DefaultListableBeanFactory.java

protected Map<String, Object> findAutowireCandidates(
			@Nullable String beanName, Class<?> requiredType, DependencyDescriptor descriptor) {

		String[] candidateNames = BeanFactoryUtils.beanNamesForTypeIncludingAncestors(
				this, requiredType, true, descriptor.isEager());
		Map<String, Object> result = new LinkedHashMap<>(candidateNames.length);
		for (Class<?> autowiringType : this.resolvableDependencies.keySet()) {
			if (autowiringType.isAssignableFrom(requiredType)) {
				Object autowiringValue = this.resolvableDependencies.get(autowiringType);
				autowiringValue = AutowireUtils.resolveAutowiringValue(autowiringValue, requiredType);
				if (requiredType.isInstance(autowiringValue)) {
					result.put(ObjectUtils.identityToString(autowiringValue), autowiringValue);
					break;
				}
			}
		}
		for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
			if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) && isAutowireCandidate(candidate, descriptor)) {
				addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
			}
		}
		if (result.isEmpty() && !indicatesMultipleBeans(requiredType)) {
			// Consider fallback matches if the first pass failed to find anything...
			DependencyDescriptor fallbackDescriptor = descriptor.forFallbackMatch();
			for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
				if (!isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) && isAutowireCandidate(candidate, fallbackDescriptor)) {
					addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
				}
			}
			if (result.isEmpty()) {
				// Consider self references as a final pass...
				// but in the case of a dependency collection, not the very same bean itself.
				for (String candidate : candidateNames) {
					if (isSelfReference(beanName, candidate) &&
							(!(descriptor instanceof MultiElementDescriptor) || !beanName.equals(candidate)) &&
							isAutowireCandidate(candidate, fallbackDescriptor)) {
						addCandidateEntry(result, candidate, descriptor, requiredType);
					}
				}
			}
		}
		return result;
	}