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Gary D. Gregory edited comment on LANG-1778 at 7/17/25 4:34 PM: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you [~wollew] for the report. PR applied to git master and 3.18.1-SNAPSHOT builds from [https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/] Please verify your use case and close this ticket if appropriate. G was (Author: garydgregory): Thank you [~wollew] for the report. PR applied to git master and 33.18.1-SNAPSHOT builds from [https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots/] Please verify your use case and close this ticket if appropriate. G > MethodUtils.getMatchingMethod() doesn't respect the hierarchy of methods > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: LANG-1778 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-1778 > Project: Commons Lang > Issue Type: Bug > Components: lang.* > Affects Versions: 3.18.0 > Reporter: Wolfgang Wachsmuth > Priority: Major > Fix For: 3.18.1 > > > The fix of LANG-1754 created a new issue. > I isolated the isse > > {code:java} > 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; > import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils; > class Scratch { > @Documented > @Target({ElementType.METHOD}) > @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) > public @interface MyAnnotation { > } > public interface Test { > void hello(); > } > public static abstract class MyAbstractClass implements Test { > @MyAnnotation > public void hello() {} > } > public static class MyConcreteClass extends MyAbstractClass {} > public static void main(String[] args) { > assert MethodUtils.getMatchingMethod(MyConcreteClass.class, > "hello").isAnnotationPresent(MyAnnotation.class); > } > } {code} > getMatchingMethod SHOULD find MyAbstractClass#hello but it finds Test#hello > This is a somehow severe issue because it's breaking existing implementations > using commons-lang3 -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)