tests {

-	@Test
-	public void repro() {
-		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+	private DefaultListableBeanFactory bf;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		bf.registerBeanDefinition("foo", new RootBeanDefinition(FooFactoryBean.class));
 		bf.addBeanPostProcessor(new PredictingBPP());
+	}

+	@Test
+	public void repro() {
 		assertThat(bf.getBean("foo"), instanceOf(Foo.class));
 		assertThat(bf.getBean("&foo"), instanceOf(FooFactoryBean.class));
-
 		assertThat(bf.isTypeMatch("&foo", FactoryBean.class), is(true));

 		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 		Map<String, FactoryBean> fbBeans = bf.getBeansOfType(FactoryBean.class);
-		assertThat(1, equalTo(fbBeans.size()));
-		assertThat("&foo", equalTo(fbBeans.keySet().iterator().next()));
+		assertThat(fbBeans.size(), is(1));
+		assertThat(fbBeans.keySet(), hasItem("&foo"));

 		Map<String, AnInterface> aiBeans = bf.getBeansOfType(AnInterface.class);
-		assertThat(1, equalTo(aiBeans.size()));
-		assertThat("&foo", equalTo(aiBeans.keySet().iterator().next()));
+		assertThat(aiBeans.size(), is(1));
+		assertThat(aiBeans.keySet(), hasItem("&foo"));
 	}

 	@Test
 	public void findsBeansByTypeIfNotInstantiated() {
-		DefaultListableBeanFactory bf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		bf.registerBeanDefinition("foo", new RootBeanDefinition(FooFactoryBean.class));
-		bf.addBeanPostProcessor(new PredictingBPP());
-
 		assertThat(bf.isTypeMatch("&foo", FactoryBean.class), is(true));

 		@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
@@ -77,8 +77,21 @@ public class Spr8954Tests {
 		assertThat("&foo", equalTo(fbBeans.keySet().iterator().next()));

 		Map<String, AnInterface> aiBeans = bf.getBeansOfType(AnInterface.class);
-		assertThat(1, equalTo(aiBeans.size()));
-		assertThat("&foo", equalTo(aiBeans.keySet().iterator().next()));
+		assertThat(aiBeans.size(), is(1));
+		assertThat(aiBeans.keySet(), hasItem("&foo"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * SPR-10517
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void findsFactoryBeanNameByTypeWithoutInstantiation() {
+		String[] names = bf.getBeanNamesForType(AnInterface.class, false, false);
+		assertThat(Arrays.asList(names), hasItem("&foo"));
+
+		Map<String, AnInterface> beans = bf.getBeansOfType(AnInterface.class, false, false);
+		assertThat(beans.size(), is(1));
+		assertThat(beans.keySet(), hasItem("&foo"));
 	}


@@ -116,8 +129,7 @@ public class Spr8954Tests {

 		@Override
 		public Class<?> predictBeanType(Class<?> beanClass, String beanName) {
-			return FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass) ?
-					PredictedType.class : null;
+			return FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass) ? PredictedType.class : null;
 		}
 	}

@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ public class FactoryMethods {
 		return new FactoryMethods(tb, name, num);
 	}

-	static FactoryMethods newInstance(TestBean tb, int num, Integer something) {
+	static ExtendedFactoryMethods newInstance(TestBean tb, int num, Integer something) {
 		if (something != null) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Should never be called with non-null value");
 		}
-		return new FactoryMethods(tb, null, num);
+		return new ExtendedFactoryMethods(tb, null, num);
 	}

 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -120,4 +120,12 @@ public class FactoryMethods {
 		this.name = name;
 	}

+
+	public static class ExtendedFactoryMethods extends FactoryMethods {
+
+		ExtendedFactoryMethods(TestBean tb, String name, int num) {
+			super(tb, name, num);
+		}
+	}
+
 }
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ public class ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests {

 	private static final String PROD_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-prodProfile.xml";
 	private static final String DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-devProfile.xml";
+	private static final String NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-notDevProfile.xml";
 	private static final String ALL_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-noProfile.xml";
 	private static final String MULTI_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-multiProfile.xml";
+	private static final String MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-multiProfileNotDev.xml";
 	private static final String MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-spaceDelimitedProfile.xml";
-	private static final String UNKOWN_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-unknownProfile.xml";
+	private static final String UNKNOWN_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-unknownProfile.xml";
 	private static final String DEFAULT_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-defaultProfile.xml";
 	private static final String CUSTOM_DEFAULT_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-customDefaultProfile.xml";
 	private static final String DEFAULT_AND_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML = "ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests-defaultAndDevProfile.xml";
@@ -71,10 +73,15 @@ public class ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests {
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(PROD_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());

