Introduce getAnnotationAttributes(..,Class) in AnnoElUtils

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java

@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 
 	private AnnotationAttributes findAutowiredAnnotation(AccessibleObject ao) {
 		for (Class<? extends Annotation> type : this.autowiredAnnotationTypes) {
-			AnnotationAttributes ann = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ao, type.getName());
-			if (ann != null) {
-				return ann;
+			AnnotationAttributes attributes = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ao, type);
+			if (attributes != null) {
+				return attributes;
 			}
 		}
 		return null;

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java

@@ -218,6 +218,31 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtils {
 		}));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the first annotation of the specified {@code annotationType} within
+	 * the annotation hierarchy <em>above</em> the supplied {@code element} and
+	 * merge that annotation's attributes with <em>matching</em> attributes from
+	 * annotations in lower levels of the annotation hierarchy.
+	 *
+	 * <p>{@link AliasFor @AliasFor} semantics are fully supported, both
+	 * within a single annotation and within the annotation hierarchy.
+	 *
+	 * <p>This method delegates to {@link #getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String)}.
+	 *
+	 * @param element the annotated element; never {@code null}
+	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to find; never {@code null}
+	 * @return the merged {@code AnnotationAttributes}, or {@code null} if not found
+	 * @see #getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String, boolean, boolean)
+	 * @see #getAllAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String)
+	 * @see #findAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String, boolean, boolean)
+	 * @see #findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement, Class)
+	 */
+	public static AnnotationAttributes getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement element,
+			Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType) {
+		Assert.notNull(annotationType, "annotationType must not be null");
+		return getAnnotationAttributes(element, annotationType.getName());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the first annotation of the specified {@code annotationType} within
 	 * the annotation hierarchy <em>above</em> the supplied {@code element} and
@@ -298,9 +323,7 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtils {
 	 * <p>{@link AliasFor @AliasFor} semantics are fully supported, both
 	 * within a single annotation and within the annotation hierarchy.
 	 *
-	 * <p>This method delegates to {@link #findAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String, boolean, boolean)}
-	 * (supplying {@code false} for {@code classValuesAsString} and {@code nestedAnnotationsAsMap})
-	 * and {@link AnnotationUtils#synthesizeAnnotation(Map, Class, AnnotatedElement)}.
+	 * <p>This method delegates to {@link #findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement, String)}.
 	 *
 	 * @param element the annotated element; never {@code null}
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to find; never {@code null}
@@ -308,7 +331,7 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtils {
 	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @see #findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement, String)
 	 * @see #findAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, String, boolean, boolean)
-	 * @see AnnotationUtils#synthesizeAnnotation(Map, Class, AnnotatedElement)
+	 * @see #getAnnotationAttributes(AnnotatedElement, Class)
 	 */
 	public static <A extends Annotation> A findAnnotation(AnnotatedElement element, Class<A> annotationType) {
 		Assert.notNull(annotationType, "annotationType must not be null");

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java

@@ -325,8 +325,6 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	@Test
 	public void getAnnotationAttributesWithInvalidConventionBasedComposedAnnotation() {
 		Class<?> element = InvalidConventionBasedComposedContextConfigClass.class;
-		String name = ContextConfig.class.getName();
-
 		exception.expect(AnnotationConfigurationException.class);
 		exception.expectMessage(either(containsString("attribute [value] and its alias [locations]")).or(
 			containsString("attribute [locations] and its alias [value]")));
@@ -334,21 +332,19 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 			containsString("values of [{duplicateDeclaration}] and [{requiredLocationsDeclaration}]")).or(
 			containsString("values of [{requiredLocationsDeclaration}] and [{duplicateDeclaration}]")));
 		exception.expectMessage(containsString("but only one declaration is permitted"));
-		getAnnotationAttributes(element, name);
+		getAnnotationAttributes(element, ContextConfig.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void getAnnotationAttributesWithInvalidAliasedComposedAnnotation() {
 		Class<?> element = InvalidAliasedComposedContextConfigClass.class;
-		String name = ContextConfig.class.getName();
-
 		exception.expect(AnnotationConfigurationException.class);
 		exception.expectMessage(either(containsString("attribute [value] and its alias [locations]")).or(
 			containsString("attribute [locations] and its alias [value]")));
 		exception.expectMessage(either(containsString("values of [{duplicateDeclaration}] and [{test.xml}]")).or(
 			containsString("values of [{test.xml}] and [{duplicateDeclaration}]")));
 		exception.expectMessage(containsString("but only one declaration is permitted"));
-		getAnnotationAttributes(element, name);
+		getAnnotationAttributes(element, ContextConfig.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test

spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/JtaTransactionAnnotationParser.java

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public class JtaTransactionAnnotationParser implements TransactionAnnotationPars
 
 	@Override
 	public TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae) {
-		AnnotationAttributes ann = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ae, javax.transaction.Transactional.class.getName());
-		if (ann != null) {
-			return parseTransactionAnnotation(ann);
+		AnnotationAttributes attributes = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ae, javax.transaction.Transactional.class);
+		if (attributes != null) {
+			return parseTransactionAnnotation(attributes);
 		}
 		else {
 			return null;

spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/annotation/SpringTransactionAnnotationParser.java

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ public class SpringTransactionAnnotationParser implements TransactionAnnotationP
 
 	@Override
 	public TransactionAttribute parseTransactionAnnotation(AnnotatedElement ae) {
-		AnnotationAttributes ann = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ae, Transactional.class.getName());
-		if (ann != null) {
-			return parseTransactionAnnotation(ann);
+		AnnotationAttributes attributes = AnnotatedElementUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ae, Transactional.class);
+		if (attributes != null) {
+			return parseTransactionAnnotation(attributes);
 		}
 		else {
 			return null;