Relocate findPublicDeclaringClass() to CodeFlow

This commit moves findPublicDeclaringClass() from ReflectionHelper to
CodeFlow, since findPublicDeclaringClass() is only used for bytecode
generation and therefore not for reflection-based invocations.

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/CodeFlow.java

@@ -18,29 +18,43 @@ package org.springframework.expression.spel;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Deque;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.springframework.asm.ClassWriter;
 import org.springframework.asm.MethodVisitor;
 import org.springframework.asm.Opcodes;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
 
 /**
  * Manages the class being generated by the compilation process.
  *
  * <p>Records intermediate compilation state as the bytecode is generated.
- * Also includes various bytecode generation helper functions.
+ *
+ * <p>Also includes various bytecode generation helper functions.
  *
  * @author Andy Clement
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.1
  */
 public class CodeFlow implements Opcodes {
 
+	/**
+	 * Cache for equivalent methods in a public declaring class in the type
+	 * hierarchy of the method's declaring class.
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 */
+	private static final Map<Method, Class<?>> publicDeclaringClassCache = new ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<>(256);
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Name of the class being generated. Typically used when generating code
 	 * that accesses freshly generated fields on the generated type.
@@ -395,6 +409,65 @@ public class CodeFlow implements Opcodes {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Find the first public class or interface in the method's class hierarchy
+	 * that declares the supplied method.
+	 * <p>Sometimes the reflective method discovery logic finds a suitable method
+	 * that can easily be called via reflection but cannot be called from generated
+	 * code when compiling the expression because of visibility restrictions. For
+	 * example, if a non-public class overrides {@code toString()}, this method
+	 * will traverse up the type hierarchy to find the first public type that
+	 * declares the method (if there is one). For {@code toString()}, it may
+	 * traverse as far as {@link Object}.
+	 * @param method the method to process
+	 * @return the public class or interface that declares the method, or
+	 * {@code null} if no such public type could be found
+	 * @since 6.2
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	public static Class<?> findPublicDeclaringClass(Method method) {
+		return publicDeclaringClassCache.computeIfAbsent(method, key -> {
+				// If the method is already defined in a public type, return that type.
+				if (Modifier.isPublic(key.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
+					return key.getDeclaringClass();
+				}
+				Method interfaceMethod = ClassUtils.getInterfaceMethodIfPossible(key, null);
+				// If we found an interface method whose type is public, return the interface type.
+				if (!interfaceMethod.equals(key)) {
+					if (Modifier.isPublic(interfaceMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
+						return interfaceMethod.getDeclaringClass();
+					}
+				}
+				// Attempt to search the type hierarchy.
+				Class<?> superclass = key.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
+				if (superclass != null) {
+					return findPublicDeclaringClass(superclass, key.getName(), key.getParameterTypes());
+				}
+				// Otherwise, no public declaring class found.
+				return null;
+			});
+	}
+
+	@Nullable
+	private static Class<?> findPublicDeclaringClass(
+			Class<?> declaringClass, String methodName, Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
+
+		if (Modifier.isPublic(declaringClass.getModifiers())) {
+			try {
+				declaringClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);
+				return declaringClass;
+			}
+			catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
+				// Continue below...
+			}
+		}
+
+		Class<?> superclass = declaringClass.getSuperclass();
+		if (superclass != null) {
+			return findPublicDeclaringClass(superclass, methodName, parameterTypes);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Create the JVM signature descriptor for a method. This consists of the descriptors

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectionHelper.java

@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ import java.lang.invoke.MethodType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker;
 
 /**
@@ -50,14 +47,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker;
  */
 public abstract class ReflectionHelper {
 
