This commit augment the AOT section with best practices we have
experienced while working on the AOT engine. In particular, it describes
how a FactoryBean with an unresolved generic should be handled.
Closes gh-30434
This commit adds support for MethodHandles in SpEL, using the same
syntax as user-defined functions (which also covers reflective Methods).
The most benefit is expected with handles that capture a static method
with no arguments, or with fully bound handles (where all the arguments
have been bound, including a target instance as first bound argument
if necessary). Partially bound MethodHandle should also be supported.
A best effort approach is taken to detect varargs as there is no API
support to determine if an argument is a vararg or an explicit array,
unlike with Method. Argument conversions are also applied. Finally,
array repacking is not always necessary with varargs so it is only
performed when the vararg is the sole argument to the invoked method.
See gh-27099
Closes gh-30045
This commit improves both the javadoc and the reference guide section on
the Elvis SpEL operator to clarify that in addition to `null` objects,
empty Strings also lead the operator to evaluate to its second operand.
The reference guide's advanced snippet is modified to use such an empty
String instead of `null` to make that behavior prominent with some code.
See gh-30318
Closes gh-30352
Sam Brannen
Anyuruf
Stephane Nicoll
Arjen Poutsma
rstoyanchev
Rob Winch
Olga MaciaszekSharma
Simon Baslé