Consider super classes when detecting nested property classes

Update `PropertyDescriptor.isParentTheSame` to consider the candidate
as well as all super classes.

Fixes gh-21626

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor
 		}
 		if (roundEnv.processingOver()) {
 			try {
-				writeMetaData();
+				writeMetadata();
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to write metadata", ex);
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public class ConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	protected ConfigurationMetadata writeMetaData() throws Exception {
+	protected ConfigurationMetadata writeMetadata() throws Exception {
 		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = this.metadataCollector.getMetadata();
 		metadata = mergeAdditionalMetadata(metadata);
 		if (!metadata.getItems().isEmpty()) {

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/PropertyDescriptor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptor<S extends Element> {
 		if (isCyclePresent(typeElement, getOwnerElement())) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return isParentTheSame(typeElement, getOwnerElement());
+		return isParentTheSame(environment, typeElement, getOwnerElement());
 	}
 
 	ItemMetadata resolveItemMetadata(String prefix, MetadataGenerationEnvironment environment) {
@@ -169,11 +169,20 @@ abstract class PropertyDescriptor<S extends Element> {
 		return isCyclePresent(returnType, element.getEnclosingElement());
 	}
 
-	private boolean isParentTheSame(Element returnType, TypeElement element) {
+	private boolean isParentTheSame(MetadataGenerationEnvironment environment, Element returnType,
+			TypeElement element) {
 		if (returnType == null || element == null) {
 			return false;
 		}
-		return getTopLevelType(returnType).equals(getTopLevelType(element));
+		returnType = getTopLevelType(returnType);
+		Element candidate = element;
+		while (candidate != null && candidate instanceof TypeElement) {
+			if (returnType.equals(getTopLevelType(candidate))) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			candidate = environment.getTypeUtils().asElement(((TypeElement) candidate).getSuperclass());
+		}
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	private Element getTopLevelType(Element element) {

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/InheritanceMetadataGenerationTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationprocessor;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationprocessor.metadata.ConfigurationMetadata;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationprocessor.metadata.Metadata;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance.ChildProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance.ChildPropertiesConfig;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance.OverrideChildProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance.OverrideChildPropertiesConfig;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class InheritanceMetadataGenerationTests extends AbstractMetadataGenerationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void childProperties() throws Exception {
+		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = compile(ChildPropertiesConfig.class);
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("inheritance").fromSource(ChildPropertiesConfig.class));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("inheritance.nest").fromSource(ChildProperties.class));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("inheritance.child-nest").fromSource(ChildProperties.class));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.bool-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.int-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.long-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.nest.bool-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.nest.int-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.child-nest.bool-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.child-nest.int-value"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void overrideChildProperties() throws Exception {
+		ConfigurationMetadata metadata = compile(OverrideChildPropertiesConfig.class);
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("inheritance").fromSource(OverrideChildPropertiesConfig.class));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withGroup("inheritance.nest").fromSource(OverrideChildProperties.class));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.bool-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.int-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.long-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.nest.bool-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.nest.int-value"));
+		assertThat(metadata).has(Metadata.withProperty("inheritance.nest.long-value"));
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationprocessor/test/TestConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ public class TestConfigurationMetadataAnnotationProcessor extends ConfigurationM
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ConfigurationMetadata writeMetaData() throws Exception {
+	protected ConfigurationMetadata writeMetadata() throws Exception {
-		super.writeMetaData();
+		super.writeMetadata();
 		try {
 			File metadataFile = new File(this.outputLocation, "META-INF/spring-configuration-metadata.json");
 			if (metadataFile.isFile()) {

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/inheritance/BaseProperties.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance;
+
+public class BaseProperties {
+
+	private boolean boolValue;
+
+	private int intValue;
+
+	private final Nest nest = new Nest();
+
+	public boolean isBoolValue() {
+		return this.boolValue;
+	}
+
+	public void setBoolValue(boolean boolValue) {
+		this.boolValue = boolValue;
+	}
+
+	public int getIntValue() {
+		return this.intValue;
+	}
+
+	public void setIntValue(int intValue) {
+		this.intValue = intValue;
+	}
+
+	public Nest getNest() {
+		return this.nest;
+	}
+
+	public static class Nest {
+
+		private boolean boolValue;
+
+		private int intValue;
+
+		public boolean isBoolValue() {
+			return this.boolValue;
+		}
+
+		public void setBoolValue(boolean boolValue) {
+			this.boolValue = boolValue;
+		}
+
+		public int getIntValue() {
+			return this.intValue;
+		}
+
+		public void setIntValue(int intValue) {
+			this.intValue = intValue;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/inheritance/ChildProperties.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance;
+
+public class ChildProperties extends BaseProperties {
+
+	private long longValue;
+
+	private final NestInChild childNest = new NestInChild();
+
+	public long getLongValue() {
+		return this.longValue;
+	}
+
+	public void setLongValue(long longValue) {
+		this.longValue = longValue;
+	}
+
+	public NestInChild getChildNest() {
+		return this.childNest;
+	}
+
+	public static class NestInChild {
+
+		private boolean boolValue;
+
+		private int intValue;
+
+		public boolean isBoolValue() {
+			return this.boolValue;
+		}
+
+		public void setBoolValue(boolean boolValue) {
+			this.boolValue = boolValue;
+		}
+
+		public int getIntValue() {
+			return this.intValue;
+		}
+
+		public void setIntValue(int intValue) {
+			this.intValue = intValue;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/inheritance/ChildPropertiesConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+public class ChildPropertiesConfig {
+
+	@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "inheritance")
+	public ChildProperties childConfig() {
+		return new ChildProperties();
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/inheritance/OverrideChildProperties.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance;
+
+public class OverrideChildProperties extends BaseProperties {
+
+	private long longValue;
+
+	private final CustomNest nest = new CustomNest();
+
+	public long getLongValue() {
+		return this.longValue;
+	}
+
+	public void setLongValue(long longValue) {
+		this.longValue = longValue;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public CustomNest getNest() {
+		return this.nest;
+	}
+
+	public static class CustomNest extends Nest {
+
+		private long longValue;
+
+		public long getLongValue() {
+			return this.longValue;
+		}
+
+		public void setLongValue(long longValue) {
+			this.longValue = longValue;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-configuration-processor/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/configurationsample/inheritance/OverrideChildPropertiesConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.inheritance;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.configurationsample.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+public class OverrideChildPropertiesConfig {
+
+	@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "inheritance")
+	public OverrideChildProperties overrideChildProperties() {
+		return new OverrideChildProperties();
+	}
+
+}