java.lang.Object should count as a simple property, at least from the autowiring perspective [SPR-6600]

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Alex Wei opened SPR-6600 and commented

Spring would try to autowire a property if the property type is java.lang.Object, and throw the UnsatisfiedDependencyException because every single bean is a candidate for autowiring.
java.lang.Object probably should be treated as a simple property type like String, URI, URL and enum etc, so that Spring won't try to autowire a property of type java.lang.Object.

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Affects: 2.5.5

Referenced from: commits 572abbc

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Good point. As of Spring 3.0.1, we explicitly do not consider Object as a candidate type for autowiring by type.

Juergen