spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-boot

Configuration processor does not detect default value defined in parent class

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Since May 7, 2025.

theme: config-data type: enhancement
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Description

If a property is defined in a parent class of a @ConfigurationProperties annotated POJO, it is not detected by the annotation processor as it only checks for constant defined in the base class itself.

This affects #2898

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