DATACMNS-460 - Repository metadata now supports array return types for query methods.

Added array checks to AbstractRepositoryMetadata.getReturnedDomainClass() to detect array component types. QueryMethod now considers methods returning arrays to be collection query methods.

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

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
  */
 public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-98
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void discoversSimpleReturnTypeCorrectly() throws Exception {
 
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(User.class)));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-98
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void determinesReturnTypeFromPageable() throws Exception {
 
@@ -86,6 +92,9 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		assertThat(metadata.isPagingRepository(), is(true));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-98
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void determinesReturnTypeFromGenericType() throws Exception {
 		RepositoryMetadata metadata = new DummyRepositoryMetadata(ExtendingRepository.class);
@@ -93,6 +102,9 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(GenericType.class)));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-98
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void handlesGenericTypeInReturnedCollectionCorrectly() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
 
@@ -101,6 +113,18 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(Map.class)));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void detectsArrayReturnTypeCorrectly() throws Exception {
+
+		RepositoryMetadata metadata = new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(PagedRepository.class);
+		Method method = PagedRepository.class.getMethod("returnsArray");
+
+		assertThat(metadata.getReturnedDomainClass(method), is(typeCompatibleWith(User.class)));
+	}
+
 	interface UserRepository extends Repository<User, Long> {
 
 		User findSingle();
@@ -126,6 +150,7 @@ public class AbstractRepositoryMetadataUnitTests {
 
 	interface PagedRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<User, Long> {
 
+		User[] returnsArray();
 	}
 
 	class GenericType<T> {

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryMethodUnitTests.java

@@ -126,6 +126,18 @@ public class QueryMethodUnitTests {
 		assertThat(queryMethod.isPageQuery(), is(false));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATACMNS-471
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void detectsCollectionMethodForArrayRetrunType() throws Exception {
+
+		RepositoryMetadata repositoryMetadata = new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(SampleRepository.class);
+		Method method = SampleRepository.class.getMethod("arrayOfUsers");
+
+		assertThat(new QueryMethod(method, repositoryMetadata).isCollectionQuery(), is(true));
+	}
+
 	interface SampleRepository extends Repository<User, Serializable> {
 
 		String pagingMethodWithInvalidReturnType(Pageable pageable);
@@ -143,6 +155,8 @@ public class QueryMethodUnitTests {
 		Integer returnsProjection();
 
 		Slice<User> sliceOfUsers();
+
+		User[] arrayOfUsers();
 	}
 
 	class User {