Drop ignoreNestedProperties attribute from @ConfigurationProperties

Closes gh-8657

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationProperties.java

@@ -65,13 +65,6 @@ public @interface ConfigurationProperties {
 	 */
 	boolean ignoreInvalidFields() default false;
 
-	/**
-	 * Flag to indicate that when binding to this object fields with periods in their
-	 * names should be ignored.
-	 * @return the flag value (default false)
-	 */
-	boolean ignoreNestedProperties() default false;
-
 	/**
 	 * Flag to indicate that when binding to this object unknown fields should be ignored.
 	 * An unknown field could be a sign of a mistake in the Properties.

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.java

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Bindable;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.PropertySourcesPlaceholdersResolver;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.handler.IgnoreErrorsBindHandler;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.handler.IgnoreNestedPropertiesBindHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.handler.NoUnboundElementsBindHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.validation.ValidationBindHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.ConfigurationPropertySources;
@@ -368,8 +367,6 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor implements BeanPostProc
 		details.append("prefix=").append(annotation.prefix());
 		details.append(", ignoreInvalidFields=").append(annotation.ignoreInvalidFields());
 		details.append(", ignoreUnknownFields=").append(annotation.ignoreUnknownFields());
-		details.append(", ignoreNestedProperties=")
-				.append(annotation.ignoreNestedProperties());
 		return details.toString();
 	}
 
@@ -413,11 +410,7 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor implements BeanPostProc
 			handler = new IgnoreErrorsBindHandler(handler);
 		}
 		if (!annotation.ignoreUnknownFields()) {
-			handler = new NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(handler,
+			handler = new NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(handler);
-					annotation.ignoreNestedProperties());
-		}
-		if (annotation.ignoreNestedProperties()) {
-			handler = new IgnoreNestedPropertiesBindHandler(handler);
 		}
 		if (validator != null) {
 			handler = new ValidationBindHandler(handler, validator);

spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/handler/NoUnboundElementsBindHandler.java

@@ -40,28 +40,14 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.IterableConfigurationP
  */
 public class NoUnboundElementsBindHandler extends AbstractBindHandler {
 
-	private final boolean ignoreNested;
-
 	private final Set<ConfigurationPropertyName> boundNames = new HashSet<>();
 
-	public NoUnboundElementsBindHandler() {
+	NoUnboundElementsBindHandler() {
-		super();
-		this.ignoreNested = false;
-	}
-
-	public NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(boolean ignoreNested) {
 		super();
-		this.ignoreNested = ignoreNested;
 	}
 
 	public NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(BindHandler parent) {
 		super(parent);
-		this.ignoreNested = false;
-	}
-
-	public NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(BindHandler parent, boolean ignoreNested) {
-		super(parent);
-		this.ignoreNested = ignoreNested;
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -110,11 +96,7 @@ public class NoUnboundElementsBindHandler extends AbstractBindHandler {
 
 	private boolean isUnbound(ConfigurationPropertyName name,
 			ConfigurationPropertyName candidate) {
-		boolean isParent = candidate.getParent() != null
+		return name.isAncestorOf(candidate) && !this.boundNames.contains(candidate);
-				&& name.equals(candidate.getParent());
-		boolean isAncestor = name.isAncestorOf(candidate);
-		return ((this.ignoreNested ? isParent : isAncestor)
-				&& !this.boundNames.contains(candidate));
 	}
 
 }

spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/EnableConfigurationPropertiesTests.java

@@ -118,18 +118,6 @@ public class EnableConfigurationPropertiesTests {
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(TestProperties.class).name).isEqualTo("foo");
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void testIgnoreNestedPropertiesBinding() {
-		removeSystemProperties();
-		this.context.register(IgnoreNestedTestConfiguration.class);
-		TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(this.context,
-				"name=foo", "nested.name=bar");
-		this.context.refresh();
-		assertThat(this.context.getBeanNamesForType(IgnoreNestedTestProperties.class))
-				.hasSize(1);
-		assertThat(this.context.getBean(TestProperties.class).name).isEqualTo("foo");
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void testExceptionOnValidation() {
 		this.context.register(ExceptionIfInvalidTestConfiguration.class);
@@ -380,12 +368,6 @@ public class EnableConfigurationPropertiesTests {
 
 	}
 
-	@Configuration
-	@EnableConfigurationProperties(IgnoreNestedTestProperties.class)
-	protected static class IgnoreNestedTestConfiguration {
-
-	}
-
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableConfigurationProperties(ExceptionIfInvalidTestProperties.class)
 	protected static class ExceptionIfInvalidTestConfiguration {
@@ -616,11 +598,6 @@ public class EnableConfigurationPropertiesTests {
 
 	}
 
-	@ConfigurationProperties(ignoreUnknownFields = false, ignoreNestedProperties = true)
-	protected static class IgnoreNestedTestProperties extends TestProperties {
-
-	}
-
 	@ConfigurationProperties
 	@Validated
 	protected static class ExceptionIfInvalidTestProperties extends TestProperties {

spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/handler/NoUnboundElementsBindHandlerTests.java

@@ -103,37 +103,6 @@ public class NoUnboundElementsBindHandlerTests {
 		assertThat(bound.getFoo()).isEqualTo("bar");
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void bindWhenUsingNoUnboundElementsHandlerIgnoreNestedAndUnboundChildShouldThrowException()
-			throws Exception {
-		MockConfigurationPropertySource source = new MockConfigurationPropertySource();
-		source.put("example.foo", "bar");
-		source.put("example.baz", "bar");
-		this.sources.add(source);
-		this.binder = new Binder(this.sources);
-		try {
-			this.binder.bind("example", Bindable.of(Example.class),
-					new NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(true));
-			fail("did not throw");
-		}
-		catch (BindException ex) {
-			assertThat(ex.getCause().getMessage())
-					.contains("The elements [example.baz] were left unbound");
-		}
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void bindWhenUsingNoUnboundElementsHandlerIgnoreNestedAndUnboundGrandchildShouldBind()
-			throws Exception {
-		MockConfigurationPropertySource source = new MockConfigurationPropertySource();
-		source.put("example.foo", "bar");
-		source.put("example.foo.baz", "bar");
-		this.sources.add(source);
-		this.binder = new Binder(this.sources);
-		this.binder.bind("example", Bindable.of(Example.class),
-				new NoUnboundElementsBindHandler(true));
-	}
-
 	public static class Example {
 
 		private String foo;