Includes efficient check for same ClassLoader in ClassUtils.isVisible, efficient MethodMatchers check for IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher, and supertype method resolution in MethodMapTransactionAttributeSource.
Issue: SPR-16723
(cherry picked from commit b95e05d)
Includes unified detection of Kotlin's optional parameters in MethodParameter.isOptional(), reduces BeanUtils.findPrimaryConstructor to Kotlin semantics (for reuse in AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor), and finally introduces a common KotlinDetector delegate with an isKotlinType(Class) check.
Issue: SPR-15877
Issue: SPR-16020
Bean-derived null values may still get passed into bean properties and injection points but only if those are declared as non-required. Note that getBean will never return null; a manual bean.equals(null) / "null".equals(bean.toString()) check identifies expected null values now. This will only ever happen with custom FactoryBeans or factory methods returning null - and since all common cases are handled by autowiring or bean property values in bean definitions, there should be no need to ever manually check for such a null value received from getBean.
Issue: SPR-15829
This commit updates BeanUtils class in order to add Kotlin optional
parameters with default values support to the immutable data classes
support introduced by SPR-15199.
Issue: SPR-15673
Beyond just formally declaring the current behavior, this revision actually enforces non-null behavior in selected signatures now, not tolerating null values anymore when not explicitly documented. It also changes some utility methods with historic null-in/null-out tolerance towards enforced non-null return values, making them a proper citizen in non-null assignments.
Some issues are left as to-do: in particular a thorough revision of spring-test, and a few tests with unclear failures (ignored as "TODO: NULLABLE") to be sorted out in a follow-up commit.
Issue: SPR-15540
* getBeanDefinitionNames defensively returns a copy of the bean definition names array.
* copyConfigurationFrom provides an independent AutowireCandidateResolver instance and copies a ConversionService and dependency comparator configuration as well.
* findAutowireCandidates only considers a self reference fallback for direct dependency declarations, not as a collection element.
Issue: SPR-14897
Issue: SPR-14921
Issue: SPR-14965
Improve RootBeanDefinition to specify an AnnotatedElement that holds
qualifier information. When such element is present, any qualifier that
it defines will be used to find a matching candidate.
Issue: SPR-14725
