Benchmark (using the excellent JMH harness) showing autowire performance regression between Spring 3.1.4 and 3.2.0:
Benchmark Mode Samples Score Score error Units
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBean avgt 5 1.750 0.037 us/op
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBeanAppContextAware avgt 5 1.712 0.085 us/op
Benchmark Mode Samples Score Score error Units
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBean avgt 5 45.817 2.787 us/op
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBeanAppContextAware avgt 5 394.698 12.102 us/op
Benchmark Mode Samples Score Score error Units
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBean avgt 5 41.374 1.034 us/op
c.g.t.AutowireBenchmark.autowireBeanAppContextAware avgt 5 425.888 16.470 us/op