Initial cut of feature to create factory beans using the @FactoryBean annotation within a @Component

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 					});
 					ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
 						public void doWith(Method method) {
+							if (!isFactoryMethod(method)) {
 								Annotation annotation = findAutowiredAnnotation(method);
 								if (annotation != null && method.equals(ClassUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, clazz))) {
 									if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
@@ -329,6 +331,15 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 									newMetadata.addInjectedMethod(new AutowiredMethodElement(method, required, pd));
 								}
 							}
+						}
+
+						private boolean isFactoryMethod(Method method) {							
+							if (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, FactoryMethod.class)!= null) {
+								return true;
+							} else {
+								return false;
+							}							
+						}
 					});
 					metadata = newMetadata;
 					this.injectionMetadataCache.put(clazz, metadata);

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/FactoryMethod.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Marks a method as being a factory-method of the class.  Use during component scanning
+ * to create a bean definition that has factory-bean and factory-method metadata
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Pollack
+ * @since 3.0
+ * @see RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
+public @interface FactoryMethod {
+
+}

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Qualifier.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @since 2.5
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
+@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Inherited
 @Documented
 public @interface Qualifier {

org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/ScopedProxy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+
+/**
+ * Marker annotation identical in functionality with <aop:scoped-proxy/> tag. Provides a smart
+ * proxy backed by a scoped bean, which can be injected into object instances (usually singletons)
+ * allowing the same reference to be held while delegating method invocations to the backing, scoped
+ * beans.
+ *
+ * @author  Costin Leau
+ */
+@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+public @interface ScopedProxy {
+
+    /**
+     * Use CGLib-based class proxies (true) or JDK interface-based (false).
+     *
+     * Default is CGLib (true).
+     * @return
+     */
+    boolean proxyTargetClass() default true;
+}

org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.
@@ -213,9 +213,31 @@ public class ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner extends ClassPathScanningCandidateCo
 				}
 			}						
 		}
+		
+	
+		postProcessComponentBeanDefinitions(beanDefinitions);
 		return beanDefinitions;
 	}
 
+	protected void postProcessComponentBeanDefinitions(Set<BeanDefinitionHolder> beanDefinitions) {
+		//TODO refactor increment index count as part of naming strategy.
+		int count = 0;
+		Set<BeanDefinitionHolder> factoryBeanDefinitions = new LinkedHashSet<BeanDefinitionHolder>();
+		for (BeanDefinitionHolder beanDefinitionHolder : beanDefinitions) {
+			Set<BeanDefinition> candidates = findCandidateFactoryMethods(beanDefinitionHolder);			
+			for (BeanDefinition candidate : candidates ) {
+				//TODO refactor to introduce naming strategy and some sanity checks.
+				String beanName = beanDefinitionHolder.getBeanName() + "$" + candidate.getFactoryMethodName() + "#" + count++;												
+				BeanDefinitionHolder definitionHolder = new BeanDefinitionHolder(candidate, beanName);
+				factoryBeanDefinitions.add(definitionHolder);
+				registerBeanDefinition(definitionHolder, this.registry);
+			}			
+		}
+		beanDefinitions.addAll(factoryBeanDefinitions);
+	}
+
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Apply further settings to the given bean definition,
 	 * beyond the contents retrieved from scanning the component class.

org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider.java

@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 package org.springframework.context.annotation;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -27,13 +29,18 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AnnotatedBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateQualifier;
 import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
@@ -67,6 +74,9 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements ResourceLoad
 
 	protected static final String DEFAULT_RESOURCE_PATTERN = "**/*.class";
 
+	protected static final String QUALIFIER_CLASS_NAME = "org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier";
+	
+	protected static final String SCOPE_CLASS_NAME = "org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope";
 
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
@@ -224,6 +234,94 @@ public class ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider implements ResourceLoad
 		return candidates;
 	}
 	
