Avoid unnecessary introspection on methods and meta-annotations

Issue: SPR-16667

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -431,7 +431,8 @@ private Object resolveBeanReference(Method beanMethod, Object[] beanMethodArgs,
 
 		@Override
 		public boolean isMatch(Method candidateMethod) {
-			return BeanAnnotationHelper.isBeanAnnotated(candidateMethod);
+			return (candidateMethod.getDeclaringClass() != Object.class &&
+					BeanAnnotationHelper.isBeanAnnotated(candidateMethod));
 		}
 
 		private ConfigurableBeanFactory getBeanFactory(Object enhancedConfigInstance) {

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtils.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 import org.springframework.core.BridgeMethodResolver;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
@@ -232,7 +233,6 @@ private static boolean hasMetaAnnotationTypes(AnnotatedElement element, @Nullabl
 
 		return Boolean.TRUE.equals(
 			searchWithGetSemantics(element, annotationType, annotationName, new SimpleAnnotationProcessor<Boolean>() {
-
 				@Override
 				@Nullable
 				public Boolean process(@Nullable AnnotatedElement annotatedElement, Annotation annotation, int metaDepth) {
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ else if (currentAnnotationType == containerType) {
 		// Recursively search in meta-annotations
 		for (Annotation annotation : annotations) {
 			Class<? extends Annotation> currentAnnotationType = annotation.annotationType();
-			if (!AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(currentAnnotationType)) {
+			if (hasSearchableMetaAnnotations(currentAnnotationType, annotationType, annotationName)) {
 				T result = searchWithGetSemantics(currentAnnotationType, annotationType,
 						annotationName, containerType, processor, visited, metaDepth + 1);
 				if (result != null) {
@@ -1083,10 +1083,10 @@ else if (currentAnnotationType == containerType) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				// Search in meta annotations on local annotations
+				// Recursively search in meta-annotations
 				for (Annotation annotation : annotations) {
 					Class<? extends Annotation> currentAnnotationType = annotation.annotationType();
-					if (!AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(currentAnnotationType)) {
+					if (hasSearchableMetaAnnotations(currentAnnotationType, annotationType, annotationName)) {
 						T result = searchWithFindSemantics(currentAnnotationType, annotationType, annotationName,
 								containerType, processor, visited, metaDepth + 1);
 						if (result != null) {
@@ -1101,28 +1101,33 @@ else if (currentAnnotationType == containerType) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				if (aggregatedResults != null) {
+				if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(aggregatedResults)) {
 					// Prepend to support top-down ordering within class hierarchies
 					processor.getAggregatedResults().addAll(0, aggregatedResults);
 				}
 
 				if (element instanceof Method) {
 					Method method = (Method) element;
+					T result;
 
 					// Search on possibly bridged method
 					Method resolvedMethod = BridgeMethodResolver.findBridgedMethod(method);
-					T result = searchWithFindSemantics(resolvedMethod, annotationType, annotationName, containerType,
-							processor, visited, metaDepth);
-					if (result != null) {
-						return result;
+					if (resolvedMethod != method) {
+						result = searchWithFindSemantics(resolvedMethod, annotationType, annotationName,
+								containerType, processor, visited, metaDepth);
+						if (result != null) {
+							return result;
+						}
 					}
 
 					// Search on methods in interfaces declared locally
 					Class<?>[] ifcs = method.getDeclaringClass().getInterfaces();
-					result = searchOnInterfaces(method, annotationType, annotationName, containerType, processor,
-							visited, metaDepth, ifcs);
-					if (result != null) {
-						return result;
+					if (ifcs.length > 0) {
+						result = searchOnInterfaces(method, annotationType, annotationName, containerType,
+								processor, visited, metaDepth, ifcs);
+						if (result != null) {
+							return result;
+						}
 					}
 
 					// Search on methods in class hierarchy and interface hierarchy
@@ -1189,10 +1194,10 @@ private static <T> T searchOnInterfaces(Method method, @Nullable Class<? extends
 			@Nullable String annotationName, @Nullable Class<? extends Annotation> containerType,
 			Processor<T> processor, Set<AnnotatedElement> visited, int metaDepth, Class<?>[] ifcs) {
 
-		for (Class<?> iface : ifcs) {
-			if (AnnotationUtils.isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(iface)) {
+		for (Class<?> ifc : ifcs) {
+			if (AnnotationUtils.isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(ifc)) {
 				try {
-					Method equivalentMethod = iface.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+					Method equivalentMethod = ifc.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
 					T result = searchWithFindSemantics(equivalentMethod, annotationType, annotationName, containerType,
 							processor, visited, metaDepth);
 					if (result != null) {
@@ -1208,6 +1213,26 @@ private static <T> T searchOnInterfaces(Method method, @Nullable Class<? extends
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the current annotation type is generally expected to have
+	 * meta-annotations of the specified annotation type that we're searching for,
+	 * explicitly excluding some common cases that would never deliver any results.
+	 */
+	private static boolean hasSearchableMetaAnnotations(Class<? extends Annotation> currentAnnotationType,
+			@Nullable Class<?> annotationType, @Nullable String annotationName) {
+
+		if (AnnotationUtils.isInJavaLangAnnotationPackage(currentAnnotationType)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (currentAnnotationType == Nullable.class || currentAnnotationType.getName().startsWith("java")) {
+			// @Nullable and standard Java annotations are only meant to have standard Java meta-annotations
+			// -> not worth searching otherwise.
+			return ((annotationType != null && annotationType.getName().startsWith("java")) ||
+					(annotationName != null && annotationName.startsWith("java")));
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the array of raw (unsynthesized) annotations from the {@code value}
 	 * attribute of the supplied repeatable annotation {@code container}.

