Move responsibility for storing method context to dedicated component.

See #3175.
Original pull request: #3176

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/aot/hint/RepositoryRuntimeHints.java

@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ package org.springframework.data.repository.aot.hint;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.springframework.aop.SpringProxy;
+import org.springframework.aop.framework.Advised;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHintsRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.DecoratingProxy;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamSource;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Example;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
@@ -99,5 +102,13 @@ class RepositoryRuntimeHints implements RuntimeHintsRegistrar {
 		// annotated queries
 		hints.proxies().registerJdkProxy( //
 				TypeReference.of("org.springframework.data.annotation.QueryAnnotation"));
+
+		registerSpringProxy(TypeReference.of("org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContext"), hints);
+	}
+
+	private static void registerSpringProxy(TypeReference type, RuntimeHints runtimeHints) {
+
+		runtimeHints.proxies().registerJdkProxy(type, TypeReference.of(SpringProxy.class),
+			TypeReference.of(Advised.class), TypeReference.of(DecoratingProxy.class));
 	}
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport.java

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.repository.config;
 
-import static org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.*;
+import static org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.GENERATED_BEAN_NAME_SEPARATOR;
+import static org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.generateBeanName;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -31,15 +32,12 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContext;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.AbstractRepositoryMetadata;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMethodContext;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -112,13 +110,7 @@ public abstract class RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport implements Reposit
 
 	@Override
 	public void registerBeansForRoot(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry,
-			RepositoryConfigurationSource configurationSource) {
-
-		// A proxy RepositoryMethodContext for dependency injection
-		registerIfNotAlreadyRegistered(
-				() -> new RootBeanDefinition(RepositoryMethodContext.class, DefaultRepositoryMethodContext::getInjectionProxy),
-				registry, "repositoryMethodContextFactory", configurationSource);
-	}
+			RepositoryConfigurationSource configurationSource) {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the prefix of the module to be used to create the default location for Spring Data named queries.

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/RepositoryMethodContext.java

@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 /**
  * Interface containing methods and value objects to obtain information about the current repository method invocation.
  * <p>
- * The {@link #currentMethod()} method is usable if the repository factory is configured to expose the current
- * repository method metadata (not the default). It returns the invoked repository method. Target objects or advice can
- * use this to make advised calls.
+ * The {@link #getMetadata()} method is usable if the repository factory is configured to expose the current repository
+ * method metadata (not the default). It returns the invoked repository method. Target objects or advice can use this to
+ * make advised calls.
  * <p>
  * Spring Data's framework does not expose method metadata by default, as there is a performance cost in doing so.
  * <p>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public interface RepositoryMethodContext {
 	 * The method object represents the method as being invoked on the repository interface. It doesn't match the backing
 	 * repository implementation in case the method invocation is delegated to an implementation method.
 	 *
-	 * @return the current method, will never be {@literal null}..
+	 * @return the current method, will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	Method getMethod();
 }

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/RepositoryMethodContextHolder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 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
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * 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.data.repository.core;
+
+import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @since 3.4.0
+ */
+public class RepositoryMethodContextHolder {
+
+	private static ContextProvider contextSupplier;
+
+	static {
+		contextSupplier = new ThreadLocalContextProvider();
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	public static RepositoryMethodContext setContext(@Nullable RepositoryMethodContext context) {
+		return contextSupplier.set(context);
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	public static RepositoryMethodContext current() {
+		return contextSupplier.get();
+	}
+
+	public static void clearContext() {
+		contextSupplier.clear();
+	}
+
+	interface ContextProvider {
+
+		@Nullable
+		RepositoryMethodContext get();
+
+		@Nullable
+		RepositoryMethodContext set(@Nullable RepositoryMethodContext context);
+
+		void clear();
+	}
+
+	static class ThreadLocalContextProvider implements ContextProvider {
+
+		/**
+		 * ThreadLocal holder for repository method associated with this thread. Will contain {@code null} unless the
+		 * "exposeMetadata" property on the controlling repository factory configuration has been set to "true".
+		 */
+		private static final ThreadLocal<RepositoryMethodContext> currentMethod = new NamedThreadLocal<>(
+				"Current Repository Method");
+
+		@Override
+		@Nullable
+		public RepositoryMethodContext get() {
+			return currentMethod.get();
+		}
+
+		public void clear() {
+			currentMethod.remove();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		@Nullable
+		public RepositoryMethodContext set(@Nullable RepositoryMethodContext context) {
+
+			RepositoryMethodContext old = currentMethod.get();
+
+			if (context != null) {
+				currentMethod.set(context);
+			} else {
+				currentMethod.remove();
+			}
+
+			return old;
+		}
+	}
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/DefaultRepositoryMethodContext.java

@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.repository.core.support;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
-import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
-import org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContext;
-import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -34,13 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  */
 public class DefaultRepositoryMethodContext implements RepositoryMethodContext {
 
-	/**
-	 * ThreadLocal holder for repository method associated with this thread. Will contain {@code null} unless the
-	 * "exposeMetadata" property on the controlling repository factory configuration has been set to "true".
-	 */
-	private static final ThreadLocal<RepositoryMethodContext> currentMethod = new NamedThreadLocal<>(
-			"Current Repository Method");
-
 	private final RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata;
 	private final Method method;
 
