diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d22d65d4cfe..1a09b106bca 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	dependencyManagement {
 		imports {
 			mavenBom "com.fasterxml.jackson:jackson-bom:2.13.1"
-			mavenBom "io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.75.Final"
+			mavenBom "io.netty:netty-bom:4.1.76.Final"
 			mavenBom "io.projectreactor:reactor-bom:2020.0.18"
 			mavenBom "io.r2dbc:r2dbc-bom:Borca-SR1"
 			mavenBom "io.rsocket:rsocket-bom:1.1.2"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 					exclude group: "org.hamcrest", name: "hamcrest-core"
 				}
 			}
-			dependencySet(group: 'org.mockito', version: '4.4.0') {
+			dependencySet(group: 'org.mockito', version: '4.5.1') {
 				entry('mockito-core') {
 					exclude group: "org.hamcrest", name: "hamcrest-core"
 				}
@@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ configure(allprojects) { project ->
 			}
 			dependency "io.mockk:mockk:1.12.1"
 
-			dependency("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.60.0") {
+			dependency("net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.61.0") {
 				exclude group: "commons-logging", name: "commons-logging"
 			}
-			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.60.0") {
+			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:2.61.0") {
 				exclude group: "commons-logging", name: "commons-logging"
 			}
 			dependency("org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java:3.141.59") {
diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ResourceEditorRegistrar.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ResourceEditorRegistrar.java
index 2865bea12e9..784cdf1b717 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ResourceEditorRegistrar.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/support/ResourceEditorRegistrar.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ContextResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceEditor;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.core.io.WritableResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourceArrayPropertyEditor;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ public class ResourceEditorRegistrar implements PropertyEditorRegistrar {
 		ResourceEditor baseEditor = new ResourceEditor(this.resourceLoader, this.propertyResolver);
 		doRegisterEditor(registry, Resource.class, baseEditor);
 		doRegisterEditor(registry, ContextResource.class, baseEditor);
+		doRegisterEditor(registry, WritableResource.class, baseEditor);
 		doRegisterEditor(registry, InputStream.class, new InputStreamEditor(baseEditor));
 		doRegisterEditor(registry, InputSource.class, new InputSourceEditor(baseEditor));
 		doRegisterEditor(registry, File.class, new FileEditor(baseEditor));
diff --git a/spring-context-indexer/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/StereotypesProvider.java b/spring-context-indexer/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/StereotypesProvider.java
index 4061ca6ac40..e25d16a3b70 100644
--- a/spring-context-indexer/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/StereotypesProvider.java
+++ b/spring-context-indexer/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/index/processor/StereotypesProvider.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 
 /**
  * Provide the list of stereotypes that match an {@link Element}.
+ *
  * <p>If an element has one or more stereotypes, it is referenced in the index
  * of candidate components and each stereotype can be queried individually.
  *
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/AnnotationVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/AnnotationVisitor.java
index c3c236aefab..05b4f9ba2f6 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/AnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/AnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotationVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of the {@code
    *     ASM}<i>x</i> values in {@link Opcodes}.
    */
-  public AnnotationVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected AnnotationVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class AnnotationVisitor {
    * @param annotationVisitor the annotation visitor to which this visitor must delegate method
    *     calls. May be {@literal null}.
    */
-  public AnnotationVisitor(final int api, final AnnotationVisitor annotationVisitor) {
+  protected AnnotationVisitor(final int api, final AnnotationVisitor annotationVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
         && api != Opcodes.ASM7
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ByteVector.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ByteVector.java
index 6187c1e22c7..1c4b9f7e3c6 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ByteVector.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ByteVector.java
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ public class ByteVector {
     this.length = data.length;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the actual number of bytes in this vector.
+   *
+   * @return the actual number of bytes in this vector.
+   */
+  public int size() {
+    return length;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Puts a byte into this byte vector. The byte vector is automatically enlarged if necessary.
    *
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor.java
index 05b448321af..14064e742e1 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ClassVisitor.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public abstract class ClassVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of the {@code
    *     ASM}<i>x</i> values in {@link Opcodes}.
    */
-  public ClassVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected ClassVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public abstract class ClassVisitor {
    * @param classVisitor the class visitor to which this visitor must delegate method calls. May be
    *     null.
    */
-  public ClassVisitor(final int api, final ClassVisitor classVisitor) {
+  protected ClassVisitor(final int api, final ClassVisitor classVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
         && api != Opcodes.ASM7
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/FieldVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/FieldVisitor.java
index 727417045fa..2aa16bc8e61 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/FieldVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/FieldVisitor.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class FieldVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of the {@code
    *     ASM}<i>x</i> values in {@link Opcodes}.
