Merge branch '6.2.x'

# Conflicts:
#	spring-beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests.java

framework-docs/modules/ROOT/pages/core/beans/annotation-config/autowired.adoc

@@ -444,9 +444,9 @@ through Java 8's `java.util.Optional`, as the following example shows:
 	}
 ----
 
-You can also use a `@Nullable` annotation (of any kind in any package -- for example,
-`javax.annotation.Nullable` from JSR-305) or just leverage Kotlin built-in null-safety
-support:
+You can also use a parameter-level `@Nullable` annotation (of any kind in any package --
+for example, `javax.annotation.Nullable` from JSR-305) or just leverage Kotlin built-in
+null-safety support:
 
 [tabs]
 ======
@@ -477,6 +477,13 @@ Kotlin::
 ----
 ======
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+A type-level `@Nullable` annotation such as from JSpecify is not supported in Spring
+Framework 6.2 yet. You need to upgrade to Spring Framework 7.0 where the framework
+detects type-level annotations and consistently declares JSpecify in its own codebase.
+====
+
 You can also use `@Autowired` for interfaces that are well-known resolvable
 dependencies: `BeanFactory`, `ApplicationContext`, `Environment`, `ResourceLoader`,
 `ApplicationEventPublisher`, and `MessageSource`. These interfaces and their extended

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/ObjectProvider.java

@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@ import org.springframework.core.OrderComparator;
  * Alternatively, you may implement the specific methods that your callers expect,
  * for example, just {@link #getObject()} or {@link #getIfAvailable()}.
  *
+ * <p>Note that {@link #getObject()} never returns {@code null} - it will throw a
+ * {@link NoSuchBeanDefinitionException} instead -, whereas {@link #getIfAvailable()}
+ * will return {@code null} if no matching bean is present at all. However, both
+ * methods will throw a {@link NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException} if more than one
+ * matching bean is found without a clear unique winner (see below). Last but not
+ * least, {@link #getIfUnique()} will return {@code null} both when no matching bean
+ * is found and when more than one matching bean is found without a unique winner.
+ *
+ * <p>Uniqueness is generally up to the container's candidate resolution algorithm
+ * but always honors the "primary" flag (with only one of the candidate beans marked
+ * as primary) and the "fallback" flag (with only one of the candidate beans not
+ * marked as fallback). The default-candidate flag is consistently taken into
+ * account as well, even for non-annotation-based injection points, with a single
+ * default candidate winning in case of no clear primary/fallback indication.
+ *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 4.3
  * @param <T> the object type
@@ -187,7 +202,7 @@ public interface ObjectProvider<T> extends ObjectFactory<T>, Iterable<T> {
 	 * if unique (not called otherwise)
 	 * @throws BeansException in case of creation errors
 	 * @since 5.0
-	 * @see #getIfAvailable()
+	 * @see #getIfUnique()
 	 */
 	default void ifUnique(Consumer<T> dependencyConsumer) throws BeansException {
 		T dependency = getIfUnique();

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

@@ -1683,6 +1683,24 @@ class DefaultListableBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(lbf.containsSingleton("bd1")).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void getBeanByTypeWithPrimaryAndUniqueNonFallbackDefinition() {
+		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		bd1.setLazyInit(true);
+		bd1.setFallback(true);
+		RootBeanDefinition bd2 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		bd2.setPrimary(true);
+		bd2.setFallback(true);
+		RootBeanDefinition bd3 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd1", bd1);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd2", bd2);
+		lbf.registerBeanDefinition("bd3", bd3);
+
+		TestBean bean = lbf.getBean(TestBean.class);
+		assertThat(bean.getBeanName()).isEqualTo("bd2");
+		assertThat(lbf.containsSingleton("bd1")).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void getBeanByTypeWithUniqueNonFallbackAndUniqueNonDefaultDefinition() {
 		RootBeanDefinition bd1 = new RootBeanDefinition(TestBean.class);