 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, NONE_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
-		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, DEV_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());

+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, NONE_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, DEV_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
+
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(ALL_ELIGIBLE_XML, NONE_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(ALL_ELIGIBLE_XML, DEV_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(ALL_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
@@ -86,13 +93,19 @@ public class ProfileXmlBeanDefinitionTests {
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());

+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, NONE_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, UNKNOWN_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, DEV_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_NOT_DEV_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
+
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML, NONE_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML, UNKNOWN_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML, DEV_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML, PROD_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());
 		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(MULTI_ELIGIBLE_SPACE_DELIMITED_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), containsTargetBean());

-		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(UNKOWN_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
+		assertThat(beanFactoryFor(UNKNOWN_ELIGIBLE_XML, MULTI_ACTIVE), not(containsTargetBean()));
 	}

 	@Test
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
-
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;

 /**
 * @author Rick Evans
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ import org.springframework.tests.sample.beans.TestBean;
 public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {

 	public void testSetParserClassSunnyDay() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).setDocumentReaderClass(DefaultBeanDefinitionDocumentReader.class);
 	}

 	public void testSetParserClassToNull() {
 		try {
-			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 			new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).setDocumentReaderClass(null);
 			fail("Should have thrown IllegalArgumentException (null parserClass)");
 		}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {

 	public void testSetParserClassToUnsupportedParserType() throws Exception {
 		try {
-			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 			new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).setDocumentReaderClass(String.class);
 			fail("Should have thrown IllegalArgumentException (unsupported parserClass)");
 		}
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {

 	public void testWithOpenInputStream() {
 		try {
-			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 			Resource resource = new InputStreamResource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("test.xml"));
 			new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 			fail("Should have thrown BeanDefinitionStoreException (can't determine validation mode)");
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 	}

 	public void testWithOpenInputStreamAndExplicitValidationMode() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		Resource resource = new InputStreamResource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("test.xml"));
 		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry);
 		reader.setValidationMode(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.VALIDATION_DTD);
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 	}

 	public void testWithImport() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("import.xml", getClass());
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 		testBeanDefinitions(registry);
 	}

 	public void testWithWildcardImport() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("importPattern.xml", getClass());
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 		testBeanDefinitions(registry);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {

 	public void testWithInputSource() {
 		try {
-			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+			SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 			InputSource resource = new InputSource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("test.xml"));
 			new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 			fail("Should have thrown BeanDefinitionStoreException (can't determine validation mode)");
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 	}

 	public void testWithInputSourceAndExplicitValidationMode() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		InputSource resource = new InputSource(getClass().getResourceAsStream("test.xml"));
 		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry);
 		reader.setValidationMode(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.VALIDATION_DTD);
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 	}

 	public void testWithFreshInputStream() {
-		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();;
+		SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry registry = new SimpleBeanDefinitionRegistry();
 		Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("test.xml", getClass());
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(registry).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 		testBeanDefinitions(registry);
@@ -133,9 +133,10 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(TestBean.class.getName(), registry.getBeanDefinition("rod").getBeanClassName());
 		assertEquals(TestBean.class.getName(), registry.getBeanDefinition("aliased").getBeanClassName());
 		assertTrue(registry.isAlias("youralias"));
-		assertEquals(2, registry.getAliases("aliased").length);
-		assertEquals("myalias", registry.getAliases("aliased")[0]);
-		assertEquals("youralias", registry.getAliases("aliased")[1]);
+		String[] aliases = registry.getAliases("aliased");
+		assertEquals(2, aliases.length);
+		assertTrue(ObjectUtils.containsElement(aliases, "myalias"));
+		assertTrue(ObjectUtils.containsElement(aliases, "youralias"));
 	}

 	public void testDtdValidationAutodetect() throws Exception {
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ public class XmlBeanDefinitionReaderTests extends TestCase {
 	}

 	private void doTestValidation(String resourceName) throws Exception {
-		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();;
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
 		Resource resource = new ClassPathResource(resourceName, getClass());
 		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory).loadBeanDefinitions(resource);
 		TestBean bean = (TestBean) factory.getBean("testBean");
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