Restore lenient match against unresolvable wildcard

Closes gh-33982

spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableType.java

@@ -334,19 +334,19 @@ private boolean isAssignableFrom(ResolvableType other, boolean strict,
 
 		// Deal with wildcard bounds
 		WildcardBounds ourBounds = WildcardBounds.get(this);
-		WildcardBounds typeBounds = WildcardBounds.get(other);
+		WildcardBounds otherBounds = WildcardBounds.get(other);
 
 		// In the form X is assignable to <? extends Number>
-		if (typeBounds != null) {
+		if (otherBounds != null) {
 			if (ourBounds != null) {
-				return (ourBounds.isSameKind(typeBounds) &&
-						ourBounds.isAssignableFrom(typeBounds.getBounds(), matchedBefore));
+				return (ourBounds.isSameKind(otherBounds) &&
+						ourBounds.isAssignableFrom(otherBounds.getBounds(), matchedBefore));
 			}
 			else if (upUntilUnresolvable) {
-				return typeBounds.isAssignableFrom(this, matchedBefore);
+				return otherBounds.isAssignableFrom(this, matchedBefore);
 			}
 			else if (!exactMatch) {
-				return typeBounds.isAssignableTo(this, matchedBefore);
+				return otherBounds.isAssignableTo(this, matchedBefore);
 			}
 			else {
 				return false;
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ else if (!exactMatch) {
 		if (checkGenerics) {
 			// Recursively check each generic
 			ResolvableType[] ourGenerics = getGenerics();
-			ResolvableType[] typeGenerics = other.as(ourResolved).getGenerics();
-			if (ourGenerics.length != typeGenerics.length) {
+			ResolvableType[] otherGenerics = other.as(ourResolved).getGenerics();
+			if (ourGenerics.length != otherGenerics.length) {
 				return false;
 			}
 			if (ourGenerics.length > 0) {
@@ -410,7 +410,8 @@ else if (!exactMatch) {
 				}
 				matchedBefore.put(this.type, other.type);
 				for (int i = 0; i < ourGenerics.length; i++) {
-					if (!ourGenerics[i].isAssignableFrom(typeGenerics[i], true, matchedBefore, upUntilUnresolvable)) {
+					if (!ourGenerics[i].isAssignableFrom(otherGenerics[i],
+							!other.hasUnresolvableGenerics(), matchedBefore, upUntilUnresolvable)) {
 						return false;
 					}
 				}

spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/ResolvableTypeTests.java

@@ -1188,6 +1188,26 @@ void isAssignableFromForComplexWildcards() throws Exception {
 		assertThatResolvableType(complex4).isNotAssignableFrom(complex3);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void isAssignableFromForUnresolvedWildcards() {
+		ResolvableType wildcard = ResolvableType.forInstance(new Wildcard<>());
+		ResolvableType wildcardFixed = ResolvableType.forInstance(new WildcardFixed());
+		ResolvableType wildcardConcrete = ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(Wildcard.class, Number.class);
+
+		assertThat(wildcard.isAssignableFrom(wildcardFixed)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcard.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcardFixed)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcard.isAssignableFrom(wildcardConcrete)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcard.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcardConcrete)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcardFixed.isAssignableFrom(wildcard)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(wildcardFixed.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcard)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(wildcardFixed.isAssignableFrom(wildcardConcrete)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(wildcardFixed.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcardConcrete)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(wildcardConcrete.isAssignableFrom(wildcard)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcardConcrete.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcard)).isTrue();
+		assertThat(wildcardConcrete.isAssignableFrom(wildcardFixed)).isFalse();
+		assertThat(wildcardConcrete.isAssignableFromResolvedPart(wildcardFixed)).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void identifyTypeVariable() throws Exception {
 		Method method = ClassArguments.class.getMethod("typedArgumentFirst", Class.class, Class.class, Class.class);
@@ -1685,7 +1705,6 @@ public ResolvableType getResolvableType() {
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	public class MySimpleInterfaceType implements MyInterfaceType<String> {
 	}
 
@@ -1695,28 +1714,24 @@ public abstract class MySimpleInterfaceTypeWithImplementsRaw implements MyInterf
 	public abstract class ExtendsMySimpleInterfaceTypeWithImplementsRaw extends MySimpleInterfaceTypeWithImplementsRaw {
 	}
 
-
 	public class MyCollectionInterfaceType implements MyInterfaceType<Collection<String>> {
 	}
 
 
 	public abstract class MySuperclassType<T> {
 	}
 
-
 	public class MySimpleSuperclassType extends MySuperclassType<String> {
 	}
 
-
 	public class MyCollectionSuperclassType extends MySuperclassType<Collection<String>> {
 	}
 
 
-	interface Wildcard<T extends Number> extends List<T> {
+	public class Wildcard<T extends Number> {
 	}
 
-
-	interface RawExtendsWildcard extends Wildcard {
+	public class WildcardFixed extends Wildcard<Integer> {
 	}