Merge branch '5.3.x'

# Conflicts:
#	spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/WebUtils.java

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationTypeMappings.java

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ final class AnnotationTypeMappings {
 	 * @param index the index to return
 	 * @return the {@link AnnotationTypeMapping}
 	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
-	 * (<tt>index &lt; 0 || index &gt;= size()</tt>)
+	 * ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
 	 */
 	AnnotationTypeMapping get(int index) {
 		return this.mappings.get(index);

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AttributeMethods.java

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ final class AttributeMethods {
 	 * @param index the index of the attribute to return
 	 * @return the attribute method
 	 * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
-	 * (<tt>index &lt; 0 || index &gt;= size()</tt>)
+	 * ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
 	 */
 	Method get(int index) {
 		return this.attributeMethods[index];

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor implements Serializable {
 	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 4.2, this method supports arbitrary levels
 	 * of meta-annotations.
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type
-	 * @return <tt>true</tt> if the annotation is present
+	 * @return {@code true} if the annotation is present
 	 */
 	public boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
 		if (this.annotatedElement.isEmpty()) {
@@ -273,8 +273,8 @@ public class TypeDescriptor implements Serializable {
 	 * On the other hand, {@code valueOf(Number.class).isAssignableTo(valueOf(Integer.class))}
 	 * returns {@code false} because, while all Integers are Numbers, not all Numbers are Integers.
 	 * <p>For arrays, collections, and maps, element and key/value types are checked if declared.
-	 * For example, a List&lt;String&gt; field value is assignable to a Collection&lt;CharSequence&gt;
-	 * field, but List&lt;Number&gt; is not assignable to List&lt;Integer&gt;.
+	 * For example, a {@code List<String>} field value is assignable to a {@code Collection<CharSequence>}
+	 * field, but {@code List<Number>} is not assignable to {@code List<Integer>}.
 	 * @return {@code true} if this type is assignable to the type represented by the provided
 	 * type descriptor
 	 * @see #getObjectType()
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptor implements Serializable {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new type descriptor from a {@link java.util.Map} type.
 	 * <p>Useful for converting to typed Maps.
-	 * <p>For example, a Map&lt;String, String&gt; could be converted to a Map&lt;Id, EmailAddress&gt;
+	 * <p>For example, a {@code Map<String, String>} could be converted to a {@code Map<Id, EmailAddress>}
 	 * by converting to a targetType built with this method:
 	 * The method call to construct such a TypeDescriptor would look something like:
 	 * <pre class="code">

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/converter/ConvertingComparator.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ConvertingComparator<S, T> implements Comparator<S> {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Adapts a {@link ConversionService} and <tt>targetType</tt> to a {@link Converter}.
+	 * Adapts a {@link ConversionService} and {@code targetType} to a {@link Converter}.
 	 */
 	private static class ConversionServiceConverter<S, T> implements Converter<S, T> {
 

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/buffer/DataBuffer.java

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * the following invariant holds for the read and write positions, and the capacity:
  *
  * <blockquote>
- *     <tt>0</tt> <tt>&lt;=</tt>
- *     <i>readPosition</i> <tt>&lt;=</tt>
- *     <i>writePosition</i> <tt>&lt;=</tt>
+ *     {@code 0} {@code <=}
+ *     <i>readPosition</i> {@code <=}
+ *     <i>writePosition</i> {@code <=}
  *     <i>capacity</i>
  * </blockquote>
  *

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java

@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ public class AntPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 	/**
 	 * Tests whether a string matches against a pattern via a {@link Pattern}.
 	 * <p>The pattern may contain special characters: '*' means zero or more characters; '?' means one and
-	 * only one character; '{' and '}' indicate a URI template pattern. For example <tt>/users/{user}</tt>.
+	 * only one character; '{' and '}' indicate a URI template pattern. For example {@code /users/{user}}.
 	 */
 	protected static class AntPathStringMatcher {
 

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/FastByteArrayOutputStream.java

@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class FastByteArrayOutputStream extends OutputStream {
 
 	/**
 	 * Convert the buffer's contents into a string decoding bytes using the
-	 * platform's default character set. The length of the new <tt>String</tt>
+	 * platform's default character set. The length of the new {@code String}
 	 * is a function of the character set, and hence may not be equal to the
 	 * size of the buffer.
 	 * <p>This method always replaces malformed-input and unmappable-character