+	public Set<BeanDefinition> findCandidateFactoryMethods(final BeanDefinitionHolder beanDefinitionHolder) {
+		Set<BeanDefinition> candidates = new LinkedHashSet<BeanDefinition>();
+		AbstractBeanDefinition containingBeanDef = (AbstractBeanDefinition)beanDefinitionHolder.getBeanDefinition();
+		Resource resource = containingBeanDef.getResource();
+		boolean debugEnabled = logger.isDebugEnabled();
+		boolean traceEnabled = logger.isTraceEnabled();
+		
+		try {
+			if (resource.isReadable()) {
+				MetadataReader metadataReader = this.metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(resource);
+				Set<MethodMetadata> factoryMethodMetadataSet = metadataReader.getAnnotationMetadata().getAnnotatedMethods("org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.FactoryMethod");
+				for (MethodMetadata methodMetadata : factoryMethodMetadataSet) {					
+					if (isCandidateFactoryMethod(methodMetadata)) {
+						ScannedGenericBeanDefinition factoryBeanDef = new ScannedGenericBeanDefinition(metadataReader);
+
+						if (!methodMetadata.isStatic())	{
+							factoryBeanDef.setFactoryBeanName(beanDefinitionHolder.getBeanName());
+						}						
+						factoryBeanDef.setFactoryMethodName(methodMetadata.getMethodName());	
+						
+						addQualifierToFactoryMethodBeanDefinition(methodMetadata, factoryBeanDef);						
+						addScopeToFactoryMethodBeanDefinition(containingBeanDef, methodMetadata, factoryBeanDef);
+						
+						factoryBeanDef.setResource(containingBeanDef.getResource());
+						factoryBeanDef.setSource(containingBeanDef.getSource());
+						if (debugEnabled) {
+							logger.debug("Identified candidate factory method in class: " + resource);
+						}
+						candidates.add(factoryBeanDef);
+					}
+					else {
+						if (traceEnabled) {
+							logger.trace("Ignored because not matching any filter: " + resource);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				
+			}
+		} catch (IOException ex) {
+			throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException("I/O failure during classpath scanning", ex);
+		}
+			
+		return candidates;
+	}
+
+
+	private void addScopeToFactoryMethodBeanDefinition(
+			AbstractBeanDefinition containingBeanDefinition,
+			MethodMetadata factoryMethodMetadata,
+			ScannedGenericBeanDefinition factoryBeanDefinition) {
+		if (factoryMethodMetadata.hasAnnotation(SCOPE_CLASS_NAME))	{
+			Map<String, Object> attributes = factoryMethodMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(SCOPE_CLASS_NAME);
+			factoryBeanDefinition.setScope(attributes.get("value").toString());
+		} else {
+			factoryBeanDefinition.setScope(containingBeanDefinition.getScope());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	protected void addQualifierToFactoryMethodBeanDefinition(MethodMetadata methodMetadata,
+			ScannedGenericBeanDefinition beanDef) {
+		//Add qualifiers to bean definition					
+		if (methodMetadata.hasAnnotation(QUALIFIER_CLASS_NAME))
+		{
+			Map<String, Object> attributes = methodMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(QUALIFIER_CLASS_NAME);	
+			beanDef.addQualifier(new AutowireCandidateQualifier(Qualifier.class, attributes.get("value")));
+		}
+		
+		if (methodMetadata.hasMetaAnnotation(QUALIFIER_CLASS_NAME))
+		{
+			//Need the attribute that has a qualifier meta-annotation.
+			Set<String> annotationTypes  = methodMetadata.getAnnotationTypesWithMetaAnnotation(QUALIFIER_CLASS_NAME);							
+			if (annotationTypes.size() == 1)
+			{
+				String annotationType = annotationTypes.iterator().next();
+				Map<String, Object> attributes = methodMetadata.getAnnotationAttributes(annotationType);	
+				beanDef.addQualifier(new AutowireCandidateQualifier(annotationType, attributes.get("value")));													
+			}
+		}
+	}
+		
+	protected boolean isCandidateFactoryMethod(MethodMetadata methodMetadata) {
+		
+		//TODO decide if we can support generic wildcard return types, parameter-less method and put in appropriate checks		
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Resolve the specified base package into a pattern specification for
 	 * the package search path.

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationMetadata.java

@@ -71,4 +71,17 @@ public interface AnnotationMetadata extends ClassMetadata {
 	 */
 	Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType);
 	
+	
+	// TODO return null would be more consistent with other methods if no match is found
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve the method meta-data for all methods that have the
+	 * given annotation type.
+	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
+	 * @return a Set of (@link MethodMetadata) for methods that
+	 * have a matching annotation.  The return value will be an
+	 * empty set if no methods match the annotation type. 
+	 */
+	Set<MethodMetadata> getAnnotatedMethods(String annotationType);
+
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/MethodMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package org.springframework.core.type;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public interface MethodMetadata {
+
+	int getModifiers();
+	
+	boolean isStatic();
+	
+	String getMethodName();
+	
+	//TODO does the method return type have a generic wildcard or generic type parameters?
+	
+	// annotation metadata
+	
+	Set<String> getAnnotationTypes();
+	
+	boolean hasAnnotation(String annotationType);
+	
+	Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the underlying class has an annotation that
+	 * is itself annotated with the meta-annotation of the given type.
+	 * @param metaAnnotationType the meta-annotation type to look for
+	 * @return whether a matching meta-annotation is defined
+	 */
+	boolean hasMetaAnnotation(String metaAnnotationType);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Return the names of all meta-annotation types defined on the
+	 * given annotation type of the underlying class.
+	 * @return the meta-annotation type names
+	 */
+	Set<String> getMetaAnnotationTypes(String annotationType);
+
+	Set<String> getAnnotationTypesWithMetaAnnotation(String qualifierClassName);
+}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/StandardAnnotationMetadata.java

