Improve WebFlux suspending handler method support

This commit leverages Flux instead of Flow to support suspending
handler methods returning Flow in order to avoid multiple invocations
of the suspending function on every collect().

See gh-22820

spring-core-coroutines/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/core/CoroutinesUtils.kt

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.FlowPreview
 import kotlinx.coroutines.GlobalScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.async
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.collect
-import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.reactive.awaitFirstOrNull
+import kotlinx.coroutines.reactive.flow.asPublisher
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.reactor.mono
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.onErrorMap
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 import java.lang.reflect.Method
 import kotlin.reflect.full.callSuspend
-import kotlin.reflect.full.isSubtypeOf
-import kotlin.reflect.full.starProjectedType
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.kotlinFunction
 
 /**
@@ -56,7 +53,8 @@ internal fun <T: Any> monoToDeferred(source: Mono<T>) =
 		GlobalScope.async(Dispatchers.Unconfined) { source.awaitFirstOrNull() }
 
 /**
- * Invoke an handler method converting suspending method to [Mono]  or [Flow] if necessary.
+ * Invoke an handler method converting suspending method to [Mono] or
+ * [reactor.core.publisher.Flux] if necessary.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.2
@@ -66,18 +64,15 @@ internal fun <T: Any> monoToDeferred(source: Mono<T>) =
 internal fun invokeHandlerMethod(method: Method, bean: Any, vararg args: Any?): Any? {
 	val function = method.kotlinFunction!!
 	return if (function.isSuspend) {
-		if (function.returnType.isSubtypeOf(Flow::class.starProjectedType)) {
-			flow {
-				(function.callSuspend(bean, *args.sliceArray(0..(args.size-2))) as Flow<*>).collect {
-					emit(it)
-				}
-			}
+		val mono = GlobalScope.mono(Dispatchers.Unconfined) {
+			function.callSuspend(bean, *args.sliceArray(0..(args.size-2)))
+					.let { if (it == Unit) null else it }
+		}.onErrorMap(InvocationTargetException::class) { it.targetException }
+		if (function.returnType.classifier == Flow::class) {
+			mono.flatMapMany { (it as Flow<Any>).asPublisher() }
 		}
 		else {
-			GlobalScope.mono(Dispatchers.Unconfined) {
-				function.callSuspend(bean, *args.sliceArray(0..(args.size-2)))
-						.let { if (it == Unit) null else it}
-			}.onErrorMap(InvocationTargetException::class) { it.targetException }
+			mono
 		}
 	}
 	else {