ApplicationListener beans get obtained on demand, supporting non-singletons as well; ApplicationListeners will be called in the order according to the Ordered contract; generified ApplicationListener interface

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionTypeResolver {
 	 * @param collectionClass the collection class to introspect
 	 * @return the generic type, or <code>null</code> if none
 	 */
-	public static Class getCollectionType(Class collectionClass) {
+	public static Class getCollectionType(Class<? extends Collection> collectionClass) {
 		return extractTypeFromClass(collectionClass, Collection.class, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionTypeResolver {
 	 * @param mapClass the map class to introspect
 	 * @return the generic type, or <code>null</code> if none
 	 */
-	public static Class getMapKeyType(Class mapClass) {
+	public static Class getMapKeyType(Class<? extends Map> mapClass) {
 		return extractTypeFromClass(mapClass, Map.class, 0);
 	}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionTypeResolver {
 	 * @param mapClass the map class to introspect
 	 * @return the generic type, or <code>null</code> if none
 	 */
-	public static Class getMapValueType(Class mapClass) {
+	public static Class getMapValueType(Class<? extends Map> mapClass) {
 		return extractTypeFromClass(mapClass, Map.class, 1);
 	}
 

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -99,6 +99,18 @@ public abstract class GenericTypeResolver {
 		return (rawType instanceof Class ? (Class) rawType : method.getReturnType());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the given type variable against the given class.
+	 * @param tv the type variable to resolve
+	 * @param clazz the class that defines the type variable
+	 * somewhere in its inheritance hierarchy
+	 * @return the resolved type that the variable can get replaced with,
+	 * or <code>null</code> if none found
+	 */
+	public static Type resolveTypeVariable(TypeVariable tv, Class clazz) {
+		return getTypeVariableMap(clazz).get(tv);
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Resolve the specified generic type against the given TypeVariable map.

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Ordered.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@ public interface Ordered {
 	/**
 	 * Return the order value of this object, with a
 	 * higher value meaning greater in terms of sorting.
-	 * <p>Normally starting with 0 or 1, with {@link #LOWEST_PRECEDENCE}
-	 * indicating greatest. Same order values will result in arbitrary
-	 * positions for the affected objects.
-	 * <p>Higher value can be interpreted as lower priority,
-	 * consequently the first object has highest priority
+	 * <p>Normally starting with 0, with <code>Integer.MAX_VALUE</code>
+	 * indicating the greatest value. Same order values will result
+	 * in arbitrary positions for the affected objects.
+	 * <p>Higher values can be interpreted as lower priority. As a
+	 * consequence, the object with the lowest value has highest priority
 	 * (somewhat analogous to Servlet "load-on-startup" values).
-	 * <p>Note that order values below 0 are reserved for framework
-	 * purposes. Application-specified values should always be 0 or
-	 * greater, with only framework components (internal or third-party)
-	 * supposed to use lower values.
 	 * @return the order value
-	 * @see #LOWEST_PRECEDENCE
 	 */
 	int getOrder();