@Override public boolean matches(Method method, Class<?> targetClass, boolean beanHasIntroductions) { checkReadyToMatch(); Method targetMethod = AopUtils.getMostSpecificMethod(method, targetClass); ShadowMatch shadowMatch = getShadowMatch(targetMethod, method); // Special handling for this, target, @this, @target, @annotation // in Spring - we can optimize since we know we have exactly this class, // and there will never be matching subclass at runtime. if (shadowMatch.alwaysMatches()) { return true; } else if (shadowMatch.neverMatches()) { return false; } else { // the maybe case if (beanHasIntroductions) { return true; } // A match test returned maybe - if there are any subtype sensitive variables // involved in the test (this, target, at_this, at_target, at_annotation) then // we say this is not a match as in Spring there will never be a different // runtime subtype. RuntimeTestWalker walker = getRuntimeTestWalker(shadowMatch); return (!walker.testsSubtypeSensitiveVars() || walker.testTargetInstanceOfResidue(targetClass)); } }