From 179c63a7c9854494b9a51cd1519e675b450e0d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:35:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY in
 ParameterResolutionDelegate

---
 .../factory/annotation/ParameterResolutionDelegate.java     | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/ParameterResolutionDelegate.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/ParameterResolutionDelegate.java
index f8104418e88..4f4dc58622d 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/ParameterResolutionDelegate.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/ParameterResolutionDelegate.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  */
 public final class ParameterResolutionDelegate {
 
+	private static final Annotation[] EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY = new Annotation[0];
+
 	private static final AnnotatedElement EMPTY_ANNOTATED_ELEMENT = new AnnotatedElement() {
 		@Override
 		public <T extends Annotation> @Nullable T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass) {
@@ -52,11 +54,11 @@ public final class ParameterResolutionDelegate {
 		}
 		@Override
 		public Annotation[] getAnnotations() {
-			return new Annotation[0];
+			return EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY;
 		}
 		@Override
 		public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations() {
-			return new Annotation[0];
+			return EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY;
 		}
 	};