    */
-  public FieldVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected FieldVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class FieldVisitor {
    * @param fieldVisitor the field visitor to which this visitor must delegate method calls. May be
    *     null.
    */
-  public FieldVisitor(final int api, final FieldVisitor fieldVisitor) {
+  protected FieldVisitor(final int api, final FieldVisitor fieldVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
         && api != Opcodes.ASM7
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodVisitor.java
index 15ca4a5e4eb..35ecb14c4e1 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodVisitor.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class MethodVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of the {@code
    *     ASM}<i>x</i> values in {@link Opcodes}.
    */
-  public MethodVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected MethodVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public abstract class MethodVisitor {
    * @param methodVisitor the method visitor to which this visitor must delegate method calls. May
    *     be null.
    */
-  public MethodVisitor(final int api, final MethodVisitor methodVisitor) {
+  protected MethodVisitor(final int api, final MethodVisitor methodVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
         && api != Opcodes.ASM7
@@ -349,12 +349,12 @@ public abstract class MethodVisitor {
    *
    * @param opcode the opcode of the local variable instruction to be visited. This opcode is either
    *     ILOAD, LLOAD, FLOAD, DLOAD, ALOAD, ISTORE, LSTORE, FSTORE, DSTORE, ASTORE or RET.
-   * @param var the operand of the instruction to be visited. This operand is the index of a local
-   *     variable.
+   * @param varIndex the operand of the instruction to be visited. This operand is the index of a
+   *     local variable.
    */
-  public void visitVarInsn(final int opcode, final int var) {
+  public void visitVarInsn(final int opcode, final int varIndex) {
     if (mv != null) {
-      mv.visitVarInsn(opcode, var);
+      mv.visitVarInsn(opcode, varIndex);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodWriter.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodWriter.java
index 54f9b1c4a5d..58fa599721f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodWriter.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/MethodWriter.java
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@ final class MethodWriter extends MethodVisitor {
 
   /**
    * Indicates what must be computed. Must be one of {@link #COMPUTE_ALL_FRAMES}, {@link
-   * #COMPUTE_INSERTED_FRAMES}, {@link #COMPUTE_MAX_STACK_AND_LOCAL} or {@link #COMPUTE_NOTHING}.
+   * #COMPUTE_INSERTED_FRAMES}, {@link COMPUTE_MAX_STACK_AND_LOCAL_FROM_FRAMES}, {@link
+   * #COMPUTE_MAX_STACK_AND_LOCAL} or {@link #COMPUTE_NOTHING}.
    */
   private final int compute;
 
@@ -904,26 +905,26 @@ final class MethodWriter extends MethodVisitor {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void visitVarInsn(final int opcode, final int var) {
+  public void visitVarInsn(final int opcode, final int varIndex) {
     lastBytecodeOffset = code.length;
     // Add the instruction to the bytecode of the method.
-    if (var < 4 && opcode != Opcodes.RET) {
+    if (varIndex < 4 && opcode != Opcodes.RET) {
       int optimizedOpcode;
       if (opcode < Opcodes.ISTORE) {
-        optimizedOpcode = Constants.ILOAD_0 + ((opcode - Opcodes.ILOAD) << 2) + var;
+        optimizedOpcode = Constants.ILOAD_0 + ((opcode - Opcodes.ILOAD) << 2) + varIndex;
       } else {
-        optimizedOpcode = Constants.ISTORE_0 + ((opcode - Opcodes.ISTORE) << 2) + var;
+        optimizedOpcode = Constants.ISTORE_0 + ((opcode - Opcodes.ISTORE) << 2) + varIndex;
       }
       code.putByte(optimizedOpcode);
-    } else if (var >= 256) {
-      code.putByte(Constants.WIDE).put12(opcode, var);
+    } else if (varIndex >= 256) {
+      code.putByte(Constants.WIDE).put12(opcode, varIndex);
     } else {
-      code.put11(opcode, var);
+      code.put11(opcode, varIndex);
     }
     // If needed, update the maximum stack size and number of locals, and stack map frames.
     if (currentBasicBlock != null) {
       if (compute == COMPUTE_ALL_FRAMES || compute == COMPUTE_INSERTED_FRAMES) {
-        currentBasicBlock.frame.execute(opcode, var, null, null);
+        currentBasicBlock.frame.execute(opcode, varIndex, null, null);
       } else {
         if (opcode == Opcodes.RET) {
           // No stack size delta.
