Whilst working on https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/44f1949c5eb39e187451e1286a41c1fe4d0e7168 I noticed we has a few calls like the one in WebApplicationType where we used to do:
hints.reflection().registerType(TypeReference.of(typeName), (hint) -> {
});
It's possible that this hint was added when the API would pick invoke if no consumer was specified and the consumer was added to ensure introspect is used. The hint API was changed for consistency so it's possible that we may have accidentally changed a few hints to invoke where introspect would be enough.
Comment From: snicoll
It's possible that this hint was added when the API would pick invoke if no consumer was specified and the consumer was added to ensure introspect is used
registerType is not affected by this at all. What you mention was for registerMethod & registerConstructor.