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.springframework.core.BridgeMethodResolver;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ConcurrentReferenceHashMap;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -147,18 +148,18 @@ public abstract class AnnotationUtils {
 	 * <p>Note that this method supports only a single level of meta-annotations.
 	 * For support for arbitrary levels of meta-annotations, use one of the
 	 * {@code find*()} methods instead.
-	 * @param ann the Annotation to check
+	 * @param annotation the Annotation to check
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for, both locally and as a meta-annotation
 	 * @return the first matching annotation, or {@code null} if not found
 	 * @since 4.0
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Nullable
-	public static <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Annotation ann, Class<A> annotationType) {
-		if (annotationType.isInstance(ann)) {
-			return synthesizeAnnotation((A) ann);
+	public static <A extends Annotation> A getAnnotation(Annotation annotation, Class<A> annotationType) {
+		if (annotationType.isInstance(annotation)) {
+			return synthesizeAnnotation((A) annotation);
 		}
-		Class<? extends Annotation> annotatedElement = ann.annotationType();
+		Class<? extends Annotation> annotatedElement = annotation.annotationType();
 		try {
 			return synthesizeAnnotation(annotatedElement.getAnnotation(annotationType), annotatedElement);
 		}
@@ -574,10 +575,10 @@ public static <A extends Annotation> A findAnnotation(Method method, @Nullable C
 	@Nullable
 	private static <A extends Annotation> A searchOnInterfaces(Method method, Class<A> annotationType, Class<?>... ifcs) {
 		A annotation = null;
-		for (Class<?> iface : ifcs) {
-			if (isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(iface)) {
+		for (Class<?> ifc : ifcs) {
+			if (isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(ifc)) {
 				try {
-					Method equivalentMethod = iface.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
+					Method equivalentMethod = ifc.getMethod(method.getName(), method.getParameterTypes());
 					annotation = getAnnotation(equivalentMethod, annotationType);
 				}
 				catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
@@ -591,15 +592,20 @@ private static <A extends Annotation> A searchOnInterfaces(Method method, Class<
 		return annotation;
 	}
 
-	static boolean isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> iface) {
-		Boolean found = annotatedInterfaceCache.get(iface);
+	static boolean isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> ifc) {
+		if (ClassUtils.isJavaLanguageInterface(ifc)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Boolean found = annotatedInterfaceCache.get(ifc);
 		if (found != null) {
 			return found;
 		}
 		found = Boolean.FALSE;
-		for (Method ifcMethod : iface.getMethods()) {
+		for (Method ifcMethod : ifc.getMethods()) {
 			try {
-				if (ifcMethod.getAnnotations().length > 0) {
+				Annotation[] anns = ifcMethod.getAnnotations();
+				if (anns.length > 1 || (anns.length == 1 && anns[0].annotationType() != Nullable.class)) {
 					found = Boolean.TRUE;
 					break;
 				}
@@ -608,7 +614,7 @@ static boolean isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> iface) {
 				handleIntrospectionFailure(ifcMethod, ex);
 			}
 		}
-		annotatedInterfaceCache.put(iface, found);
+		annotatedInterfaceCache.put(ifc, found);
 		return found;
 	}
 

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/filter/AnnotationTypeFilter.java

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ protected Boolean hasAnnotation(String typeName) {
 		}
 		else if (typeName.startsWith("java")) {
 			if (!this.annotationType.getName().startsWith("java")) {
-				// Standard Java classes don't have non-standard annotations on them.
+				// Standard Java types do not have non-standard annotations on them ->
+				// skip any load attempt, in particular for Java language interfaces.
 				return false;
 			}
 			try {

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 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.
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.subpackage.NonPublicAnnotatedClass;
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -1541,6 +1542,13 @@ public void synthesizeAnnotationWithArrayOfChars() throws Exception {
 		assertArrayEquals(new char[] { 'x', 'y', 'z' }, chars);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void interfaceWithAnnotatedMethods() {
+		assertFalse(AnnotationUtils.isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(NonAnnotatedInterface.class));
+		assertTrue(AnnotationUtils.isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(AnnotatedInterface.class));
+		assertFalse(AnnotationUtils.isInterfaceWithAnnotatedMethods(NullableAnnotatedInterface.class));
+	}
+
 
 	@SafeVarargs
 	static <T> T[] asArray(T... arr) {
@@ -1634,6 +1642,12 @@ public interface AnnotatedInterface {
 		void fromInterfaceImplementedByRoot();
 	}
 
+	public interface NullableAnnotatedInterface {
+
+		@Nullable
+		void fromInterfaceImplementedByRoot();
+	}
+
 	public static class Root implements AnnotatedInterface {
 
 		@Order(27)