Expose autoGrowCollectionLimit in ConfigurablePropertyAccessor interface

See gh-36862

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/DataBinder.java

@@ -273,8 +273,9 @@ public class DataBinder implements PropertyEditorRegistry, TypeConverter {
 	 * Specify the limit for array and collection auto-growing.
 	 * <p>Default is 256, preventing OutOfMemoryErrors in case of large indexes.
 	 * Raise this limit if your auto-growing needs are unusually high.
-	 * <p>Used for setter/field injection via {@link #bind(PropertyValues)}, and not
-	 * applicable to constructor binding via {@link #construct}.
+	 * <p>Used for setter injection - and as of 7.1 also for field injection -
+	 * via {@link #bind(PropertyValues)}; not applicable to constructor binding
+	 * via {@link #construct}.
 	 * @see #initBeanPropertyAccess()
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapper#setAutoGrowCollectionLimit
 	 */

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/validation/DirectFieldBindingResult.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.validation;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.ConfigurablePropertyAccessor;
-import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessorFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ public class DirectFieldBindingResult extends AbstractPropertyBindingResult {
 			this.directFieldAccessor = createDirectFieldAccessor();
 			this.directFieldAccessor.setExtractOldValueForEditor(true);
 			this.directFieldAccessor.setAutoGrowNestedPaths(this.autoGrowNestedPaths);
-			((DirectFieldAccessor) this.directFieldAccessor).setAutoGrowCollectionLimit(this.autoGrowCollectionLimit);
+			this.directFieldAccessor.setAutoGrowCollectionLimit(this.autoGrowCollectionLimit);
 		}
 		return this.directFieldAccessor;
 	}