diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
index f19737c996..290dd106ee 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/handler/AbstractHandlerMapping.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2023 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.
@@ -277,6 +277,34 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
 		this.interceptors.addAll(Arrays.asList(interceptors));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return all configured interceptors adapted to {@link HandlerInterceptor}.
+	 * @return the array of configured interceptors, or {@code null} if none
+	 * are configured; this method also returns {@code null} also if called too
+	 * early, or more specifically before.
+	 * {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware#setApplicationContext}.
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	public final HandlerInterceptor[] getAdaptedInterceptors() {
+		return (!this.adaptedInterceptors.isEmpty() ?
+				this.adaptedInterceptors.toArray(new HandlerInterceptor[0]) : null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return all configured {@link MappedInterceptor}s as an array.
+	 * @return the array of {@link MappedInterceptor}s, or {@code null} if none
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	protected final MappedInterceptor[] getMappedInterceptors() {
+		List<MappedInterceptor> mappedInterceptors = new ArrayList<>(this.adaptedInterceptors.size());
+		for (HandlerInterceptor interceptor : this.adaptedInterceptors) {
+			if (interceptor instanceof MappedInterceptor mappedInterceptor) {
+				mappedInterceptors.add(mappedInterceptor);
+			}
+		}
+		return (!mappedInterceptors.isEmpty() ? mappedInterceptors.toArray(new MappedInterceptor[0]) : null);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set "global" CORS configuration mappings. The first matching URL pattern
 	 * determines the {@code CorsConfiguration} to use which is then further
@@ -455,33 +483,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractHandlerMapping extends WebApplicationObjectSupport
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Return the adapted interceptors as {@link HandlerInterceptor} array.
-	 * @return the array of {@link HandlerInterceptor HandlerInterceptor}s,
-	 * or {@code null} if none
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	protected final HandlerInterceptor[] getAdaptedInterceptors() {
-		return (!this.adaptedInterceptors.isEmpty() ?
-				this.adaptedInterceptors.toArray(new HandlerInterceptor[0]) : null);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return all configured {@link MappedInterceptor}s as an array.
-	 * @return the array of {@link MappedInterceptor}s, or {@code null} if none
-	 */
-	@Nullable
-	protected final MappedInterceptor[] getMappedInterceptors() {
-		List<MappedInterceptor> mappedInterceptors = new ArrayList<>(this.adaptedInterceptors.size());
-		for (HandlerInterceptor interceptor : this.adaptedInterceptors) {
-			if (interceptor instanceof MappedInterceptor mappedInterceptor) {
-				mappedInterceptors.add(mappedInterceptor);
-			}
-		}
-		return (!mappedInterceptors.isEmpty() ? mappedInterceptors.toArray(new MappedInterceptor[0]) : null);
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Return "true" if this {@code HandlerMapping} has been
 	 * {@link #setPatternParser enabled} to use parsed {@code PathPattern}s.