Consistent type-based bean lookup for RuntimeBeanReference

See gh-35101

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/RuntimeBeanReference.java

@@ -87,6 +87,32 @@ public class RuntimeBeanReference implements BeanReference {
 		this.toParent = toParent;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new RuntimeBeanReference to a bean of the given type.
+	 * @param beanName name of the target bean
+	 * @param beanType type of the target bean
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	public RuntimeBeanReference(String beanName, Class<?> beanType) {
+		this(beanName, beanType, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new RuntimeBeanReference to a bean of the given type,
+	 * with the option to mark it as reference to a bean in the parent factory.
+	 * @param beanName name of the target bean
+	 * @param beanType type of the target bean
+	 * @param toParent whether this is an explicit reference to a bean in the
+	 * parent factory
+	 * @since 7.0
+	 */
+	public RuntimeBeanReference(String beanName, Class<?> beanType, boolean toParent) {
+		Assert.notNull(beanType, "'beanType' must not be null");
+		this.beanName = beanName;
+		this.beanType = beanType;
+		this.toParent = toParent;
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the requested bean name, or the fully-qualified type name

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

@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ public class DefaultListableBeanFactory extends AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFacto
 	private <T> @Nullable NamedBeanHolder<T> resolveNamedBean(
 			String beanName, ResolvableType requiredType, @Nullable Object @Nullable [] args) throws BeansException {
 
-		Object bean = getBean(beanName, null, args);
+		Object bean = (args != null ? getBean(beanName, args) : resolveBean(beanName, requiredType));
 		if (bean instanceof NullBean) {
 			return null;
 		}

spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactoryUtilsTests.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.StaticListableBeanFactory;
@@ -465,9 +466,9 @@ class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		lbf.registerSingleton("sfb1", sfb1);
 		lbf.registerSingleton("sfb2", sfb2);
 		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("recipient",
-				new RootBeanDefinition(Recipient.class, RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false));
+				new RootBeanDefinition(ConstructorRecipient.class, RootBeanDefinition.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false));
 
-		Recipient recipient = lbf.getBean("recipient", Recipient.class);
+		ConstructorRecipient recipient = lbf.getBean("recipient", ConstructorRecipient.class);
 		assertThat(recipient.sfb1).isSameAs(lbf.getBean("sfb1", TestBean.class));
 		assertThat(recipient.sfb2).isSameAs(lbf.getBean("sfb2", TestBean.class));
 
@@ -553,6 +554,24 @@ class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(lbf.getBean("sfb2")).isInstanceOf(String.class);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void supportsMultipleTypesWithProperty() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory lbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		SupportsTypeSmartFactoryBean sfb = new SupportsTypeSmartFactoryBean();
+		lbf.registerSingleton("sfb", sfb);
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(PropertyRecipient.class);
+		rbd1.getPropertyValues().add("sfb", new RuntimeBeanReference(ITestBean.class));
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("recipient1", rbd1);
+
+		RootBeanDefinition rbd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(PropertyRecipient.class);
+		rbd2.getPropertyValues().add("sfb", new RuntimeBeanReference("sfb", ITestBean.class));
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("recipient2", rbd2);
+
+		assertThat(lbf.getBean("recipient1", PropertyRecipient.class).sfb).isSameAs(lbf.getBean("sfb", ITestBean.class));
+		assertThat(lbf.getBean("recipient2", PropertyRecipient.class).sfb).isSameAs(lbf.getBean("sfb", ITestBean.class));
+	}
+
 
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 	@interface ControllerAdvice {
@@ -650,9 +669,10 @@ class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 	}
 
 
-	static class Recipient {
+	static class ConstructorRecipient {
 
-		public Recipient(ITestBean sfb1, ITestBean sfb2, List<ITestBean> testBeanList, List<CharSequence> stringList,
+		public ConstructorRecipient(ITestBean sfb1, ITestBean sfb2,
+				List<ITestBean> testBeanList, List<CharSequence> stringList,
 				ObjectProvider<ITestBean> testBeanProvider, ObjectProvider<CharSequence> stringProvider) {
 			this.sfb1 = sfb1;
 			this.sfb2 = sfb2;
@@ -675,4 +695,14 @@ class BeanFactoryUtilsTests {
 		ObjectProvider<CharSequence> stringProvider;
 	}
 
+
+	static class PropertyRecipient {
+
+		ITestBean sfb;
+
+		public void setSfb(ITestBean sfb) {
+			this.sfb = sfb;
+		}
+	}
+
 }