Improve GenericTypeResolver to resolve type variable recursively

Fix GH-24963

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/event/ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter.java

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  * @since 4.2
  */
 public class ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter implements GenericApplicationListener {
@@ -177,13 +178,14 @@ public class ApplicationListenerMethodAdapter implements GenericApplicationListe
 				return true;
 			}
 			if (PayloadApplicationEvent.class.isAssignableFrom(eventType.toClass())) {
-				if (eventType.hasUnresolvableGenerics()) {
-					return true;
-				}
 				ResolvableType payloadType = eventType.as(PayloadApplicationEvent.class).getGeneric();
 				if (declaredEventType.isAssignableFrom(payloadType)) {
 					return true;
 				}
+				if (payloadType.resolve() == null) {
+					// Always accept such event when the type is erased
+					return true;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return false;

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolver.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
  * @author Rob Harrop
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @author Phillip Webb
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  * @since 2.5.2
  */
 public final class GenericTypeResolver {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ public final class GenericTypeResolver {
 			else if (genericType instanceof ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
 				ResolvableType resolvedType = ResolvableType.forType(genericType);
 				if (resolvedType.hasUnresolvableGenerics()) {
-					Class<?>[] generics = new Class<?>[parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length];
+					ResolvableType[] generics = new ResolvableType[parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length];
 					Type[] typeArguments = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
 					ResolvableType contextType = ResolvableType.forClass(contextClass);
 					for (int i = 0; i < typeArguments.length; i++) {
@@ -175,14 +176,17 @@ public final class GenericTypeResolver {
 						if (typeArgument instanceof TypeVariable<?> typeVariable) {
 							ResolvableType resolvedTypeArgument = resolveVariable(typeVariable, contextType);
 							if (resolvedTypeArgument != ResolvableType.NONE) {
-								generics[i] = resolvedTypeArgument.resolve();
+								generics[i] = resolvedTypeArgument;
 							}
 							else {
-								generics[i] = ResolvableType.forType(typeArgument).resolve();
+								generics[i] = ResolvableType.forType(typeArgument);
 							}
 						}
+						else if (typeArgument instanceof ParameterizedType) {
+							generics[i] = ResolvableType.forType(resolveType(typeArgument, contextClass));
+						}
 						else {
-							generics[i] = ResolvableType.forType(typeArgument).resolve();
+							generics[i] = ResolvableType.forType(typeArgument);
 						}
 					}
 					Class<?> rawClass = resolvedType.getRawClass();

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  * @since 4.0
  * @see #forField(Field)
  * @see #forMethodParameter(Method, int)
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 	private boolean determineUnresolvableGenerics() {
 		ResolvableType[] generics = getGenerics();
 		for (ResolvableType generic : generics) {
-			if (generic.isUnresolvableTypeVariable() || generic.isWildcardWithoutBounds()) {
+			if (generic.isUnresolvableTypeVariable() || generic.isWildcardWithoutBounds() || generic.hasUnresolvableGenerics()) {
 				return true;
 			}
 		}

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/GenericTypeResolverTests.java

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import static org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.findMethod;
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
 class GenericTypeResolverTests {
@@ -203,6 +204,13 @@ class GenericTypeResolverTests {
 		assertThat(resolvedType).isEqualTo(reference.getType());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void resolveNestedTypeVariable() throws Exception {
+		Type resolved = resolveType(ListOfListSupplier.class.getMethod("get").getGenericReturnType(),
+				StringListOfListSupplier.class);
+		assertThat(ResolvableType.forType(resolved).getGeneric(0).getGeneric(0).resolve()).isEqualTo(String.class);
+	}
+
 	private static Method method(Class<?> target, String methodName, Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
 		Method method = findMethod(target, methodName, parameterTypes);
 		assertThat(method).describedAs(target.getName() + "#" + methodName).isNotNull();
@@ -382,5 +390,14 @@ class GenericTypeResolverTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public interface ListOfListSupplier<T> {
+
+		List<List<T>> get();
+
+	}
+
+	public interface StringListOfListSupplier extends ListOfListSupplier<String> {
+
+	}
 
 }

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
@@ -1314,6 +1315,12 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 		assertThat(type.hasUnresolvableGenerics()).isTrue();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void hasUnresolvableGenericsWhenNested() throws Exception {
+		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(ListOfListSupplier.class.getMethod("get"));
+		assertThat(type.hasUnresolvableGenerics()).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void spr11219() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forField(BaseProvider.class.getField("stuff"), BaseProvider.class);
@@ -1617,6 +1624,12 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 	}
 
 
+	public interface ListOfListSupplier<T> {
+
+		List<List<T>> get();
+
+	}
+
 	static class EnclosedInParameterizedType<T> {
 
 		static class InnerRaw {