@@ -945,9 +946,9 @@ final class MethodWriter extends MethodVisitor {
           || opcode == Opcodes.DLOAD
           || opcode == Opcodes.LSTORE
           || opcode == Opcodes.DSTORE) {
-        currentMaxLocals = var + 2;
+        currentMaxLocals = varIndex + 2;
       } else {
-        currentMaxLocals = var + 1;
+        currentMaxLocals = varIndex + 1;
       }
       if (currentMaxLocals > maxLocals) {
         maxLocals = currentMaxLocals;
@@ -1307,21 +1308,21 @@ final class MethodWriter extends MethodVisitor {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void visitIincInsn(final int var, final int increment) {
+  public void visitIincInsn(final int varIndex, final int increment) {
     lastBytecodeOffset = code.length;
     // Add the instruction to the bytecode of the method.
-    if ((var > 255) || (increment > 127) || (increment < -128)) {
-      code.putByte(Constants.WIDE).put12(Opcodes.IINC, var).putShort(increment);
+    if ((varIndex > 255) || (increment > 127) || (increment < -128)) {
+      code.putByte(Constants.WIDE).put12(Opcodes.IINC, varIndex).putShort(increment);
     } else {
-      code.putByte(Opcodes.IINC).put11(var, increment);
+      code.putByte(Opcodes.IINC).put11(varIndex, increment);
     }
     // If needed, update the maximum stack size and number of locals, and stack map frames.
     if (currentBasicBlock != null
         && (compute == COMPUTE_ALL_FRAMES || compute == COMPUTE_INSERTED_FRAMES)) {
-      currentBasicBlock.frame.execute(Opcodes.IINC, var, null, null);
+      currentBasicBlock.frame.execute(Opcodes.IINC, varIndex, null, null);
     }
     if (compute != COMPUTE_NOTHING) {
-      int currentMaxLocals = var + 1;
+      int currentMaxLocals = varIndex + 1;
       if (currentMaxLocals > maxLocals) {
         maxLocals = currentMaxLocals;
       }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ModuleVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ModuleVisitor.java
index bd2e9445b22..276035481bc 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ModuleVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/ModuleVisitor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class ModuleVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of {@link Opcodes#ASM6}
    *     or {@link Opcodes#ASM7}.
    */
-  public ModuleVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected ModuleVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public abstract class ModuleVisitor {
    * @param moduleVisitor the module visitor to which this visitor must delegate method calls. May
    *     be null.
    */
-  public ModuleVisitor(final int api, final ModuleVisitor moduleVisitor) {
+  protected ModuleVisitor(final int api, final ModuleVisitor moduleVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
         && api != Opcodes.ASM7
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/RecordComponentVisitor.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/RecordComponentVisitor.java
index a66043c4d11..6e767b6e707 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/RecordComponentVisitor.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/RecordComponentVisitor.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class RecordComponentVisitor {
    * @param api the ASM API version implemented by this visitor. Must be one of {@link Opcodes#ASM8}
    *     or {@link Opcodes#ASM9}.
    */
-  public RecordComponentVisitor(final int api) {
+  protected RecordComponentVisitor(final int api) {
     this(api, null);
   }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class RecordComponentVisitor {
    * @param recordComponentVisitor the record component visitor to which this visitor must delegate
    *     method calls. May be null.
    */
-  public RecordComponentVisitor(
+  protected RecordComponentVisitor(
       final int api, final RecordComponentVisitor recordComponentVisitor) {
     if (api != Opcodes.ASM9
         && api != Opcodes.ASM8
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/Type.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/Type.java
index 5850ffdeb69..f346c6a44b6 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/Type.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/asm/Type.java
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public final class Type {
       case '(':
         return new Type(METHOD, descriptorBuffer, descriptorBegin, descriptorEnd);
       default:
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException();
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid descriptor: " + descriptorBuffer);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/Resource.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/Resource.java
index 1995ee783e6..708aef5550c 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/Resource.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/Resource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -99,14 +99,14 @@ public interface Resource extends InputStreamSource {
 	/**
 	 * Return a URL handle for this resource.
 	 * @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved as URL,
-	 * i.e. if the resource is not available as descriptor
+	 * i.e. if the resource is not available as a descriptor
 	 */
 	URL getURL() throws IOException;
 
 	/**
 	 * Return a URI handle for this resource.
 	 * @throws IOException if the resource cannot be resolved as URI,
-	 * i.e. if the resource is not available as descriptor
+	 * i.e. if the resource is not available as a descriptor
 	 * @since 2.5
 	 */
 	URI getURI() throws IOException;