AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor doesn't consider annotation method returning classes [SPR-5477]

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Tuomas Kiviaho opened SPR-5477 and commented

javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType#factoryClass return type is class but when scanned AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor returns the value as org.springframework.asm.Type if factoryClass isn't default value.

One possible solution would be use classloader.loadClass(((Type)object).getClassName()) in visit() method for such types just like when handling the defaults.

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Affects: 2.5.6

Issue Links:

• Regression: AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor doesn't consider annotation method returning classes (SPR-5477) [SPR-5827] #10497 Regression: AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor doesn't consider annotation method returning classes (SPR-5477)

Referenced from: commits 213b528

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Juergen Hoeller commented

Thanks for pointing this out! Fixed in 3.0 M2 through resolving the ASM Type reference to an actual Class when encountered as an attribute value.

Juergen