For consistency with AnnotationAsyncExecutionInterceptor (based on AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotation) which is the main companion of AnnotationMatchingPointcut's checkInherited mode.
Issue: SPR-16933
Provides a non-null guarantee for MethodMatcher's targetClass argument and strict separation between IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher and regular MethodMatcher, enabling DefaultAdvisorChainFactory to defer its IntroductionAdvisor determination until encountering an actual IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher (even behind union/intersection).
Issue: SPR-17068
Introduces a configure method pattern for Supplier-style configuration and a common SingletonSupplier decorator for method reference suppliers. Also declares jcache.config and jcache.interceptor for non-null conventions.
Issue: SPR-17021
Allows for skipping the now-deprecated postProcessPropertyValues callback with its expensive PropertyDescriptor retrieval requirement. RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor (which is dependent on postProcessPropertyValues) and the @Required annotation itself are also deprecated now: in favor of constructor injection (or afterPropertiesSet).
Issue: SPR-16918
Update all classes so that inner classes are always last. Also
ensure that utility classes are always final and have a private
constructor and make exceptions final whenever possible.
Issue: SPR-16968
Includes efficient check for same ClassLoader in ClassUtils.isVisible, efficient MethodMatchers check for IntroductionAwareMethodMatcher, and supertype method resolution in MethodMapTransactionAttributeSource.
Issue: SPR-16723
Spring's CGLIB fork is patched with local copies of affected files here, introducing the notion of a "contextClass" (e.g. the proxy superclass) which gets passed through to ReflectUtils.defineClass for delegating to MethodHandles.Lookup.defineClass eventually, against a privateLookupIn(contextClass) lookup context on JDK 9/10/11.
Issue: SPR-15859
Juergen Hoeller
Kazuhiro Sera
stsypanov
Phillip Webb
Johnny Lim
igor-suhorukov
Christoph Dreis