-	/**
-	 * Cache for equivalent methods in a public declaring class in the type
-	 * hierarchy of the method's declaring class.
-	 * @since 6.2
-	 */
-	private static final Map<Method, Class<?>> publicDeclaringClassCache = new ConcurrentReferenceHashMap<>(256);
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Compare argument arrays and return information about whether they match.
 	 * <p>A supplied type converter and conversionAllowed flag allow for matches to take
@@ -499,66 +488,6 @@ public abstract class ReflectionHelper {
 		return args;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Find the first public class or interface in the method's class hierarchy
-	 * that declares the supplied method.
-	 * <p>Sometimes the reflective method discovery logic finds a suitable method
-	 * that can easily be called via reflection but cannot be called from generated
-	 * code when compiling the expression because of visibility restrictions. For
-	 * example, if a non-public class overrides {@code toString()}, this method
-	 * will traverse up the type hierarchy to find the first public type that
-	 * declares the method (if there is one). For {@code toString()}, it may
-	 * traverse as far as {@link Object}.
-	 * @param method the method to process
-	 * @return the public class or interface that declares the method, or
-	 * {@code null} if no such public type could be found
-	 * @since 6.2
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	public static Class<?> findPublicDeclaringClass(Method method) {
-		return publicDeclaringClassCache.computeIfAbsent(method, key -> {
-				// If the method is already defined in a public type, return that type.
-				if (Modifier.isPublic(key.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
-					return key.getDeclaringClass();
-				}
-				Method interfaceMethod = ClassUtils.getInterfaceMethodIfPossible(key, null);
-				// If we found an interface method whose type is public, return the interface type.
-				if (!interfaceMethod.equals(key)) {
-					if (Modifier.isPublic(interfaceMethod.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers())) {
-						return interfaceMethod.getDeclaringClass();
-					}
-				}
-				// Attempt to search the type hierarchy.
-				Class<?> superclass = key.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
-				if (superclass != null) {
-					return findPublicDeclaringClass(superclass, key.getName(), key.getParameterTypes());
-				}
-				// Otherwise, no public declaring class found.
-				return null;
-			});
-	}
-
-	@Nullable
-	private static Class<?> findPublicDeclaringClass(
-			Class<?> declaringClass, String methodName, Class<?>[] parameterTypes) {
-
-		if (Modifier.isPublic(declaringClass.getModifiers())) {
-			try {
-				declaringClass.getDeclaredMethod(methodName, parameterTypes);
-				return declaringClass;
-			}
-			catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
-				// Continue below...
-			}
-		}
-
-		Class<?> superclass = declaringClass.getSuperclass();
-		if (superclass != null) {
-			return findPublicDeclaringClass(superclass, methodName, parameterTypes);
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
-
 
 	/**
 	 * Arguments match kinds.

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectiveMethodExecutor.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
 import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.MethodExecutor;
 import org.springframework.expression.TypedValue;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.CodeFlow;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ public class ReflectiveMethodExecutor implements MethodExecutor {
 	/**
 	 * Find a public class or interface in the method's class hierarchy that
 	 * declares the {@linkplain #getMethod() original method}.
-	 * <p>See {@link ReflectionHelper#findPublicDeclaringClass(Method)} for
+	 * <p>See {@link CodeFlow#findPublicDeclaringClass(Method)} for
 	 * details.
 	 * @return the public class or interface that declares the method, or
 	 * {@code null} if no such public type could be found
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public class ReflectiveMethodExecutor implements MethodExecutor {
 	@Nullable
 	public Class<?> getPublicDeclaringClass() {
 		if (!this.computedPublicDeclaringClass) {
-			this.publicDeclaringClass = ReflectionHelper.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod);
+			this.publicDeclaringClass = CodeFlow.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod);
 			this.computedPublicDeclaringClass = true;
 		}
 		return this.publicDeclaringClass;

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/support/ReflectivePropertyAccessor.java

@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 				return true;
 			}
 			if (this.originalMethod != null) {
-				return (ReflectionHelper.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod) != null);
+				return (CodeFlow.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod) != null);
 			}
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ public class ReflectivePropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
 		public void generateCode(String propertyName, MethodVisitor mv, CodeFlow cf) {
 			Class<?> publicDeclaringClass = this.member.getDeclaringClass();
 			if (!Modifier.isPublic(publicDeclaringClass.getModifiers()) && this.originalMethod != null) {
-				publicDeclaringClass = ReflectionHelper.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod);
+				publicDeclaringClass = CodeFlow.findPublicDeclaringClass(this.originalMethod);
 			}
 			Assert.state(publicDeclaringClass != null && Modifier.isPublic(publicDeclaringClass.getModifiers()),
 					() -> "Failed to find public declaring class for: " +