registered plain singletons will be fully matched according to their qualifiers; "systemProperties" bean is not considered a default match for type Properties anymore (SPR-5355)

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/DefaultListableBeanFactory.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -393,14 +393,13 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 
 		if (!containsBeanDefinition(beanName)) {
 			if (containsSingleton(beanName)) {
-				return true;
+				return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, new RootBeanDefinition(getType(beanName)), descriptor);
 			}
 			else if (getParentBeanFactory() instanceof ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) {
 				// No bean definition found in this factory -> delegate to parent.
 				return ((ConfigurableListableBeanFactory) getParentBeanFactory()).isAutowireCandidate(beanName, descriptor);
 			}
 		}
-
 		return isAutowireCandidate(beanName, getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(beanName), descriptor);
 	}
 

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests-context.xml

@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@
 		</qualifier>
 	</bean>
 
-</beans>
+	<bean id="testProperties" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean"/>
+
+</beans>

org.springframework.context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/QualifierAnnotationTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ public final class QualifierAnnotationTests {
 		QualifiedByBeanNameTestBean testBean = (QualifiedByBeanNameTestBean) context.getBean("testBean");
 		Person person = testBean.getLarry();
 		assertEquals("LarryBean", person.getName());
+		assertTrue(testBean.myProps != null && testBean.myProps.isEmpty());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -192,6 +194,9 @@ public final class QualifierAnnotationTests {
 		@Autowired @Qualifier("larryBean")
 		private Person larry;
 
+		@Autowired @Qualifier("testProperties")
+		public Properties myProps;
+
 		public Person getLarry() {
 			return larry;
 		}