Post-process the given property values before the factory applies them to the given bean If I understand correctly, AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory#applyPropertyValues represents the factory applies them to the given bean. So, suggest adding the method link in Javadoc to make the documentation clearer.

Comment From: snicoll

Thanks for the PR and sorry it took so long to process it. You are right but AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory is an implementation detail and I am not keen to add a reference to it in the interface contract.