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 package org.springframework.core.type;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -96,4 +98,21 @@ public class StandardAnnotationMetadata extends StandardClassMetadata implements
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	public Set<MethodMetadata> getAnnotatedMethods(String annotationType) {
+		Method[] methods = getIntrospectedClass().getMethods();
+		Set<MethodMetadata> annotatedMethods = new LinkedHashSet<MethodMetadata>();
+		for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++) {
+			Method method = methods[i];			
+			Annotation[] methodAnnotations = method.getAnnotations();
+			for (int j = 0; j < methodAnnotations.length; j++) {
+				Annotation ann = methodAnnotations[j];
+				if (ann.annotationType().getName().equals(annotationType)) {
+					MethodMetadata mm = new StandardMethodMetadata(method);
+					annotatedMethods.add(mm);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return annotatedMethods;
+	}
+
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/StandardMethodMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package org.springframework.core.type;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+
+public class StandardMethodMetadata implements MethodMetadata {
+
+	private final Method introspectedMethod;
+	
+	public StandardMethodMetadata(Method method) {
+		introspectedMethod = method;
+	}
+	
+	public final Method getIntrospectedMethod() {
+		return this.introspectedMethod;
+	}
+	
+
+	public Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType) {
+		Annotation[] anns = getIntrospectedMethod().getAnnotations();
+		for (int i = 0; i < anns.length; i++) {
+			Annotation ann = anns[i];
+			if (ann.annotationType().getName().equals(annotationType)) {
+				return AnnotationUtils.getAnnotationAttributes(ann);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public Set<String> getAnnotationTypes() {
+		Set<String> types = new HashSet<String>();
+		Annotation[] anns = getIntrospectedMethod().getAnnotations();
+		for (int i = 0; i < anns.length; i++) {
+			types.add(anns[i].annotationType().getName());
+		}
+		return types;
+	}
+	
+	
+
+
+	public String getMethodName() {
+		return introspectedMethod.getName();
+	}
+
+	public int getModifiers() {
+		return introspectedMethod.getModifiers();
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasAnnotation(String annotationType) {
+		Annotation[] anns = getIntrospectedMethod().getAnnotations();
+		for (int i = 0; i < anns.length; i++) {
+			if (anns[i].annotationType().getName().equals(annotationType)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isStatic() {
+		return Modifier.isStatic(getIntrospectedMethod().getModifiers());
+	}
+
+	public Set<String> getMetaAnnotationTypes(String annotationType) {
+		Annotation[] anns = getIntrospectedMethod().getAnnotations();
+		for (int i = 0; i < anns.length; i++) {
+			if (anns[i].annotationType().getName().equals(annotationType)) {
+				Set<String> types = new HashSet<String>();
+				Annotation[] metaAnns = anns[i].annotationType().getAnnotations();
+				for (Annotation meta : metaAnns) {
+					types.add(meta.annotationType().getName());
+				}
+				return types;
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+	public boolean hasMetaAnnotation(String metaAnnotationType) {
+		
+		//TODO can refactor into shared (utility) method with StandardAnnotationMetadata
+		Annotation[] anns = getIntrospectedMethod().getAnnotations();
+		for (int i = 0; i < anns.length; i++) {
+			Annotation[] metaAnns = anns[i].annotationType().getAnnotations();
+			for (Annotation meta : metaAnns) {
+				if (meta.annotationType().getName().equals(metaAnnotationType)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public Set<String> getAnnotationTypesWithMetaAnnotation(
+			String qualifierClassName) {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	
+
+}

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor.java

@@ -22,15 +22,18 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor;
 import org.objectweb.asm.Type;
 import org.objectweb.asm.commons.EmptyVisitor;
 
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata;
 
 /**
  * ASM class visitor which looks for the class name and implemented types as
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ class AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor extends ClassMetadataReadingVisitor imple
 
 	private final Map<String, Set<String>> metaAnnotationMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Set<String>>();
 	
