Add additional shortcut for qualifier value matching target bean name

Closes gh-17677
See gh-28122

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver.java

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 			}
 			if (actualValue == null && attributeName.equals(AutowireCandidateQualifier.VALUE_KEY) &&
 					expectedValue instanceof String name && bdHolder.matchesName(name)) {
-				// Fall back on bean name (or alias) match
+				// Finally, check bean name (or alias) match
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (actualValue == null && qualifier != null) {
@@ -333,14 +333,28 @@ public class QualifierAnnotationAutowireCandidateResolver extends GenericTypeAwa
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean hasQualifier(DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
-		for (Annotation ann : descriptor.getAnnotations()) {
-			if (isQualifier(ann.annotationType())) {
+		for (Annotation annotation : descriptor.getAnnotations()) {
+			if (isQualifier(annotation.annotationType())) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public String getSuggestedName(DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+		for (Annotation annotation : descriptor.getAnnotations()) {
+			if (isQualifier(annotation.annotationType())) {
+				Object value = AnnotationUtils.getValue(annotation);
+				if (value instanceof String str) {
+					return str;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether the given dependency declares a value annotation.
 	 * @see Value

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AutowireCandidateResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ public interface AutowireCandidateResolver {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether a target bean name is suggested for the given dependency
+	 * (typically - but not necessarily - declared with a single-value qualifier).
+	 * @param descriptor the descriptor for the target method parameter or field
+	 * @return the qualifier value, if any
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	default String getSuggestedName(DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Determine whether a default value is suggested for the given dependency.
 	 * <p>The default implementation simply returns {@code null}.

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java

@@ -1400,9 +1400,13 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 				}
 			}
 
-			// Step 3: shortcut for declared dependency name matching target bean name
+			// Step 3: shortcut for declared dependency name or qualifier-suggested name matching target bean name
 			String dependencyName = descriptor.getDependencyName();
-			if (dependencyName != null && containsBean(dependencyName) &&
+			if (dependencyName == null || !containsBean(dependencyName)) {
+				String suggestedName = getAutowireCandidateResolver().getSuggestedName(descriptor);
+				dependencyName = (suggestedName != null && containsBean(suggestedName) ? suggestedName : null);
+			}
+			if (dependencyName != null &&
 					isTypeMatch(dependencyName, type) && isAutowireCandidate(dependencyName, descriptor) &&
 					!hasPrimaryConflict(dependencyName, type) && !isSelfReference(beanName, dependencyName)) {
 				if (autowiredBeanNames != null) {
@@ -1747,10 +1751,22 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 		if (primaryCandidate != null) {
 			return primaryCandidate;
 		}
-		// Step 2: check bean name match
-		for (String candidateName : candidates.keySet()) {
-			if (matchesBeanName(candidateName, descriptor.getDependencyName())) {
-				return candidateName;
+		// Step 2a: match bean name against declared dependency name
+		String dependencyName = descriptor.getDependencyName();
+		if (dependencyName != null) {
+			for (String beanName : candidates.keySet()) {
+				if (matchesBeanName(beanName, dependencyName)) {
+					return beanName;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// Step 2b: match bean name against qualifier-suggested name
+		String suggestedName = getAutowireCandidateResolver().getSuggestedName(descriptor);
+		if (suggestedName != null) {
+			for (String beanName : candidates.keySet()) {
+				if (matchesBeanName(beanName, suggestedName)) {
+					return beanName;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		// Step 3: check highest priority candidate

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/SimpleAutowireCandidateResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2024 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.
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ public class SimpleAutowireCandidateResolver implements AutowireCandidateResolve
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	@Nullable
+	public String getSuggestedName(DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public Object getSuggestedValue(DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {