Consistent Class and array matching with Class comparison shortcut

Closes gh-31487

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

@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 	 * @see #isAssignableFrom(ResolvableType)
 	 */
 	public boolean isAssignableFrom(Class<?> other) {
-		return isAssignableFrom(forClass(other), null);
+		// As of 6.1: shortcut assignability check for top-level Class references
+		return (this.type instanceof Class<?> clazz ? ClassUtils.isAssignable(clazz, other) :
+				isAssignableFrom(forClass(other), false, null));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -277,10 +279,10 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 	 * {@code ResolvableType}; {@code false} otherwise
 	 */
 	public boolean isAssignableFrom(ResolvableType other) {
-		return isAssignableFrom(other, null);
+		return isAssignableFrom(other, false, null);
 	}
 
-	private boolean isAssignableFrom(ResolvableType other, @Nullable Map<Type, Type> matchedBefore) {
+	private boolean isAssignableFrom(ResolvableType other, boolean strict, @Nullable Map<Type, Type> matchedBefore) {
 		Assert.notNull(other, "ResolvableType must not be null");
 
 		// If we cannot resolve types, we are not assignable
@@ -288,13 +290,21 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		// Deal with array by delegating to the component type
-		if (isArray()) {
-			return (other.isArray() && getComponentType().isAssignableFrom(other.getComponentType()));
+		if (matchedBefore != null) {
+			if (matchedBefore.get(this.type) == other.type) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			// As of 6.1: shortcut assignability check for top-level Class references
+			if (this.type instanceof Class<?> clazz && other.type instanceof Class<?> otherClazz) {
+				return (strict ? clazz.isAssignableFrom(otherClazz) : ClassUtils.isAssignable(clazz, otherClazz));
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (matchedBefore != null && matchedBefore.get(this.type) == other.type) {
-			return true;
+		// Deal with array by delegating to the component type
+		if (isArray()) {
+			return (other.isArray() && getComponentType().isAssignableFrom(other.getComponentType(), true, matchedBefore));
 		}
 
 		// Deal with wildcard bounds
@@ -340,13 +350,15 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 			}
 		}
 		if (ourResolved == null) {
-			ourResolved = resolve(Object.class);
+			ourResolved = toClass();
 		}
 		Class<?> otherResolved = other.toClass();
 
 		// We need an exact type match for generics
 		// List<CharSequence> is not assignable from List<String>
-		if (exactMatch ? !ourResolved.equals(otherResolved) : !ClassUtils.isAssignable(ourResolved, otherResolved)) {
+		if (exactMatch ? !ourResolved.equals(otherResolved) :
+				(strict ? !ourResolved.isAssignableFrom(otherResolved) :
+						!ClassUtils.isAssignable(ourResolved, otherResolved))) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -357,13 +369,15 @@ public class ResolvableType implements Serializable {
 			if (ourGenerics.length != typeGenerics.length) {
 				return false;
 			}
-			if (matchedBefore == null) {
-				matchedBefore = new IdentityHashMap<>(1);
-			}
-			matchedBefore.put(this.type, other.type);
-			for (int i = 0; i < ourGenerics.length; i++) {
-				if (!ourGenerics[i].isAssignableFrom(typeGenerics[i], matchedBefore)) {
-					return false;
+			if (ourGenerics.length > 0) {
+				if (matchedBefore == null) {
+					matchedBefore = new IdentityHashMap<>(1);
+				}
+				matchedBefore.put(this.type, other.type);
+				for (int i = 0; i < ourGenerics.length; i++) {
+					if (!ourGenerics[i].isAssignableFrom(typeGenerics[i], true, matchedBefore)) {
+						return false;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}

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

@@ -697,13 +697,20 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 		assertThat(type.getGeneric(0).as(Collection.class).getGeneric(0).as(Collection.class).resolve()).isNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void intArrayNotAssignableToIntegerArray() throws Exception {
+		ResolvableType integerArray = ResolvableType.forField(Fields.class.getField("integerArray"));
+		ResolvableType intArray = ResolvableType.forField(Fields.class.getField("intArray"));
+		assertThat(integerArray.isAssignableFrom(intArray)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(intArray.isAssignableFrom(integerArray)).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void resolveBoundedTypeVariableResult() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(Methods.class.getMethod("boundedTypeVariableResult"));
 		assertThat(type.resolve()).isEqualTo(CharSequence.class);
 	}
 
-
 	@Test
 	void resolveBoundedTypeVariableWildcardResult() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forMethodReturnType(Methods.class.getMethod("boundedTypeVariableWildcardResult"));
@@ -718,30 +725,26 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void resolveTypeVariableFromSimpleInterfaceType() {
-		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(
-				MySimpleInterfaceType.class).as(MyInterfaceType.class);
+		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(MySimpleInterfaceType.class).as(MyInterfaceType.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric()).isEqualTo(String.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void resolveTypeVariableFromSimpleCollectionInterfaceType() {
-		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(
-				MyCollectionInterfaceType.class).as(MyInterfaceType.class);
+		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(MyCollectionInterfaceType.class).as(MyInterfaceType.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric()).isEqualTo(Collection.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric(0, 0)).isEqualTo(String.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void resolveTypeVariableFromSimpleSuperclassType() {
-		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(
-				MySimpleSuperclassType.class).as(MySuperclassType.class);
+		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(MySimpleSuperclassType.class).as(MySuperclassType.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric()).isEqualTo(String.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	void resolveTypeVariableFromSimpleCollectionSuperclassType() {
-		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(
-				MyCollectionSuperclassType.class).as(MySuperclassType.class);
+		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(MyCollectionSuperclassType.class).as(MySuperclassType.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric()).isEqualTo(Collection.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolveGeneric(0, 0)).isEqualTo(String.class);
 	}
@@ -768,8 +771,7 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 	void resolveTypeVariableFromSuperType() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(ExtendsList.class);
 		assertThat(type.resolve()).isEqualTo(ExtendsList.class);
-		assertThat(type.asCollection().resolveGeneric())
-			.isEqualTo(CharSequence.class);
+		assertThat(type.asCollection().resolveGeneric()).isEqualTo(CharSequence.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -1021,6 +1023,7 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 	void isAssignableFromCannotBeResolved() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType objectType = ResolvableType.forClass(Object.class);
 		ResolvableType unresolvableVariable = ResolvableType.forField(AssignmentBase.class.getField("o"));
+
 		assertThat(unresolvableVariable.resolve()).isNull();
 		assertThatResolvableType(objectType).isAssignableFrom(unresolvableVariable);
 		assertThatResolvableType(unresolvableVariable).isAssignableFrom(objectType);
@@ -1294,7 +1297,7 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void hasUnresolvableGenericsWhenImplementesRawInterface() throws Exception {
+	void hasUnresolvableGenericsWhenImplementingRawInterface() throws Exception {
 		ResolvableType type = ResolvableType.forClass(MySimpleInterfaceTypeWithImplementsRaw.class);
 		for (ResolvableType generic : type.getGenerics()) {
 			assertThat(generic.resolve()).isNotNull();
@@ -1432,6 +1435,10 @@ class ResolvableTypeTests {
 		public Map<Map<String, Integer>, Map<Byte, Long>> nested;
 
 		public T[] variableTypeGenericArray;
+
+		public Integer[] integerArray;
+
+		public int[] intArray;
 	}