Default generic type arguments when resolving `KType` from a `Class`.

We now fill up missing KTypeProjection arguments with star because the Kotlin Reflection.typeOf resolution fails if arguments are not provided.

Closes #3041
Original pull request: #3048

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/KotlinValueUtils.java

@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KParameter;
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty;
 import kotlin.reflect.KType;
 import kotlin.reflect.KTypeParameter;
+import kotlin.reflect.KTypeProjection;
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.ReflectJvmMapping;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * Utilities for Kotlin Value class support.
  *
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @since 3.2
  */
 class KotlinValueUtils {
@@ -72,7 +75,28 @@ class KotlinValueUtils {
 	public static ValueBoxing getConstructorValueHierarchy(Class<?> cls) {
 
 		KClass<?> kotlinClass = JvmClassMappingKt.getKotlinClass(cls);
-		return new ValueBoxing(BoxingRules.CONSTRUCTOR, Reflection.typeOf(kotlinClass), kotlinClass, false);
+		KType kType = extractKType(kotlinClass);
+		return new ValueBoxing(BoxingRules.CONSTRUCTOR, kType, kotlinClass, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the {@link KType} for a given {@link KClass} and potentially fill missing generic type arguments with
+	 * {@link KTypeProjection#star} to prevent Kotlin internal checks to fail.
+	 *
+	 * @param kotlinClass
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static KType extractKType(KClass<?> kotlinClass) {
+
+		return kotlinClass.getTypeParameters().isEmpty() ? Reflection.typeOf(kotlinClass)
+				: Reflection.typeOf(JvmClassMappingKt.getJavaClass(kotlinClass), stubKTypeProjections(kotlinClass));
+	}
+
+	private static KTypeProjection[] stubKTypeProjections(KClass<?> kotlinClass) {
+
+		KTypeProjection[] kTypeProjections = new KTypeProjection[kotlinClass.getTypeParameters().size()];
+		Arrays.fill(kTypeProjections, KTypeProjection.star);
+		return kTypeProjections;
 	}
 
 	/**

src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mapping/model/KotlinClassGeneratingEntityInstantiatorUnitTests.kt

@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.SamplePersistentProperty
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.KotlinValueUtils.BoxingRules
+import kotlin.jvm.internal.Reflection
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
 /**
@@ -149,6 +152,28 @@ class KotlinClassGeneratingEntityInstantiatorUnitTests {
 		assertThat(instance.aBool).isTrue()
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3041
+	fun `should pick preferred constructor if multiple with same argument count are present`() {
+
+		val entity =
+			mockk<PersistentEntity<WithConstructorsHavingSameParameterCount, SamplePersistentProperty>>()
+		val constructor =
+			PreferredConstructorDiscoverer.discover<WithConstructorsHavingSameParameterCount, SamplePersistentProperty>(
+				WithConstructorsHavingSameParameterCount::class.java
+			)
+
+		every { provider.getParameterValue<Any>(any()) }.returns(1L).andThen(null)
+		every { entity.instanceCreatorMetadata } returns constructor
+		every { entity.type } returns constructor!!.constructor.declaringClass
+		every { entity.typeInformation } returns mockk()
+
+		val instance: WithConstructorsHavingSameParameterCount =
+			KotlinClassGeneratingEntityInstantiator().createInstance(entity, provider)
+
+		assertThat(instance.id).isEqualTo(1L)
+		assertThat(instance.notes).isEmpty();
+	}
+
 	@Test // DATACMNS-1338
 	fun `should create instance using @PersistenceConstructor`() {
 
@@ -271,6 +296,11 @@ class KotlinClassGeneratingEntityInstantiatorUnitTests {
 		val aFloat: Float = 0.0f, val aDouble: Double = 0.0, val aChar: Char = 'a', val aBool: Boolean = true
 	)
 
+
+	data class WithConstructorsHavingSameParameterCount @PersistenceConstructor constructor(val id: Long?, val notes: Map<String, String> = emptyMap()) {
+		constructor(notes: Map<String, String>, additionalNotes: Map<String, String> = emptyMap()) : this(null, notes + additionalNotes)
+	}
+
 	data class ContactWithPersistenceConstructor(val firstname: String, val lastname: String) {
 
 		@PersistenceConstructor