Add RepositoryMetadataAccess.

Repositories that detect fragment implementations implementing RepositoryMetadataAccess enable metadata exposure regardless of the exposeMetadata flag.

See: #3090
Original Pull Request: #3145

Author: mp911de

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupport.java

@@ -127,10 +127,16 @@ public RepositoryFactorySupport() {
 	 * retrieval via the {@code RepositoryMethodContext} class. This is useful if an advised object needs to obtain
 	 * repository information.
 	 * <p>
-	 * Default is {@literal "false"}, in order to avoid unnecessary extra interception. This means that no guarantees are provided
-	 * that {@code RepositoryMethodContext} access will work consistently within any method of the advised object.
-	 * 
-	 * @since 3.4.0
+	 * Default is {@literal "false"}, in order to avoid unnecessary extra interception. This means that no guarantees are
+	 * provided that {@code RepositoryMethodContext} access will work consistently within any method of the advised
+	 * object.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Repository method metadata is also exposed if implementations within the {@link RepositoryFragments repository
+	 * composition} implement {@link RepositoryMetadataAccess}.
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.4
+	 * @see RepositoryMethodContext
+	 * @see RepositoryMetadataAccess
 	 */
 	public void setExposeMetadata(boolean exposeMetadata) {
 		this.exposeMetadata = exposeMetadata;
@@ -345,7 +351,7 @@ public <T> T getRepository(Class<T> repositoryInterface, RepositoryFragments fra
 			result.addAdvice(new MethodInvocationValidator());
 		}
 
-		if (this.exposeMetadata) {
+		if (this.exposeMetadata || shouldExposeMetadata(fragments)) {
 			result.addAdvice(new ExposeMetadataInterceptor(metadata));
 			result.addAdvisor(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.ADVISOR);
 		}
@@ -616,6 +622,16 @@ private Lazy<ProjectionFactory> createProjectionFactory() {
 		return Lazy.of(() -> getProjectionFactory(this.classLoader, this.beanFactory));
 	}
 
+	private static boolean shouldExposeMetadata(RepositoryFragments fragments) {
+
+		for (RepositoryFragment<?> fragment : fragments) {
+			if (fragment.getImplementation().filter(RepositoryMetadataAccess.class::isInstance).isPresent()) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Method interceptor that calls methods on the {@link RepositoryComposition}.
 	 *

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryMetadataAccess.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.repository.core.support;
+
+/**
+ * Marker for repository fragment implementation that intend to access repository method invocation metadata.
+ * <p>
+ * Note that this is a marker interface in the style of {@link java.io.Serializable}, semantically applying to a
+ * fragment implementation class rather. In other words, this marker applies to a particular repository composition that
+ * enables metadata access for the repository proxy when the composition contain fragments implementing this interface.
+ * <p>
+ * Ideally, in a repository composition only the fragment implementation uses this interface while the fragment
+ * interface does not.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @since 3.4
+ * @see RepositoryMethodContext
+ */
+public interface RepositoryMetadataAccess {
+
+}

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/repository/core/support/RepositoryFactorySupportUnitTests.java

@@ -271,6 +271,27 @@ record Metadata(RepositoryMethodContext context, MethodInvocation methodInvocati
 		assertThat(metadata.methodInvocation().getMethod().getName()).isEqualTo("findMetadataByLastname");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3090
+	void capturesRepositoryMetadataWithMetadataAccess() {
+
+		record Metadata(RepositoryMethodContext context, MethodInvocation methodInvocation) {
+		}
+
+		when(factory.queryOne.execute(any(Object[].class)))
+				.then(invocation -> new Metadata(RepositoryMethodContext.currentMethod(),
+						ExposeInvocationInterceptor.currentInvocation()));
+
+		var repository = factory.getRepository(ObjectRepository.class, new RepositoryMetadataAccess() {});
+		var metadataByLastname = repository.findMetadataByLastname();
+
+		assertThat(metadataByLastname).isInstanceOf(Metadata.class);
+
+		Metadata metadata = (Metadata) metadataByLastname;
+		assertThat(metadata.context().getMethod().getName()).isEqualTo("findMetadataByLastname");
+		assertThat(metadata.context().getRepository().getDomainType()).isEqualTo(Object.class);
+		assertThat(metadata.methodInvocation().getMethod().getName()).isEqualTo("findMetadataByLastname");
+	}
+
 	@Test // DATACMNS-509, DATACMNS-1764
 	void convertsWithSameElementType() {