Kotlin bean definition DSL should provide access to getBeansOfType() [SPR-16269]

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Sébastien Deleuze opened SPR-16269 and commented

As discussed with Josh Long, Kotlin bean definition DSL should provide a way to access to a list of beans of a specific type, for example by providing a getBeansOfType() alias in BeanDefinitionContext.

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Issue Links:

• #20958 Ability to access Environment in the beans element of the Kotlin bean definition DSL
• #21886 Replace context by provider() in Kotlin bean DSL ("is superseded by")

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Sébastien Deleuze commented

We have 2 options here: adding refs() or beansOfType() aliases or provide maximum flexibility and give access to the internal GenericApplicationContext as implemented in this draft commit with main drawback being breaking encapsulation.

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Sébastien Deleuze commented

Fixed by this commit, I chose to give access to the context for advanced use-cases as it was available after fixing #20958. This provides a more flexible solution IMO.