AnnotationAwareOrderComparator is able to sort Class objects as well

Issue: SPR-10152

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

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ public class AnnotationAwareOrderComparator extends OrderComparator {
 			return ((Ordered) obj).getOrder();
 		}
 		if (obj != null) {
-			Order order = obj.getClass().getAnnotation(Order.class);
+			Class<?> clazz = (obj instanceof Class ? (Class) obj : obj.getClass());
+			Order order = clazz.getAnnotation(Order.class);
 			if (order != null) {
 				return order.value();
 			}

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationAwareOrderComparatorTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package org.springframework.core.annotation;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 /**
- * Unit tests for {@link AnnotationAwareOrderComparator}.
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
- *
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 public class AnnotationAwareOrderComparatorTests {
@@ -31,4 +34,34 @@ public class AnnotationAwareOrderComparatorTests {
 	public void instanceVariableIsAnAnnotationAwareOrderComparator() {
 		assertThat(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.INSTANCE, is(instanceOf(AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.class)));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void sortInstances() {
+		List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		list.add(new B());
+		list.add(new A());
+		AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(list);
+		assertTrue(list.get(0) instanceof A);
+		assertTrue(list.get(1) instanceof B);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void sortClasses() {
+		List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
+		list.add(B.class);
+		list.add(A.class);
+		AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(list);
+		assertEquals(A.class, list.get(0));
+		assertEquals(B.class, list.get(1));
+	}
+
+
+	@Order(1)
+	private static class A {
+	}
+
+	@Order(2)
+	private static class B {
+	}
+
 }