Deprecate AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(Class, int, boolean)

Includes consistent usage of createBean(Class) in SpringBeanJobFactory and SpringBeanContainer.

Closes gh-30345
See gh-29855
See gh-30041

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/AutowireCapableBeanFactory.java

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Constant that indicates no externally defined autowiring. Note that
 	 * BeanFactoryAware etc and annotation-driven injection will still be applied.
-	 * @see #createBean
 	 * @see #autowire
 	 * @see #autowireBeanProperties
 	 */
@@ -73,7 +72,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by name
 	 * (applying to all bean property setters).
-	 * @see #createBean
 	 * @see #autowire
 	 * @see #autowireBeanProperties
 	 */
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Constant that indicates autowiring bean properties by type
 	 * (applying to all bean property setters).
-	 * @see #createBean
 	 * @see #autowire
 	 * @see #autowireBeanProperties
 	 */
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Constant that indicates autowiring the greediest constructor that
 	 * can be satisfied (involves resolving the appropriate constructor).
-	 * @see #createBean
 	 * @see #autowire
 	 */
 	int AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR = 3;
@@ -99,7 +95,6 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	/**
 	 * Constant that indicates determining an appropriate autowire strategy
 	 * through introspection of the bean class.
-	 * @see #createBean
 	 * @see #autowire
 	 * @deprecated as of Spring 3.0: If you are using mixed autowiring strategies,
 	 * prefer annotation-based autowiring for clearer demarcation of autowiring needs.
@@ -192,7 +187,9 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_BY_NAME
 	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_BY_TYPE
 	 * @see #AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR
+	 * @deprecated as of 6.1, in favor of {@link #createBean(Class)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "6.1")
 	Object createBean(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException;
 
 	/**
@@ -322,7 +319,7 @@ public interface AutowireCapableBeanFactory extends BeanFactory {
 			throws BeansException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Destroy the given bean instance (typically coming from {@link #createBean}),
+	 * Destroy the given bean instance (typically coming from {@link #createBean(Class)}),
 	 * applying the {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean} contract as well as
 	 * registered {@link DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessor DestructionAwareBeanPostProcessors}.
 	 * <p>Any exception that arises during destruction should be caught

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/support/AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java

@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory extends AbstractBeanFac
 	// Specialized methods for fine-grained control over the bean lifecycle
 	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+	@Deprecated
 	@Override
 	public Object createBean(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) throws BeansException {
 		// Use non-singleton bean definition, to avoid registering bean as dependent bean.

spring-context-support/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/quartz/SpringBeanJobFactory.java

@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import org.quartz.spi.TriggerFiredBundle;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapper;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessorFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -87,9 +86,7 @@ public class SpringBeanJobFactory extends AdaptableJobFactory
 	@Override
 	protected Object createJobInstance(TriggerFiredBundle bundle) throws Exception {
 		Object job = (this.applicationContext != null ?
-				// to be replaced with createBean(Class) in 6.1
-				this.applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().createBean(
-						bundle.getJobDetail().getJobClass(), AutowireCapableBeanFactory.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false) :
+				this.applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().createBean(bundle.getJobDetail().getJobClass()) :
 				super.createJobInstance(bundle));
 
 		if (isEligibleForPropertyPopulation(job)) {

spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/hibernate5/SpringBeanContainer.java

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public final class SpringBeanContainer implements BeanContainer {
 		try {
 			if (lifecycleOptions.useJpaCompliantCreation()) {
 				return new SpringContainedBean<>(
-						this.beanFactory.createBean(beanType, AutowireCapableBeanFactory.AUTOWIRE_CONSTRUCTOR, false),
+						this.beanFactory.createBean(beanType),
 						this.beanFactory::destroyBean);
 			}
 			else {

spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/setup/StubWebApplicationContext.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ class StubWebApplicationContext implements WebApplicationContext {
 			return BeanUtils.instantiateClass(beanClass);
 		}
 
+		@Deprecated
 		@Override
 		public Object createBean(Class<?> beanClass, int autowireMode, boolean dependencyCheck) {
 			return BeanUtils.instantiateClass(beanClass);

spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/DispatcherServlet.java

@@ -915,12 +915,12 @@ public class DispatcherServlet extends FrameworkServlet {
 	/**
 	 * Create a default strategy.
 	 * <p>The default implementation uses
-	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory#createBean}.
+	 * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory#createBean(Class)}.
 	 * @param context the current WebApplicationContext
 	 * @param clazz the strategy implementation class to instantiate
 	 * @return the fully configured strategy instance
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext#getAutowireCapableBeanFactory()
-	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory#createBean
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory#createBean(Class)
 	 */
 	protected Object createDefaultStrategy(ApplicationContext context, Class<?> clazz) {
 		return context.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory().createBean(clazz);