diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/autoproxy/BeanNameAutoProxyCreator.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/autoproxy/BeanNameAutoProxyCreator.java
index 27aa0547363..fd6acca5ea7 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/autoproxy/BeanNameAutoProxyCreator.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/framework/autoproxy/BeanNameAutoProxyCreator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ public class BeanNameAutoProxyCreator extends AbstractAutoProxyCreator {
boolean isFactoryBean = FactoryBean.class.isAssignableFrom(beanClass);
for (String mappedName : this.beanNames) {
if (isFactoryBean) {
- if (!mappedName.startsWith(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX)) {
+ if (mappedName.isEmpty() || mappedName.charAt(0) != BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR) {
continue;
}
- mappedName = mappedName.substring(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX.length());
+ mappedName = mappedName.substring(1); // length of '&'
}
if (isMatch(beanName, mappedName)) {
return true;
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactory.java
index fb1f3ffd9df..1767442f802 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -124,9 +124,16 @@ public interface BeanFactory {
* beans created by the FactoryBean. For example, if the bean named
* {@code myJndiObject} is a FactoryBean, getting {@code &myJndiObject}
* will return the factory, not the instance returned by the factory.
+ * @see #FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR
*/
String FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX = "&";
+ /**
+ * Character variant of {@link #FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX}.
+ * @since 6.2.6
+ */
+ char FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR = '&';
+
/**
* Return an instance, which may be shared or independent, of the specified bean.
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactoryUtils.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactoryUtils.java
index 8d4b53c628b..b511489e13f 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactoryUtils.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/BeanFactoryUtils.java
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ public abstract class BeanFactoryUtils {
private static final Map transformedBeanNameCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
- /**
- * Used to dereference a {@link FactoryBean} instance and distinguish it from
- * beans created by the FactoryBean. For example, if the bean named
- * {@code myJndiObject} is a FactoryBean, getting {@code &myJndiObject}
- * will return the factory, not the instance returned by the factory.
- */
- private static final char FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX = BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX.charAt(0);
-
/**
* Return whether the given name is a factory dereference
* (beginning with the factory dereference prefix).
@@ -92,14 +84,14 @@ public abstract class BeanFactoryUtils {
*/
public static String transformedBeanName(String name) {
Assert.notNull(name, "'name' must not be null");
- if (!isFactoryDereference(name)) {
+ if (name.isEmpty() || name.charAt(0) != BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR) {
return name;
}
return transformedBeanNameCache.computeIfAbsent(name, beanName -> {
do {
- beanName = beanName.substring(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX.length());
+ beanName = beanName.substring(1); // length of '&'
}
- while (isFactoryDereference(beanName));
+ while (beanName.charAt(0) == BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR);
return beanName;
});
}
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanFactory.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanFactory.java
index e54c8a72b78..b9d66e1481c 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanFactory.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractBeanFactory.java
@@ -770,16 +770,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
public String[] getAliases(String name) {
String beanName = transformedBeanName(name);
List aliases = new ArrayList<>();
- boolean factoryPrefix = name.startsWith(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX);
+ boolean hasFactoryPrefix = (!name.isEmpty() && name.charAt(0) == BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR);
String fullBeanName = beanName;
- if (factoryPrefix) {
+ if (hasFactoryPrefix) {
fullBeanName = FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName;
}
if (!fullBeanName.equals(name)) {
aliases.add(fullBeanName);
}
String[] retrievedAliases = super.getAliases(beanName);
- String prefix = (factoryPrefix ? FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX : "");
+ String prefix = (hasFactoryPrefix ? FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX : "");
for (String retrievedAlias : retrievedAliases) {
String alias = prefix + retrievedAlias;
if (!alias.equals(name)) {
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanFactory extends FactoryBeanRegistrySupport imp
*/
protected String originalBeanName(String name) {
String beanName = transformedBeanName(name);
- if (name.startsWith(FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX)) {
+ if (!name.isEmpty() && name.charAt(0) == BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR) {
beanName = FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName;
}
return beanName;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
index 5a085d8d41b..9db1a1253a2 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java
@@ -364,9 +364,9 @@ class ConfigurationClassEnhancer {
// proxy that intercepts calls to getObject() and returns any cached bean instance.
// This ensures that the semantics of calling a FactoryBean from within @Bean methods
// is the same as that of referring to a FactoryBean within XML. See SPR-6602.
- if (factoryContainsBean(beanFactory, BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName) &&
- factoryContainsBean(beanFactory, beanName)) {
- Object factoryBean = beanFactory.getBean(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName);
+ String factoryBeanName = BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX + beanName;
+ if (factoryContainsBean(beanFactory, factoryBeanName) && factoryContainsBean(beanFactory, beanName)) {
+ Object factoryBean = beanFactory.getBean(factoryBeanName);
if (factoryBean instanceof ScopedProxyFactoryBean) {
// Scoped proxy factory beans are a special case and should not be further proxied
}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
index ec845f54d85..4db77128c49 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2025 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.
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ public class MBeanExporter extends MBeanRegistrationSupport implements MBeanExpo
*/
private boolean isExcluded(String beanName) {
return (this.excludedBeans.contains(beanName) ||
- (beanName.startsWith(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX) &&
- this.excludedBeans.contains(beanName.substring(BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX.length()))));
+ (!beanName.isEmpty() && (beanName.charAt(0) == BeanFactory.FACTORY_BEAN_PREFIX_CHAR) &&
+ this.excludedBeans.contains(beanName.substring(1)))); // length of '&'
}
/**