@@ -64,36 +54,6 @@ public class DefaultRepositoryMethodContext implements RepositoryMethodContext {
 				method);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Creates a proxy {@link RepositoryMethodContext} instance suitable for dependency injection.
-	 *
-	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
-	 */
-	public static RepositoryMethodContext getInjectionProxy() {
-
-		return ProxyFactory.getProxy(RepositoryMethodContext.class,
-				new DynamicLookupTargetSource<>(RepositoryMethodContext.class, () -> getInstance()));
-	}
-
-	@Nullable
-	static RepositoryMethodContext getInstance() {
-		return currentMethod.get();
-	}
-
-	@Nullable
-	static RepositoryMethodContext setMetadata(@Nullable RepositoryMethodContext metadata) {
-
-		RepositoryMethodContext old = currentMethod.get();
-
-		if (metadata != null) {
-			currentMethod.set(metadata);
-		} else {
-			currentMethod.remove();
-		}
-
-		return old;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public RepositoryMetadata getMetadata() {
 		return repositoryMetadata;

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.NamedQueries;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryInformation;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContext;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.RepositoryFragments;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryInvocationMulticaster.DefaultRepositoryInvocationMulticaster;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryInvocationMulticaster.NoOpRepositoryInvocationMulticaster;
@@ -776,13 +777,13 @@ public abstract class RepositoryFactorySupport
 
 			try {
 
-				oldMetadata = DefaultRepositoryMethodContext
-						.setMetadata(new DefaultRepositoryMethodContext(repositoryMetadata, invocation.getMethod()));
+				oldMetadata = RepositoryMethodContextHolder
+						.setContext(new DefaultRepositoryMethodContext(repositoryMetadata, invocation.getMethod()));
 
 				return invocation.proceed();
 
 			} finally {
-				DefaultRepositoryMethodContext.setMetadata(oldMetadata);
+				RepositoryMethodContextHolder.setContext(oldMetadata);
 			}
 		}
 	}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/config/RepositoryConfigurationDelegateUnitTests.java

@@ -276,24 +276,6 @@ class RepositoryConfigurationDelegateUnitTests {
 		assertThat(it.getGeneric(1).resolve()).isEqualTo(Person.class);
 	}
 
-	@Test // GH-3175
-	void registersRepositoryMethodContextForInjection() {
-
-		var environment = new StandardEnvironment();
-		var context = new GenericApplicationContext();
-		context.registerBean("fragment", MyFragmentImpl.class);
-
-		RepositoryConfigurationSource configSource = new AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource(
-				AnnotationMetadata.introspect(TestConfig.class), EnableRepositories.class, context, environment,
-				context.getDefaultListableBeanFactory(), new AnnotationBeanNameGenerator());
-
-		var delegate = new RepositoryConfigurationDelegate(configSource, context, environment);
-
-		delegate.registerRepositoriesIn(context, extension);
-
-		assertThat(context.containsBeanDefinition("repositoryMethodContextFactory")).isTrue();
-	}
-
 	private static ListableBeanFactory assertLazyRepositoryBeanSetup(Class<?> configClass) {
 
 		var context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(configClass);

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupportUnitTests.java

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.NamedQueries;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryInformation;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContext;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMethodContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DummyRepositoryFactory.MyRepositoryQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryComposition.RepositoryFragments;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryMethodInvocationListener.RepositoryMethodInvocation;
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ class RepositoryFactorySupportUnitTests {
 		record Metadata(RepositoryMethodContext context, MethodInvocation methodInvocation) {}
 
 		when(factory.queryOne.execute(any(Object[].class)))
-				.then(invocation -> new Metadata(DefaultRepositoryMethodContext.getInstance(),
+				.then(invocation -> new Metadata(RepositoryMethodContextHolder.current(),
 						ExposeInvocationInterceptor.currentInvocation()));
 
 		factory.setExposeMetadata(true);
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ class RepositoryFactorySupportUnitTests {
 		}
 
 		when(factory.queryOne.execute(any(Object[].class)))
-				.then(invocation -> new Metadata(RepositoryMethodContext.currentMethod(),
+				.then(invocation -> new Metadata(RepositoryMethodContextHolder.current(),
 						ExposeInvocationInterceptor.currentInvocation()));
 
 		var repository = factory.getRepository(ObjectRepository.class, new RepositoryMetadataAccess() {});
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ class RepositoryFactorySupportUnitTests {
 
 		Metadata metadata = (Metadata) metadataByLastname;
 		assertThat(metadata.context().getMethod().getName()).isEqualTo("findMetadataByLastname");
-		assertThat(metadata.context().getRepository().getDomainType()).isEqualTo(Object.class);
+		assertThat(metadata.context().getMetadata().getDomainType()).isEqualTo(Object.class);
 		assertThat(metadata.methodInvocation().getMethod().getName()).isEqualTo("findMetadataByLastname");
 	}