diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ReflectionUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ReflectionUtils.java
index 4950a6f57a..abd423c12f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ReflectionUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ReflectionUtils.java
@@ -47,6 +47,30 @@ import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
  */
 public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 
+	/**
+	 * Pre-built MethodFilter that matches all non-bridge methods.
+	 * @since 3.0
+	 * @deprecated as of 5.0.11, in favor of a custom {@link MethodFilter}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public static final MethodFilter NON_BRIDGED_METHODS =
+			(method -> !method.isBridge());
+
+	/**
+	 * Pre-built MethodFilter that matches all non-bridge non-synthetic methods
+	 * which are not declared on {@code java.lang.Object}.
+	 * @since 3.0.5
+	 */
+	public static final MethodFilter USER_DECLARED_METHODS =
+			(method -> (!method.isBridge() && !method.isSynthetic() && method.getDeclaringClass() != Object.class));
+
+	/**
+	 * Pre-built FieldFilter that matches all non-static, non-final fields.
+	 */
+	public static final FieldFilter COPYABLE_FIELDS =
+			field -> !(Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()) || Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers()));
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Naming prefix for CGLIB-renamed methods.
 	 * @see #isCglibRenamedMethod
@@ -236,7 +260,9 @@ public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 	 * @return the invocation result, if any
 	 * @throws SQLException the JDBC API SQLException to rethrow (if any)
 	 * @see #invokeJdbcMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method, Object, Object[])
+	 * @deprecated as of 5.0.11, in favor of custom SQLException handling
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	@Nullable
 	public static Object invokeJdbcMethod(Method method, @Nullable Object target) throws SQLException {
 		return invokeJdbcMethod(method, target, new Object[0]);
@@ -251,7 +277,9 @@ public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 	 * @return the invocation result, if any
 	 * @throws SQLException the JDBC API SQLException to rethrow (if any)
 	 * @see #invokeMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method, Object, Object[])
+	 * @deprecated as of 5.0.11, in favor of custom SQLException handling
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	@Nullable
 	public static Object invokeJdbcMethod(Method method, @Nullable Object target, @Nullable Object... args)
 			throws SQLException {
@@ -511,8 +539,8 @@ public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 	 * on Java 8 based interfaces that the given class implements).
 	 * @param clazz the class to introspect
 	 * @param mc the callback to invoke for each method
-	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if introspection fails
+	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @see #doWithMethods
 	 */
 	public static void doWithLocalMethods(Class<?> clazz, MethodCallback mc) {
@@ -682,8 +710,8 @@ public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 	 * Invoke the given callback on all locally declared fields in the given class.
 	 * @param clazz the target class to analyze
 	 * @param fc the callback to invoke for each field
-	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if introspection fails
+	 * @since 4.2
 	 * @see #doWithFields
 	 */
 	public static void doWithLocalFields(Class<?> clazz, FieldCallback fc) {
@@ -846,26 +874,4 @@ public abstract class ReflectionUtils {
 		boolean matches(Field field);
 	}
 
-
-	/**
-	 * Pre-built FieldFilter that matches all non-static, non-final fields.
-	 */
-	public static final FieldFilter COPYABLE_FIELDS =
-			field -> !(Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers()) || Modifier.isFinal(field.getModifiers()));
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Pre-built MethodFilter that matches all non-bridge methods.
-	 */
-	public static final MethodFilter NON_BRIDGED_METHODS =
-			(method -> !method.isBridge());
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Pre-built MethodFilter that matches all non-bridge non-synthetic methods
-	 * which are not declared on {@code java.lang.Object}.
-	 */
-	public static final MethodFilter USER_DECLARED_METHODS =
-			(method -> (!method.isBridge() && !method.isSynthetic() && method.getDeclaringClass() != Object.class));
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/WebSphereDataSourceAdapter.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/WebSphereDataSourceAdapter.java
index 12ca3e856b..8f82c8caf4 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/WebSphereDataSourceAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/WebSphereDataSourceAdapter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.jdbc.datasource;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ public class WebSphereDataSourceAdapter extends IsolationLevelDataSourceAdapter
 					getTargetDataSource() + "], using ConnectionSpec [" + connSpec + "]");
 		}
 		// Create Connection through invoking WSDataSource.getConnection(JDBCConnectionSpec)
-		Connection con = (Connection) ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(
+		Connection con = (Connection) invokeJdbcMethod(
 				this.wsDataSourceGetConnectionMethod, obtainTargetDataSource(), connSpec);
 		Assert.state(con != null, "No Connection");
 		return con;
@@ -163,21 +164,40 @@ public class WebSphereDataSourceAdapter extends IsolationLevelDataSourceAdapter
 	protected Object createConnectionSpec(@Nullable Integer isolationLevel, @Nullable Boolean readOnlyFlag,
 			@Nullable String username, @Nullable String password) throws SQLException {
 
-		Object connSpec = ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(this.newJdbcConnSpecMethod, null);
+		Object connSpec = invokeJdbcMethod(this.newJdbcConnSpecMethod, null);
 		Assert.state(connSpec != null, "No JDBCConnectionSpec");
 		if (isolationLevel != null) {
-			ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(this.setTransactionIsolationMethod, connSpec, isolationLevel);
+			invokeJdbcMethod(this.setTransactionIsolationMethod, connSpec, isolationLevel);
 		}
 		if (readOnlyFlag != null) {
-			ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(this.setReadOnlyMethod, connSpec, readOnlyFlag);
+			invokeJdbcMethod(this.setReadOnlyMethod, connSpec, readOnlyFlag);
 		}
 		// If the username is empty, we'll simply let the target DataSource
 		// use its default credentials.
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(username)) {
-			ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(this.setUserNameMethod, connSpec, username);
-			ReflectionUtils.invokeJdbcMethod(this.setPasswordMethod, connSpec, password);
+			invokeJdbcMethod(this.setUserNameMethod, connSpec, username);
+			invokeJdbcMethod(this.setPasswordMethod, connSpec, password);
 		}
 		return connSpec;
 	}
 
+
+	@Nullable
+	private static Object invokeJdbcMethod(Method method, @Nullable Object target, @Nullable Object... args)
+			throws SQLException {
+		try {
+			return method.invoke(target, args);
+		}
+		catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
+			ReflectionUtils.handleReflectionException(ex);
+		}
+		catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
+			if (ex.getTargetException() instanceof SQLException) {
+				throw (SQLException) ex.getTargetException();
+			}
+			ReflectionUtils.handleInvocationTargetException(ex);
+		}
+		throw new IllegalStateException("Should never get here");
+	}
+
 }