From 717358b56bce7d1942a0c5ae3ba45cf5e967c7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Brannen <104798+sbrannen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 11:44:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Short circuit
 ClassUtils.findPubliclyAccessibleMethodIfPossible(...)

Once we find a publicly accessible method, there is no need to continue
traversing the type hierarchy.

See gh-35556
---
 .../src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java   | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
index 6d33e434ce4..04bf8a42f67 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/ClassUtils.java
@@ -1536,7 +1536,6 @@ public abstract class ClassUtils {
 	private static Method findPubliclyAccessibleMethodIfPossible(
 			String methodName, Class<?>[] parameterTypes, Class<?> declaringClass) {
 
-		Method result = null;
 		Class<?> current = declaringClass.getSuperclass();
 		while (current != null) {
 			Method method = getMethodOrNull(current, methodName, parameterTypes);
@@ -1546,11 +1545,11 @@ public abstract class ClassUtils {
 			if (Modifier.isPublic(method.getDeclaringClass().getModifiers()) &&
 					method.getDeclaringClass().getModule().isExported(
 							method.getDeclaringClass().getPackageName(), ClassUtils.class.getModule())) {
-				result = method;
+				return method;
 			}
 			current = method.getDeclaringClass().getSuperclass();
 		}
-		return result;
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	/**