+	private final Set<MethodMetadata> methodMetadataSet = new LinkedHashSet<MethodMetadata>();
     
 	private final ClassLoader classLoader;
 
@@ -56,10 +60,22 @@ class AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor extends ClassMetadataReadingVisitor imple
 	}
 
 	
+
+	@Override
+	public MethodVisitor visitMethod(int access, String name, String desc,
+			String signature, String[] exceptions) {
+		MethodMetadataReadingVisitor md = new MethodMetadataReadingVisitor(classLoader, name, access);
+		methodMetadataSet.add(md);
+		return md;
+	}
+
+
+
 	@Override
 	public AnnotationVisitor visitAnnotation(final String desc, boolean visible) {
 		final String className = Type.getType(desc).getClassName();
 		final Map<String, Object> attributes = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+		final Map<String, Object> metaAttributes = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
 		return new EmptyVisitor() {
 			@Override
 			public void visit(String name, Object value) {
@@ -115,6 +131,7 @@ class AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor extends ClassMetadataReadingVisitor imple
 					// Class not found - can't determine meta-annotations.
 				}
 				attributesMap.put(className, attributes);
+				
 			}
 		};
 	}
@@ -142,8 +159,21 @@ class AnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor extends ClassMetadataReadingVisitor imple
 		return false;
 	}
 
+
 	public Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType) {
 		return this.attributesMap.get(annotationType);
 	}
 
+
+	public Set<MethodMetadata> getAnnotatedMethods(String annotationType) {
+		Set<MethodMetadata> annotatedMethods = new LinkedHashSet<MethodMetadata>();
+		for (MethodMetadata method : methodMetadataSet) {
+			if (method.hasAnnotation(annotationType))
+			{
+				annotatedMethods.add(method);
+			}
+		}
+		return annotatedMethods;
+	}
+
 }

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/ClassMetadataReadingVisitor.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.type.classreading;
 
+import org.objectweb.asm.ClassAdapter;
 import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
 import org.objectweb.asm.commons.EmptyVisitor;
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  * @author Ramnivas Laddad
  * @since 2.5
  */
-class ClassMetadataReadingVisitor extends EmptyVisitor implements ClassMetadata {
+class ClassMetadataReadingVisitor extends ClassAdapter implements ClassMetadata {
 
 	private String className;
 
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ class ClassMetadataReadingVisitor extends EmptyVisitor implements ClassMetadata
 
 	private String[] interfaces;
 	
+	public ClassMetadataReadingVisitor()
+	{
+		super(new EmptyVisitor());
+	}
 	
 	@Override
 	public void visit(int version, int access, String name, String signature, String supername, String[] interfaces) {

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/type/classreading/MethodMetadataReadingVisitor.java

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package org.springframework.core.type.classreading;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor;
+import org.objectweb.asm.MethodAdapter;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Type;
+import org.objectweb.asm.commons.EmptyVisitor;
+import org.springframework.core.type.MethodMetadata;
+
+public class MethodMetadataReadingVisitor extends MethodAdapter implements MethodMetadata {
+	
+	private final Map<String, Map<String, Object>> attributesMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>();
+	
+	private final Map<String, Set<String>> metaAnnotationMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Set<String>>();
+		
+	private ClassLoader classLoader;
+	private String name;
+	private int access;
+	private boolean isStatic;
+	
+	public MethodMetadataReadingVisitor(ClassLoader classLoader, String name, int access) {
+		super(new EmptyVisitor());
+		this.classLoader = classLoader;
+		this.name = name;
+		this.access = access;
+		this.isStatic = ((access & Opcodes.ACC_STATIC) != 0);
+	}
+	
+	public Map<String, Object> getAnnotationAttributes(String annotationType) {
+		return this.attributesMap.get(annotationType);
+	}
+
+	public Set<String> getAnnotationTypes() {
+		return this.attributesMap.keySet();
+	}
+
+	public String getMethodName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public int getModifiers() {
+		return access;
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasAnnotation(String annotationType) {
+		return this.attributesMap.containsKey(annotationType);
+	}
+	
+	public Set<String> getMetaAnnotationTypes(String annotationType) {
+		return this.metaAnnotationMap.get(annotationType);
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasMetaAnnotation(String metaAnnotationType) {
+		Collection<Set<String>> allMetaTypes = this.metaAnnotationMap.values();
+		for (Set<String> metaTypes : allMetaTypes) {
+			if (metaTypes.contains(metaAnnotationType)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isStatic() {
+		return isStatic;
+	}
+
+	
+	public Set<String> getAnnotationTypesWithMetaAnnotation(String metaAnnotationType) {
+		
+		///metaAnnotationMap.put(className, metaAnnotationTypeNames);
+		Set<String> annotationTypes = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
+		Set< Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> > metaValues = metaAnnotationMap.entrySet();
+		Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> > metaIterator = metaValues.iterator();
+		while (metaIterator.hasNext())
+		{
+			Map.Entry<String, Set<String>> entry = metaIterator.next();
+			String attributeType = entry.getKey();
+			Set<String> metaAttributes = entry.getValue();
+			if (metaAttributes.contains(metaAnnotationType))
+			{
+				annotationTypes.add(attributeType);
+			}
+		}
+		return annotationTypes;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public AnnotationVisitor visitAnnotation(final String desc, boolean visible) {
+		final String className = Type.getType(desc).getClassName();
+		final Map<String, Object> attributes = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+		return new EmptyVisitor() {
+			@Override
+			public void visit(String name, Object value) {
+				// Explicitly defined annotation attribute value.
+				attributes.put(name, value);
+			}
+			@Override
+			public void visitEnd() {
+				try {
+					Class annotationClass = classLoader.loadClass(className);
+					// Check declared default values of attributes in the annotation type.
+					Method[] annotationAttributes = annotationClass.getMethods();
+					for (int i = 0; i < annotationAttributes.length; i++) {
+						Method annotationAttribute = annotationAttributes[i];
+						String attributeName = annotationAttribute.getName();
+						Object defaultValue = annotationAttribute.getDefaultValue();
+						if (defaultValue != null && !attributes.containsKey(attributeName)) {
+							attributes.put(attributeName, defaultValue);
+						}
+					}
+					// Register annotations that the annotation type is annotated with.
+					Annotation[] metaAnnotations = annotationClass.getAnnotations();
+					Set<String> metaAnnotationTypeNames = new HashSet<String>();
+					for (Annotation metaAnnotation : metaAnnotations) {
+						metaAnnotationTypeNames.add(metaAnnotation.annotationType().getName());
+					}
+					metaAnnotationMap.put(className, metaAnnotationTypeNames);
+				}
+				catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+					// Class not found 
+				}
+				attributesMap.put(className, attributes);
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+
+
+}

org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/annotation/Scope.java

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
 
-@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 public @interface Scope {

org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/type/AnnotationMetadataTests.java

@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
-
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
 import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
@@ -37,15 +40,18 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
  */
 public class AnnotationMetadataTests extends TestCase {
 
+
 	public void testStandardAnnotationMetadata() throws IOException {
 		StandardAnnotationMetadata annInfo = new StandardAnnotationMetadata(AnnotatedComponent.class);
 		doTestAnnotationInfo(annInfo);
+		doTestMethodAnnotationInfo(annInfo);
 	}
 
 	public void testAsmAnnotationMetadata() throws IOException {
 		MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new SimpleMetadataReaderFactory();
 		MetadataReader metadataReader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(AnnotatedComponent.class.getName());
 		doTestAnnotationInfo(metadataReader.getAnnotationMetadata());
+		doTestMethodAnnotationInfo(metadataReader.getAnnotationMetadata());
 	}
 
 	private void doTestAnnotationInfo(AnnotationMetadata metadata) {
@@ -78,6 +84,16 @@ public class AnnotationMetadataTests extends TestCase {
 		assertEquals(Thread.State.NEW, specialAttrs.get("state"));
 	}
 	
+	private void doTestMethodAnnotationInfo(AnnotationMetadata classMetadata) {
+		Set<MethodMetadata> methods = classMetadata.getAnnotatedMethods("org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired");
+		assertEquals(1, methods.size());
+		for (MethodMetadata methodMetadata : methods) {
+			Set<String> annotationTypes = methodMetadata.getAnnotationTypes();
+			assertEquals(1, annotationTypes.size());
+		}
+		
+	}
+
 
 	@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
 	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@@ -93,6 +109,17 @@ public class AnnotationMetadataTests extends TestCase {
 	@Scope("myScope")
 	@SpecialAttr(clazz = String.class, state = Thread.State.NEW)
 	private static class AnnotatedComponent implements Serializable {
-	}
+		
+		@Autowired
+		public void doWork(@Qualifier("myColor") java.awt.Color color) {
+			
+		}
+		@Test
+		public void doSleep() 
+		{
+			
+		}
+	}
+
 
 }